District Convention of York County Sabbath Schools
The Ninth annual York County Sabbath School district convention meets July 1 at Saganaw United Brethren Church Mount Wolf Pa with sessions from 1 30 pm and 7 15 pm. Delegates from Manchester East Manchester Conewago and local boroughs attend devotions addresses by R C Prowell H W Zuse A M Funk J A Gohn and M G King plus music and a business session.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mount Wolf
Lleventh
York County Sabbath School Association
Saganaw
M. G. King
J. A. Gohn
Franklin Manges
Plan to Form Home Defense Units Across Pennsylvania
The Patriotic Order Sons of America plans to organize about 200 home defense companies statewide with an advisory war board led by E. E. Clark of Pittsburgh. The effort aims to muster roughly 30,000 reservists, about a quarter of the group’s Pennsylvania membership, and includes wearing the army uniform by special War Department permission.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pennsylvania
War Department
Sons of Ameri
Clark
John W.german
Harrisburg
Gabriel H. Moyer
Lebanon
J. Harry Cumberland
Charles H. Davis
Louis F. Steel
Philadelphia
Claude T. Reno
Lancaster
Gilbert Brown
Johnstown
Clarence Silknitter
Huntingdon
William H. Coleman
McKeesport
William J. Noll
R. E. Dewalt
Shippensburg
Charles E. C. Cleaver
Mt. Carmel
E. W. Swank
Sunbury
James Fulton
Sinnemahoning
John J. Kempf
Williamsport
Corbin Miller
Pocono Pines
William
Capin Youth Joins Medical Corps at Fort Ogelthorpe
A Harrisburg native son of Mr. and Mrs. A Capin has passed medical corps examinations for the Regular Army and is stationed at Fort Ogelthorpe Georgia. Born in Manchester England he arrived in Harrisburg as a three month old and was educated in local public schools. He worked in a haberdashery with his father and later in the Globe clothing hat department.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. Capin
Herr Street
Harrisburg
Medical Corps
Regular Army
Fort Ogelthorpe
Georgia
Mr. Capin
Manchester
England
Young Men's Business Institute
Haberdashery
Globe Clothing Store
Economy of Food and true economy emphasized by national dealer
George M. Dickson of the National Motor Car and Vehicle Corporation warns against false economy in purchasing. He urges support for manufactured goods, notes food economy is urged by President Wilson, and announces plans to expand production for the new fiscal year starting July 1. A second item reports Charles P. Neill ruling that Short Mountain Colliery may require only a twelve inch topping under contract.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George M. Dickson
National Motor Car and Vehicle Corporation
Dickson
Wilson
Lykens
Charles P. Neill
Washington, D. C
Anthracite Conciliation Board
Wisconsin Teacher Kills Wife in Love Triangle
Miss Grace Lusk, a normal school teacher in Waukesha Wisconsin, is shot to death by a woman who loved her husband Dr. David Roberts. A letter found among the victim’s effects explains the motive and rebukes moral norms, referencing Ellen Key and the eternal triangle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grace Lusk
Waukesha
Wis
David Roberts
Ellen Key
Dr Schaeffer Calls for Women Food Saving Enrollment
State superintendent Nathan C. Schaeffer has sent letters to all school districts urging a July 1 to July 16 enrollment of women in a national food saving effort led by Herbert Hoover. Women would sign cards agreeing to reduce household waste and follow state committee suggestions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nathan C. Schaeffer
Herbert Hoover
State Committee
Department of Food Supply
Schaeffer
Child's Arms Cut Off by Her Father's Reaper
In Bloomsburg Pennsylvania on June 29 a six year old girl Melba was sliced by a mowing machine. Her father Harry Beck saved her life by pinching arteries while a doctor was sought. She lost both arms below the elbows.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bloomsburg
Here
Harry Beck
Melba
Public urged to use stamps of highest denomination
The public urged to use stamps of highest denomination as economy. Postmasters and post office employees are directed to encourage use of the highest denominations suited to postage. A two cent stamp instead of two one cent stamps and a ten cent stamp instead of five two cent stamps are given as examples. Cooperation will save government costs and reduce stamps handled, aiding business mailers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Post Office
Mr. Sites
Mobilization Prep Near Mount Gretna Underway
Mt Gretna Pennsylvania June 29 telephones are being placed around Mount Gretna and the mobilization of the National Guard set for July 15. A large force is building a new State highway from Colebrook to the mobilization grounds and around the camp.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mt. Gretna
3Eil Telephone Company
Mount Gretna
National Guard
Colebrook
L. P. Jenkins
Doris
G. A. Hoverter
Chautauqua
N. D. Linebaugh
Louise Mae Linebaugh
Cedarhurst
Emma _ Knight
Harrisburg
Anna Bteever
Frank Whitmoyer
William Whitmoyer
George Hutman
Louis P. Jenkins
Lloyd Pleen
Kauffman
W. H. Ulrich
Hummels
H. E. Warner
York
Emma C. Cassel
Clara L. Casel
Hummelstown
A. L. Warner
Willing Workers toil at Red Cross in Dauphin
In Dauphin on June 29 the Red Cross room at the school house saw over a dozen Willing Workers making bandages. The room remains open each Tuesday and Thursday afternoon for continued work and activity. Also in Mechanicsburg the noon union picnic of several church Sunday schools is held at Boiling Springs Park with free amusements boating and basket luncheons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbia
Columbia High School
Opera House
Cc. C. Bills
Juniata College
Dauphin
Junior
Epworth League of the Methodist Episcopal Church
Red Cross Society
Red Cross
Boiling Springs
Mechanicsburg
Union
Methodist Episcopal, Presbyterian, Trinity Lutheran
Church of God
Bollying Springs Park
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District Convention of
York County
Sabbath Schools
J.S. Belsinger
Locust St
Optometrists
Belsinger
The
Patriotic Order Sons of America, In
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Stern
Walter L. Stern
Mary Jane
Janey
Cretonne
Children’s Par
Jane
Cher Oxfords
Metal Eng
Lace
Oxfords
Agene
Market St
Cexzerses
Samuel S. Capin
Wisconsin
Hoover Plan
Perbindury Pq
Priaars Ueyma Arpiairal Paanfuy A
Snoytas Sbm
Ulauy
Pune “Vw ‘Baungsaaquisyy Slio9
LUO
NVKOM
Nostess For Mite Society
Sarah Cocklin
Mite Society
St. Paul's Reformed Church
Siddonsburg
Cocklin
Ida
Alice
John Cocklin
Mary
Sarah
Glenn
Columbia, Pa
H. M. North, Jr
Bainbridge
Maytown
Wm. Strouse
Adler Rochester Clothes
Sheboygan Mineral Water Co
Cboygan
Sheboygan
Witman Brothers Wholesale Distributors
Iarrisburg, PA
Emery
Madras
Poplins
Milan
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