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Newspaper
Harrisburg Telegraph
Location
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Dec 03, 1917
Page
2
War work standing committee to mobilize Harrisburg workers
A proposed standing committee of 1,500 Harrisburg residents would coordinate war work including Liberty Loan drives and Red Cross campaigns. The measure aims to reduce duplication, organize card index systems, and ensure broader public service by selecting adaptable, previously proven workers without excluding willing citizens.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harrisburg
Liberty Loan
Red Cross
Good selections appoint McCormick as food administrator
The appointment of Donald McCormick as food administrator for the district is praised as a wise choice. He led the districts home garden movement last summer, contributed personally to food conservation efforts, and understands the role’s patriotic and practical value.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Donald Mc.Cormick
McCormick
Chamber of Commerce
Tood
Harrisburg
Ross A. Hickok
Millions for Roads Key Pennsylvania Action in Winter Drive
Pennsylvania mobilizes to keep major highways open all winter to relieve railroad congestion and move coal, tapping mines and connecting factory towns to seaboard. State funds from motor vehicle licenses finance main road maintenance under existing law, showing the long term value of the cross state highway system.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Union
Pennsylvania
William Penn
Ohio
Michigan
Indiana
Seaboard
Blue Ridge
Pigs Favored to Boost War Food Supplies in Harrisburg
Governor McClain urges farmers to raise more pigs as pork serves as army food and remains preservable without refrigeration. City council plans to test garbage feeding to pigs with a local firm as lowest bidder, with safeguards on location to avoid nuisance. Prompt pig feeding requires efficient collection and reduces waste while producing fat and meat for supply.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank B. McClain
Ern
Lancaster
Harrisburg
Copnell
West End
Mmake
Pheasants in Pennsylvania Face Extinction Risk
An editorial warns that Pennsylvania pheasants face extermination unless better protection and law enforcement curb overhunting. It cites rampant shooting, illegal limits, and the repeat shotgun as key threats to the game species.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pennsylvania
Call For Modern Joint Contagious Disease Hospital
A city and county proposal urges replacing the inadequate Municipal Hospital with a modern contagious disease facility to serve Harrisburg and surrounding areas. It argues for joint financing and operation with the county home, noting that current smallpox care has fallen largely on the city taxpayers while other towns contribute little. The piece warns of potential patient redirection during epidemics and stresses readiness despite labor and material costs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harrisburg
Chance for Volunteers in Draft Era Army
The Harrisburg recruiting office announced an extension of time under Washington orders allowing conscripts to join the Army through regular channels. Volunteers can choose their branch of service, likely bringing many young men into the Army and reducing remaining draft numbers for the district.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harrisburg
Washington
Serlee
Liiely
Wnee
Democratic leaders plan McCormick for governor and president
The Philadelphia Public Ledger says Democratic leaders aim to nominate Vance C McCormick for governor next year and for president in 1920 if elected. The piece notes prior shifts in Pennsylvania politics, recalls Pattison era patterns, and mentions related party struggles, resignations, and candidate jockeying across cities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia Public Ledger
Joe” Garyey
W. B. Wilson
Vance C. MecCormick
War Trade Board
A. Mitchell Palmer
McCormick
the Ledger
Robert E. Patton
Pennsylvania
Pattison
Pennsylvania Democracy
William F. Harrity
Cleveland
Michael J. Ryan
Public Service
Atlantic City
Europe
Penna honey push and curious wartime quips
Column of assorted items notes beekeeping pushes to use honey as a sugar substitute in Pennsylvania and Rhode Island restaurants, London’s Field Marshal Haig celebrations, a London reaction to Mafeking, a New York state elopement to dodge service, a Philadelphia musician dropping a cello, Pat’s clock joke, aviators in France writing home about machines, a boy who would not descend, and Writer’s cramp jokes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Pat
Pennsylvania
France
Keister, Noted Carpenter and Former Official, Becomes Mayor
The York Labor Advocate reports that C. W. Keister of Middletown, a Carpenters Union member who worked on Middletown Aviation Camp buildings, has returned home as the new mayor of Harrisburg. He previously served as councilman and state assemblyman, and he teases a gubernatorial run. George M. Weigle of Local 242 Typographics Union visited Harrisburg to congratulate him.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. W. Fink
Philadelphia Street
Middletown
Carpenters’ Union
George M. Weigle
Typographics Union
Harrisburg
Dan L. Keister
George
Altoona
Mountain City
Keister
International Typographical Union
Dan
Friendship
York
Death of Judge Hall Noticeable Elk County Trio
The Philadelphia Press reports the death on Saturday of Judge Harry Alvin Hall, the youngest and last of the Hall family trio who shaped Democratic politics in Elk County. His father John G. Hall led in the State Senate, James Knox Hall served in the Senate and Congress, and Harry Alvin also served in the State Senate before becoming a judge, reflecting a family deeply embedded in local Democratic strength.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry Alvin Hall
Hall
Elk County
John G. Hall
State Senate
James Knox Oll Hall
Senate
Congress
Guffey
Clinton-Cameron- Elk
Philadelphia Press
Inspirations on life and duty from Amiel
A compact reflection on greatness, heroism, and duty. The quote urges renouncing self, accepting pain and pleasure, and aligning action with disciplined thought. It portrays life as a fabric of habits and the soul's struggle against fleshly limits.
Betsy’s Battle Flag in a Nation’s Pride
Minna Irving recounts Betsy Ross sewing the flag that flew over Continental troops. The poem recalls dusk to dawn labor, stars on blue, stripes, and the flag’s defiant symbolism as Washingtons era soldiers endured cold and wounds. The banner endures beyond Betsy Ross with pride and sacrifice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Betsy
George
Betsy Ross
Minna Irving
Kultur and the law of the hive in the German war effort
The piece argues Kultur as a state religion of power, citing Treitschke and neo Darwinist politics, equating state self preservation with moral law. It links German expansion, deportations, and “scarps of paper” to a brutal theory justifying survival of the fittest through war and conquest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jena
Treitschke
Belgium
Miss Cavell
Lusitania
Germany
Apostle of
General Staff
Kultur
Junker
Mittel- Europa
Friedric Naumann
Mittel-Europa
Austria
Hungary
Mecca
Sugar solitaire ring sells at a lower price
A humorous exchange notes a sugar solitaire ring cut from select leaf sugar, described as genuine yet less expensive. Edith prefers dancing to eating, and a jab about men choosing a dance programme over a dinner check is offered as wit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. Giffany
Edith
Harrisburg’s river coal supply attracts statewide attention
Harrisburg faces a growing river coal supply as claims arise that coal beds stretch north of the city and renewals arrive with each freshet. Rivermen note sand bars drive deposits while Steelton and Highspire offer prime dredging sites. Caspar Dull hunts in North Carolina. Governor Brumbaugh reports health officials improving.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harrisburg
North Branch of the
Susquehanna
Lackawanna
Luzerne
Northumberland County
Dauphin
Rockville
McCormick's Island
Independence Island
Harrisburg Academy
Steelton
Highspire
Brumbaugh
Notable Figures Named in Regional Affairs
Ex Representative Josiah Howard takes charge of Cameron county stamp sales. Horace Beale, active with Chester county soldiers aid, formerly linked to Steelton. Attorney General Brown participates in the Nixon-Schubert case in Philadelphia. Charles M. Schwab to speak at Greater Bethlehem Chamber meeting. Ambassador Roland S. Morris delivers Democracy addresses in the Mikado capital. cc H Muir, new US Army general, is a Pennsylvanian.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Josiah Howard
Cameron County
Horace A. Beale
Soldiers’ Aid Committee
Chester County
Steelton
Brown
Philadelphia
Charles M. Schwab
Cc. H. Muir
United States Army
Harrisburg Hotel Draws Comment From Travelers
Harrisburg’s new hotel begins to attract notices from traveling men as the city’s Fourth ward area recalls its past with two tanneries and a brewery a century ago in Historic Harrisburg.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harrisburg
Fourth Ward
Chaplain Bassler Attached to Ammunition Train Post
From Camp and Trench reports Chaplain Bassler, once of the old Fighth Pennsylvania Infantry, now attached to the Ammunition Train. Regular services at 9 a.m. Sundays. Also note in Coffeyville Kansas item: Jim Jacobs introduces a collar with roller bearings to slip neckties without stretching or bending collars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bassler
Old Fighth Pennsylvania Infantry
Edison
Jim Jacobs
Coffeyville
Kas) Journal
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Adams County
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BY Briggi
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Mama Naughty Mama
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Lebanon County
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Reservoir Park
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Harrisburg Public Library
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Dull
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Public Service Commission
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