Rush of Troops Through City Prelude to Allied Push
Mobilization follows at Sea Girt New Jersey as Batteries A and B hospital and signal corps move to the Mexican border. Four trains total 108 cars. New York and Connecticut units to leave Jersey City soon amid wider Allied offensives.
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Pennsylvania Railroad
Sea Girl
N. J
Hospital and Signal Corps of
New Jersey
New York
Connecticut
Jersey City
Unsettled Weather With Showers For Harrisburg Area
For Harrisburg and vicinity unsettled weather with showers likely tonight. Wednesday partly cloudy and cooler with light variable winds shifting to northwest. Susquehanna and tributaries expected to fall slowly with possible local rises after showers within 24 hours. River stage near 5.8 feet, high and low pressure patterns noted across regions.
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Pennsylvania
Susquehanna River
Missouri
Mississippi
Great Lakes
Middle Atlantic
New England
California
Pacific
Great Salt Lake
Lake
Northwest States
Canadian
Oklahoma
West Tennessee
Gulf States
Florida
Idaho
Hughes Endorsed by Johnson and Progressives for Hughes
Sacramento dispatch reports Governor Hiram W. Johnson, a Progressive leader, declaring support for Charles E. Hughes for President. The Progressive National Committee also endorsed Hughes by a 32 to 6 vote, with several members abstaining. Roosevelt dined with Hughes in New York, and Carlisle preparations for Molly Pitcher monument unveiling proceed in Carlisle, Pennsylvania.
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Sacramento
Cal
Hiram W. Johnson
Progressive Party
Charles E. Hughes
Chicago
Progressive National Committee
Charles Evans Hughes
Carlisle
State of
Pennsylvania
Molly Pitcher
Harrisbore volunteers form first infantry unit for Mexico
Harrisbore plans to organize its first volunteer infantry company for service with the Flag in Mexico tomorrow evening at the courthouse. Backed by ex army men guardsmen and Spanish-American War veterans the drive aims to enroll about 150 volunteers in anticipation of a presidential call.
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Washington
D. C
Carrizal
United States
Wilson
Carranza
Rodgers
Mexico City
Foreign Office
War Department
Funston
Congress
Harrisbore
Mexico
Steelton Man Slashes Throat In Front Of Daughter
In Steelton today a 65 year old man named Hans, a baker with Harrisburg Baking Company, slashed his throat from ear to ear in his back yard in the presence of his young daughter and near Conestoga street. His wife died about a year ago and he leaves five children. No reason is known for the act.
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Charles, Haas
North Second Street
Conestoga Street
Steelton
Hans
Harrisburg Baking Company
Shackleton Cables Hope Despite Ice Blocking Rescue
Sir Ernest Shackleton reports from Port Stanley that ice prevents rescuers from reaching Elephant Island. He says his team is hard pressed but not beyond hope of salvation. George A. Knight, longtime Republican figure and prominent California attorney, dies at 65 in San Francisco after heart disease.
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Shackleton
London
Sir Ernest Shackleton
Port Stanley
Falkland
Elephant Island
San Francisco
George A. Knight
California
Knight
William H. Taft
Women Here to Feed Soldiers in Harrisburg Chapter Drive
The Harrisburg Chapter of the Women's Division For National Preparedness plans to feed 1,000 hungry Connecticut and New York troops passing through between 6 and 7 PM. Volunteers are urged to send coffee, sandwiches or fruit to Union Station by 6 PM, with A. E. Buchanan arranging drop offs. John K. McKallip, longtime Harrisburg newspaper man, died last Thursday in New Kensington after a career in local and other city journalism.
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Women's Division For
Connecticut
New York State
Union Station
A. E. Buchanan
Pennsylvania Railroad
Jack" McKallip
John K. McKallip
New Kensington
Philadelphia
Sixty Car Parade Sets Off on Harrisburg Motor Club Tour
The Motor Club of Harrisburg launches a 2 day scenic tour to Johnstown. Sixty cars line Market Square at 8:30 with William R. Douglass as starter. Tourists join at Duncannon Newport Millerstown and Lewistown. Johnstown serves as night control.
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Johnstown
Market Square
William R. Douglass
Harrisburgers
Duncannon
Newport
Millerstown
Lewistown
Moving Pictures of Gretna Camp Show at Mount Gretna
The Telegraph offers a view into Camp Gretna and Camp Brumbaugh, letting readers glimpse Company T and Company D of the Eighth Regiment in camp without traveling. The article promises an unobtrusive look at military life during training.
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Moving Pictures
Gretna Camp
Eighth Regiment
Mount Gretna
Camp Brumbaugh
Two Dead and Two Fatally Hurt in Phila Auto Crash
In Philadelphia a motor truck struck a telegraph pole killing drivers Robert McClellan 38 and Albert Norton 23 and seriously injuring Arthur Simons 23 and William Slost 24 all residents of the city. McClellan and Norton died at the scene while Simons and Slost sustained severe injuries.
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Associated Press
Philadelphia
Robert McClellan
Albert Norton
Arthur Simons
William Slost
McClellan
Norton
Simons
Slost
Samuel W Fleming Resigns as Assistant Postmaster
Postmaster C Sites confirms the resignation of Samuel W Fleming the assistant postmaster with resignation to take effect mid July He joined the service in 1901 under ex Postmaster Stackpole and will shift to private business The force regrets the decision and duties will be divided under the two division system
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Rank C. Sites
Samuel W. Fleming
Fleming
Stackpole
Sites
Post Office
House Disagrees to Senate Amendments on Hay Bill
The House votes 119 to 5 to reject all Senate amendments to the Hay militia drafting resolution which would cut a million dollar relief allotment for families of enlisted guardsmen. Conferees named by both chambers. The Naval Committee favorably reports Padgett naval militia federalization with retention pay in peace and draft authority in emergencies.
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House
Senate
Hay Militia
Congress
House Naval Committee
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