Board weighs sites for new Harrisburg high school act
The Harrisburg School Board signals a decision on locating the proposed high school on Capitol Park frontage versus North street. Directors voice support for Capitol Park plans while noting North street as favored by some. leaders urge reconciling opinions to secure the best educational future for the city.
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Capitol Park Plaza
Spitol Park
Park Extension
North Street
Harrisburg
Lansdowne letter and wartime policy clash with war aims
The Lansdowne letter is deemed untimely and unofficial as it urges reform in Germany and hints at peace terms, while the Allied aim remains total victory. The piece argues the letter could be misinterpreted as England losing resolve and stresses continued sacrifice under wartime controls like coal and bread cards amid hardship.
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Lord Lansdowne
Germany
England
Berry
Lansdowne
Coal Rationing Shows Politicians Pressing On Public Woes
The piece mocks Hoover and Garfield for quietly raising prices through a card system and coal rationing. It contrasts easy access to sugar with costly coal, lampooning coal dealers as hunted figures between government demands and consumer hunger. It ties shortages to Kaiser ominously and urges patriotic support for a campaign running December 1 to 11.
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Mr. Hoover
Dr. Garfield
Frank Daniels
Hoover
Garfield
Kimberly
Halcyon
Old Mother Hubbard
Luncle S
Bible drives morale in soldiers as war text book says
Wilson endorses a national drive to place khaki bound Bibles with every American soldier. The Y M C A. reports Bibles are the trenches best seller, outstripping supply, as Pershing and naval leaders urge faith to sustain courage and sacrifice.
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Wilson
France
American Bible Society
Literary
John Jellico
Pershing
Church
Pennsylvania Politics and Court Rulings Stir City Election War
Supreme Court refusal to block ballot box openings in Philadelphia sparks clashes between Town Meeting party and Republican Alliance. City tax hike to 1.75 raises local tensions amid broader state campaign, with bets on 2.25 including school tax. Philadelphia judges loosen ballot access as Allegheny and Lackawanna counties file election returns.
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Philadelphia
Town Meeting
Republican Alliance
Supreme Court
Republican Party
New Alliance
Smith
Fife
Penrose
Thomas W. Cunningham
Philadelphia Republican Alliance
Department of the Secretary of the Commonwealth
Allegheny
Luzerne
Lackawanna
Washington
Don’t Be Puffed Up on West Front Lessons
Detroit Free Press warns against overconfidence in American soldiers. Raw recruits lack three years of German veteran experience and must be tutored by French and British experts. Patience and humility are required as troops gain proficiency in modern warfare.
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Detroit Free Press
West Front
Republic
Winter Prospects From War Food Ministry Report
Secretary von Waldow outlined winter supply challenges in the War Food Ministry report. Fodder shortages threaten army needs and agricultural stock for swine and cattle, with possible herd reductions. Milk and butter reserves face strain, prompting expanded dairy collection and production controls.
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Herr von Waldow
War Food Ministry
Hamburgischer
Imperial Fat Office
Pay Cheerfully War Tax Reminder
A wartime public notice urges citizens to pay taxes without complaint, reminding that Americans contribute their share with their lives and urging support for government wartime debt.
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St. Louis Post Dispatch
Positive Proof of Speeding Admission
A man admits he was driving at least forty miles per hour on the road toward Detroit. The exchange captures the question of speed and the officer’s inference from his prideful confession.
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Detroit
Labor gains and wage talks in Pacific Northwest and Abroad
Labor notes report Portland cooks and assistants joining a bona fide union movement while Hoquiam tailors win higher wages and better conditions. A French ministerial decree orders shoe factories requisitioned from November 15. Australia enforces holiday pay at one and a half rate with a 120 cent minimum. Sioux City Packing House Union breaks a labor record as membership grows by 402 in two meetings.
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Portland, Ore
Australia
Sioux City
Iowa
Packing House Union
Pedestrian Safety on Mulberry Street Bridge Demanded
A Telegraph reader urges stronger pedestrian protection on the Mulberry Street bridge viaduct. He argues sidewalks are as safe as city streets but unsafe due to reckless driving and calls for stricter enforcement of traffic laws and higher penalties to safeguard pedestrians. Also noted is praise for Pat Neilson of the Salvation Army for Thanksgiving efforts and Christmas donations.
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the Telegraph
Mulberry Street Bridge
Harrisburg
The
Telegraph
Pat Neilson
Salvation Army
Pat
Russ Fish Mater
Neilsen
We Stand for Victory Unity in Allied War Effort
A Philadelphia Telegraph editorial calls for unity of action and purpose among Allied armies led by a single council. It argues resources of the United States and Allied nations must be treated as common to all fighting together against Germany, with total resolve to win.
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Wilson
House
Paris
America
France
England
Italy
Germany
United States
Philadelphia Telegraph
No Surprise in It Union Labor Is Loyal
Washington Herald reports a Buffalo labor convention endorsed the war, asserting unionism as the core of democracy and warning that German autocracy would threaten labor rights. The piece argues unity among American workers is essential to defend homes, wages, and liberty.
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Buffalo
United States
U. S
Washington Herald
Public Opinion on US Japan Agreement and Open Door Policy
The United States and Japan recognize Japan's special interests in China and guarantee China's independence and open-door trade. Secretary Lansing calls it foundational to Pan-Americanism, praising Ishii's diplomacy and the peaceful path amid global conflicts. The piece frames the pact as a victory for peace and restraint in a troubled world.
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United States
Japan
China
Lansing
America
Pacific
Asia
Wilson
Viscount Ishii
Council Board
Love Binds after Rail Crash in Royal City
A hospital romance grows after a Royal City railroad wreck nine months ago. Murphy consoles a wounded May who lost her right leg and they marry. Adams county boosts wartime wheat, and a dog with spectacles aids astigmatism. A Verdun shell vase from a wounded French soldier becomes South Bethlehem interest. Lieutenant Miles Kresge sends it to his parents.
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Murphy
May
Lee
Mr. Murphy
America
Verdun
Bethlehem
Miles Kresge
Pershing
Our Daily Laugh Card and Opera Notes
A fragment from a humorous column notes Miss Silvertone returning to light opera after Grand Opera. The writer jokes she was not fat enough for success. A school report mentions an electric switch and many new fangled ideas. The piece ends mentioning the birch tool as a humorous aside.
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Hiram
State highway tag requests reveal odd number obsession at Capitol
State officials report hundreds of requests for special license numbers, many for poker hands aces and deuces while reserves exist for the governor and key officials. Deer season outlook from Dr Kalbfus notes abundant bucks and ample hunting, with wardens reinforced state police to patrol.
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Capitol
Highway Department
Harrisburg
W. C. Sproul
Delaware County
Prosest
C. J. Buckman
Senate
Department
Joseph Kalbfus
State Game Commission
South Mountain
Clearfield
Clinton
Kalbfus
Well Known People in Public Life
Secretary Cyrus E. Woods improves after surgery at University of Pennsylvania Hospital and plays through golf season. Reverend Dr. Maitland Alexander praises YMCA work in camps after return from travels. Public Service Commissioner John S. Billing earns notice as chief dissenter in cases. John C. Frazee resigns from Philadelphia education post and receives offers. Reverend J. S. Fulton, Johnstown clergyman, is seriously ill. Dr. J. George Becht travels to address institutes as state education chief. Snow falls again this week.
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Commonwealth
Cyrus E. Woods
University of Pennsylvania
Maitland Alexander
Pittsburgh
Public Service
John S. Billing
Hal
John C. Frazee
Philadelphia
J. 8
Fulton
Johnstown
J. George Becht
State Board of Education
Harrisburg Men Aimed to Govern Themselves in Early Days
Historic note references John Penn writing from Harrisburg area about Harris Ferry and Paxton men inclined to self rule. Prediction that they would be first to resist England is cited as quickly verified, linking local colonial governance to early resistance actions.
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Harrisburg
John Penn
England
Harris Ferry
Paxton
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