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Newspaper
Harrisburg Telegraph
Location
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Dec 02, 1916
Page
1
Indications point to two large scale flank operations on the Romanian front. Russians aim to save King Ferdinand and Bucharest while Teutonic allies seek to force Bucharest evacuation.
In Pittsburgh on his way from Danville to Washington, Representative Cannon said he admires Woodrow Wilson and praised a man who can play with one hand and poker with the other. He joked about the Republicans preparing another term in 1920 and quipped about righteousness. Scranton papers also note a price raise to 2 cents for the Scranton Times and Republican.
Fair to night and Sunday with little temperature change. North and West branches of the river fall tonight and Sunday while the main river rises slowly. Harrisburg stage about 4.7 feet Sunday morning. General conditions note a northwest disturbance has moved southeast, bringing rain in the Pacific States and light snow along the northern boundary from Michigan to Maine. Moon full on December 9.
Karl Steward a leading member of city state and national groups and former official of several bodies died shortly after five this morning at his home 1405 North Front Street from a complication of diseases. He had been ill for almost days at the time of death.
Richard Kilgore Parker of 620 Reily Street a 32 year old railroad brakeman was squeezed to death this morning between two cars in the Pennsylvania Railroad yards. He had been former assistant manager of the Colonial Theater and organizer of the Kilgore Kolonial Kid band. He was unmarried and survived by his parents near Chicago. He had worked for the railroad eight months after coming to Harrisburg from Allentown five years ago. He was a motorcyclist and member of the Keystone Motor Club. Burial arrangements will be set after the parents are informed.
Weather Bureau predicts fair conditions in the Middle Atlantic until Wednesday followed by unsettled weather and rains. Temperatures stay moderate until Friday then become considerably cold afterward.
Mrs. Wood explains how to trim provision bills with thrifty dishes from leftovers. A second piece offers receipts for humble meals like Potato Bisque and Tomato Bisque using cold potatoes, onions, milk, and seasonings to stretch essentials.
New York retailers report wrapping paper prices up 300 to 400 percent over eighteen months. Large stores replace heavy paper with lighter grades, use cheaper tissue, and drop pasteboard box wrapping to save material. Group action aims to extend savings while avoiding a cheap appearance to customers.
Federal Forest Service and Newsprint Manufacturers' Association to conduct a census of pulp wood amount and cost due to scarcity. Figures will compare 1899 1908 1914 and 1916 consumption for national pulp wood use.
Chicago Health Department officials report a total weight loss of eighteen pounds among twelve diet squad members since Tuesday as they switch to cheaper, fattening foods to prove good living costs under forty cents a day. The squad says they feel as well fed as before.
Miss Susanne Westbrook found Caroline Shoudy wandering with a sick baby on Sixth Street. The mother claimed eviction for nonpayment and planned for the county poorhouse. The baby was sent to hospital after police and hospital records proved loose. The mother’s stopping place remains unknown. Williamsport Sun Raises Subscription Price to Meet Material Costs.
Civic leaders meet to form a Pennsylvania Chamber of Commerce with headquarters in this city. Howard B. French presides with R. G. Rhet and G. H. Weihman as active participants. The effort seeks state wide cooperation among businessmen and legislators to promote industrial and agricultural development.
After a day of terror in Athens, Venezilists clashed with Royalists and Greek troops fired on entente forces landed to restore order. A truce followed as King Constantine agreed to surrender mountain guns to the allies, who began withdrawing their troops except for a small guard.
City school directors meet Monday at 2 p.m. to re-elect President A. Carson Stamm and Vice-President Harry M. Bretz with no opposition. Superintendent Downes announced a junior high study tour to Cincinnati Columbus Rochester and possibly Erie and Richmond. In September city schools enrolled 11,208 pupils with an average daily attendance of 10,380.
Harrisburg prepares for a record rush with extra parcel post staff and trains. 25 to 30 extra workers will handle local and out of town gifts, 45 more in New York, enlarging parcel post rooms and deploying fast auto trucks for deliveries.
In Wilkes-Barre area a dynamite blast at Loomis colliery near Nanticoke killed Evan Edwards 57 and Peter Androchak 32, both of Nanticoke, with William J. Jones 30 critically injured. Edwards was blown seventy five feet from the shaft platform.
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