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Newspaper
Harrisburg Telegraph
Location
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jun 24, 1915
Page
8
Unparalleled Friday sale offers ladies dresses in black white blue and lavender broken plaid skirts knit and voile dresses plus white wash skirts and voiles. Special prices on lace curtains rugs napkins linens and lingerie with focus on silk lisle hose caps aprons and sheets. Described items include border scrims voiles crepes and percale aprons with deep discounts and one half price textiles across brands and vendors.
By Associated Press Ann Arbor Mich June 24 One thousand graduates received diplomas at the seventy fifth commencement exercises of the University of Michigan today.
Final preparations for the annual YMCA camp at Inglenook are completed by State secretary James B. Carruthers. More than 150 boys from thirty Pennsylvania towns will attend under Albert M. Chesley and a corps of young men. Numerous new features are planned for this year’s encampment.
Special to The Telegraph Chicago reports widespread concern over the strained financial system from wartime demand, gold imports, and European payment burdens. A financier notes the prewar trend toward a deep business decline without the European conflict, while tariff changes spur foreign competition and bolster American industry through munitions sales to the Allies.
In Huntingdon Pennsylvania on June 24 Samuel Lewis, an elderly man, asked President Judge Thomas Bald ridge how to recover property from his mother's estate after lawyers failed to obtain satisfaction. The judge said he could not act as both attorney and judge and advised Lewis to hire counsel for his case to be considered.
Blain Pennsylvania hosts a Sunday school conference at Zion's Lutheran Church under the county association. Present were David I. Fry of Newport president of the association Rev S L Rice of Marysville missionary superintendent Rev T R Gibson of Blain vice president and Rev J W Keener of Blain.
Pottsville June 24 The chief burgess of St Clair will veto the ordinance granting a franchise to the Air Line trolley line linking Schuylkill county with Philadelphia and New York capitalists said to sidetrack the town The line may not touch St Clair. Chicago June 24 Philadelphia was chosen by the Associated Advertising Clubs of the World nominating board as next year’s convention site London June 24 F Robert Muller found guilty at Old Bailey for German spying was shot at the Tower of London yesterday.
It promotes a painless method to remove hair using a delatone paste. A stiff mix of powdered delatone and water is applied to the surface for about two minutes, then rubbed off and washed to remove hairs. The ad cautions buyers to obtain real delatone to avoid disappointment.
A vintage appeal urges thin individuals to gain 10 to 30 pounds by boosting fat absorption. It promotes Sargol tablets as a guaranteed flesh-building remedy, claiming quick cheek fullness and firm body gains under medical endorsement, with refunds if unsatisfied.
Pittsburgh firm Westinghouse Electric and Manufacturing Co. sealed the largest postwar order for munition products in U.S. history, valued near $100 million. Officials including Herman Westinghouse and E M Herr held high level meetings in Pittsburgh and New York as secrecy surrounded the contract for British French and Russian war departments.
Ground was broken last night for the Camp Curtin Memorial Methodist Episcopal church at Sixth and Warden streets. Hundreds of Methodists from across the city attended a devotional program with addresses and music. The Rev. Dr. John D. Fox of Grace Methodist church was the principal speaker.
In Hagerstown Maryland directors announce a corn and wheat show with special prizes and an enlarged horse show as top features of the upcoming fair. Andrew K Coffman is appointed superintendent and Preston Smith serves as secretary. In Wrightsville Jeanette F Axe wed Clarence H Haas of Youngstown Ohio at Westminster Presbyterian Church with Rev C A Oliver officiating.
York June 24. Daniel E. Barnitz a Hanover cattle dealer committed death by own action by throwing himself under a moving Western Maryland train near his home. His mind deteriorated about a year ago and he was about 60 years old.
Dr Harry V. Pierce purchases 56 horses in Columbia Pennsylvania for the English army and seeks more. The animals are shipped from Columbia to New York and loaded onto English boats for transport.
In Columbia Pennsylvania on June 24 Jacob Bowers a rolling mill employee broke an ankle joint when a heavy iron piece fell and struck his knee the impact dislocating the ankle joint. In Reading Pennsylvania on June 24 the body of Edward Van Aerman a Philadelphia inmate of the Wernersville State Insane Asylum was found in a water trough on the institution premises a mile from the main building.
Reading reports a surge in donations for the Neversink Mountain Tuberculosis Sanatorium raising total contributions to 3847, the largest sum yet. Hazleton notes a mine accident leaves Jacob Gietski without both hands and his home damaged by fire. Hazleton announces Dr James A Corrigan is named assistant surgeon at Hazleton State Hospital. Luzerne and Schuylkill items include fatalities from train incidents and a Reading escapee recaptured at a daughter’s home in Allentown.
The city’s Reformed churches will unite at Hershey Park for an annual picnic. Special cars from St John’s and Fourth Reformed churches depart at 8 o’clock. other specials leave from the square. Two baseball games and skill contests highlight the program.
The article urges choosing a pleasing diet that avoids discomfort and proposes Dr Williams Pink Pills to rebuild blood and tone the digestive system. It notes nerves influence digestion, suggests starting treatment at a local drugstore, and offers a free diet book from Dr Williams Medicine Co via postal request.
Nicholas Hager known as the colored bad man who held several police at bay in the Fifth Ward faced court on felonious assault with intent to kill. Bail set at 2000 dollars. His wife Irene Hager filed the charges. In New York the Allies reportedly altered ammunition contracts to favor high explosive shells over shrapnel, acknowledging shrapnel’s inadequacy in trench warfare.
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