Wedding of Verna Newbaker and Robert Graybill at First Reformed Church
Verna Newbaker and Robert Shireman Graybill united in marriage at the First Reformed Church South Second Street. The bride wore blue taffeta and a matching hat. only immediate family attended. After a wedding breakfast the couple departed for a honeymoon in the South and will reside in Harrisburg after September 1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First Reformed Church
South Second Street
Robert Shireman Graybill
Verna Newbaker
C. H. Huyette
John J. Newbaker
Mrs. Graybill
Harrisburg
Edith Snell Dies at Seventeen From Heart Failure
Miss Edith Snell aged 17 daughter of Mr and Mrs William Snell of South Second street died last evening from heart failure. Funeral services will be held Tuesday at 2 pm from the Snell home with Rev G N Lauffer and Rev W N Sanderson officiating. Burial in Baldwin cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edith Snell
William Snell
South Second Street
Snell
G.N. Lauffer
St. John’s Lutheran Church
W. N. Sanderson
First Methodist Church
Baldwin Cemeery
Steelton Real Estate Transfers and Church Listings
Real estate transfers show Harry Withers buying a two and a half story frame dwelling on Spruce Street from Brighthill and Wright. Bernard Blakey purchases the Jacob Levin trustees’ two story dwelling at 304 North Front Street. Local church notices list services, sermons, Sunday schools, and special events across East Steelton churches with pastors and topics including Bandaged Christians and The Christianization of Business.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry Withers
Dweiling
Spruce Street
Brighthill and
Wright
Bernard Blakey
Jacob Levin
North Front Street
Funeral services for Mrs Mame Barbara Selser Middletown
Funeral services for Mrs Mame Barbara Selser who died yesterday afternoon will be held Monday at 2 o'clock. Rev Fuller Bergstres ser of St Peter's Lutheran Church will officiate. Burial will be in Middletown cemetery. She was 58 and lived in Middletown most of her life. Survived by husband S S Selser two daughters Catherine B at home and Mrs Earl Miller of Worcester Mass two sisters Mrs William Ruhl and Mrs Daniel Sweigard.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Malinda Seasholtz
Daniel Seasholtz
Myers Street
Daniel
William
Sunbury
John
Berwick
W. A. Shipp
South Third Street
Mamel Barbara Selser
Fuller Bergstresser
St. Peter’s Lutheran Church
Middletown
Selser
S. S. Selser
Catherine B
Earl Miller
Worcester
Mass
William Ruhl
Daniel Sweigard
Veterans to attend services at Highspire
Members of Colonel Ellsworth Post G A R accompanied by Spanish War Veterans and Sons of Veterans will go to Highspire tomorrow evening. The Rev B L C Baer will preach a special sermon to the visitors. Also notes on local movements and a Harrisburg Foundry excursion to Willow Grove with a Reading line schedule.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baldwin Commandery
Knights of Malta
Front
Locust Streets
Third
Hamilton Streets
Harrisburg
Augsburg Lutheran Church
Ellsworth Post
Sons of Veterans
B. L. C. Baer
Church of God
Harrisburg Foundry and Machine Works
Willow Grove
Reading
Philadelphia
Boston Nationals
Condition of Rev Marshall Improves at Noon Reported
The condition of Rev. William Marshall who is seriously ill at his home 629 Boas Street was reported improved at noon today. He formerly pastored the Harris African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church and was principal of the Calder School Building.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William#. Marshall
Boas Street
Harris African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church
Calder School
Importers petition for U S action on German goods
Representatives of 1 000 American importers presented to Secretary Lansing a petition urging U S measures to allow immediate export of their dyestuffs potash and other American owned goods from Germany without delay.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Washington, D. C
Lansing
United States
Germany
Milk violations to be prosecuted next week in Harrisburg area
An ongoing crackdown targets milk violations with prosecutions planned for the coming week. One dealer selling purported pasteurized milk with high bacteria and low butter fat was cited, while Harrisburg tests show most milk is not bad. Inspectors visit Cumberland county farms to assess cleanliness and equipment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harrisburg
City Laboratories
Cumberland County
West Fairview
Shiremanstown
Mechanicsburg
Bow Imansdale
Camp Hill
State funds to pay 1913 school appropriation
The State Department of Public Instruction prepares to issue warrants for the common school appropriation to 2500 plus districts, with $6,775,601.43 for schools and other line items. Payments begin the first Monday of July, based on fund condition and per child and per teacher metrics. Other items include county salaries and tuition for nonresident high school pupils.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Department of Public Instruction
Baldwin
Joseph L. Baldwin
Pennsylvania
United States Army
Erie
Public Service Commission
Scranton
Harrisburg
Arsenal
State Board of Public Grounds and Buildings
State Arsenal
Brown
Auditor General's Department
Social Democrats Plea for Peace Amid War Pressures
The Social Democrats renew an appeal for peace and negotiations, opposing conquest and annexation. They urge the government to declare readiness for talks once safety is secured, recalling the Reichstag stance of August 4, 1914, and denouncing annexation efforts by economic groups and non Socialist politicians.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Social Democracy
Apeal
Vorstand
Social Democratic Party
Germany
Struck Woman With Shell Leads to Court Hearing
James Majors a colored man was held for court this afternoon on felonious assault and battery after a hearing before Mayor John K. Royal. He is charged with hitting Julia Carey with a seashell inflicting a badly lacerated eye. John Stall was taken into custody for suspected involvement in stones and firecrackers incident harming Michael Mahoney at Race and Paxton streets as police investigate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Majors
Majors
John K. Royal
Julia Carey
John Stall
Michael Mahoney
North Fifth Street
Mahoney
Race
Paxton Streets
Has Woman Split Bulgarian Colony in Sevastia’s Case
Sevastia Evanoff, a Bulgarian colony belle and wife of Spiridion Evanoff, figures in a romance court dispute. Letters alleged to be from her to Milan Angeloff were read, Angeloff was jailed then bailed. A warrant grows against a baker Strazo Dimitroft, brother in law to Sevastia, as Dauphin county courthouse prepares for a high profile clash in Steelton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pretty Sevastia Evanoff
Pretty Sevastia
Spiridion Evanoff
Milan Angeloff
Strazo Dimitrof
Pretty Sevas
Auto races in Chicago draw crowd for $54,000 prize
Thousands gather as three countries contest for a $54,000 purse in two 500 mile events. Brooklands mark of 94.75 mph set in 1913 by Resta Chassagne and Guinnes. Indianapolis record of 849.84 miles by Ralph De Palma. Predictions favor De Palma to defend against strong board-track practice times. Enthusiasts expect an average near 97 mph to win, while skeptics doubt beating the Brooklands record.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brooklands
England
Resta, Chassagne and Guinnes
Indianapolis
Ralph de Palma
de Palma
German Drive Preparations Intensify On Western Front
Italian forces maintain ground in Tyrol Trentino Cadore and Carniola with artillery and small unit actions. Isonzo progress reported despite difficult terrain and Austrian obstacles. Turkish war office claims June 23 patrol destroyed invaders and seized arms at Dardanelles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tyrol- Trentino
Cadore
Carniola
Isonzo
Dardanelles
Turkish War Office
Bookbinder Lewis C Shoemaker Dies at 57
Lewis C Shoemaker a lifelong Harrisburg resident and renowned bookbinder died this morning at 57. Funeral from his 1436 Market Street home Tuesday with Rev. Herman of Zion Lutheran Church. burial in Harrisburg Cemetery. Survived by wife two daughters Catherine and Agnes and son George, plus sisters Rosanna Scheffer and Maria Wightman. He led Hope Fire Company and was ex president of the Bookbinders Union. Harrisburg Newsboys’ Association opens HQ at Odd Fellows Hall with Arthur Koplovitz and Joseph Scott appointed to locate a permanent office. first meeting next Friday evening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lewis C. Shoemaker
Market Street
Winfield Herman
Zion Lutheran Church
Harrisburg
Shoemaker
George J. Shoemaker
Catherine FE. Shoemaker
Agnes Hain
Harrisburg Newsboys’ Association
Odd Fellows’ Hall
North Second Street
Arthur Koplovitz
Joseph Scott
Man Missing for Six Days Found Dead in Heckton Area
Co M Musselman of Lemoyne is in charge of the body as Coroner Deardorf investigates. The deceased, carpenter and Heckton resident since the Civil War, left Lemoyne Monday night and was last heard from then. He served in the regular army after the war and once held the postmaster position at Heckton. Survived by wife Mary and daughters Twite Emerick of Lemoyne and Moses Fitting of Heckton's Mills.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Co. M. Musselman
Lemoyne
Deardorf
Houser
Heckton
Mary Houser
Twite Emerick
Moses Fitting
Heckton's Mills
Dangers of Flying Discussed by McCalley
J. B. McCalley, a former city resident and aviator, spoke to the Engineers' Society about the dangers and development of aviation. He used a biplane and a monoplane model and slides plus motion pictures from above Paris showing troop mobilization. He recalled Harriet Quimby, killed in 1913, and noted deaths of Bugene Ely in 1922 and Bud Mars in 1912 in Cuba.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. B. McCalley
Engineers’ Society
Boston
Wbugene Ely
Macon
Bud” Mars
Cuba
Also Mentioned on This Page
A. C. Graybill
Mico Newbaker
South
Paul Guthrie
Oberlin
P. H. Hughes
Mt. Zion Baptist Church
Steelton
Fire Company
Crack Steelton
Dionisio Zala
Paxtang Hook and Ladder Company
Hookie
Steelton Personals
M. K. Williams
Ridgway
W. M. Edmondson
Lincoln Street
Jacob Meshey
Maytown
Lancaster County
Charles Penrose Feidt
Cottage Hill
Beaver
Stephen Badlam
Excelsior
Excelsior Cycle Co
S. Market Square
Harrisburg, PA
Bell
Steelton Churches
East Steelton
Sint
K. Ln Cc. S
Central Baptist
H. Dallman
Main Street Church of God
G. W. Getz
Jr. C. E
Centenary United Brethren
A A. K. Wier
Astor
C. E
Trinity ‘Episcopa
S. H. Rainey
St. John's Lutheran
George N. Lauffer
St. Mark's Lutheran
W. B. Smith
First Presbyterian
C. Benjamin Segelken
Elisha
Charles A. Huyette
Irene Goodfellow
Highspire
Jeremiah Diemler
Falmouth
Jack Heckler
Elizabethtown
O. O. Schaeffer
Detroit
Mich
J. S. Rieder
Conservatory of Music
John Whitman
Herrisburg
C. E. Whitman
Charles Whitman
Goldie Kieffer
Charles F. Beard
Martin H. Gingrich
C. A. Seltzer
Elizabeth
Irene Brandt
Anna Bell
Russel Metzgar
Marshall
Ids Ly
Kelly-Springfield
Goodyear
Capitol
Nassau
Department of Public Instruction
State Game Commission
Greensburg
State Commissioner of Health
Dixon
Capitol Park Extension Commission
Powell
Delaware Water Gap
State Department
New York
Cunningham
Lininger
Joseph Lininger
Kittanning
J. Hunt
Social Democrats Appeal For Peace
Chicago
McCalley
Dauphin Deposit Trust Company
King Oscar
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