Extra pay checks due in two weeks for Reading Railway
Time clerks at Reading Railway finalize back pay tables, with $300,000 to be disbursed to trainmen and a few firemen in Harrisburg division areas and other points. Some engineers had increases earlier. yardmen overtime disputes resolved after three weeks of talks. Also notes injuries to a Harrisburg division brakeman and a Reading engineer preparing to visit Wisconsin. Ice cream festival planned by Reily Hose Company tonight with Goldsboro Band.
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Reading
Harrisburg
Rutherford
Hagerstown
Frank BE. Gardner
Gardner
Albert FE. Gregory
Reily Hose Company
Kevin
Fourth
Dauphin Streets
Goldsboro
Powell Today
O'Connor
Johnstown Water Company
Cambria Incline Plane Company
Frank D. Geer
Westmont
Public Service Commission
Springfield Consolidated Water Company
Conshohocken
Morton
Clifton Heights
Glenside Water Company
John A. Ernst
Lake Shore and Michigan Southern Railway Company
Geneva, Corning and Southern Railroad Company
Dunkirk, Allegheny Valley and Pittsburgh Railroad Company
New York Central
Samuel M.vauclain
Villanova
Alexander H. Davison
Ardmore
William R. Philler
Haverford
Tener
Philadelphia
State Bar Association
Erie
J. E. G. Cunningham
Department of Mines
Patrick F. Collings
Foster Township
Luzerne County
Merny
George 8. Comstock
Late Industrial Board
J. H. Price
William H. Nash
New Jersey
Louis Seigle
Chicago
Bell
State Pharmaceutical Board
Legislative Insurance Probers
Baldwin
Capitol Hill
Sultz
Escape From Insane Hospital Reaches Royalton Home
William E. Rutherford of Royalton escaped from the Pennsylvania State Hospital for the Insane yesterday around noon while on an afternoon walk with an attendant. He traveled on foot to his parents' home and was recaptured there, returned to the hospital by 4 PM.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William E. Rutherford
J. M. Rutherford
Royalton
Pennsylvania State Hospital For
Rutherford
Liberty
Million Dollar Blast Furnace at Steelton
The Pennsylvania Steel Company plans a new 500 ton daily blast furnace at Steelton forming a six furnace battery in the area, five at Steelton and one at Lochiel. The project promises work for idle Steelton men and rapid progress on other improvements. Chicago contractors were ordered to testify before a federal grand jury on alleged union blackmail.
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Pennsylvania Steel Company
Steelton
Lochiel
Plans for Highspire centennial celebration outlined
Executive committee led by F E Wagenbaugh meets at Durborow's hardware to finalize July 4 events. Promises of 21 floats from local businesses, bands including Highspire Band and Indian Runners Drum Corps, plus fire companies and lodges from Steelton and Middletown expected. Centennial marks 100 years since Bavarian founders Ames and Boughterman settled Ighelle in 1814 and the Highspire Distillery started in 1823.
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Highspire
F. E. Wagenbaugh
Durborow
Second Street
Wagenbaugh
Highspire Fire Company
Indian Runners
Middletown
Steelton
High
Spire
Bavaria
Ames
Boughterman
Ighelle
Reverend Lollis Accepts Bryn Mawr Curate Call
The Rev Harwick Arthur Lollis rector of Trinity Episcopal Church will leave Steelton June 30 to serve as a curate at the Church of the Redeemer Bryn Mawr. He will oversee St Josephs Chapel near Bryn Mawr and has been active in local affairs. His departure comes as Trinity Church finishes a debt free rectorate and a successor is not yet named.
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Harwick Arthur Lollis
Trinity Episcopal Church
Church of the Redeemer
Bryn Mawr
Lollis
Trinity Church
Louis
St. Joseph's Chapel
Steelton
Mineola
N. Y
Church of the Nativity
Steelton and
Vicinity
Trinity
Church
Mexican Fuss Fails to Spark Enlistment Rush
During the Mexican mass period the Bergner building Army station in Third street recruited 100 men in the June quarter, a touch below the prior quarter. Capt. Williams notes 1908 saw 730 enlistments that year, with 184 in the recent period, due to widespread vacancies and a department push to fill posts. The court set July 13 for testimony in the divorce case John vs Mary Peffer, with desertion alleged and service issues delaying the hearing.
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U. S. Army
Bergner
Third Street
John
Mary Peffer
Dock Street Bridge to Open Next Week
Harrisburg Railways Company has laid tracks across the new Dock street bridge. Construction on the concrete floor starts Monday and traffic should resume by the end of next week. The school board session has been postponed from July 3 to July 6.
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Harrisburg Railways Company
Dock Street
Middletown Club Supper and Local Notices Gathered
Middletown G T Club members entertained husbands at Municipal Park with a supper on Wednesday. Londonderry township selects teachers for several schools for the next term. Wincroft Stove Works foundry resumes with moulders working about three days weekly. Mrs A L Foltz hosts the Social Circle in Deo date. Poketa Tribe No 84 Red Men mark an anniversary and plan church services.
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Main Street Church of God
Kouck
Alfred Kelley
Paxtang Hook and Ladder Comany
William Carlson
Invincibles
Steelton Athletic Club
S. S
Paxtang Park
First Methodist Church
G. T. Club
Municipal Park
C. Moore
Mary
Louise
William
Gertrude Moore
D. W. Hutzberger
Samuel
H. V. B. Garver
Harriet and Lawrence
Marion Ulrich
H. S. Roth
Harry Roth
Bruce Berry
Emma
Mattie Eaves
Amos Huntzinger
Wesley Raymond
Lillian
Besse Weller
Annie
Katie Bletz
Fred Haessler
Board of Directors
Londonderry Township
Geyer’s
J. H. Espenshade
Peck’s
J. Frank Epler
Reider’s
John Kohr
River
Clara Beck
Gainsburg
Elsie Espenshade
Beates
Catherine Hershey
Iron Mine
J. B. Brubaker
Newberry
Robert Keiper
Black Oak
Annie Cannon
Round Top
Whersole
Hill Gland
Improved Order of Red Men
Highspire Personal News Highlights Local Guests
Miss Edna Hocker returns from Shippensburg. Mrs. Walter Clippinger of Westerville Ohio visits her Roop relatives. Samuel and Walter Sides return from visiting Uncle James Grimes in Driftwood. George W. Coover visits relatives in Lykens. Mrs. W E Heberling returns from Newville. Mr and Mrs John Kline of Mechan Groe spend Sunday with kin. W E Musgrove of Middletown in town. T N Heicher and son Lloyd return from New York City visiting Rev Merle Heicher. Myrtle Bachman of Bainbridge guests relatives here Sunday. Bessie Wolfe returns from…
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John Kline
Mechan- Gcadarm
W. E. Musgrove
Middletown
T. N. Heicher
Lloyd
New York City
Merle Heicher
Myrtle Bachman
Bainbridge
Bessie Wolfe
Shippensburg
Farewell Banquet for C. E. Penny at Harrisburg Bakers
Bakers of Harrisburg honor C. E. Penny local Fleischman Company manager with a surprise banquet at 210 North Second Street. Penny leaves for Syracuse New York to oversee a larger territory. Bernard Schmidt presided as toastmaster and presented a diamond ring to Penny amidst remarks on bread leavening and yeast making progress. The event included music by the Loeser Orchestra at S. B. Rutherford's.
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Harrisburg
C. E. Penny
Fleischman Company
North Second Street
Penny
Syracuse
N. Y
New York
Bernard Schmidt
Mr. Penny
S. 8. Rutherford's
Loeser Orchestra
Quiet wedding in Shiremanstown as Miss Cora Emenheizer weds Leroy Zeigler
In Shiremanstown at the United Brethren parsonage Miss Cora Emenheizer daughter of Rev. Emenheizer married Leroy Zeigler of Mechanicsburg. The ceremony was by the bride’s father with close relatives present. The bride wore white messaline and carried roses. sister Elizabeth Emenheizer played the wedding march. A wedding supper followed as fern roses and sweet peas adorned the house. Mrs Zeigler plans church work and Zeigler, son of Mr and Mrs C D Zeigler, is studying at Lebanon Valley College. They will live in Shiremans Town after a wedding journey.
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Mechanicsburg
United Brethren Parsonage
Shiremanstown
Cora Emenheizer
Emenheizer
Leroy Zeigler
Elizabeth Emenheizer
Zeigler
C. D. Zeigler
West Keller Street
Lebanon Valley College
Shiremans Town
Bigelow Case Submitted Before Dauphin Court
Deputy Attorney General W M Hargest and C A Whitehouse district attorney of Schuylkill county submitted to Dauphin county court briefs to quash the indictment against Highway Commissioner Bigelow and his principal assailants. The court will rule later. The case stems from highway maintenance delays tied to diverted automobile license funds.
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W. M. Hargest
C. A. Whitehouse
Schuylkill County
Dauphin County
Bigelow
Brumm
Supreme Court
Northumberland County
Charters Issued as Building Firms Seek Expansion
A list of chartered companies shows rapid growth with diverse ventures from Pittsburgh to Philadelphia. Notable capitals range from $5,000 to $1,000,000 with firms in cement, lumber, oil, manufacturing, realty, and construction across several cities.
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Brushton District Building & Loan Association
Pittsburgh
Capital
Brownsville Road Building & Loan Association
Garrick
Wiley Dump & Manufacturing
McKeesport
Winton Chemical Company
Jefferson
Clearfield Stone and Sand Company
Falls Creek
Beaver Store Company
Beaverdale
Memorial Parks and Mausoleum Company
Pitsburgh
Elite Tea and Coffee Company
Erie
Barto Stone and Cement Block Company
Barto
Estates Development Company
Philadelphia
Howard & Gramm
Shelbourne Mills
Ritter Manufacturing Company
Prenzell Sectional Pneumatic Tire Company
Halifax
Reinfel Manufacturing Company
Moonlight Oil and Gas Company
Standard Floor Company
Tebbut's, Inc
Mercantile Reports
Erie Construction Supply Company
Bethel Realty Company
Holsapple
Clear Creek Coal Company
Altoona
Harris Construction Company
California
Arch Building Company
West Locust Building and Loan Association
Cobb's Creek Building and Loan Association
Pennsylvania Indemnity Company
E. E. Brown & Co., Inc
Cygasy Brick Company
Mifflinville
Harper Realty Company
Bristol
Lancaster Golfers to Play Here Tomorrow
The Country Club at Lancaster will visit Harrisburg tomorrow to face the Harrisburg club in the York Lan caster Harrisburg country clubs league. The match starts at 2 o clock at Lucknow with dinner to follow at the Harrisburg Country Club. The return match is planned for Lancaster in August. The Harrisburg lineup includes Payne McCreath Sides Wright Ely Bent Evans Maguire Todd Dull Herman Stackpole Brown Goldsborough Hickok.
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Lancaster
Harrisburg
League of Country Clubs
York
Lucknow
Harrisburg Golfers
Country Club
Payne
R. McCreath
Sides
Wright
Ely
Bent
Evans
Maguire
Todd
Dull
Herman
Stackpole
Brown
Goldsborough
Hickok
Prohibition Vote Delayed on Hobson Amendment
Plans for a July 1 House rules committee vote on the Hobson constitutional amendment for nationwide prohibition have been abandoned with a suggested postponement to August 1. Democratic members agree, as Henry campaigns in Texas. A fireman from Harrisburg, Patrick Pearden, suffered a brain concussion after a gauge lamp struck him on a Pennsylvania Railroad engine and was hospitalized.
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Associated Press
Washington, D. C
House Rules Committee
Hobson
Henry
Texas
Pennsy
Patrick Pearden
Muench Street
Pennsylvania Railroad
Harrisburg
Anniversary services close with church musicale receipts near seventy
Anniversary services at Church of Christ concluded last night with a musicale raising about 70 dollars in receipts. The event featured a program of music and worship concluding the observance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Church of Christ
Economy and Efficiency Commission Sets Next Week for Hearings
The commission will resume hearings next Tuesday with about a dozen department heads to provide supplementary information. The Auditor General’s department, employing about seventy, will be examined. C P Rogers, head of the accidents division, was assigned to assist under the act.
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Economy and Efficiency Commission
Auditor General's Department
C. P. Rogers
Division of
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Kapp
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Martin
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Reily Hose
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Market Street
The
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West Side
Milliken Steel Company
Statten Island
Chicago, Ill
Building Contractors of
United States District Attorney
Federal Grand Jury
Cera
B. F. Straw
Steelton Lodge
Knights of Pythias
Il Mander
Edwin Bennet
W. H. Kell
John DeWees
George Dress
Lloyd Kennedy
D. J. Bechtold
Grand Lodge
Frank Kenrney
M. C. Bickel
A. W. Marks
William Ditlow
Harvey Folkers
Horner—Wagenbach
Fred Wagenbach
Lincoln Street
Charlotte Wagenbach
Paris
IL. Horner
M. P. Hocker Perc
Orner
Steelton Personals
Albert Miller
Buffalo, N. Y
Martin Boyer
D. M. Messersmith
Newport
Minnie Gardner
Christian Endeavor Society of the United Brethern Church
State
C BE
Trinity Episcopal
Jturkish
Yeati
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