Patriotic Walk for Recruiting Planned by City Grays
A patriotic walk around to arouse recruiting interest will be held Thursday evening led by the City Grays Veteran Association. The parade forms at 7 45 and starts at 8, with routes via Forster Walnut Fourth Market Front to the courthouse where a recruiting tent stands.
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City Grays’ Veteran Association
National Guard
Harrisburg
Boys' Brigade
Boy Scouts
City Grays’ Provisional Company
Maurice E Finney
Eighth Regiment
Armory
Forster
Walnut
D and I
Brett
Jenkins
Philip German
City Employes Get Raises By City Council
The council approved raises for twenty two water department workers at the pumping station and filter plant totaling 810 for the last half of the year. Pay rates for July 1 to December 31 cover utility men firemen pipeline workers assistant engineers filtermen and general utility staff. Also approved were sewer and park department funding and a water meters contract while city reps prepare for League of Third Class Cities sessions.
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Samuel F. Dunkle
Water Department
Dunkle
Miller
Gorgas
Cit
Lynch
Swatara Street
Sixteenth
Brook Streets
Gross
Park Department
Gross and
John E. Fox
R. Ross Seaman
M. B. Cowden
James H. Thompson
J. M. J. Raunick
P. J. Bradley
Planning Commission
League of
Hazleton
Twentieth
Parker Streets
Galen Company
Suspension of Cannon Salutes and West Point Athletics
The War Department ordered suspension of all cannon salutes to visiting dignitaries at army posts and fortifications. West Point suspended athletic contests except interclass meets for the year to focus cadets on preparing for commissions in the army.
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Associated Press
Washington
War Department
West Point
Serbian Bishops mistreated by Bulgarian forces
The Serbian legation reports brutal treatment of Serbian bishops and clergy in Bulgarian-occupied Serbia. The Bishop of Sergine is interned in a Bulgarian monastery and seminary director Steve Dimitrievitch with 120 pupils forced to walk to Sofia with no news received.
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Associated Press
Washington
Legation
Sergine
Prinzren
Steve Dimitrievitch
Sofia
Serbia
King Alfonso Faces Pressure Over Monarchy Shakeup
The article shows King Alfonso in earnest talk with Prime Minister Eduardo Dato amid Spain's revolutionary mood. Dato is said to urge resignation and a bid for president of a proposed Spanish Republic, while Alfonso remains popular yet anxious about a possible royal end.
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Spain
Alfonso
Eduardo Dato
Rotary Club Prizes Attract Recruits For Harrisburg
The Rotary Club highlights prizes for recruits as Captain Henry M. Stine notes high enlistment interest. A long Citizens Committee includes prominent city and regional leaders to uphold high standards at Company C recruiting and martial concerts boost enlistment.
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Rotary Club
Citizens’ Committee
Martin G. Brumbaugh
Frank B. McClain
Edward E. Beidleman
Charles A. Miller
Z Gross
William H. Lynch
William L. Gorgas
F. Dunkle
David &. Tracy
Charles E. Bartnett
Arthur D. Bacon
Robert McCormick
Edward L. McColgin
Arthur H. Bailey
William H. Bennetham &J
George W. Bogar
C. M. Kaltwasser
William B. McCaleb
Andrews. Patterson
George W. Reily
George S. Reinoehl
A. C. Stamm
EB. Z. Wallower
Spencer C. Gilbert
E. J. Stackpole
Vance C. McCormick
M. E. Finney
William M. Donaldson
William Jennings
F. B. Wickersham
Charles
Herman
J. Henry Darlington
Philip R. McDevitt
Frank B. Bosch
H. W. Stubbs
Frank R. Downey
H. H. Heskin
J. lClyde Myton
B. C. Haldeman
A. L. Hall
D. M. Dull
Frank H. Bomgardner
C. Cocksin
W. O. Hickok III
George E. Whitney
W. Boone Abbott
Lyman D. Gilbert
Anne McCormick
Raymond Ll. Gillispie
Red Cross
Noah Walmer
Henry M. Stine
Harrisburg
Artillery
Eighth Regiment Infantry
Victor Herbert
Max Swartz
North Sixth Street
Harvey Finley
North Third Street
Byron P. Nissley
State Street
Rudy E. Freeland
Fulton Street
Russell Walsh
North Third
Samuel Shandler
Green Street
Timely Hints for the Home Gardener
Samuel Armstrong Hamilton advises gardeners to plant thickly to ensure a good stand and enough plants after thinning. He covers thinning practices for lettuce radishes onions beans peas carrots beets parsnips tomatoes cabbage peppers corn and turnips, noting timing methods weather conditions and using thinned plants for greens and sauces. He emphasizes using a fork to lift tiny onions and sowing in hills with three to four plants per hill for vigor.
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Samuel Armstrong Hamilton
Reserve audio list of local military personnel and prospects
A list mentions Liam Mussynski and Frank H Bonner in field artillery and infantry at various addresses in Middletown Harrisburg and Steelton with May go in reserves. Captain Harlan S Ambrose may be placed on the reserve list after resigning from Company C Chambersburg. no vacancies on Colonel Finney's staff yet.
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Liam Mussynski
Middletown
Field Artillery
Lee E. White
Miller Street
Harrisburg
Frank H. Bonner
Woodbine Street
Drogo Valetic
Christian Street
Steelton
Infantry
Harlan S. Ambrose
Chambersburg
Finney
Ambrose
French Troops Enter Athens For Second Time
A Times dispatch from Athens reports French troops entered the city and occupied several points marking the second dispatch since the war began. Reuters notes a Sunday night demonstration led by reservists and caterers aligned with Demetrios Gounaris, a former Greek premier and pro German faction ally of King Constantine.
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Associated Press
London
the Times
Athens
Reuter
Demetrios Gounaris
Constantine
Hotel Death Mystery Cleared by Relatives
Philadelphia report says the hotel death case was solved when John J. Alexander arrived from Pittsburgh and identified the dead man as Lieutenant Ferdinand Alexander, 24, his brother and a navy officer. Louise Jones of New York, to whom Alexander was to be married, shot herself after his death.
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Associated Press
Philadelphia
John J. Alexander
Pittsburgh
Ferdinand Alexander
Navy
Alexander
Louise Jones
New York
Former Franklin Official and War Veteran Dies
Chambersburg Pa June 26 George W Britsch former burgess of Chambersburg and former treasurer of Franklin county died at 5 o clock this morning after a lingering illness aged He was born in Harrisburg and enlisted in the Union Army as a boy serving through the Rebellion He later worked as a baker and was a noted athlete He is survived by his widow and two sons including William P Britsch of the internal revenue service Philadelphia
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Chambersburg
George W. Britsch
Franklin County
Harrisburg
William P. Britsch
Oral Revenue Service
Philadelphia
Doctor in Reserve Seized as Slayer
Dr. William J. Condon a prominent New Brunswick man and Army captain in the Reserve Corps was arrested in Chattanooga Tenn for the murder of Rutgers student John V Piper. Piper's body was found June 13 in a lonely field covered with lime with lime traces found at Condon's home and in his car. No motive yet. U S aviators land in London in civilian clothes with blue silk armlets reading U S Flying Corps.
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William J. Condon
New Brunswick
N. J
Chattanooga
Tenn
John V. Piper
Rutgers College
Condon
United States Army Surgical Corps
Piper
Dr. Condon
U. S&s
Associated Press
London
United States Flying Corps
Engpland
U. S. Flying Corps
Enroll Women to Save Food Campaign Aims Nationwide Effort
The Dauphin county food safety division plans a house to house canvass with Boy Scouts Camp Fire Girls Red Cross and car owners to enroll women in a national food conservation pledge. The program promotes the clean plate, saving billions, and urges wheatless meals smaller portions and local foods to aid the war effort.
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Food Supply Division
Dauphin County Committee On Public Safety
Red Cross
R. L. Wilbur
Food Conservation Department
Temporary
Food Administration Organization
Washington
The
Food Administration
United States Food Administration
Umong
League
Mantle of Green to Cover River Front Stone Sheeting
Riprapping work on the river embankment from Maclay street to Peffer nears completion. A minor slope excavation at Maclay will be corrected. After earth cover and planting of vines and shrubs, a mantle of green will hide the stone sheeting along the promenades for residents to enjoy.
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Fifteenth
Berryhill Streets
Harrisburg Railways Company Today
Oberlin
Nineteenth
Derry Street
Berryhill Street
South Thirteenth Street
Berryhill
Fifteenth Streets
Maclay Street
Peffer
Department of Parks
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