Farmers Urged to Turn Sod Under in Orchard Plan
A weekly bulletin from H G Niesley county farm agent urges using idle orchard ground. It warns wheat crops do not mix with fruit production, suggests beans for nodules and nitrogen, and advises late summer hog pasture with cow horn or Aberdeen turnips. It also outlines scab control through lime sulfur and Bordeaux spray and notes arsenate treatments and mid-July follow-ups.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. G. Niesley
Farm Bureau
A. F. Magon
Pennsylvania State College
Pennsylvania
New York
Pennsylvania State College School of Agriculture and Experiment Station
Newport Mayor Denies Daniels Charges On Navy Housing
Mayor Clark Burdict defended Newport authorities against Secretary Daniels claims about Navy influence. He said thousands of sailors lacked housing and uniforms, local Red Cross volunteers supplied clothing, and licensed dealers have withheld sales as the Navy outfits its men. He noted trouble with a local battle gang and efforts to suppress it.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Newport
R. I
Clark Burdict
Daniels
Navy
Navy Department
Secretary of the Navy
The
Red Cross
Ben
Battle Gang
Reserves Drill Despite Unfavorable Weather
Harrisburg reserves on the Island drilled despite rain and Red Cross duty. Major A M Porter commanded four companies with aid from national guard officers. A special drill is planned for absentees, with regular drills set for tomorrow evening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harrisburg
Red Cross
A. M. Porter
National Guard
Senate advances appropriation bills on regular calendar
The Senate cleared second and third reading appropriation bills on the regular second reading calendar. A 5 p.m. recess was taken to receive bills passed that day. Bids for the Lyonsville bridge were readvertised after a slight disagreement yesterday. new bids open Friday, June 29.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senate
Lyonsville
Capitol Hill Notes and Health Roundups
Cap Hill notes: Engineers from National Guard Company B ordered into federal service by Adjutant General Stewart. Health officers in Schuylkill and Luzerne counties round up smallpox suspects. vaccination drives underway. Red Cross committees swarm Capitol Hill seeking subscriptions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
National Guard Engineers
Stewart
Dixon
Schuylkill
Luzerne
Red Cross
America Enters War Stirs Unrest in Germany Says French Official
Paris reports Jules Cambon, secretary at the Foreign Ministry, says America’s entry into World War I unsettles Germany. He notes French joy at Pershing’s reception alongside concern that American vigor will strengthen the allied cause and stiffen resolve against separation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
America
Germany
France
Billion Dollars to Put 100000 Airplanes in War
Washington June 21 A Dillion dollars probably will be required to put 100000 American airplanes and 10000 to 20000 aviators into the war Allen R Hawley president of the Aero Club of America told a House military affairs subcommittee He declared 25000 aviators could do more toward ending the war than one million additional soldiers He endorsed a bill to establish a separate department of aeronautics He also said 100000 airplanes could be reused commercially after peace and French plans call for such use He predicted the day of trans Atlantic airlines was at hand noting aircruisers capable of crossing the Atlantic are being manufactured with pilots and instruments ready.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Washington
Allen R. Hawley
Aero Club of America
House Military Affairs Committee
Department of Aeronautics
Hawley
trans-Atlantic Airlines
Atlantic
City Officials Laud Civil Service for Police in Small Cities
City Commissioners voiced broad approval for a new civil service bill for police in third class cities. Mayor Miller favored the plan but was absent. council will revisit next Tuesday. Objection noted that exams apply only to new appointments, not current force.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miller
Gross
Direct Inheritance Tax Bill Amended and Passed by House
The direct inheritance tax bill, amended in the House yesterday by removing the attorneys in each county provision, was finally passed today and sent to the Senate for concurrence. It was recalled from the Governor recently and is expected to add about five million dollars yearly to state revenues as the basis of the current appropriation program. There was no debate today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senate
Special Junior Service at Hershey C E Convention
East Pennsylvan ia Conference Christian Endeavor sessions in Hershey Pennsylvania drew strong attendance. Rev E D Burton of Palmyra led devotionals, Rev J F Musselman spoke from Africa, and a 2 45 pm junior service featured about thirty children and an illustrated talk Let Your Lights Shine by Rev C G Romig of New Holland.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hershey
East Pennsylvania Conference Christian Endeavor Convention
United Brethren Church
E. D. Burton
D. D
Palmyra
J. F. Musselman
Africa
C. G. Romig
New Holland
J. R. MacDonald
Lykens
Lititz
Ephrata
M. Seldomridge
Elizabethtown
H. A. Smith
Lebanon
C. E. Boughter
Reading
City Grays Drill Postponed To Monday Evening
The provisional City Grays drill, slated for last evening, was abandoned due to a thunderstorm and crowded armory. The next meeting is set for Monday at 7 30 o clock, with 65 prospective members' applications reviewed at the business session.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
City Grays
Equal Rights Bill Referred Back to Library Committee
At the opening of the session the equal rights bill was recommitted to the library committee. The House also sent back to committees measures on jail oversight and compensation act procedures. Rachael Himan of Steelton returned an unused marriage license and gave a note about John Courvie’s drinking, saying she would not marry him.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senate
Committee On Library
House Tilso
Recorder's Office
Rachael eHiman
Steelton
John Courvie
Riot in Dublin as Sinn Feiners clash with police
In Dublin on June 21 Sinn Feiners renewed demonstrations after the uprising arrests. About 600 attacked residences of former soldiers as Beech Union Jacks fluttered. Five women and several men were arrested amid rising disorders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dublin
Sinn
Sycamore Playground Children Raise Flag They Bought
More than a thousand youngsters from Sycamore playground and Foose school joined a flagraising at the playplot this afternoon. They walked from the school to the playground, sang patriotic songs, and the flag was raised by twelve girls. The students saved for weeks to buy the flag, with the program arranged by teachers and J. F. Toomey known as Uncle Jerry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sycamore Playground
Foose
J. F. Toomey
Uncle Jerry
Red Cross Endowment Drive Names Campaign Teams
A statewide Red Cross endowment drive outlines 20 campaign teams across divisions A to D and a women's division led by Mrs. Olmsted and others. Henderson Gilbert captain fronts Division D. teams list chairmen and captains, with extensive member rosters. Legislature endorses move with Senate and House pledging subscriptions and a lobby bureau opening for contributions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Red Cross
Henderson Gilbert
George B. Tripp
Div. A
Arthur H. Bailey
Albert L. Allen
J. H. Bell
R. Brinser
Frank L. Cook
R. N. Hosler
Clyde Myton
John C. Orr
R. M
Boyd Hamilton
George R. Moffitt
Robert Moorhead
Samuel Parke
C. E. Ryder
Theodore E. Seelye
W. S. Seibert
Zimmerman
Donald McCormick
J. Austin Brandt
G. J. Coloviras
B. B. Harrington
R. C. Halderman
W. J. Lascure
Frank Payne
H. M. Stine
Warren van Dyke
G. E. Whitney
Frank C. Sites
Cameron Baer
William Bagnell
William Beidleman
Charles Hoffman
Peter Magaro
Edward Moeslein
Ewis M. Neiffer
H. A. Robinson
al K. Thomas
George Tippet
Brook Trout
A. A. Wert
W. H. Cordry
Robert
H. B. McCormick
Spencer G. Nauman
Warwick M. Ogelsby
L. D. Perry
Harry W. Stone
John Fox Weiss
J. K. White
John C. Herman
A. H. Armstrong
William B. Bailey
Howard M. Bingaman
Charles E. Covert
W. H. Fetter
Lawrence V. Harvey
Stanley G. Jean
Frank B. Musser
Mercer B. Tate
E. Z. Wallower
R. E. Boswell
A. A. Herr
Walter Johnston
C. W. Miller
E. B. Mitchell
H. E. Prevost
W. Grant Rauch
William Strouse
Williams
F. L. Wright
Robert B. Reeves
Horace Segelbaum
R. W. Troup
John Yates
C. T. Hench
Job J. Conklin
Charles E. Pass
C. T. Crego
John M. Delaney
F. Dunkle
J. E. Gipple
James G. Hatt
H. H. Lynch
William A. McKhenny
A. L. Patton
Ross Seaman
Edward F. Weaver
H. M. West
Fred M. Tritle
Co. H. Barner
H. M. Bird
W. H. Brackenridge
W. L. Ferry
A. H. Fraim
A. H. Hull
D. L. M. Baker
Karl E. Richards
Ray
Shoemaker
Anton Benson
H. L. Morrissey
Marlin E. Olmsted
John Y. Boyd
Letitia G. Brady
Walter H. Kaither
BE. Z. Gross
Paul A. Kunkel
Frances F. Morrison
Mary B. Robinson
Martha O. Seiler
Henry M. Stine
William E
A. E. Buchanan
Charles W. Bartnett
C. E. Covert
Anna Hershey
Joseph Nachman
W. H. Shetton
J. Ross Saree Lee James C. Thompson
House
Senate
Protem
Beidleman
Black
Dauphin
Central High Faculty Photo Includes Dibble and Staff
Professor Dibble leads Central High School faculty in a formal group portrait. The image lists teachers and staff across four rows, including Miss Edith Tatnall Miss Katherine Zeiders Miss Dorothy Fahnestock Principal Howard G. Dibble and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Howard G. Dibble
Central High School
Edith Tatnall
Katherine Zeiders
Dorothy Fahnestock
Elizabeth Garner
Mary Orth
Frances Hamilton
Elsie M. Yount
Ruth Stuart
Eleanor Jeonard
Teressa Greenwald
Bertram Saul
Karl Richards
Florence Beck
G. N. C. Henschen
MO. Billow
Edgar F. Keller
Wm. Michael
Professor Burris
Joseph Leswing
Calvin Martz
Paul Smith
Andrew Bitzel
Clarence Zorger
New Trial Sought Over Park Zone Property Jury Finding
The court heard a bid for a new trial in the Cooper vs. Commonwealth Pennsylvania case seeking reversal of a jury award of 55 275 for property at Short and South streets in Capitol Park Extension. The matter follows the sale of land at Eighteenth and Berryhill to Greenawalt for 4 000. Additional real estate transfers listed include: Brandt Estate executrices to Samuel Lehrman in Steelton. Brown heirs to George Straw and others in city and Lower Paxton. Lehman to Lizzie Matter in Lykens. Smith to Koneff in Steelton. Gruber to Hunendubler in Derry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George P. Cooper
Edward N. Cooper
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
Charles H. Bergner
Joseph Ll. Kuhn
Coopers
Short
South
Capitol Park
Eighteenth
Berryhill Streets
John G. Houser
Cumberland County
Greenawalt
Lebanon
Lentz
John A. Brandt
Samuel Lehrman
South Front Street
Steelton
Anna Smith
Dimko
Lenko Koneff
Main Street
Cyrus F. Gruber
Fannie T. Hunendubler
Derry Township
Funeral Readings for Stevens Mausteller Speraw
Funeral services were held for Vincent Curtis Stevens age 39 at his cousin’s home then moved to North Madison Indiana. Louis Willard Mausteller age 12 died at home of his parents and sister. Chester Speraw age 13 died at home with services scheduled and East Harrisburg Cemetery burial.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vincent Curtis Stevens
A. T. Bovean
South Thirteenth Street
North Madison
Indiana
Andrew M. Stevens
Louis Willard Mausteller
William B
Mausteller
North Second Street
George Edward Hawes
Market Square Presbyterian Church
Young Mansteller
Edward Manser
Market Square
Cameron School
Chester Speraw
Harry F. Speran
North Seventh Street
East Harrisburg
Navy advocate calls for an enormous air force
Howard E. Coffin of the Council for National Defense urges a vast air navy to control the western front from the North Sea to the Alps, preventing any German aircraft from leaving its airfields.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Howard E. Coffin
Council For National Defense
North Sea
Alps
Market Opens Steady With Steel Leads Gains
New York stocks opened steady with gains in Bald win Locomotive Atlantic Gulf and West Indies and strong steel shares pushing prices 1 to 3 points higher. Earlier mixed activity saw American Smelting General Electric and Marine advance while rails and some utilities lagged before a late broad rally. Bond market steady as ruble recovery supports overall tone.
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Associated Press
New York
Wall Street
Baldwin Locomotive
Atlantic Gulf and West Indies
Marine
Ptd
American Smelting
General Electric
A. S. Steel
New
Bethlehem and Crucible Steels
Harvester
Industrial Alcohol
Central Leather
Texas Company
Sinclair Cily
Union Pacific
St. Paul
Reading
New York Central
New Haven
Allis Chalmers
Atchison
Baldwin Locomotiv
Baltimore and Ohio
Chesapeake and Ohio
Mil
Colorado
Crucible Steel
Distilling Securit
General Motors
Goodrich, B. F. Steers
Mexican Petroleum
Miami Copper
Midvale Steel
Ots New York Central
He N. H
Norfolk and Western Oaeee
Northern Pacific Pacific Mail
Pennsylvania A. BR
Pittsburgh Coal
Ray Con
Buoh Reading Railway
Republic Iron and Steel
Southern Pacific Wenee Ae
Southern Railway
Studebaker
BS. Steel S
Steel
Utah Copper
W. U., Telegraph
Weatinghouse Mfg
Willys-Overland
Maryland
Detective Shuler to Demand Hearing by Mayor on Tip Charges
City detective George Shuler says he is not implicated in a disorderly house case and will demand a hearing upon Mayor Miller's return to police headquarters. He cannot identify the location of the alleged house or the people said to run it.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shuler
George Shuler
Miller
Juvenile court to hear 23 cases including truancy and theft
Twenty three youths face juvenile court tomorrow with only two seasoned offenders. Cases mainly cover truancy and incorrigibility, plus several larceny charges, three assaults, one assault and battery, and another for starting forest fires. Six defendants are girls. suspended sentences are set before Judge Kunkel in court room No. 1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kunkel
Lyonsville Bridge Reconstruction Bids Sought
Harrisburg on June 21 1917 announces sealed bids for rebuilding the Lyonsville bridge over Swatara Creek Dauphin County about two miles north of Hershey. Plans and specifications available for a $10 cash deposit refundable on return. bids due 11 am June 29 1917 with 10 percent bid security. county may reject any bid.
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Harrisburg
Ltoum
Ouse
Swatara Creek
Loysville
Dauphin
Punter
Hershey
County Commissioners’ Office
Lyonsville Bridge
Canounty
Chee
Emil
Women Militants Tear Suffrage Banners at White House Gates
Women pursuing publicity clash with guards at the White House tearing purple white and gold banners. Hazel Hawkins fights to save a flag as a man breaks the pole and the banner falls. Police restore order as crowds disperse and a police matron detains Mrs. Dee Richardson. George B. remains unnamed as incidents unfold.
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Pennsylvania Avenue
Hazel Hawkins
White House
Dee Richardson
Reserve
Wilson
Elihu Root
Russia
United States
Sentinels
George B
Sanpan touted as a front line health tonic at Keller’s Drug Store
An advertisement features a testimonial claiming Sanpan cured a sluggish liver and fatigue boosting sleep and appetite. The ad cites Harrisburg’s Keller’s Drug Store at 405 Market Street as the place to meet the Sanpan representative.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Keller's Drug Store
Market Street
Harrisburg
Sanpan
Inami
Adv
Banner Incident Quietly Resolved Without Uproar
Montgomery of Richmond tore the remainder of the banner as police watched and dispersed the crowd after the last canvas shred. Miss Lucy Burns of New York and Miss Catherine Morey of Boston held the banner and were left unharmed by both police and crowd.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montgomery
Richmond
Lucy Burns
New York
Catherine Morey
Boston
Harrisburg Y M C A Shows Camp Life Films
Harrisburg boys will view moving pictures of the Inglenook Y M C A camp tonight at the Harrisburg association. The event aims to boost local attendance for the camp opening June 29. The reel includes Harrisburg youth who attended before and camp director H. J. Schmidt will discuss details with parents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harrisburg
Inglenook
Harrisburg Association
Locust Streets
H. J. Schmidt
Camp Curtin Memorial Bill Favored by Committee
Senator Beidleman’s measure to honor Camp Curtin was reported favorably to the House of Representatives today by the Appropriations Committee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Camp Curtin
Beidleman
Camp Curtin Memorial
House of Representatives
Appropriations Committee
How to Be Rid of Dangerous Dandruff
An old advertisement asserts dandruff stems from a microbe and that Parisian sage applied to the scalp can destroy the germ. It touts Parisian sage Giroux's as safe, perfumed, stainless, and guaranteed with money-back on every package, available at Kennedy's Drug Store.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ona
Sangerbund
Paris
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Capitol Hill
Jules Cambon
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Associatedress
General Pershing
Hershey C. E
Sycamore
Dibble
Central High
MR. Stevens
Louis Mausteller
Speraw
Interstate Commerce Commission
Essick
William &. Essick
Aetna Life Insurance Company
International Association of Rotary Clubs
John F. O'Neill
Kessick
Mr. Essick
Big Air Navy
Howard
Corriin
Atlantic Gulf
Chandler Bros. & Co
Philadelphia
North Market Square
Chestnut Street
Pine Street
Philadelvhia
Oata
Wester Creamery
Maine
Western
Jersey
Baskel
Florida
South Carolina
North Carolina
Norfolk
Timothy
Kansas
Chicago
Christian Endeavor Society
Olivet Presbyterian Church
Pocono Pines
Public Service Commission
Halifax
Liverpool Electric
Millersburg Company
Thompsontown Electric Company
Juniata Company
Theodore Mack
Barber
Cameron Street
Delaware
Schell’s Seed Store
Market ST
BEA _ BACKER
United Ice & Coal Co
Forster & Cowden Sts
North Second St
G. L. Cullmerry, Com. Trust Bidg
Gettysburg, Pa
Gettysburg Light Company
Thomas P. Turner
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