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Newspaper
Harrisburg Telegraph
Location
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Dec 02, 1918
Page
2
A terse aphorism attributed to Kin Hubbard, declaring that a firm chin lacks significance without a corresponding upper lip, and asserting that a known fault can be cured by recognition, though the oddly phrased line mirrors satirical local humor.
The City Council defers creating a Shade Tree Commission but argues for immediate action to preserve existing shade trees and massively expand tree planting before winter. The piece warns of icicles and overhanging branches in snow and notes high wartime tax figures for Pennsylvania and New York.
The article urges President Wilson to travel to Europe to participate in peace negotiations. It argues his presence will aid the peace commissioners and bolster resolve against pacifist rhetoric. It notes France England and Italy may seek his stance on the Kaiser and Mohenzollerns and suggests Pershing will expedite returning troops home.
The Department of Commerce reports nine months of this fiscal year see $227,000,000 in goods imported from Japan. This reflects a $46,000,000 rise from the same period in 1917 and a $158,000,000 increase or 212 percent since 1913. Imports late show a notable rise despite tariff policies.
The piece notes Europe imports dwarf Great Britain and France by 108 million and 179 million respectively. It argues peace will heighten European competition, especially Germany, under Wilson’s tariff principle. It cites Japan’s growing U S trade, about 816 million since the war, rising from 4 percent to 10 percent of imports, and urges studying Oriental competition to protect American workers. It also calls for de mobilizing federal office holders to aid essential industries.
The piece urges Governor Brumbaugh to oversee a comprehensive accurate record of Pennsylvania’s WWI role, arguing against partisan history and stressing fresh memories and complete coverage. It condemns delays, endorses timely groundwork, and cites a Harrisburg soldier’s letter praising American troops. It also calls for regulated heavy trucks, protections for U S dye manufacturers, and asks City Council to act on the Donato statuary. It criticizes postwar government ownership talk and rebukes German bread rhetoric as wartime propaganda.
Excerpt notes Pennsylvania's 1917 1919 legislative shift toward Republican control on joint ballot nearly 200 votes ahead of Democrats. It details changes in Senate and House makeup, names prominent figures in Harrisburg, potential key appointments, and looming constitutional discussions.
The National Republican laments denatured facts in reports about George Creel and Europe. It notes extensive historical fiction from the war era and predicts continued distortions in coverage from that quarter.
The New York Evening Post notes the ex-kaiser and ex-crown prince are reportedly not together. Each man reportedly has something to be thankful for despite the split, offering a modest reflection on postwar upheaval and personal fate.
Letter from T. M. Gilmore, president of the National Model License League, argues compensation for distillers brewers and winemakers if national prohibition proceeds. He asserts long history and vested interests, cites medical and governmental allowances, and mocks blue laws and if free enterprise would be confiscated without pay.
A Harrisburg reader commends the paper’s War Weekly issue for soldiers overseas, noting it keeps homeside news welcome. He urges continued publication until all men return home and signs as Private Patrick H Taylor.
Labor notes report a war time development as women police units are established in English factories with women workers. Unions for shipwrights blacksmiths and boiler makers discuss amalgamation and hold conferences toward that end. In the U S San Francisco wholesale butchers accept a new wage agreement raising rates by 25 a month.
Governor-elect William C Sproul spoke in Philadelphia on reorganization of state government. He signaled a shakeup at Capitol Hill naming William I Schafer as attorney general and Harry S McDevitt as private secretary, while offering Cyrus Woods to stay as Secretary of the Commonwealth. He said the House will choose its speaker without outside interference and warned against charter revision debates, weighing whether to call a constitutional convention soon.
A letter from Houston Post readers questions the security of U S loans to Great Britain. The writer mocks the idea of safeguards while praising wartime resolve and self sacrifice, reflecting public concern about foreign policy and national debt.
A ceremonial war homecoming poem from Ella A. Fanning expressed in hopeful verse. The speaker pleads for calm seas, safe passage, and swift reunion for heroes and their families, invoking stars sun and ocean to bless the homecoming.
A New York Times account portrays Marshal Foch as stern and unyielding in demanding German armistice terms. It notes his decisive strategy to trap retreating German forces, preferring peace on victory terms over prolonging slaughter. Ferdinand Foch is depicted as prioritizing saved lives over a final crushing blow.
The writer questions President Wilson’s choice of advisers, suggesting a harmonious but imperfect group and noting U.S. reliance on historical consultation. It contrasts Monroe Doctrine precedent with possible concessions to a League of Nations, while urging clarity on aims for Paris and freedom of the seas before any proclamation.
Former Justice Charles E. Hughes urges a swift survey of postponed war era public projects across states and municipalities. He argues renewed national spirit, unity with allied nations, and vigilant patriotism are essential for liberty and international justice in a renewed American effort.
The Detroit News profiles George M Reynolds who began as an 11 year old office boy in Panora Iowa. He rose to become president of the nation’s largest bank outside New York with nearly half a billion dollars in resources, after diligent work, acquiring twelve weekly newspapers to learn about the wider world.
Dredges on the Susquehanna and its tributaries continue work despite early winter, supplying fine coal for industry and homes. High water produced coal flows, with dredges moving toward central city areas to avoid hazards, many boats kept active until cold weather halts operations. South Carolina seeks Pennsylvania road funding insights as it plans a road bond campaign, while Williamsport women join munitions work and Red Cross efforts. Dr. J George Becht sails to Europe for YMCA and war work education planning, returning before the next assembly. A U S S Harrisburg transport seen by Union Station crews signals returning sailors.
General Hunter Liggett will be invited to Reading after the war ends. Ex Governor John K Tener has been traveling in eastern states. Brun C Keefer, once invited to dinner by Williamsport friends, is well known locally. John M Phillips, State Game Commissioner, notes thousands of young trees moved to roadsides. William Perrine, editor of the Philadelphia Evening Bulletin, plans Sproul inauguration attendance. Senator Charles H Kline, named for judicial post, is an Indiana countian.
Historic Harrisburg notes John Harris helped build the first Lancaster to Harris Ferry road. This fragment recalls early manufacturing and transport links shaping the city and its industries.
An American soldier tells of a west farm so vast that plowing and sowing must be done in a single spring furrow, then harvested on the return. The host adds a joke about his son in law whose new farm pairs milking with the daughters’ twins’ arrival two weeks after marriage.
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