Public Work to Ease Winter Unemployment in Harrisburg
Harrisburg and other cities push winter public works to employ idle workers. City officials plan river slope grading, subway excavation, Paxton creek work, Cameron Parkway, river wall clearances, street grading, and private contractor cooperation to provide jobs. A New York Sun editorial urges timely aid to relieve distress and stimulate charitable giving.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pennsylvania
Harrisburg
Taylor
Department of Parks and Playgrounds
South Second Street
Paxton Street
Cameron Parkway
Paxton Creek
New York Sun
Europe
Toyoda
Chicago
Philadelphia
Protestant voices call for I C C reform amid Wilson policy critique
The piece condemns the Interstate Commerce Commission for arbritrary actions and rising passenger fares while freight rates pause. It argues for abolition or repeal and criticizes wartime to peacetime taxes, urging President Wilson to seek Congress action. It also notes party realignments and legislative preparations in Harrisburg.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Harvey
Wilson
Congress
Interstate Commerce Commission
Harvey
The
Philadelphia Ledger
United States
Democrats Fuss Over Move shakes Pennsylvania party lines
Democratic leaders split over moving state headquarters to Philadelphia as Morris plans to base the state operation there after December 10. Philadelphia influences, reorganization factions, and post election reflections frame the debate with calls for renewed legislative activity and a glare on party strategy. Congressmen blame Pennsylvania leaders for missteps. Bailey, Baldwin, Woodward, and Detrich are named in shaping upcoming state battles.
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Yee
Harrisburg
Council
Democracy
Philadelphia
The
Pittsburgh
James Kerr
Pattison
Mechanics’ Bank
John M. Garman
Charles P. Donnelly
William T. Creasy
James K. P. Hall
John 8. Billing
D. J. Driscoll
Roland
Morris
South Broad Street
Washington Party
B. E. P. Prugh
Prohibition State Committee
Democratic State Committee
F. T. Keenan
Washington
Pennsylvania
Warren Worth Bailey
Penrose
James F. Woodward
McKeesport
Appropriations Committee
Richard J. Baldwin
Delaware County
Baldwin
Powell
Casey
Notable Figures Reach For a Southern Sojourn
Captain W H Gibson treasury Philadelphia reports the mint produced five million pieces in November. Barney Dreyfuss Pittsburgh baseball magnate plans a southern trip. George C Hetzell Chester manufacturer visits Virginia Hot Springs. Major J P Tracy U S A well known here ordered to the Adjutant General's office Washington for duty.
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W. H. Gibson
Philadelphia
Philadelphia Mint
Barney Dreyfuss
Pittsburgh
George C. Hetzell
Chester
Virginia Hot Springs
J. P. Tracy
Adjutant General's Office
Washington
Look Through the Merchant's Eyes Advertising teamwork
The piece urges manufacturers to view advertising from the retailer's perspective and to place ads in local newspapers to drive over the counter sales. It promotes joint effort between manufacturer and retailer through the Bureau of Advertising at the American Newspaper Publishers Association.
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Bureau of Advertising
American Newspaper Publishers Association
World Building
New Or
Ex-Seminarium and Nat Goodwin Book News In 1916
Book notices report Will W. Whalen's The Ex-Seminarian a collection of tales dedicated to St. Mary's College and Seminary. Nat Goodwin's Book from Gorham Press promises an intimate forty year history of the American Stage with rare portraits and candid anecdotes. A New York Sun clipping notes Roosevelt as a private citizen and predicts his political comeback, possibly via constitutional Prohibition amendment strategy.
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Mission Press
Ediny, Ill
Will W. Whalen
St. Edward's
Shamokin
Richard G. Badger
Boylston Street
Boston
Gorham Press
Nat Goodwin
Goodwin
T. R
New York Sun
Chicago
Theodore Roosevelt
Roosevelt
Mr. W. Bryan
Colonel Roosevelt
Bryan
Our Daily Laugh Cartoon Snippet
A brief comic strip caption portrays a hungry man and a midnight lunchman trading quips about jam, licenses, and keeping the food constrained by unpaid permits. The humor relies on wordplay and urban slang of the era.
Kampaign Kat Promised Expense Clarity For Candidates
The poem narrates a last day for filing campaign expense accounts with a playful challenge to guess the final size. A separate London fire tale recalls a Leeds gasworks explosion and a heroic rescuer who perished, likened by a spectator to a savior in a funeral crowd.
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Kampaign Kat
Leeds
The
Christian Herald
Making Ten Thousand Matches a Minute
A concise look at the modern, highly engineered process of match production. Advances enable a single dipping machine to produce more than 600,000 matches per hour, with green logs transformed into packaged shipments in under two hours. The December Popular Mechanics Magazine details the full method with illustrations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Popular Mechanics
Mongolia
Worcester
Mass
A Face at Christmas A Harper's Magazine Poem
A poem fragment describes a white face at a glowing window symbolizing failure and shared human suffering. The speaker pleads for compassion while confronting personal guilt and collective sorrow, ending with a question about what light or guest arrives despite the bleak threshold. Dana Burnet quotes from Harper's Magazine December issue.
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Merry Holly
Withholden
Dana_ Burnet
Harper's Magazine
Desirable Ladies Garments and Accessories on Friday Sale
A readers’ shopping notice promotes ladies waists, petticoats, cardigans, brass tubes for draperies, traveling bags, folding card tables, and unbleached muslin. Each item features special Friday prices, highlighting values from 35 cents to 85 dollars, with emphasis on limited one day offers.
Hood Asks Truce and Rebel Flag of Truce Mentioned
Hood asked for a truce to exchange prisoners at Nashville. The Army of the Potomac reported rebels flying a flag of truce but firing continued near Fort Sedgwick.
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Hood
Nashville
Army of Potomac
Fort Sedgwick
Printing press advances end the era of slow copies
The article notes a leap from 4 000 copies per printing run to 1 100 copies per hour and praises presses capable of 300 000 copies per hour. It argues printing has democratized knowledge, freeing the poor, ending servitude, and curbing tyrants by expanding thought and civilization.
Dandruff Remedy Claims Liquid Argon Cleans Hair
An advertisement promotes liquid argon as a guaranteed dandruff cure. It instructs applying four ounces at night to moisten and rub the scalp, claiming dandruff dissolves by morning with repeated use. The copy asserts itching stops and hair becomes silky and fuller. It notes argon is inexpensive and available at drug stores.
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R. Oyster Secretary
Gus M. Steinmetz Managing
E. Caer
Telegraph Building
Federal Square
American Newspaper Publishers’ Association, Audit Bureau of Circulation and
Pennsylvania Associated Dailies
Eastern
Fifth Avenue Building
New York City
Hasbrook
Story & Brooks
Western
Advertising
Chicago, Ill
Allen & Ward
Wea
DeWet
Oyster Bay
Taft
Progressive Party
Emden
Friends of the Shade Tree Commission
Telegraph
White House
Vera Cruz
Capitol Park
Samuel B. Rambo
Plymouth W. Snyder
Hollidaysburg
Joseph P. Thompson
Edward Smith
Smith
Baltimore
Joseph Thompson
James Walters
James M. Shull
New Bloomfield
Juniata Valley
Capitol
Irris
William Flinn
E. A. van Valkenburg
A. Nevin Detrich
Detrich
A. C. Stein
Richard Wildey
Neaethlis
Aso
Foxge
Tomsiline
Sorork
Bsc Ang Soc
Tonsiline Company
Canton
Ohio
Caen
L. W. Cook
London Times
John Walter
Jos
F. Shorb
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