Five Women Die as Train Strikes Car at Crossing
A car carrying five women was struck by a speeding express train near a Washington crossing. Mrs Maroney reportedly failed to brake at the crossing, the gates were down, and the car was hurled into the air with bodies scattered along Tacony Creek. The wreck tore the crossing gate base and left the vehicle crushed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fyve Wortten
Ned Singh
Ees
Phi Lami Hite Beitu Stotek
Rvaeding
Washinton Ie Cepessina
Yair Ap Cettenm
Penkine Towty Meager
Hibededpian
Margaret Ewell
Motsurer Wood
Ross
Stertapd
Badin Cp Roe
Wittedy
Morris
Vredat
Dpivdaer
Greta
Fort Woeshineton
Jay
Next Draft Calls 275000 Men for June Military Training
The draft announces 275000 men selected to serve at YT5.000. They will be called June 2nd for a five day movement to the corps. The largest call since 687 men, all from Class 1-A, will be trained for fighting. Specialists will be called separately and notices are in the mails.
Hoarded Sugar Case Hits Navy Official and Wife
Francis S. Nash medical director of the navy and his wife were indicted in Washington for hoarding food. Agents found more than a ton and a half of sugar stored at their home. President Wilson started the keel laying for a 9400 ton ship at New Virginia Shipbuilding, Alexandria. Senator Smith of Michigan introduced a bill to coin a two cent piece.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Francis S. Nash
Navy
Washington
Wilson
Shipping Board
New Virginia Shipbuilding Corporation
Alexandrian
Smith
Michigan
Senate
General Markets Philadelphia Flour and Wheat Report
General markets from Philadelphia show flour steady with winter straight at 10 310 and rye flour quiet per barrel at 10 50. Wheat firm with No 2 hard red and white varieties around 764i. oats quiet No 2 white at 814. Poultry live steady hens 34 85c, dressed fowls 36c. roosters 22 23c. Live stock quotations from Chicago show hogs higher with heavy butchers 18 45 to 16 70, calves steady to strong, cattle steady to a shade power, and western sheep trailing in price.
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Philadelpila
Burton Shean Fancy Creamery
Chicago
Jeayoy
Fough
Heay Pho
Ene -Western
Locust sightings and farm notes from Bowmanaville parish
Sunday observations recount Samuel M Sensenig visiting relatives at Bowmanaville Mennonite Church and home of Samuel G Musser. The piece notes seventeen year locust cycles, local corn and tobacco planting methods, and a visit to Harry Bowers near Shirktown mines.
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Calfornia
Samuel M.sensoniy
Bowmanaville ‘Mennonite
Samuel G. Musser
John L. Musser
Samuel M. Sensenig
Walter N. Keylor
Mechanicsburg
Ephraim Weaver
California
Erie machinist gains 20 pounds on Tanlac after paralysis
J B Parker, a 168 East 12th Avenue Erie machinist, reports losing 48 pounds after paralysis, then regaining health and 20 pounds in two weeks on Tanlac. He credits neighbors' endorsements and plans to return to work next Monday as he calls Tanlac the most wonderful medicine. Win M. Stauffer & Son sell it locally.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. B. Parker
East 12Th Avenue
Erie
Win M. Stauffer & Son
Drugwiste
German Alien Women Must Register in United States
Government notice requires German alien females aged 14 and up, within the United States and not naturalized as American citizens, to register as German alien females. Registration runs from 6 a.m. June 17 1918 to 8 p.m. June 26 1918 except Sundays, at local post offices under postmasters.
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United States
Do with the p up she finde finger su straightening
Fragmentary OCR suggests a brief item mentioning finger work and bending or straightening. Names, places, or clear events are not readable, leaving the core action and subject unclear. The readable bits imply a mundane medical or craft task without context.
The Cave Scout Poem About the Scout Who Will Stick
A National Council Boy Scouts poem praises the scout who sticks with a tough job through failures and delays. It highlights dedication, signalers, eagles and stars, and ends with the cave scout who endures to the end.
Growth of Coast Scouts In San Francisco 1917 Expansion
Beginning January 1 1917 the San Francisco council grew from ten troops and 193 boys to 60 troops and 1704 scouts. The program spans Protestant Catholic Jewish community and institutional groups with diverse affiliations. Archbishop Hanna endorses the Catholic troop plan and pledges assistance during the crisis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
Hanna
Father Hunt
Sys
Boy Scouts
Be Prepared Message From Denver Scout Leader
A. F. E. de Ricqles, president of the local scout council, urges scouts to maintain neat uniforms and proper bearing. He calls for patriotism, duties to parents city church and country, and reminds that scouts can support the war effort from home as they prepare, with the motto Be Prepared.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. F E. de Ricqles
Denver
Scout Council
True Scout Of Asheville Dispatch Bearer At 13
In Asheville New York Frederick James Meech age thirteen has become a government dispatch bearer by delivering copies of the president's Flag day address to 880 citizens. He rises early and works late to aid his mother and sister and remains a good student. He attends weekly troop meetings or offers a valid excuse when absent and has personally posted over 150 food conservation pledge cards in private homes.
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Asheville
N. Y
Frederick James Meech
Lebanon County Republican chairman reelected in Pennsylvania
William J. Noll of Bismarck re elected Lebanon County Republican committee chairman. John C. Burns of Sunbury recovers from injuries at work as a railroad employee. Conshohocken police demand raise to 90 dollars monthly. Snyder of Sunbury acquitted of forging a note. Dr George W Bernthelser ill from apoplexy. Elderly men celebrate Daniel M Brown's 85th birthday in Hazleton. Ashland based American Close Company contracts for a 10590 fre truck. Forrest G Sherk of Bethel township injured by a train. Grand council session of the Pennsylvania Catholic Beneficial League to meet in Lancaster. Duplan Silk seeks housing for new workers. Columbia Theatre fire causes 75000 loss. Hazle Brook miners flee from a black bear. Cement garden experiment in Scranton questioned. Reserve militia officers resigns to go to France. Harrisburg musician Frederick C Martin returns home after police search. Bonding issue forces repair of county road by contractor Ruthven. Rosa Sannetin killed by a freight train near Easton. Slender action for 5000 dollars over slander in West Laurelview. Mission reports show 15566 contributed, 85 societies and 4122 members. Double execution at Rockview Prison for two foreign nationals. Injunction blocks tax sales in Cass Township.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wiliam J. Noll
Bismarck
Lebanon County
Republican Committee
John C. Burns
Sunbury
Conshohocken
M. I. Snyder
Anna A. Miller
George W. Bernthelser
Lancaster County
Columbia Hospital
Daniel M. Brown
Hazleton
American Close Company
Ashland
Forrest G. Sherk
Bethel Township
Lebanon and Tremont
Reading Raihbvay
Grand Council
Pennsylvania Catholic Beneficial League
Lancaster
James
Duplan Silk Corporation
Tarleton
Columbia Theatre
Irle
A. P. Weschler
Hazle Brook
Thomas R. Hughes
Scranton
Lewis B. Sheehan
France
A. S. Henderson
Frederick C. Martin
Harrisburg
York
KR. C. Ruthven
Carbondale
Duryea
Rosa Sannetin
Easton
Lehigh Valley
Margeret C. Lane
West Lairview
Carlisle
Mabel Davis
Chester R. Davis
Woman's Home and Foreign Missionary Society
East Pennsylvania
United © Evangelical
Rockview ‘Penitentary
Io Qobrie
Lebanon
Bulseppe -F -Polito
Westmoreland County
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Gutson Borglum
Parker
Dead Man
Tanlac
National Council of the Boy Scouts of America
Coast Scouts
Earl A. Martin
Postoffice
New Holland
Pennsylvania
J. E. Tierney
New Holland Iron
Myer Plotnick
West Main Street
P. O. Box
New Holland, Pa
Ind
L. M. Store
H.k.tore
T. M. Storb
Palm Beach
Groff & Wolf CO
North Queen Street
Ford
Maxwell
Shirk & Kauffman
Ench Morgan
Wa U. Ss. “Marines
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