Prize Awarded For Time To Melt Ice In Window Display
Theodore Levin of 417 Beas street won five dollars for the closest guess of the time required to melt the ice cake used in a straw hat window display. Bernard Schmidt received a bread contract for Mt Gretna mobilization camp with daily carload shipments. Corn Planter Tribe passes a resolution to keep National Guard members in good standing while in State or Federal service.
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Levin
Theodore Levin
Beas Street
The
Globe
Scamidt
Bernard Schmidt
Mt. Gretna
Corn Planter Tribe
National Guard
J Denny O'Neil Appointed State Insurance Commissioner
J Denny O Neil a respected political figure and local optionist has been appointed by Governor Brumbaugh to serve as State Insurance Commissioner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. Denny O'Neil
Brumbaugh
Youth campers commandeer church picnic rations
A youthful band of campers took over commissary stores meant for a Market Square Presbyterian Church picnic causing surprise to Mrs. Herman P. Miller as they prepared to move food to Boiling Springs. In Greece, Athens reports general satisfaction over the Entente ultimatum to King Constantine and calls for lifting the blockade as markets rebound from panic.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herman P. Miller
Market Square Presbyterian Church
Boiling Springs
Athens
Constantine
Entente
Deaths and Funerals Notice Summary
Death notices for George Brinton 79 of Fifteenth and Derry streets and John H. Stewart Boas street. Chester Bomgartner 12 of 2245 Jefferson Street. Lewis M. Pesagno of 918 Grand Street buried Mt Calvary. Funeral of Mrs Theophilus Fenn West Philadelphia 2 30 pm burial West Laurel Hill. Big Time at Pittsburgh plant Explosion and fire at Liquid Carbonic and others. fireman John Palmer injured. loss about 200000. Carranza troops encampment near Columbus New Mexico 20 miles south. details unclear.
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George Brinton
Fifteenth and
Derry Streets
C. A. Smucker
Mount Joy
Chester W. Bomgartner
James H. Taylor
Jefferson Street
Lewis M. Pesagno
St. Patrick's Cathedral
Grand Street
Mt. Calvary
Susie Dillinger Fenn
Julia Fenn
Harrisburg
Thomas Elder Fenn
Chicago
Prosper Dalien Fenn
Metropolitan Syndicate Press
William Kemmerer Fenn
Asbury Park
Theophilus Fenn
Pittsburgh
Liquid Carbonic Company
British- American Chemical Company
John Palmer
Relief fund plans shaping up in Harrisburg region
A Harrisburg Telegraph notice outlines a mass fundraising plan to aid soldiers families. Citizens would donate $1 a month, with Rotary Club endorsing the effort and suggesting a joint drive with government and employer contributions. David Kaufman adds $100 and proposes an emergency loan fund managed by a citizen committee.
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Associated Aid Societies of
Harrisburg
Rotary Club
William Robison
Howard C. Fry
Telegraph
David Kaufman
Kaufman
Mr. Stackpole
Harrisburg Telegraph
W. Bowman
Cins Sian
Lesh
Parliament Revives Plan for Channel Tunnel
The movement to build an English Channel tunnel is revived and to be debated in the House of Commons soon. The discussion centers on a resolution proposed by Arthur Fell, MP for Great Yarmouth, reported from London.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wm. Strouse
Adler - Rochester
Washington, D. C
Army
National Guard
Hay
Military Affairs Committee
Associated Press
London
English Channel
House of Commons
Arthur Fell
Great Yarmouth
War progress spurs tunnel plan for postwar Channel
A resolution notes the war shows great benefits from a Channel tunnel and calls for immediate planning to begin construction once the war ends. It emphasizes the need to prepare and expedite the project in the postwar period.
Loss of Life on Mercury Steamer Sunk by Mine
Reports from Petrograd via London indicate heavy loss of life on the Russian steamer Mercury sunk by a mine in the Black Sea. The ship carried 800 passengers including many college students on a Odessa to Kherson voyage. it struck a mine 13 miles from Odessa two miles off shore and sank in five minutes after the bow was torn away.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Black Sea
Petrograd
London
Mercury
Odessa
Kherzon
Lifeboats Overturned Aboard Ship Disaster Rescue Efforts Continue
Two lifeboats were launched and capsized with passengers. Thirteen rescue boats could not reach the scene due to heavy seas but saved passengers who swam or clung to wreckage. Many passengers were saved though numerous are missing. Twenty eight bodies washed ashore as a Russian steamer captain watched, fearing torpedo attack.
Cadomene Tablets Promised as Brain Nerve Tonic
An advertisement extols Cadomene Tablets as a true tonic and builder for tired nerves and brain workers. It claims lasting vitality, improved sleep, better muscular tone, and enhanced overall health, urging readers to gain mastery over body and brain through repeated use.
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Wim. Strouse
New York City
Wm. Strouse & Co
Bis
Skolny
Maurice Fernster
Panamas
Market St
Schmidt Cakeries
Ely
Black Vale
Crepe de Chine Wal
J. Denny O’neil
John H. Stewart
Boas Street
Lincoln Cemetery
Carranza
Columbus
N. M
Juarez L
North Second Street
Liberal Credit
N. Second Street
Channel
Penna Auto Sales Co
Cameron Street Bell Phone
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