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Newspaper
Harrisburg Telegraph
Location
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jun 28, 1917
Page
10
London with June 28 report that twenty-one British vessels over 1,600 tons and seven under 1,600 tons were sunk by mines or submarines last week. No fishing vessels were lost. Overall losses fell by four from the prior week to 28 ships in total, with larger ships down six and smaller ships up two.
The destroyer Shaw completed a Pacific coast to Atlantic port run of about 5858 miles in fourteen days ten hours and twenty minutes. The ship’s keel was laid in February 1916. Shaw also set a canal passage record of five hours, beating the previous six hours and twenty minutes. LANDS IN FRANCE Raymond P. Antrim, formerly a local salesman, has landed in France after enlisting in the army.
An old advertisement urges treating thinning hair and dandruff with four ounces of Parisian Sage liquid from Giroux’s. It claims a "germ" causes balding, promises itch relief, lighter scalp feel, and renewed growth, with Kennedy Drug Store as supplier and a money back guarantee.
The Rev. James F. Bullitt resigns after six years as rector of St. Andrew's Episcopal Church. He will step down September 1 with July 15 as his last Sunday, having accepted the rectorate of Church of St. John the Evangelist in Hingham Massachusetts. He is recovering from an operation and will leave for a summer vacation before beginning duties in Hingham after July 15. He had previously declined and then accepted the Hingham call. Previously he had been temporarily in charge at Hingham.
Farmers withdraw from Mauch Chunk market as rough highway damages eggs and strawberries. Denton Albright of Altoona elected principal and Ralph Roth of Spring Grove named assistant principal. Reading plans July Fourth address with Senator Knox. Rotary and Chamber push for 100 man all Reading army company. Hazleton district prepares soldiers via visual and semaphore schools for abroad. Nesquehoning vows flag in cemetery for P C S A reserves enlisting in the army. Lehigh Coal and Navigation sells horses and mules and buys coal trucks for hauling timber.
The Salus Philadelphia transit bill failed 96 to 82 after a heated debate. Prominent backers led by Mayor Smith pressed for reconsideration, but repeated motions to table or reopen the vote were defeated as the long protest-filled session wound into the early hours.
In the final working session of the 1917 House leaders, wearing shirts to stay cool, cleared calendars by 2 a m with rapid votes on banking, forestry, and public works bills. A late-night recess led to parades, a mock session, and a formal adjournment before dawn as bills were dropped or approved.
Harvesting of the winter wheat crop is well under way in all Southern States with strong progress in central districts. Kansas reports a harvest about ten days late, Tennessee North Carolina and Virginia eight or more days late, and Southern Illinois and Indiana about two weeks late. Cooperation between the Departments of Agriculture and Labor will place laborers on farms where the crop is ready.
A block social by the eight church circles will be held on the Camp Curtin Memorial Methodist Church lawn. Proceeds aim to liquidate the new church debt with a farm and domestic products section and a large orchestra providing music. Majestic Theater to close this Saturday as manager C Floyd Hopkins announces, with renovations planned later in August.
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