Harrisburg Daily Independent from Harrisburg, Pennsylvania • Page 8

"HARRTSWrnG-STAK-TXDEPEXDEXT. TUESDAY EYENTXG. DECEMBER 21. 1913. IB You Pay Loss For Bettor Quality at Hillor and Kados Steelton, aged 88 years.

IS Ex-Senator Theodore E. Burton, of Ohio, delivered able before the Harrisburg Chamber of Commerce. It Death of Brakeman Harry S. Garrett, 2009 Xorth Fifth street, Harrisburg. 17 House and barn of E.

J. Alleman, three miles from Highspire. destroyed by fire of incendiary origin, the family barely escaping with their lives. 17 Death in Xew Cumberland, of Dwight M. Ludington.

of Balti jvOsre to 1 Days Veii" Big English and a large stock of high-grade furniture on our floors we have decided to make a 25 PER CENT. REDUCTION on Ladies' Writing Desks in solid and imitation mahogany, fumed and golden oak Desk Chairs, Martha Washington Sewing Tables, Tea Wagons, Smoking Stands and Humidors, Sectional Bookcases, Electric and Gas Portable Lamps, Library Tables and Pedestals. A Monster Value! This Groat U1M A. GRAND CHRISTMAS GIFT ONLY $1.00 Cash. -50c a Week Upholstered in $0.85 Boston Leather All of these Roi-kers are richly upholstered in the best quality of P.oston leather a fabric that looks for all the world like real leather and will wear almost as well when put to test of actual service.

The inner construction is in strict accordance with our and is first class in every way. It looks like twice the iiiniiev! Your own knowledge of values will tell you that it' an extraordinary value. It was never inte'tded that this r''ker should be sold for less than $25. you know how we are constantly breaking all records for value-giving. study the massive bi'itiitv of this rocker.

Look at its tremendous size. Look at the pillow back the great broad arms and the splendid upholstering. It's covered in Imperial Spanish leather, iin imitation that will outvv-ar the average gvade of genuine leather. We don't believe that let such an opportunity pass. They're Actual but $14 Values If yon will look around aud compare styles and qualities, you will readily aiee with i's that there is nothinjr e'sewhere to equal these Kockers for less than 14.00.

Our price for today, as you see, is almost half their actual value opportunity that should make an instant appeal to almost every home in this city. Our price, $8.85 $17.7 Cash Will Deliver This Rocker to Your Home Standard Kitchen Set more, son-in-law or rranK n. Leib. 17 Death of Mrs. Katherine Booser, 1S35 Regina street, Harrisburg.

17 Death of Mrs. Ida wife of J. M. Ensminger. J813 Derry street, Harrisburg.

17, IS Three deaths by drowning in ereeks near Harrisburg. one being 12-year-old George Seibert. of Middletown: another, Lewis Del-son, of York, a former resident of Harrisburg. 18 John Caparali, of Heckton. killed and another foreign laborer seriously injured whilst trespassing on Roekville bridge.

18 Death of Mrs. Catharine Biggan, 625 street, Harrisburg. Death of Mrs. Amanda wife of If. Baker Coble.

1523 Green street. Harrisburg. IS Death of Mrs. Caroline, widow of John C. Swiler.

431 Yerbeke street, Harrisburg. IS Death of Emma A. Shepley. 1114 Montgomery street, Harrisburg. 19 'Harrisburg 's Second street subway at Mulberry street ojened to vehicular travel.

19 Jeath of William H. Houtz. 1B20 Xorth Sixth street. Harrisburg, aged S2 years, a veteran of the 1 ivH war and for half a century rominent in the tailoring business. 19- Death of IMrs.

Marv wife of Ciiarles E. Kaun'man, 532 Camp street, Harrisburg. Death of Thomas D. Caldwell. 1309 Penn street.

Harrisburg, a veteran of the Civil war with a distinguished record. Death of Benjamin F. BKkel. of Dauphin, a veteran of the Civil war. Death of George Luther.

1S47 Xorth Twelfth street, Harrisburg. Death of Mrs. Martha Xorris, 662 Calder street, Harrisburg. aged 76 years. Death of diaries E.

Knisely. 640 Hamilton street, Harrisburg. an enginenran P. R. R.

Twelve-year-old George OUea, 1204 Xorth Cameron street. Harrisburg, died injuries received in an accident, at the city plavgrounds. two davs before. 1 Death, in the Harrisburg Hospital, of George A. Barclay, of Fitts- iKirgh, an official of the State Highway Department, from the effects of injuries received in an auto accident, May 7.

Death of Harry Mars, 36 South Front strept. steelton. -Hudson Maxim, celebrated inventor, addresses Harrisburg Chamber of Commerce on tie defenseless condition of the T. S. Death of 'Mrs.

Catherine E. Etter, 152 Walnut street. Harrisburg. 23- Death of C. E.

Willard, 400 Yer beke street. Harrisburg. from the effects of poison taken some days before wiih suicidal intent. Death of lark Pryor, 1931 Wood street. Harrii-'wig.

a car repairer P. R. R. Death of John M. King, 314 Boyd street, Harrisburg.

Death of Mrs. Catharine Heiney, of Harrisburg. aged 83 years. Jacob Greenawalt, of Lemnyne, a veteran of the Civil war, found dead in his room. Death of Mrs.

Rebecca Plant. 1011 North Xineteenth street, Harrisburg. Mrs. Minnie Santo. 42 Linden street, Harrisburg, committed suicide.

-Bridget M. Dunn, 150S Howard alley, narrisburg. found dead at tier home under very pathetic cir cumstat e.s. Death of John J. Zimmerman.

1210 Xorth Second street, 'Harris burg, aged i vears. a veteran of the Civil war. and. for 43 vears a messenger for First Xationa Bank. Death of Mrs.

Edit S. Ferguson 231 Forster street, Harrisburg. -M. 'Herring, a brakeman in Enola yards, died as the result of an accident whilst on dutv. 'Harrisburg Charmber of Commerce addressed by John Temple "Graves editor-in-chief of the "Xew York on the necessity of a strong navv for the U.

S. Death of Michael Heusel. 154 Xorth Fifteenth street. Harris burg, aged SO rears Eighteen-year-old vouth of Marvs ville drowned at whilst attending picnic. P.

S. picine at Hershev. Loads of fun. Mrs. Samuel Eslinger, of Le movne.

found dead in bed. Harrisburg "IMammers Mardi Gras held at Paxtang Park Suicide of Mrs. Blanche Hopple, 12 4 6 Xorth Cameron street, Mar risburg. Death of Martin L. Walmer, of Penbrook.

William Myers. -Hummel street Harnsourg, killed, ana memoers of his family seriously injured when the auto in which they were riding near Reading was struck bv a tram. Death of Mrs. Elizabeth Eiehel berger, 1333 Susquehanna street. Harrisourg, aged 86 vears.

Death of Mrs. Maggie G. Bressler, 130S State street. Harrisburg. Death of Samuel' W.

Propel, aged 78 vears, one of the most widelv known colored citizens of Harris burg. AUGUST 11 7 7 7 8 9 10 Tlie Standard Kitchen has an 8'i-inch Slicer. a -i 1 1 1 Hutcln'r Knife, Ill-inch Pot Fork, a Vegetable f'aiinfc Knife, a Pastry Knife, witli a very flexible ilium blade, and a Kitchen with a 7-inch blade. The handles are genuine South American t'ocobola, fastened to the blade by three largre 'brass rivets. The blades are dioii-forsed "from the highest quality of crucible steel, carefully hardened, tempered and ground to a keen, lasting; edge.

A serviceable and indisiiensa-blf Household Outfit. Money cannot buy better. Special -price All packed neatly in a separate tox. j. hid in Fourth Installment of Record of Interesting Events of the Year In Harrisburg BY PROFESSO J.

HOWARD WEET Continued From Yesterday JXTNTS 28 Sudden death of Mrs. Elizabeth Santo. 359 South Front street. Harrisburz. 28 Death of Alex.

H. Dougherty, 121 Kine street, Harrisburg. 29 Residence at 321 South tront street. Steelton, destroyed by lire. 19 At State Lunatic' Hospital.

Harris-j burg, a eity patient, jacoo --uu-leisen, 1853 Park street, was killed by another patient, George Emig. This was the second homicide of the month at the institution, a patient named Marshall having killed another named McCoy on June 7. 34 A homeless old man fouud dead on a farm near the Jednota Home. to Death of Mrs. Emma C.

Wentz. 3215 North Fourth street. Harrisburg. Death, at York. of the Kev.

Dr. John F. MesieJr; aged 102 years, at one time, for many yejrs. pastor of Zion Lutheran Ihurch. HaTrisburs.

10 Death of Mrs. Ida Ream. 1624Vs North Fitth street, Harrisburg. N'ort: During the month there were numerous excursions of large ai.e from, other cities and towns to Harrisburg to visit the Capitol, many of these being from high schools and other educational institutions, which cannot bo catalogued here in detail. JULY 1 Mrs.

Ella Albright found murdered in her home. Fifteenth and Briggs streets, Harrisburg. 1 Annual session Dauphin County C. E. Union began it sessions at Highspire.

1 Death of Samuel J. Sourbeer, 431 South Seventeenth street, Harrisburg. 1 Harry Cresswell, a Dauphin bridge builder, died from injuries received that day whilst working at Phoenixville. First game of International league basebail in Harrisburg. the Newark team of that, league having been transferred to our city for the remainder of the season.

Harrisburg wou. 2 Foster Watson, a 12-year-old Steelton lad, drowned in a stream in Cameron park, Harrisburg. 2 Death of Mrs. Marr M. Corbett, of Dauphin, aged 87 years.

2 Death of George G. Kennedy, 2837 Xorth Front street, Harrisburg, for many years prominent in the citv 's water department. 3 Charles Shutter, first superintend ent of Steelton 's water department, found dead in his bed. 4 James W. Hawthorn, a retired baggagemaster P.

R. committed suicide at Dauphin to which place he had removed recently from Harrisburg. Independence Day celebration in Harrisburg featured by the reception given to Liberty Bell oa its way to the San Francisco exposition. During the 45 minutes stay of the bell, it was viewed by at least 30,000 persons, whilst 5,500 school children paraded past it. There were elaborate Independence Day celebrations in Hurnmelstown.

Hershey, Steelton, Xew Cumberland. Highapire, and other contiguous towns. 5 Six member; of the Castle fam ily of Hoernerstown, killed in Hummelstown by a P. and R. express train.

5 Death of Mrs. Lena Yenzer. 331 South Sixteenth street, Harrisburg, aged 90 vears. 6 Second fire in a short time in for eign colony at Swatara Station rendered manv homeless. Death of William MeWood.

207 Hummel street, Harrisburg. Mx-vear-oid Miiiam u. Con dra Harrisburg, died from the effects of burns received a month 29 before whilst playing around bonfire. i ueatn or Airs. H.

tiarn 30 nart, 193j orth Fifth street 30 Harrisburg. -Death in Reading of Henry Geasev, aged 96 years, a former 30 resident of Dauphin county and a veteran of the Civil war. 30 Death in the Panama canal zone of Mvron Albright, of Harris burg. 30 30 8 Bodv of a suicide sucucwed to be a Baltimore man named Fossman found on a bench in Riverside park, Harrisburg. Death of Mrs.

Anna B. Stcese. 236 Cranberry street, burg. Harris 30 8 Death of Mrs. Melvina White- bread, of Steelton, aged 80 veare.

9 Death of Edwin L. Frv. 99 North 30 Seventeenth etreet, Harrisburg. 31 1 Nine-vear-old Charles Shaw, tif Harrisburg, drowned in the Susquehanna. Many Harrisburgers visited Pennsylvania National Guard en camped at Mt.

Gretna. With many visitors from cities of Pennsylvania and other States, including the Bulgarian legation at Washington, Bulgarians of conducted impressive memorial services for the recently deceased head of the Bulgarian church. -Severe hailstorm does great damage in portions of Dauphin county. i i Joan B. Morgan, a veteran of the Civil war.

and a former resident of Harrisburg. -Sudden death of Catharine Tag-gart, 1532 Xorth Fourth street, Harrisburg. tr i phalt plant put in operation. I it. -1 II 1 I 19 19 20 20 21 21 21 22 22 23 23 26 27 27 2S 2S 2S 25 29 29 2 4 4 5 5 6 Firosido Rockor Credit Extended to Out of Town Customers William Hayes Grier, a veteran of the Civil war, prominent for 50 years in the political and newspaper life of the State, and, at various times, identified with the Stale government at Harrisburg.

-Death of John Moore, 1329 James street, Harrisburg. 101 Ranch" Wild West Show brought large crowds to Harrisburg. -Edwin O. Hemlrickson, P. R.

II. freight agent at Middletown, found dead in his bed. -Death i' Mrs. Mary wife of James K. May.

1511 Xorth Fourth street, Harrisburg. To Be Continued To-morrow 26-27- 27- 27- Fink's Hercules Porter is especially recommended for weak digestion and poor appetite- Adv. Boy Kurt by Explosion Shamokin, Dec. 21. As Mrs.

John Bodusie was purchasing Christmas toys at a store here yesterday her young son, Alexander, invited several boys to his home to play until his mother re- fiii-nnd Thpv ffiiind a dllnlln tn anil exnloded it. Bodusie had an arm blown away and was internally injured. He is in a entreat coniiition. RED CROSS CHRISTMAS SEALS Pay trolley car-fare for the open air kidiet. Ad.

(rl Solid Mahogany Candle Sticks $1.29 a Pair Worth only one pair to a customer none delivered or phone orders accepted. MULL MAE FURNITURE DEPARTMENT STORE 7 North Market Square A aedl That Guarantees to 16 U. S. Senator John W. Weeks, of Massachusetts, addressed Harrisburg Chamber of Commerce on unwise restrictive business legislation.

17 Serious fire in warehouse and garage of William J. Straub, James street above Herr. Harrisburg. 17 Death of Mrs. Bella P.

Vanasdlan, 1627 Xorth Fourth street, Harrisburg. 17 Death of Wilson Glover, of Highspire, a veteran of the Civil war. 18 Death of Edward Linehan. of Harrisburg, a retired recruiting officer of tlie U. S.

army and a veteran of the Civil war. 19 Nearly 300 orphan children in various institutions of Harrisburg picnicked at Hershey, transportation being furnished through the efforts of the Motor Club of the eity. 19 Bernard Schmidt's annual butternut dpy held at Paxtang Park, with at'tmidance. of 6,000. 19 Death of William K.

Curtis, 1604 North street, Harrisburg. 21 Tropical storm, which had done much damage on Texan coast, struck Harrisburg witli a downpour of over ihi, inches of rain a few hours, eausing much damage and serious inconvenience in Harrisburg and ail surrounding territory. The property ios was especially great at Hanover, Ann-ville and Mt. Holly, liams were broken, bridges swept away and i Sell on Credit at Gash Prices The Store of Best Service The Only -Death of Dr. T.

M. Bulick. 317 Xorth Second street, Harrisburg. Death of John C. Demmy, 1222 Derrv street.

Harrisburg. Death of Charles Lefever, 1317 Wallace street, Harrisburg. A Highspire foreigner, leaving a wife and several children, committed suicide after a drunken de; bauch. Death of Mrs. Mania A.

McLaughlin. 2144 Susquehanna street, Harrisburg. Death of Mrs. Mary frull. 263 Cumberland street, Harrisburg.

13 13 13 13 14 14 Store in Harrisburg Eight track hands killed by a P. R. E. flyer at Mt. Union.

Body of a 5-year-old Clark's Ferry boy, drowned on the 1 1th, recovered in front of Harrisburg. Death of Augustus K. Sharpf, 1313 Xorth Sixth street, Harris- burg, aged 82 vears. Death of Mrs. j.

K. Kichey, 409 South Thirteenth street, Harrisburg. Annual picnic of F. M. shops at Willow Grove Park.

Death of Charles Darr. 14 22 Susquehanna street, Harrisburg. 14 $6,000 fire at a manufacturing 22 Xorth Cameron street, Harrisburg. 14 Death of Mrs. Lerina Geistwhitf 313 Muench street.

Harrisburg. 15 Ten-year-old boy drowned in P. K. K. reservoir, Enola.

15 The widow of Paul Laurence Dun-tor, the great negro poet, spoke in one of the Harrisburg churches, 15 Death of Clover B. Williamson, 1323 Vernon street, Harrisburg. 15 Death of John L. Carpenter, 1336 Penn street. Harrisburg.

16 Death of Mrs. Mary A. Babeock, 230 Hamilton street, Harrisburg. aged 85 years. 16 Charles Wright, 1002 South Xinth street, Harrisburg, killed by a fall from the C.

V. K. K. bridge spanning the Susquehanna. 16 Death of William Fortney.

Steelton, from injuries received three days before, at Paxton flour mills. Death of Jesse .1. liouch, 1211 travel held up in all sections. 21 Death 'of Mrs. Mary Shoop, 2224 Logan street, Harrisburg.

21 Death of Mrs. Jane Green, widow of J. Thomas Green, 110 Hanna street, Hsrrisburg. 22 Death of James Keed, 1611 Susquehanna street. iHarrisburg.

22 Death of William P. Housholder, 224 Pine street. Harrisburg. 23 Death of Ilenrv J. Stewart, 308 Chestnut street, Harrisburg, a veteran of the Cjvil war and long identified with the shoe industry in oui city.

23 Death of S. Cameron McCormick, 1716 Xortn Sixth street. Harrisburg, a veteran of the Civil war and a former city letter carrier. 24 Opening of the annual Middle-town fair. 24 Gold niednl publicly presented to 12-year-old newsboy, Samuel Sherman, of Harrisburg, for rescue of a drowning boy.

24 Death of Duller S. Sollenberger, a prominent contractor and builder, of 523 Peffer street, Harrisburg. 24 Death of William B. Smith, 1008 South Cameron street, Harrisburg. 25 Death of Frank A.

Sales, 143 Xorth Fourth street. Harrisburg, an inspector State Highway Departments 26 Death of Mrs. Anna E. Styers, 1837 North Sixth street, Harrisburg, aged 84 years. 26 Death, at his Columbia home, of Chestnut street.

'Harrisburg. Death of Mrs. Catharine J. Rudv 1634 North Third street, Harrisburg. Death of Mrs.

Katherine Krone- bitter, 1136 South Cameron street, Harrisburg. aged 83 vears. Death of Mrs. Katherine Alexan der, 1817 Xorth Seventh street, Harrisburg. Sudden death of Robert M.

Mil ler, 2117 Penn street, Harrisburg, a retired grocer. Smith. 1234 Xorth Sev- enth street, Harrisburg. found dead in ner Oca. Annual picnic of groeers of Har risburg and vicinity held at Hershey and largely attended, despite unfavorable weather conditions.

Death of Mrs. Annie K. Hackett, wife of Charles E. Hackett. 810 Xorth Second street, Harrisourg.

11 11 11 11 12 12 'Deach of Thomas F. Burke, 1203 Green street, Hai risburg. a clerk P. R. R.

An early morning wind and rain storm prostrated many trees in Harrisburg and inflicted considerable damage. Death of Mrs. Ann C. Clouser. 631 Mahantongo street, Harrisburg, aged 84 years.

Mr. and Mrs. Samuel E. Powell, of Steelton, celebrated the 50th anniversary of their wedding. Death of Jacob M.

Mover, of Wormleysburg, aged 83 years, a veteran of toe Civil war. Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Finfrock. 622 Calder street Harrisburg, celebrated their golden wedding anniversary.

6 store picnic at Herahey..