Municipal Boathouse Plan Suggested for Harrisburg Riverfront
Commissioner M Harvey Taylor proposes a self supporting municipal boathouse on Harrisburg riverfront to store boats and provide lockers with nominal dues until the cost is repaid. The plan aims for a central location near Market and Cumberland Valley bridges with park landscaping and easy trolley access.
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Harrisburg
M. Harvey Taylor
Taylor
Market
Cumberland Valley
Stucker Brothers’ Construction Company
Front Street
Cumberland Valley Bridge
Villa Buys $1,000 Porcelain Bathtub for Villa
Gen Francisco Villa will soon have a $1,000 porcelain bathtub shipped to Juarez from a Chicago firm. The rebels plan to carry the tub to Mexico City to replace Huerta's bath. No other White House or Cabinet home has a tub like Villa's purchase. Travel ing salesmen under 21 will be barred from United Commercial Travellers membership as the supreme council rejects admitting younger drummers.
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Washington
Francisco Villa
Chicago
Juarez
Villa
Mexico City
Huerta
White House
Associatercross
Columbus
Ohio
United Commercial Travellers
Supreme Council of the Order
Moran and Johnson Set for World Heavyweight Clash in Paris
Frank Moran of Pittsburgh and Jack Johnson, reigning champion since 1910, prepare to fight at the Valedrome dHiver in Paris for twenty rounds under Queensbury rules. Johnson holds the title. betting odds favor Johnson at 3 to 1 as both men express strong confidence in victory.
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Associated Press
Paris
Frank Moran
Pittsburgh
Jack Johnson
Jeffries
Reno
Valedrome D'Hiver
Queensbury
Johnson
Moran
City Officials Confer on Need of Funds For The Dam Operations
City officers plan a Monday conference with City Council on emergency funds for dam and Paxton creek work. An ordinance will provide for contingencies unanticipated in original specs. Officials report engineers estimates, expect continued work and river wall improvements next week.
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Board of Public Works
Seitz
City Council
Paxton Creek
Calder Street
Meeting planned to press Briggs street opening
More than 100 residents expect to attend next Tuesday’s council meeting to demand the opening of Briggs street between Second and Front in the silk mill section. They gathered at Joseph Claster's store on North Second Street to map strategy for the protest. In Scotland, a Carnegie statue was unveiled today in Pittencrieff Glen, part of a park donated with a $2,500,000 endowment in 1903.
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Briggs Street
Joseph Claster
North Second Street
Second
Front
Associated Press
Dunfermline
Scotland
Andrew Carnegie
Pittencrieff Glen
Carnegie
Standard Steel Car Co Expands Middlesown Plant
Rumors of a major enlargement at the Standard Steel Car Company plant in Middletown persist though officials refuse comment. Additional land purchases and talks on street railway line changes near the plant are under consideration. The company also operates plants in Butler Indiana Hammond Indiana and Baltimore with offices in Pittsburgh.
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Standard Steel Car Company
Middletown
Street
Standard Company
Butler
Hammond
Ind
Baltimore
Pittsburgh
Nude Bathing Ban Ordered by Hutchison in Quusquerranna
Colonel Joseph B. Hutchison chief of police halted nude bathing in the river after a complaint about a crowded scene between Maclay and Race streets. An old city ordinance forbids nude bathing and patrols will enforce it with motorboat surveillance and arrests for those not wearing proper attire. The city considers regulating bathing suits.
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Joseph B. Hutchison
Maclay
Race Streets
Hutchison
Island Park
Market Street
Walnut Street
Ford Plans to Double His Auto Plant Size in Detroit
Henry Ford moves to enlarge his factory with five million dollars in additions to nearly double the plant. Seven six story buildings 60 by 900 feet will be built plus a 1.5 million dollar power plant. When finished the plant will cover 85 acres and employ over 40,000, surpassing all other factories.
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Detroit
Mich
Henry Ford
Orley H. Dawson
Ford
Man Enlists in Army to Secure Aunt’s Legacy
John E Longenecker of Oberlin, urged by his aunt Mrs. William Ralph, to prove patriotism, enlisted for three years at Altoona recruit station. He was sent to Columbus to serve in the cavalry, a Steelton native and former Susquehanna University student.
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William Ralph
Oberlin
John E. Longenaker
John
United States Army
Longenecker
Altoona
John T. Longenecker
Columbus
Ohio
Cavalry
Steelton
Susquehanna University
Ralph
Reckless Driving Noted After Harrisburg Trolley Incident
Mrs Lester Mathias of 412 North Front Street was struck by a car driven by C B Whitesell near Front and Jefferson Streets while boarding a trolley to Harrisburg. She suffered a head laceration and spine injuries but is not believed to be seriously hurt. five passengers rode in the Whitesell vehicle en route to Gettysburg. Witnesses say the car attempted to pass the trolley as Mrs Mathias and Mrs Minnie Morrow boarded.
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Front
Jefferson Streets
Harrisburg
Lester ‘Mathias
North Front Street
C. BE. Whitesell
Hurlock Creek
Wilkes- Barre
Harrisburg Hospital
Whitesell
Gettysburg
Mathias
Minnie Morrow
New Tennis Court Planned for Twelfth Street Grounds
A new court at Twelfth street playgrounds is being laid out to meet demand. Beginning Monday, Twelfth street will use the same registration rules as Reservoir. If appropriation permits, two more courts will be added at Reservoir Park on the slope beyond the shelter east of the current courts per City Commissioner M Harvey Taylor.
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Twelfth Street
Reservoir
Reservoir Park
M. Harvey Taylor
This City Loses Convention Over Hotel Shortage
The Pennsylvania Pharmaceutical Association considered its 1916 meeting location and, citing hotel room shortages in Harrisburg, decided to move the next annual convention to Forest Park in Pike County. Traveling members reported rooms are rarely available without reservations made two to eight days ahead, prompting the change.
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Pennsylvania Pharmaceutical Association
Harrisburg
Buena Vista Spring
Forest Park
Pike County
Worthless Check Charge Filed in Elizabethtown Bar Case
W Thomas a local real estate agent at 2089 North Fifth Street was arrested by detective Harry White on a warrant for false pretense. Prosecutor J D Sankey of Elizabethtown says Thomas passed a $50 worthless check at Sankey’s bar. Thomas denies the allegation and returned to Elizabethtown this afternoon.
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W. Thomas
North Fifth Street
Harry White
J. D. Sankey
Elizabethtown
Thomas
Boy Swimmer Breaks Arm Diving in Cameron Park
Bernard Peace aged 12 of 24 South Third Street Steelton fractured his left arm while diving in Cameron Park pond yesterday afternoon. He struck a stone during the dive and was treated locally. Earlier, G F Richardson of Penbrook, a railroad brakeman, was injured in Harrisburg hospital after being struck in the chest by a freight car in local yards. He had worked for the Pennsylvania Railroad one week.
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Cameron Park
Bernard Peace
South Third Street
Steelton
G. F. Richardson
Penbrook
Pennsylvania Railroad
Harrisburg
Lucille Love Serial Moves to Mondays Telegraph
The Lucille Love proceeding chapters will now appear on Mondays in the Telegraph instead of Saturdays. Today The Peril Dollar Mystery starts, with further installments each Saturday.
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Lucille Love
the Telegraph
Sunday closing campaign to begin in Harrisburg
Civic Council of Churches launches a general Sunday closing effort in Harrisburg. They will list stores barber shops and shoe shines open on Sunday and serve notices that starting July 5 they will prosecute violators of the Sabbath blue law. Police Chief Colonel Joseph Hutchison vows arrests when warrants are sworn. He declines to speculate on outcomes.
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Civic Council of Churches
Harrisburg
Civic Council
Police Department
Joseph Hutchison
Colonel Hutchison
Nearly 10 000 Pupils to Be Transferred in September
About nine to ten thousand students will move to higher grades when schools reopen in September. First year enrollment will add to the number, and hill-section schools are expected to be crowded until the new building is finished.
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I. B. Downes
Aged Woman Fractures Skull in Fall at Home
A 72 year old woman, Mrs. Sarah Peters of Bendersville, fell down cellar steps yesterday afternoon and fractured her skull. She was admitted to Harrisburg Hospital and is listed in critical condition. Carrie Chapman Catt sails for London to attend a board meeting of the International Woman Suffrage Alliance.
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Bendersville
Sarah Peters
Harrisburg
Catt
London
New York
Carrie Chapman Catt
International Woman Suffrage Alliance
Alliance Pilice
Absolute rest ordered for Col Roosevelt for four months
Oyster Bay June 26 Four months of absolute rest prescribed for Colonel Roosevelt after a spleen enlargement and malaria fatigue. Doctors said rest could end campaign fatigue but Roosevelt refused to pause and canceled plans for a continent campaign trip, limiting speech in Pittsburgh to one talk.
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Associatedress
Oyster Bay
N. Y
Roosevelt
South American
Pittsburgh
Alexander Lambert
New York
Lambert
Government Ready to Deliver Food in Salem Emergency
Washington report from Captain Coffman shows rapid government response to a Salem Mass fire emergency. Within two hours of Governor Walsh request at 9 am, 3000 pounds of loaf bread were distributed and 7000 more later, plus eleven tons of provisions provided to affected citizens.
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Associated Press
Washington, D. C
Navy Department
Coffman
Boston Navy Yard
Salem
Mass
Walsh
Weather Forecast Harrisburg Area Under Unsettled Skies
Un settled weather with showers likely this afternoon and tonight. Sunday also shows showers with moderate easterly winds. Susquehanna River levels rise slightly to about 15 feet Sunday morning. Temperature 72 at 8 a.m. and 87 high yesterday 73 low. Moon first quarter and river stage 14 feet above low water.
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Harrisburg
Pennsylva
Susquehanna River
Ita
Vacation Telegraph Subscriptions Offer Six-Cent Weeklies
The notice invites readers to have the Telegraph mailed during travel. A Postal addressed to the Circulation Department can arrange for the next issue, at the same rate as at home, six cents per week.
Ambassadors of Commerce Promoting Majesty's Trade Messages
Daily Telegraph presents Ambassadors of Commerce promoting His Majesty Supply. Advertisements offer value to readers as messages of merit aimed at buyers and sellers alike. A brief glance may yield profitable opportunities through these notices today.
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Ambassadors of Commerce
Supply
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