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Newspaper
Harrisburg Telegraph
Location
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jun 24, 1914
Page
2
A parade of storefront notices offers discounted goods from suit cases and handbags to Ansco cameras and pianos. Local firms promote low prices on shoes, flowers, jewelry, and home services while promising reliable repairs and quick delivery.
Gold exports drain U S reserves as balance of trade tilts against factories. Economists and bankers see weakness in trade, not a health trend, blaming tariff hikes and foreign loans. Labor payrolls and business stress prompt calls for practical policy over psychological explanations. railroad reorganizations and rising public service issues hint at a cautious revival ahead.
Paxtang Park will host three large picnics tomorrow: Knights of Maccabees with four local lodges, Daughters of Rebecca, and Second Reformed Church. The Knights alone will bring over 3,000 residents, with about 300 from Daughters of Rebecca and 300 from the church. Special cars depart the Square from 9 am to carry crowds.
A collage of ads promotes custom tailoring by George F. Shope and A. J. Simms, Japanese articles from Mrs. Ida Cranston, and cleaning services by Finkelstein, plus the Flying Merkel bicycle sold at Keystone. Includes two drugstore notices and a soda fountain claim near Market Square.
Waldo R. Ballou died from a skull fracture in Stamford. Helen M. Angle, a divorced acquaintance, is under arrest as coroner probes the fatal incident. Blood stains and other evidence flag the scene as investigators review her statements and Ballou's death.
Sunbury reports Jeremiah Summers and Barbara Frick, both in their sixties from Northumberland county, wed by Rev. Robert O'Boyle after reconnecting from school days. They had married others, each widowed, and now embark a fifty year deferred honeymoon. Summers is a farmer. the ceremony occurred yesterday.
Notices show transfer of Fort Hunter Hotel liquor license from Harry B Gladfelser to Walter C Baskin to be heard July 6 1914 at 10 A M in Dauphin County Court. Also Bessie L Zimmerman seeks a license to loan money under the 1913 act with office at 7 North Third Street Harrisburg and an annual meeting for Standard Saving and Loan Association No 2 of Steelton on July 8 1914 at 7 P M for director and auditor elections.
Traffic Officer J F Hicks wanted a true reading of heat in Market Square. He placed a thermometer in an icebox then laid it on asphalt. Twelve minutes later the gauge showed 115 degrees as bystanders joked about the summer scorch.
Butte Mont June 24 After a night of terror a mob of insurgent miners wrecked Miners Union Hall with twenty five dynamite blasts. The city remains outwardly calm though apprehension lingers. Mines near the wrecked hall are in operation.
Colonel Joseph B. Hutchison seeks a suitable person to start the dog catcher business by July 1 as canine trouble grows. In one week sixteen dogs were killed, with six killed Monday in South Harrisburg after reports of a mad dog roaming.
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