Wreck kills Hagenbach Wallace Circus troupe at Ivanhoe
A Michigan Central train crashed into a circus sleeper car at Ivanhoe Indiana. 50 to 100 performers believed dead with many incinerated. Eight bodies reached morgues and 25 missing. 125 injured moved to Gary Hammond hospitals as officials confirm heavy toll and ongoing inquest.
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York Gazette and York Daily Consolidate in York
Due to paper and labor shortages the York Gazette and York Daily have merged. The new publication will be issued by the Gazette Publishing Company under the title York Gazette and York Daily. The York Daily was the oldest York daily and was owned by Dispatch Publishing.
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York Papers
York
York Gazette
York Daily
The
Gazette Publishing Company
Dispatch Publishing Company
Weather Summary Harrisburg and Eastern Pennsylvania
Fair and cooler tonight with low around 52. Sunday fair with moderate temperatures. Susquehanna and tributaries rise about 1 to 2 feet due to recent rainfall. stage 4.6 feet expected Sunday morning. Outlook shows rainfall mainly in the basin and strongest in the Susquehanna area. Atlantic States cooler with slight rises. Moon is Full, sunrise 5:34 am, high 65, low 55, mean 60.
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Pennsylvania
Susquehanna River
Detroit
Cenhin
Lakes
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Atlantic
Susquehanna
Atlantic States
Euat
Harrisburg Proclaims Two Minutes for Prayer on July 4
Mayor Daniel L. Keister proclaims that on July 4 the city will pause for two minutes after 12 noon to petition Divine Providence for soldiers and allies safety and for success in war. Supported by Harrisburg clergy and Rotary Club endorsements, the observance asks all residents to bow heads and join in silent prayer.
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Harrisburg
War Death Roll Shows Yankees Active at Front
Washington reports a rising U S casualty list from France with 153 names: 52 killed in action, 26 died of wounds, 1 from aircraft, 9 from disease, 10 by other causes, 37 wounded severely, 2 missing, 15 prisoners. Pennsylvanians named include Private Dolan, Loomis, Lacy, and Moon among others. The tally reflects multiple front actions and patrols, not a single engagement.
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Washington
France
Chateau Thierry
Charles
Harrison Moon
Elwood City
Two Minutes for Prayer endorsed by Mayor Keister
Mayor Daniel L. Keister endorses the Harrisburg Telegraph idea to designate two minutes after noon for silent prayer. A proclamation sets the moment for residents to pause, bells toll, and a citywide prayer is urged with 20 000 paraders expected to halt in the parade.
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Daniel L. Keister
Harrisburg
Yankee Guns Active as Lines Improve at Chateau Thierry
General Pershing reports improved American positions northwest of Chateau Thierry and brisk artillery fights in the Woevre Vosges and Chateau Thierry region. The communique notes advances and strengthened lines in Section A northwest of Chatean Thierry.
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Pershing
Chateau Thierry
Woevre
Vosges
Chatean Thierry
Movie Cashier Admits Murder Aboard Train
J. R. Jackson, cashier of a Kansas City film firm, confessed to killing his wife in a sleeping car stateroom aboard a train near Shelbina Missouri. He said he threw the body out the window and later discarded her clothing.
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Associated Press
Kansas City
Shelbina
J. R. Jackson
Jackson
Draft to Seize 16 946 Pennsylvanians for July Army Call
Army drafts 16 946 Pennsylvanians for July with quotas by 282 districts. City expected to supply 300 plus, while 3 000 queue to Camp Lee on July 5 and 1 459 scheduled for July 15. Additional 787 with education and aptitude head to training facilities. A five day period from July 22 will see 11 700 men sent to Camp Lee Petersburg Virginia.
Republicans Re-elect Horner and Officers at Harmony Meeting
The Republican County Committee in Courtroom No 2 re-elected William H Horner as chairman James E Lentz and Mark Mumma as vice chairs Al B Cooper as secretary and C C Cumbler as treasurer Resolutions backed Senator Sproul Beidleman Kreider and other May nominees The meeting was largely attended harmonious and forecast a big Republican majority in November William Harvey Taylor served as temporary chairman and praised Republican unity.
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Republican County Committee
William H. Horner
Swatara Township
James E. Lentz
Elizabethville
Mark Mumma
Steelton
Cooper
Harrisburg
C. C. Cumbler
Highspire
William C. Sproul
E. E. Beidleman
A. 8. Kreider
Horner
William Harvey Taylor
Taylor
Veteran of Heroic Italian Armies Visits City for War Fund
Harrisburg residents with Italian roots welcome Colonel Americo Pio at the Regent theater to hear his wartime experiences. Mayor Keister and local leaders meet him, while Col Pio addresses Italian American concerns about American support. Italian Red Cross fundraiser features reels of battlefront films and speeches by William M. Hargest and Senator Beidleman.
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Pio
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J. J. Pariolo
T. Camilla
P. Magnelli
J. M. Monti
Peter Magaro
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Red Cross
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William M. Hargest
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Steelton
V. F. Salerno
Acri
Joseph Giusti
Charles Martin
Augustus Branca
M. D. Cirillo
Crowder Directs Mailing of Questionnaires in All States
Washington June 22 draft ex ecutives were directed by Provost Marshal General Crowder to begin mailing questionnaires to registrants of the class of 1918 on June 25 for three days. Twenty five percent of registrants on each board will receive questionnaires daily with serial and order number spaces left blank until classification in July.
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Washington
Rowder
British Raiders Active Near Amiens Front
British troops conducted raids in the Amiens region and in the Flanders front sectors. Prisoners were taken and enemy casualties reported by the war office.
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London
Amiens
Flanders Front
War Office
Austria under food crisis amid riots and threats
London reports claim an assassination attempt on Emperor Charles of Austria amid Vienna riots and a growing strike wave. Dispatches note food shortages, minister resignations anticipated, and warnings to parents over child unrest as Austria faces famine until harvests in late summer.
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Amsterdam
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Arbeiter Zeitung
Austria
State Department
Children Feel Barbarities Of Hun Invaders
Comtesse Madeleine de Bryas spoke at multiple Harrisburg meetings for the Committee on Public Information and the American Committee on Devastated France. She urged aid as France holds out, with events at Civic Club, Harrisburg Pipe and Pipe Bending Works, and Pine Street Red Cross Auxiliary.
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France
America
Comtesse Madeleine de Bryas
Committee On Public Information
American Committee
Harrisburg
Civic Club
Pine Street Red Cross Auxiliary
Three Hurt as Auto Overturns During Race With Train
Three men from New Buffalo Perry county narrowly escaped serious injury when their car overturned near Halifax while racing a passenger train. Occupants John Schriver E Lowe and Ira Culp were pinned beneath the wreckage but suffered no serious injuries.
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John Schriver
E. Lowe
Ira Culp
New Buffalo
Perry County
Millersburg
Culp
County Bar Seeks Judge Kunkel Candidacy for Supreme Court
The Dauphin County Bar Association plans to persuade President Judge George Kunkel to allow his name for Justice of the State Supreme Court in the next election. The letter notes the Bar’s high esteem for Judge Kunkel and declines endorsing other candidates.
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Joseph W. Bouton
Forty-eighth Judicial District
State Supreme Court
Charles C. Stroh
Dauphin County Bar Association
George Kunkel
Stroh
Bar Association
Kunkel
Yankee Army in France Numbers 90000 Men
Washington reports nine hundred thousand American troops have been shipped to France, with five months ahead of schedule to place an army there. General March notes progress since last week, as more units are ferried from all embarkation ports. He says the western front shows a lull while combat divisions reform for another drive and central powers are held on all fronts.
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Washington
General March
United States
France
March
Austrians Gather Forces for Next Big Attack
Rome reports the battle remains largely unchanged with no new infantry actions on Friday. Premier Orlando says Austrians are gathering all available men in mountain front sectors as Italian and Allied forces, including American aviators, push toward the Piave and defend bridges against flooded rivers.
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Orlando
Tribuna
Montello
Lower
Piave
Warns Against German Peace Offensive Across The War
Washington officials warn of a German peace offensive after Central Powers make gains. British Foreign Minister Balfour warns America of the danger of the offensive.
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