This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
This newspaper page contains 12 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
Harrisburg Telegraph
Location
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jun 21, 1915
Page
6
Eldon Missouri resident Mrs S T Harvey reports discharge of displacement and inflammation relief after using Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. The ad claims the product aids displacements ulcers irregularities backache and nervous prostration and urges others to try it.
Several Methodist ministers preached sermons denouncing Sunday excursions and the Capitol being open for public inspection following resolutions from a recent ministerial meeting.
An advertisement touts S S S as the best remedy to purify the blood and clear skin conditions like eczema pimples acne and rheumatism. It urges readers to buy from The Swift Specific Co Atlanta Georgia and to seek free advice with the bottle wrapping.
Messiah Lutheran Sunday School plans a large outing to Williams Grove with a special train from Union Station at 7.50 am for about 1,100 members. Morning events include baseball and pitching contests, followed by sixteen afternoon athletic events. Prizes awarded at the evening service. Some picnickers depart at 11.53 am.
Fashion notes advertise pattern 8630 a blouse with integrated jacket effect. Requires 214 yards of 27 inch material plus extra for sizes 36 and 44 trims and ribbon. Pattern available by mail for ten cents. Also reports new Harrisburg Hospital residents J O Crist S M English J L Good W G Goodman for 1915 16 and notes surgeon add appendicitis case J H Kinneard operated yesterday.
Thomas A. Edison announces a perfected portable searchlight delivering 8 million candlepower from storage batteries. Tested at Llewellyn Park after the December 1914 Edison works fire, the device can illuminate large areas and may aid mine rescues, ships, trains, and aircraft.
Berlin reports that Queen Victoria of Sweden and Prince Maximilian of Baden's family escaped harm as bombs hit Karlsruhe. A bomb struck the castle roof near Baroness Hochschild, with the Dowager Duchess of Baden present. German authorities say air raids have targeted military sites, except when stated as retaliation for allied strikes on open towns.
Special aids will meet with Chief Marshal Arthur D. Bacon of the Liberty Bell reception parade tomorrow night in the Harrisburg Chamber of Commerce rooms. The committee will form three school divisions each with a band Commonwealth Municipal and West End. Robert W. Sioy leads flag and leaflet distribution. A wreath is to be placed on the Liberty Bell.
The adulter y case against Martha Osten and Dr John T Ensminger Jr ended when the court directed a verdict of not guilty due to the district attorney failing to locate key witness Minnie Long. They had been convicted in March 1914 and granted a new trial before the June sessions adjourned.
Postmaster General announces beginning August 2 of auto delivery for rural mail. One hundred five machines will be placed in service. In Dauphin county Sherman Fertig recently bought a rural route machine after a trial in the city. A curfew for tonight delays enforcement while theaters display 9 30 PM curfew on screens.
Morton Truck and Tractor Company will ship eight armored motor cars to Russia Wednesday as the first consignment of 1,400 machines. The local plant can assemble about four cars daily, with about 300 built by Baldwin Locomotive Works in Philadelphia. Robert J L Morton is coordinating materials in the Middle West.
City and surrounding town grocers gather at the Metropolitan Hotel this evening to map out arrangements for the annual picnic.
We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.
People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!
You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!
Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.
Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.
Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.