Harrisburg Telegraph 1910s civic notices and editorials
A collage of 1910s Harrisburg items covers city cleanliness campaigns Newark New Jersey 250th anniversary preparations and a call for flower plantings. It also critiques Secretary Redfield on war time prosperity and protectionism urges candle light for Christmas Eve and discusses Sunday amusements and urban face value via riverfront development. Captain Henry A Swartz Harrisburg truant officer obituary noted.
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Newark
N. J
Harrisburg
Telegraph
Pennsylvania Politics and Elections in Flux
Philadelphia Public Ledger accuses Lancaster Revenue Collector Ben F. Davis of soliciting campaign contributions while holding federal duties sparking calls for statewide probes. Mayor-elect Thomas B. Smith looms as state political focus amid cabinet, council votes and county elections.
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Philadelphia Public Ledger
Ben F. Davis
Lancaster
Democratic
Davis
Thomas B. Smith
The
Philadelphia Inquirer
Pittsburgh
Gazette Times
Philadelphia
Pennsylvania
Thomas RB. Smith
Select and
Common Councils
James E. Lennon
Select Council
Harry C. Ransley
E. B. Gleason
Ninth Ward
Senator McNichol
Common Council
George McCurdy
Armstrong
Allegheny County Grand Jury
Charles H. Kline
Erie
J. H. Cooney
H. T. Jones
Ebensburg
Cambria
Captain Swartz Remembered In Harrisburg’s Changing City
Hat tales recall Captain Swartz a respected local figure widely known in the city. He helped children by buying shoes for those whose families could not afford school clothing and was a familiar presence as Harrisburg modernized.
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Captain Swartz
Harrisburg
Fragmentary Jest Mentions Arsenic and Laughing Woman
A cropped Pittsburgh Gazette Times snippet hints at a Kansas woman laughing at a fat man chasing his hat. The text references arsenic and morphine as potential agents in stopping the laughter, implying a dark, speculative joke.
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Pittsburgh Gazette-Times
Kansas
Head would be a temptation
A clipped Albany Journal item humorously disputes Villa's intent toward Carranza, suggesting any confrontation would go beyond whiskers if they met. A Baltimore Sun brief jokes about the Christmas spirit with a gift idea for warmth.
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Albany Journal
Villa
Carranza
Telegraphs Periscope Notes War Era Piety And Rationed Cheer
Brief items from the newspaper comment on bread riots in Berlin and a local family ready to riot over dinner mentions. It mentions pre Christmas turkey scarcity stories and a post parcel rule for rural clerks. It adds advice to avoid water and anti neutrality notes and warns Kaiser Austria may shrink before peace.
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Berlin
Three Would Wed Widow headline noted in Indiana
An editorial implies a sensational Indiana headline Three Would Wed Widow while quips about Sammy Weller and political commentary. The note cites Allentown Chronicle and News and Philadelphia Evening Ledger describing cabinet fortification in a satirical tone.
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Indiana
Sammy Weller
Allentown Chronicle and News
Percy and Dorothy Exchange A Quip At A Social Gathering
A comic exchange unfolds as Percy jokes about a rude collar button factory remark while Dorothy calls for a sharper wit. The piece then shifts to a reflective poem about maternal love and the lasting comfort of a mother's touch through life’s trials. Arthur TM Wallace Peach in Farm and Home.
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Percy
Dorothy
Arthur
Wallace Peach
Automobile Accidents in American Traffic Culture
In a reflective piece by Frederic J. Haskin, the rise of motor vehicle use in the United States is linked to a surge in accidents. The essay compares U.S. and European approaches to pedestrian and motorist rights, criticizing inadequate street design and a strong sense of individual independence as key factors in crash rates.
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Baltimore
New York
Chicago
United States
Europe
Broadway
Pittsburgh
Richmond
Unsettled Kidnapping Case Moves Across State News
The article notes a missing four month old Philadelphia baby and a description of a “pug-nosed blonde” as possible disguises. It discusses jitney regulation, a new smoke-washer in Englewood, and deer hunting trends, alongside oblique mentions of Margaret Richardson Knipe and unique Jefferson-era garments.
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Theat
Philadelphia
Freight Trains Tighten Spacing as Traffic Surges
City rail traffic has surged with trains moving under Mulberry street and Reading bridges closer together than before. Dealers report strong Christmas tree inquiries and large shipments of spruce and pine from Maine, while pensioners in Harrisburg stay busy in various jobs. A new parkway extension faces delays from limestone outcrops, likely pushing completion beyond year end. St. Goodfriend notes Southern diversification in agriculture and industry amid war orders boosting city hotels and modern amenities.
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Redfield
Chamber of Commerce of
New York City
Mulberry Street Bridge
Reading Bridge
Maine Woods
Pennsylvania Railroad
Harrisburg
Market Street
Bfe
Philadelphia
Baltimore
Parkway
Mason and Dixon Line
Notable figures in state updates and health notes
Warden McKenty of Eastern Penitentiary received prisoner greetings after appendix surgery. George Klauder appointed compensation referee and noted golfer. W. W. Tiers, active in Lower Merion affairs, is seriously ill. Dr. G O Smith head of the Federal Bureau of Mines plans a state visit. Thomas McDonald of Carnegie Steel predicts new plant construction.
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McKenty
Eastern Penitentiary
George Klauder
Ww. T. Tiers
Lower Merion
G. O. Smith
Federal Bureau of Mines
Thomas McDonald
Carnegie Steel Company
Harrisburg Flour Exports to South America Highlight Trade
Harrisburg presses report flour shipments reaching South America signaling growing export activity. The item notes Harrisburg’s role in supplying staple grains abroad as a marker of regional commerce.
Building the Chimney First
A column advocates building advertising from the ground up using newspapers as the key medium. It compares patent approaches of starting with secondary media to testing a campaign in sections before launching continent-wide. The American Newspaper Publishers Association Bureau of Advertising offers guidance.
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Telegraph Building
Federal Square
American Newspaper Publishers’ Association
Audit Bureau of Circulation
Pennsylvania Associated Dailies
Fifth Avenue Building
New York City
Hasbrook
Story Brooks
Bureau of Advertising
American Newspaper Publishers Association
World Building
New York
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Telegraph Printing CO
E. J. Stackpole
R. Oyster Secretary
Gus M. Steinmetz
Western Office
Chicago, Ill
Robert E. Ward
DEA
Gaits
Glenn Atkins
Republican Party
L. A. Wilder
Wilder
City
Kansas City Star
Gerald Stanley Lee
Springfield Republican
the Star
Mr. James
Springfield
Kansas City
Swartz
Henry A. Swartz
Clinton Rogers Woodruff
Registration Board
Woodruff
Alfrini
Firetide
Galveston News
Indianapolis
Baltimore Sun
Erie Dispatch
Wilson
Austria
Philadelphia Evening Ledger
By Frederic J. Haskir
Samuel Crea
Kittanning
Fitzwalter
Dunmow
Essex
England
Englewood
Margaret Richardson Knipe
Montgomery County
National Museum At
Washington
Thomas Jefferson
New Castle
Ebening
South America
Island Park
Houston Post
John Hays Hammond
Washington Star
America
Pat
Tey
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