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Newspaper
Harrisburg Telegraph
Location
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jun 22, 1915
Page
5
Special to The Telegraph Mount Joy is told that J R Missemer, editor of the Mount Joy Star and News, has five sons. The report notes his large family and appears in a brief local item.
The Missemer family details the positions of five sons across the country from editor in Shanghai to receiver in Hugo Colorado and other roles in Los Angeles Steel Works and Mount Joy. Fairview township names teachers for multiple schools and elects officers for the teachers institute to open September 25 at Cross Roads school house.
The passage advises against washing hair with soap or many shampoos as they dry the scalp and brittle hair. It promotes using emulsified coconut oil sparingly, stating one to two teaspoonfuls cleanse the hair and scalp, rinse easily, leave hair soft and lustrous, and supply months for a family.
Shenandoah businessman John Mensacavage, 49, in critical condition after drinking lye water. Hazleton evangelist Stough to hold ten day tent meetings starting Wednesday. Mrs Simon Neuberger of Freeland dies on her 50th birthday at State Hospital. Allentown veteran journalist Herman Phillips turns 83. Pottstown Civil War veteran Jerome Stahl beaten and robbed of pension money. Harland B Reifsnyder buried in Pottstown after funeral in New York.
Miss Mary Mildred Dice wed Wilson Snelbaker at the Evangelical parsonage in East Locust street in a 6 o'clock ceremony performed by her father Rev. L M Dice. The couple will reside at 316 South York street after July 16, with a honey moon trip to the northern part of the state by auto. The bride, a 1914 Mechanicsburg High School alumna, studied church music. the groom is superintendent at the Mechanicsburg Shirt Factory.
Abbottstown residents met to form a stock company to purchase the remains of the East Berlin Branch Railway owned by William G. Leas. The line has not run since last September and the rails and ties are stored. Leas asks 10000 dollars plus 2000 more if the engine and cars are included.
It was the year's longest day but darkness fell around 2 o'clock as a heavy rainstorm moved through the city. Offices, stores, and plants used artificial lighting until the sky brightened after 2:30. Sunset was scheduled for 7:36 this evening.
Andrew R. Gemmill and Mary Frey of York applied for a marriage license in Dauphin County declaring they are destined for each other. Both are widowed, their first spouses having died in 1900 and 1901, and the pair had married previously and divorced in June 1912.
James Foltz alias Andrew Jackson is jailed in Carlisle on a charge of forging several checks. He allegedly forged a check in the name of A. G. Eppley and a check for Frank Hoffmar. Foltz said he once lived near Harrisburg.
An ad describing a home hair removal treatment using delatone powder mixed with water to form a paste. Apply to unwanted hairs, rub off after a few minutes, wash skin, and skin should be soft and hairless. Warns to obtain genuine delatone to avoid disappointment.
Citizen Fire Company denounces the Dauphin County Liquor Dealers Protective Association for adding a “little red headed fellow” to its jag list. The letter to City Council claims the action violates fire department rules by allowing intoxicated persons to loaf at the engine house. President Charles P. Meek encloses the resolution condemning the liquor group and defending the firemen’s stance.
Mayor John K. Royal may recall permits allowing newsboys to stay out after curfew. City Solicitor Daniel S. Seit is examining legality amid reports that permits violate state child labor laws. The permits cover newsboys selling Philadelphia editions and running errands at night, raising questions on legality and state Department of Labor interference.
City Commissioner W H Lynch to supervise a new type sewer in Harrisburg with 48 inch drain in Thirteenth ward. Contracts approved: M M Sheesley Sons bid 7638 for Rudy Spencer Delaney streets drain built in quarter segments. Henry Opperman 1492 for Nineteenth Spencer Hildrup street drain. John A Stucker 224 Cameron street sewer. Also roller for asphalt Plant awarded to Buffalo China Roller Company at its bid of five ton steam roller five ton?
Charles Bower 35 of Elizabethtown was kicked by a horse at Lewisberry and had his ankle broken. Taken to Lancaster Hospital his foot was amputated and he died from blood poisoning. Survived by widow Mary Beelman Bower and five children, with family members at his side.
Waynesboro Pa June 22 K G Potter agent of Mutual Life Insurance Company of New York and member of the hundred thousand class has gone to New York City where members of that class are to be entertained by the company The class includes all agents who have written more than 100000 dollars of paid insurance for the company.
The United Evangelical church in Tower City held its Children's Day exercises with a large program. Participants included Katherine Ludwig, Karl Baier, Kenneth Kantner, Harold Robson, William Houtz, Ruth Carl, Sadie Barry, Ruby Lubold, Olive Schriener, Dorothy Rishe, Lola Kantner, Bella Wood, Olive Barnhard, Ida Podegrave, Fred Klinger, Mark Houtz, Mark Rishe, Hilbert Hoffman, Charlie Wood, Lawrence Shomper, William Houtz, Dorothy Rishe, Kathryn Ludwig, Bessie Schriener, Myrtle Keiser, Elda Hoffman, Annie Shutt, Anna Barry, Ruth Robson, Annie Shrope, Verna Shutt, Carrie Erdman, Susie and Annie Shrope, Ethel Schriener, Mildred Carl, Myrtle Reiser.
William N. Conner a 38 year old painter of 1613 Wallace Street fell from a ladder at Verbeke and Cowden Streets this morning. He was taken to Harrisburg Hospital with a fractured right wrist.
Weather predictions for the week forecast fair conditions in the Middle Atlantic area with light rains possible by Saturday and temperatures near seasonal averages. In Blain Pa the Junior Order American Mechanics Blain Council No 588 held Sunday services at Zion Reformed Church with a sermon by Rev J W Keener.
The piece explains melancholy or the Blues as often a symptom of organic disorder and promotes Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound as a longstanding standard remedy. It cites testimonials from women restored to health through its use.
Overweight individuals feel discomfort from excess fat and may seek a simple safe method. The ad promotes oil of kerein capsules taken after meals and at night to burn fat, improve digestion, and increase oxygen in blood, claiming noticeable weight loss in days with weekly weigh-ins.
A newspaper ad touts Rheuma as a cure for rheumatism by removing uric acid from the blood and aiding the kidneys. A West Virginia man claims rapid relief after starting Rheuma, and the ad notes druggists sell it for 60 cents with a money back guarantee.
In Tioga County License Court Judge Cameron refused the license for J W English of Nauvoo citing lack of necessity. This marks the third refusal by the judge this year with 27 other cases still awaiting Superior Court action. Also noted are separate reports from Duncannon of a mine fatality and Strasburg of a gasoline tank explosion causing severe burns.
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