Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-10-09

Rowe was held yesterday afternoon
from her home in East Main street.
with services at 2 o'clock. The Rev.
II. F. Hoover, of Eliza abethtown. and
the Rev. A. E. G. Bossler. of the
First United Brethren Church. of
town. officiated. Burial was made in
the Middletown Cemetery.
Another team of the National Bis
cult Company. of Harrisburg, was
struck by a trolley yesterday after
noon, killing one of the horses and
injuring the other that it had 60 be
killed and the two men who were in
the wagon were thrown out but mot
seriously hurt. The accident occur
red at the lower end of Highspire.'
Lieutenant Colonel G. Z. Nelson,
who was commanding officer at the
Aviation depot for the past several
months, has been made a lieutenant
colonel of field artillery and will be
sent overseas. He will leave about
the first of November and will be
succeeded by Colonel G. V. H.
ferred from Kelly Field. Texas,
where he was in the air service. Mrs.
Nelson and two children will go
to Mrs. Nelson's home at California
when the colonel goes overseas.
The Spanish influenza, which had
many victims in town, seems to be
on the decrease, as the doctors have
not reported many new cases.
c. R. Bausman, reported for the
Daily Journal, is able ~ be out
again after being confined to his
home, South Union street. for the
past two weeks. with the Spanish
influenza
Charles Kirkessner. of Harris
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daughter, Mrs. BENJAMIN Hickernell.
West Wilson street. took suddenly
i'll and is in a serious condition.
Word was received in town yes
terday that Richard Duncan. died
at Camp Sherman, Chillicothe, Ohio,
His body will be shipped to town.
the cause of his death being pneu-
monia. He is survived by his moth
er and the following brothers: James
Duncan. Camp Meade, Nd; John
Duncan and Albert Duncan. town;
six sisters, Mrs. Emma Bywaters.
Columbia; Mrs. Elizabeth Walters
and Mrs. Frank Raymond, Colum-
bia; Mrs. Mary Bush, Harrisburg,
and Mrs. Clara Johnson. Philadel-
phia, and Mrs. Annie Title, town.
DIR. H. w. George was elected as
a director of the Citizens National
Bank at a meeting yesterday. He
succeeds H. S. Roth. who resigned.
Mr.. and Mrs. Erwin Pickle have
returned home from a several days
visit to Ephrata.
Mrs. Jacob Shroy has returned
home from a weeks visit to Phila-
delphia.
c. C. Hershey received word that
his brother, P. o. Hershey, had ar
rived safe overseas.
DR.. H. H. Rhodes. one of Middle
towns local physicians, is quite Ill at
his home, North Union street. His
practice was in charge of his broth
er, DR.. c. C. Rhodes, of Harrisburg,
for several days.
Miss Ruth Conklin has accepted
a position as clerk in the ticketoffice
of the Pennsylvania Railroad.
Charles Whitman received a tele-
gram yesterday from Camp Mills,
New York, that his son, Lieutenant
Frank Whitman, is quite i'll and 1t
also stated that they would keep
him informed every day of his con-
dition.
Robert Hemperly. of Pine street,
has secured a position in the shoe
factory of Divine & Yungel. Harris
burg, and will in the near future
move to Harrisburg.
Mrs. Maggie Palmer. of Harris
burg, spent yesterday In town.
George Carr has returned home
from a several days visit to Cham
bersburg, making the trip by motor
cycle.
Mrs. Jennie Duncan received word
yesterday that her daughter, Mrs.
Jennie Jackson, had died at CleVe-
land, Ohio. and also that her son,
Richard Duncan. had died at Camp
Ohio