Fourth Convention of Industrial Physicians to feature new surgical era
Pennsylvania officials announce the Fourth Convention of Industrial Physicians in Harrisburg on February 16. European battlefield advances in Carrel-Dakin wound treatment will be presented by Dr. William O Neil Sherman and Dr. J S Lawrence with other sessions on first aid, compensation law, industrial disease, and fracture treatment. The Harrisburg Patriot plans an evening newspaper to serve the public interest, with details to be announced.
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Europe
Pennsylvania
Harrisburg
Department of Labor and Industry
John Price Jackson
William O'Neil Sherman
Carnegie Steel Company
J. S. Lawrence
Johns Hopkins University
Robert A. Patterson
Medical Corps
United States Army
Joseph C. Bloodgood
Johns Hopkins
Francis D Patterson
Division of Industrial Hygiene and Engineering
William Estes
South Bethlehem
Medical Society of Pennsylvania
Charles’ A. E. Codman
Frederick L. Hoffman
Prudential Life Insurance Company
Newark
New Jersey
Alfred Stengel
University of Pennsylvania
Edward Martin
John B. Lowman
Cambria Steel Company
Johnstown
Harrisburg Patriot
Star-Independent
Patriot Company
Jenkins Couple Mark 55th Anniversary in Lebanon
Mr and Mrs R L Jenkins of Lebanon were celebrated for their fifty fifth wedding anniversary. He is 83 and she ten years younger. They wed in Brooklyn New York, daughter of Robert B Folger M D of New York and first cousin to Benjamin Franklin. The ceremony was performed by the late Rev Henry J Van Dyke father of the Minister to Holland.
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R. L. Jenkins
Lebanon
Jenkins
Brooklyn
N. Y
Robert B. Folger
New York
Benjamin Franklin
Henry J. van Dyke
Holland
Rev Dr Frederick Gast Found Dead In Bed
Rev Dr Frederick Augustus Gast longtime Reformed church figure and Hebrew scholar at Franklin and Marshall Theological Seminary was found dead in bed Sunday. He served as professor emeritus for eight years and held roles with the Reformed Church Review London Bible Society and other religious groups. Born 1836 he also served as chaplain to the 45th Pennsylvania volunteers in the Civil War.
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Frederick Augustus Gast
Franklin and Marshall Theological Seminary
Gast
The
Reformed Church Review
Society of Bible Archaeology
London Bible Society
Religious Education Association
45Th
Pennsylvania Volunteers
Good Paper Gone Harrisburg Star Independent Ends
The Harrisburg Star Independent folded after Saturday, its plant sold to the Harrisburg Telegraph. The Telegraph cites unprecedented printing trade conditions and radical economies as the reason for combining the papers, in an official notice to readers.
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Harrisburg Star Independent
Harrisburg Telegraph
Telegraph
Historic Commonwealth Hotel to close in April 1918
Harrisburg’s historic Commonwealth Hotel will end its lease on April 1 1918 after J A Clement refuses to renew. If no tenant is found the building will be converted to stores and offices. The hotel has housed notable figures including Abraham Lincoln during his 1861 journey to Washington.
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Commonwealth Hotel
Harrisburg
J. A. Clement
Cim
Hoatelry
Jones
Abraham Lincoln
Washington
Bob
Mulberry Street
Lincoln
Mutes Increase in Pennsylvania in 1916 Amid War Impact
Mules rose to 46 250 on January 1 1916 from 46 000 the year before while horses declined slightly. The state held 596 000 horses January 1 1916 and 593 000 January 1 1917. Prizes stayed at 128 for mules and 121 for horses. The Local Option Bill stalls in the Pennsylvania Legislature with a public hearing planned for March 1 on the Vickerman county unit measure.
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Pennsylvania
Europe
Baldwin
Vickerman
Wellsboro hotel licenses denied. citizens group takes over
Judges refuse Wellsboro hotel licenses for law violations and private property notices. Citizens entertainment committee sets up headquarters in Williams store to care for strangers, offering first class reception with steam heat and electric lighting. A long list of boarding houses and private residences will receive guests as commercial travelers are accommodated by the committee.
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Wellsboro
Judge Channel
Citizens’ Entertainment Committee
Williams
Green Free Library
Wildcat on Bell Lines Stirs Mifflin Town Work Crew
Bell system manager Harry Tyson reports a dangerous wildcat sighting while repairing lines on a pole near Mifflin. Workers used stones to drive the animal away after a growl and scraping noises alerted them to the wildcat ten feet below.
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Wildcat
Harry Tyson
Bell System
Mifflintown
Tyson
Pennsylvania notes on license denial and political commentary
A court official refused a marriage license for Ettinger citing insufficient pension support for a wife. In Mont Alto a deer herd of twenty five, mostly does, was seen calmly by S E Sheldon near the White Pine Sanitarium. Vance McCormick, DNC chair, urged investigations into Pennsylvania public affairs, calling for bipartisan inquiry and partial reforms to expose conditions burdening the state.
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Dan Cupid
Harrisburg
George Ettinger
Emma Terry
Tlarrisburg
J. M. Albert
Albert
S. E. Sheldon
White Pine Sanatorium
Mont Alto
McCormick
Vance McCormick
Democratic National Committee
Pennsylvania
Hummelstown Borough Auditors Report Balance and Finances
The borough auditors show January 1 1917 treasury balance 1302.49 with 861.13 in outstanding taxes and 34.91 liabilities. Receipts 6496.26 and disbursements 5193.77. Health board balance 8.67 with 82.85 spent on quarantine and disinfection chemicals.
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Hummelstown
Board of Health
the Health Board
Fell Dead After Grave Digging in Highspire
Philip Colm aged 55 died as he returned from the cemetery where he had just finished digging a grave. The cause of death is reported as apoplexy or heart failure and a small boy found his body lying along the road later.
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Philip Colm
Highspire
Girl, 21, Receives Medal For Daring River Rescue
Miss Nell Harber of Aspinwall was awarded a gold medal by the National Swimming Instructors Association at the Pittsburgh natatorium for rescuing two men from drowning at the Brilliant pumping station dam last September. She revived an old skiff from her home cellar, rowed to the river, and saved James McKee and Roy Grundy after their motorboat overturned.
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Nell Harber
Aspinwall
National Swimming Instructors’ Association
Pittsburgh
Brilliant
James McKee
Roy Grundy
Red nosed bachelor joke sparks marriage lottery remark
A diplomat questions a friend about saying marriage is a lottery. The friend replies with a witty line claiming he was about to tell him he had won a prize.
Clear Complexion Advice For Women In Periodical Style
The article urges women to improve skin via a routine of hot water washes with cold rinse, light drying, and minimal towels to avoid wrinkles. It cautions against ammonia and heavy glycerine, suggests almond oil with meal or oatmeal, and emphasizes a diet rich in fruit and ample water intake, eight to ten glasses daily.
Elimination Contest Laughs At Hiring A Cook
A humorous dialogue shows Mrs Grammercy seeking a new cook and Mr Grammiercy remarking the market has few cooks left, highlighting the difficulty in finding suitable help.
Hershey Park preps for record 1917 season invites meetings
Hershey Park in Lebanon Valley eyes a record year for 1917 with new zoo for 1917, extensive facilities, ample seating for 12 000 at Convention Hall and space for 20 000. The park promotes amusements sports boating a miniature railway and a $10 000 carousel. Managers invite societies lodges and conventions to meet at Hershey Park with direct rail connections and extensive entertainment offerings.
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Hershey Park
Highland Park
Lebanon Valley
Hershey, Pa
Hasaar
Lebanon
Philadelphia and Reading Railroad
Park
Harrisburg
Elizabethtown
Lancaster
Western Union Telegraph
American Express Company
Bell
Ehcates
Minature
Espenquilt
Cape
Hershey Dairies
Hershey
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Dr. Gast
Ettinger
Lentz
the Poor
Penrose
Herahay Park
Belgium
Hereday
America
Jas Modern Band Shell
Hershey Convention Hall
Spring Lake, Hershey Park
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