Steelton Paves Front Street Linked to State Highway Plan
Borough council moved toward paving front street from the end of existing paving to Motor street a distance of about one and three quarter miles. The project will cost between 50 000 and 75 000 with two thirds paid by adjacent property owners and the borough the rest. State and county officials pledged half the cost and urged immediate action. Construction would involve a concrete roadbed and brick pavement later depending on material chosen.
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Front
Highway Department
Harry Biles
E. C. Henderson
Highway Committee of Council
Vanbaugh
Callaghan
Meshey
Feidt
Middletown
Harrisburg Motor Club
State Department
Famous Bethlehem Band Will Play Concert Here
The Bethlehem Steel Company band of almost 100 musicians will perform at Cottage Hill on Saturday July 20. It marks their first local concert with a grandstand and bleachers arranged for large crowds under W L Guyer. The band has impressed crowds in Harrisburg and will travel from Steelton for the event.
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Bethlehem
Bethlehem Steel Company
Cottage Hill
Harrisburg
W. L. Guyer
Steelton Band
Middletown Aero Squadron Dance in Barracks Tonight
Members of the Aero Squadron will hold a dance in the Aviation Depot barracks this evening, the second in a series. The Mannix Orchestra will provide music, with Sergeants Maxwell Romich Mooney Booth Davies and Robinson in charge as the barracks are decorated in national colors.
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Aero Squadron
Mannix Orchestra
James Maxwell
Neil Romich
Walter Mooney
Felix Booth
R. D. Davies
M. 8. Robinson
Star of Bethlehem Lodge
Lancaster
Daniel Bryan
Royalton
Philadelphia
Girard College
Carl Dupes
Daniel Cain
Cathrine Elizabeth
J. G. Benner
Millersburg State Normal School
Miss Benner
Marjorie Longenecker
D. F. Club
BE. I
Hartman
Norman
France
Claude Ware
Middletown
Methodist Episcopal Church
Elizabethtown
Christian Hoover
Intoxicated Foreigners Break Restaurant Window
Four foreigners, all under drink, broke a large plate glass window at John A. Baker's restaurant at Front and Walnut Streets about midnight. They were arrested by Patrolmen Burrel and Pearson and placed in the borough lockup. Damage estimated at $50. They await a hearing before Burgess McEntee tonight.
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Burgess McEntee
John A. Baker
Front
Walnut Streets
Burrel and
Pearson
Baker
German Canteen From Verdun 1916 Brought Home
Kirk Shelley proprietor of the Central Hotel received a German canteen and shrapnel fragments as souvenirs from his sons Roy and Carl who drive ambulances in France. The canteen bore Verdun 1916 and the brothers say they got it from a German in the last offensive. The accompanying letter is dated May 25.
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Kirk Shelley
Central Hotel
Roy
Carl Shelley
France
Verdun
Four Boys Summoned Over Crop Destruction at Kelker Farm
Four boys aged 12 to 14 have been summoned to appear before Burgess McInitee on June 27 for disorderly conduct. They are accused of destroying crops in the Kelker estate war gardens after days of police investigation. Parents are summoned to attend, with names withheld for the time being.
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Burgess McInitee
Kelker Estate
Hans Will Imprison French Until Compensated
The Deutches Tages Zeitung reports that if Germans expelled from China are counted as proof the German government will seize ten thousand inhabitants of French occupied districts and imprison them until Germans are returned to China and compensated for losses.
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Amsterdam
China
Australia
Deutches Tages Zeitung
Berlin
Envelope containing $235 found on Hamburg Street
An envelope with $235 in bills lay on Hamburg Street near Dr. George F. Potterger’s residence for two days. Passersby kicked it about until Clayton Hardinger found it and was rewarded $5 for returning it to owner Charles Hiester of Orwigsburg, who had dropped the envelope.
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Hamburg
George F. Potterger
Clayton Hardinger
Charles Hiester
Orwigsburg
Thief Returns 350 After Theft at Reading Restaurant
Walter Rice, 30, arrested in Williamsport after theft of 575 from Andrew J. Peifer’s Reading restaurant where Rice worked as a waiter. He admitted the crime, returned 350, said he spent 20 and lost the rest fleeing. Hearing before Magistrate Kreider held him for court. Rice jailed.
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Walter Rice
Williamsport
Andrew J. Peifer
Kreider
Rice
Thomas Laird Wallace 80 Former Harrisburg Railroad Official
Thomas Laird Wallace aged 80 died at his home 214 Pine Street after a long illness. A Harrisburg business figure, he began as a railroad agent in Hollidaysburg in 1857, moved to Harrisburg in 1859, served as freight agent, later as a solicitor in the division freight office, retired 1907. He organized the Harrisburg Transfer Company and led it until 1916. He was a long time Pine Street Presbyterian Church member and held leadership roles there.
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Thomas Laird Wallace
Pine Street
Harrisburg
Clearfield
Robert Wallace
Hollidaysburg
Pennsylvania Railroad
John A. Connon
Connon
Wallace
Division
Harrisburg Transfer Company
Pine Street Presbyterian Church
Wallace longtime railroad figure dies at home
Thomas L. Wallace, a Rail and Y M C A organizer, served on church boards and the Central Y M C A board for years. Survived by wife Mrs. Thomas L. Wallace, three daughters, two sons, a granddaughter, and a sister. He was active in railroad circles and gave talks at rail gatherings with reminiscences published in major papers.
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Central Y. M. C. A
Thomas L. Wallace
Helen Bruce Wallace
Anne W. McLain
Henry Loomis
Robert B. Wallace
William T. Wallace
Margaret W. McLain
J. M. McCarrell
Wallace
Mexican Soldiers Face Bare Rations and Harsh Duty
The piece portrays Mexican troops marching toward Ojinaga under scant rations of horses burros beans and peppers. It notes harsh discipline thin uniforms ragged footwear and nights spent in a zerape while praising the soldiers toughness and willingness to charge machine guns despite misery.
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Juarez
Mex
Ojinaga
Burglar Finds Romanian Money Worth Only Forty Dollars
In Cleveland a burglar who robbed John Miller of 1500 dollars and a 500 dollar handbook discovered the money was Romanian currency worth 40 dollars. He obtained an additional 10 dollars from Miller’s roommate and 5 dollars from another occupant.
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Cleveland
John Miller
St. Clair Avenue
Miller
Hoover returns to Kelly Field after ten day furlough
Charles R. Hoover, a well known local baseball player, returns to Kelly Field San Antonio Texas after a ten day furlough with his parents Mr and Mrs CC E Hoover of Rockville He is with the United States Aviation Corps and is now managing one of the camp baseball teams at the base.
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CC. E. Hoover
Rockville
Charles R. Hoover
Kelly Field
San Antonio
Texas
United States Aviation Corps
Hoover
Newspapers Play Big Part in War's Conduct
London Lord Beaverbrook head of the British propaganda department and Max Aitkin writer for the Canadian army seeks more paper for daily and weekly English publications. He argues current restrictions are too drastic and that newspapers play a crucial role in conducting the war, warranting freer government treatment.
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London
Lord Beaverbrook
British Propaganda Department
Max Aitkin
England
Polish Troops Hold Line With French in France
Polish troops under officers of their own nationality have served in a key sector of the front. They conducted raids and shot down a German airplane during their early days in the line. The units are now in training behind the front.
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France
U S Troop Transports Guarded En Route To France
Details of secure troop movement by sea describe strict precautions from embarkation to arrival, including ship anonymity, restricted shore access, and thorough screening. The article also reports the death of Mrs Priscilla Fralick at 646 Verbeke Street with funeral plans and survivors.
Embroidered Voile Flouncing on Special Friday Sale
Embroidered voile flouncing 42 inches wide in blue and pink priced at $1.25 value, offered special Friday only at 75 cents per yard.
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Hague
Friday Sale Offers Household Requisites in Fabrics
Readable items include 65c silk and cotton plaids 36 inches wide in white grounds with fancy colors. Special Friday only by yard. 39c poplin plain shades. 49c foulard cotton with silk finish 36 inches wide. 35c 25c voiles 36 inches wide in fancy stripes. 15c 30c poplin plain shades. 23c 20c printed ginghams in fancy plaids. 12e 35c wash suiting colored stripes. Special Friday only by yard.
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Sere Dives
Pomeroy & Stewart
Poplin
Foulard
SEO
Iar Dives
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Steelton
Gaffney
United States Marine Corps
Thomas C. Gaffney
Transportation Department
State Firemen’s Association
Citizen Fire Company
James Cuddy
Woolworth
Pottstown
Wee
Rohrer
South Second Street
Adv
Mechanicsburg
Shelly
Lehmer
Dillsburg
George Yeagy
Steelton Reserves
Steelton Businessmen’s Association
D. P. Baker
Louis Lehrman
Ralph Eckels
Fred Welshinski
Myers Street
Frog Shop
First Methodist Church
F. E. Howells
First Church
Hans
Hamburg Street
Dives, Pomeroy & Stewart
Dives
Men's Store
ST. L. Wallace
Thomas LI. Wallace
U.S
Sam
Priscilla Fralick
John Fralick
Verbeke Street
Millard O. Peirce
Tabernacle Baptist Church
East Harrisburg
Riverview
Schell’s Seed
Market ST
Market Street
Market_Street
Crepe de Chine
Street Floor
Copenhagen
Gold
Purple
Dives, Pomeroy & Stewarte
Valenciennes
White Point de Paris
Dives, Pomeroy & Stewart.— Street Floor
Dives, Pomeroy
Stewart
I&s
le Dives
CRON
Perreries
Pomeroy& Stewart
Luxor
Yard
Basement
BBC
Mary Jane
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