City play grounds open with ball games for girls and boys
A Harrisburg newspaper notes city play grounds open with ball games for girls and boys and a Steelton game. It surveys veteran trapshooters including Uncle Joe Heineman age 93, Captain J F Brietenstein 75, M D Towne 87, A A Mayers 70, and others across Wisconsin, Illinois, and New York, celebrating long careers and longevity in shooting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harrisburg
Coke Telegraph
City
Steelton
Peter B. Carney
Joe Heineman
Wausaw
Wis
Los Angeles
D. Fowler
Walcott
N. Y
A. A. Mayers
Madison
Mr. Mayers
John T. Glover
Milwaukee
Blue Rocks
Chicago
Auburn Park
Chicago Gun Club
Eureka Gun Club
Tom Marshall
Charles Willard
F. P. Stannard
Rollo Heikes
A. J. Atwater
F. B. Garden
Wheeling
W. Va
D. A. Allen
West Toledo
Bogardus
Mr. Hicks
Indianapolis
Maine
California
Nichols Farm
Police and Businessmen in Volleyball Battle Tonight
Harrisburg police team faces the Businessmen squad tonight at the M C A. Lineups include Romig Hoffman Hess Hollands Owens Phillips for the police and Abbott Hazen Preston Cummings Griswold Carl for the Businessmen. Fans expected as both sides seek city title.
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Harrisburg Police Department
William Romig
Pat” Hoffman
John Hess
R. C. Hollands
Owens
K. C. Phillips
R. B. Abbott
M. W. Hazen
G. W. Preston
C. H. Cummings
R. H. Griswold
George Carl
Coppers
Missouri
School Girls and Boys Play Ball Schedule Announced
Supervisor J K Staphes released the complete schedules for the boys playground ball and girls longball leagues. Seven boys teams and eleven girls teams will play at 7 p m with age limits of under 16 for boys and under 15 for girls. The season ends with a championship game July 25 attended by leading teams from both longball sections.
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J. K. Staphes
Staples
Emerald
Maclay
Sycamore
Harris
Boas
Reservoir
Penn
Paxtang
Reily
Hamilton
Hamil
Eight Bands Engage For City Fourth Of July Plans
Harry A. Boyer announces eight bands secured for July 4 concerts in Market Square Reservoir Park and other city districts. The line up includes Commonwealth Harrisburg Municipal Harrisburg Repaiz Williamsport Gaskin Sunbury Municipal Huntingdon Troquois Lancaster Palmyra Band Palmyra Our Band Shamoka with programs to be announced later.
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Harry A. Boyer
Market Square
Reservoir Park
Commonwealth
Harrisburg
Municipal
Repaiz
Williamsport
Gaskin
Sunbury
Huntingdon
Troquois
Lancaster
Palmyra
Shamoka
Baseball's aging stars and gambling doubts in early 20th century sport
The piece surveys riding popularity of racing at Jamaica and Belmont Park amid jockeys and bookmakers concerns. It then moves to intercollegiate football among Yale Princeton and Harvard, noting Yale's war era stance and Princeton's thin material. It also covers boxing and baseball figures, naming Benny Leonard Babe Ruth Ty Cobb and Mike Gibbons plus team comments from Cubs manager Fred Mitchell and parallels to the 1914 Boston Braves ascent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jamaica
Belmont Park
Yale
Princeton
Harvard
Mike” Gibbons
Johnnny Kilbane
Benny Leonard
Freddie Welsh
Fred Mitchell
Cubs
Bill Killifer
Merkle
Mann
Flack
Paskett
Boston Braves
Braves
Boston
George Stallings
Rudolph
James
Tyler
Giants
Lafayette Escadrille Loses Last Member
Minneapolis reports Lt Cyrus F Chamberlain son of local banker F A Chamberlain and the last Lafayette Escadrille member was killed in an airplane accident in France. The Princeton graduate and recent lieutenant died on the French front. details are incomplete.
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Minneapolis
Minn
Cyrus F. Chamberlain
F. A. Chamberlain
Lafayette Escadrile
France
Chamberlain
Princeton
Rabbi Silverstone to Speak at Kesher Israel Temple
Washington rabbi Silverstone will address the evening service at Kesher Israel Synagogue on Sunday night. Cantor Rev. Cohen of Brooklyn will sing, Eugene Cohen will speak, and Rabbi K L Silver of the local synagogue is scheduled to speak. The Goldstein orchestra will provide music.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rabbi Silverstone
Washington
Kesher Israel
Mr. Cohen
Brooklyn
Eugene Cohen
Kl. Silver
Goldstein Orchestra
Schmidt Bakeries to Regin erations Tomorrow
Schmidt bakeries closed four weeks ago for Food Administration violations will resume operations tomorrow. The affected plants were Schmidt Vienna Bakery Acme Bakery and Harrisburg Baking Company with West Shore Bakery and Standard Baking Company supplying the city during the shutdown.
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Schmidt Bakeries
Food Administration
Schmidt Vienna
Acme Bakery
Harrisburg Baking Company
Schmidt
West Shore Bakery
Standard Baking Company
Red Cross to Collect at Island Game on Saturday
Ruxton faces the Armed Guard from Philadelphia Navy Yard with no admission charged. Red Cross women will canvass the grand stand for contributions during the ball game. Navy Yard drill precedes hostilities, and Mayor Keigter plans to pitch the first ball to kick off the event.
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Philadelphia Navy Yard
Ruxton
Red Cross
H. G. Huber
Ruxton Athletic Club
Keigter
Baseball scores and schedules from yesterday and today
Results across American and National Leagues list wins for New York Chicago and Cleveland with several posted scores. International League results include Jersey City Newark and Baltimore games with Tuesday schedule and trade rules under BE Lawrence Fell consideration in Philadelphia.
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New York
Boston
Washington
Philadelphia
Washington-Philadelphia
Chicago
Detroit
Cleveland
St. Louis
Brooklyn
Cincinnati
Pittsburgh
Jersey City
Rochester
Newark
Syracuse
Baltimore
Buffalo
Binghamton
Toronto
New York Tae
St. Louis Eterees
Sugar certificates lag in Dauphin County reports
Officials of the Dauphin County Food Administration had not yet received the certificates required by manufacturers for their reports due on July 15. These are expected within the next several days and may be secured at the Administration offices at the Chamber of Commerce in the Dauphin Building.
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Dauphin County Food Administration
Chamber of Commerce
Dauphin
Steelton Team Faces Wilming ton Stars After Busy Midweek
Steelton rowers prepare for a string of key tests starting with a midweek practice against a fast Williamsport squad. Next weekend Cockill’s climbers visit Fore River, followed by Wilmington’s Lockless Joe Jackson and others heading to Steelton. Bethlehem looms July 6 with potential reinforcement to a season already marked by Dick Wright’s steady if modest hitting and rumored managerial changes.
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Steelton
Williamsport
Cockill
Fore River
Wilmington
Joe
Dick” Wright
Wright
Bethlehem
Tom Keady
Walter Camp
Camp
Keady
Lehigh
Prices in 1835: ham eight cents and whiskey eighteen cents a gallon
A German paper once published in Allentown reports 1835 prices. Ham sold for eight cents a pound, whisky eighteen cents a gallon, with eggs sixteen cents a dozen, butter sixteen cents a pound, flour four dollars twelve cents a barrel, and other staples listed for historical context.
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Allentown
Unhabthangige Republikaner
George K. Daubert
Harrisburg Druggists Attend Pennsylvania Association Meeting
Druggists from across the state and Harrisburg are in Wilkes Barte for the Pennsylvania Pharmaceutical Association meeting at Hotel Sterling. Crols Keller of Harrisburg presented the first report and urged aid to drug stores whose proprietors may be drafted. He called for professional cooperation with the United States Council of National Defense to fight venereal diseases during the war period.
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Harrisburg
Wilkes-Barre
Pennsylvania Pharmaceutical Association
Hotel Sterling
Crols Keller
United States Council of National Defense
Liberty Loan Bell Confounds passerby in San Francisco
A stranger asked where to pay a telephone bill. Ted Bengfort, head of the military department at a local store, replied there is no such place. The man pointed to a sign on the door, a Liberty Loan Bell, causing confusion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
Auto Dealers Meet in Harrisburg For National Talks
Harrisburg and nearby automobile dealers will gather at 8 p m in the Board of Trade hall with some from up to 100 miles away. W A Vesper of St Louis and E E Peake of Kansas City will speak on legislation affecting passenger car manufacturing. Harrisburg dealers, fearing disruption of business, plan a strong stand while arguing their service aids the government and seeks steel for manufacturing only after needs are met.
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Harrisburg
Harrisburg Motor Dealers’ Association
Board of Trade Hall
Eas
W. A. Vesper
St. Louis
National Motor Dealers’ Association of America
E. E. Peake
Kansas City
National Organization
Progress Report On City Triennial Assessments
City Assessor's Office reports steady progress in revising property valuations for the triennial assessment. Valuations in the Tenth ward are in progress while First, Second, Fifth, Sixth, Eleventh and Twelfth wards are largely finished. County Commissioners prepare for countywide assessments and anticipate higher values for coal lands and many industrial plants to reflect fairer taxation.
Training auto mechanics and drivers for the war effort
The text notes that training auto mechanics and drivers has been a crucial duty, greatly aiding the government's wartime prosecution by supplying skilled personnel for vehicles and transportation.
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McNeil
King Oscar
John C. Herman and Company Makers
Jack Brazzo
Wildwood
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Leonard
Ty Cobb
Terry Turner
Georgia Peach
George Ruth
Red Sox
Ruth
Babe
Tyrus the Great
Wonderl J
Lafayette Escadrille
Kesher Israel Temple
Lawrence Fell
Pennsylvania
Liberty Bell
Cluett, Peabody & CO
INC
Hupmobile
Hup
Market Street
R. J. Church
Mer. Bell
R J. Church
V.P
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the Federal Machine Shop
Cranberry Street
Second and
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