President Wilson urged budget reform and labor arbitration plan
The column critiques President Wilson's Congress address on peace, labor, tariffs, and wartime controls while endorsing his call for a permanent arbitration body between capital and labor. It notes support for the budget system and tax law revisions to safeguard peacetime business, and commends reaction to public opinion on government supremacy. Middletown mourns Mrs Arthur King, a longtime community helper.
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Wilson
Congress
Senate
League of Nations
Lloyd George
America
Taft
Penroxe
Penrose
Finance Committee
Community honors a life of service and memory
Her attitude to those she met and her passing are mourned as a community loss. She left a lasting memorial through good works that will keep her memory fragrant in the community she served.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middletown
Arthur King
Prohibition Economy Spreads Through Prison Costs
A Dauphin County Prison Board decision to not fill a vacant store keeper post shows officials favor efficiency over political ties. Prison populations drop by over 100 daily, saving taxpayers and proving prohibition pays. Harrisburg housing concerns attract study by a Chamber of Commerce committee of business leaders evaluating options and actions.
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Dauphin County
Chester
Harrisburg
Chamber of Commerce
Profit Sharing and Industrial Unrest
An excerpt discusses profit sharing as a remedy to unrest, noting two sides to the plan. It questions fairness during lean years when profits vanish and workers depend on gains for income, and asks how profits would be shared if earnings drop. It ends with a note on Red Cross Christmas seal campaigns in Harrisburg and Dauphin County to fight tuberculosis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eorge W. Perkins
Rotarian Magazine
Harrisburg
Dauphin County
Red Cross
New American Citizen publication aims to Americanize workers
The New American Citizen debuts in six languages with English first page. It seeks intelligent cooperation between employers and workers, aims to inform foreign-born laborers about government actions, and emphasizes English learning and education for children. It is presented as a patriotic, sane, and practical effort for both sides.
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New American Citizen
New
Jican Citizen
Constitutional Revision Commission eyed as major state effort
The Constitutional Revision Commission opens with a nonpartisan aim to study the constitution and decide sections to change. Attorney General William I. Schaffer hopes for prompt, dignified work while the Philadelphia Inquirer notes debates on taxation of natural resources, hospital appropriations, and broader home rule for cities like Philadelphia.
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Constitutional Revision Commission
Willam I. Schaffer
The
Philadelphia Inquirer
the Inquirer
Philadelphia
New York
General Assembly
Empire State
Albany
Harrisburg
Commonwealth
Pittsburgh
Scranton
Mifflin County
G. Corbin
Senate
Lewistown
House
William J. McCoig
House Appropriations Committee
Ellsworth G. M. Kuhns
Lehigh County
Berka
Lehigh
Lackawanna County
A. Lincoln Acker
Penrose
Ain't It a Grand and Gloriously Feelin
A vivid cartoon caption depicts two starving friends in a city setting seeking food at 2:30. They feel emaciated and compare themselves to starving Armenians before entering a place and finding drumsticks and white meat. The scene ends with a rousing refrain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Plenty
Demand clear ownership of anarchist publications under law
An editorial from the New York World urges enforcing semi annual sworn statements from publishers to expose editors owners stockholders and bond holders of anarchist and Bolshevik aligned papers. It calls for public disclosure of benefactors and strict penalties for secrecy in ownership and financing of revolutionary press outlets.
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Nursing In Reptile Press
New York World
United States
Congress
Supreme Court
Goeth and the modern executive ethic
Bruce Barton reflects on executive responsibility and the moral burden carried by leaders who manage workers, pay bills, and tolerate carelessness. He compares ancient authority to today’s managers, noting the gap between instruction and action and urging higher standards of service and accountability.
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Centurion
Red Book Magazine
Roosevelt and Japan in a Friendly Pacific Policy
Theodore Roosevelt argues for friendship between the United States and Japan, denying conflict of interest in the Pacific and urging mutual respect and good will. Viscount Ishii’s Fair Haven address expresses trust and loyal fellowship, urging Americans to support Japan similarly.
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Theodore Roosevelt
Japan
United States
Pacific
Asia
America
Viscount Ishii
Fair Haven
Mass
Multiple Judges Clash Over Prohibition and Volstead Act
A New York Herald roundups notes judges across the country split on prohibition. Mayer and Pose rule on non intoxicating beers, Pollock deems 2.75 percent beer nonintoxicating, while Anderson and U S appellate judges construe prohibition as targeting only truly intoxicating drinks. Tirown calls Volstead unenforceable pending constitutional review. Tivans deems Volstead unconstitutional and tax ward whisky lawful. Trained and Knox affirm wartime prohibition. Carpenter and Fitzhenry align with upholding wartime and Volstead amendments. From London, a patient awaits a doctor’s verdict on life expectancy as rest and calm are prescribed.
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New York Herald
Julius M. Mayer
New York
Pose
Baltimore
Pollock
St. Louis
Anderson
Poston
United States Court of Appeals, Second District
United States
New Orleans
Arthur T. Tirown
Providence
Walter Tivans
Louisville
Trained and
John C. Knox
Hand
George A. Carpenter
Chicago
Louis Fitzhenry
Peoria
Carpenter
Business Optimism from a Square-Toed American
Samuel M. Vauclain of Baldwin Locomotive Works told the Bond Club that the industrial situation remains sound despite strikes. He cited the Boston police strike and steel strike as demonstrations of law and order and weakness of agitators, praised the Peace Treaty, and urged sending goods abroad to finance U S production rather than cash to Europe.
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New York Telegram
America
Samuel M. Vauclain
Baldwin Locomotive Works
Bond Club
Boston
Senate
Vauchin
American
Europe
Treaty timeline and vote split on ratification
An analysis outlines the sequence of events around the Senate ratification fight. It notes initial rejection 53 to 38, then approval with reservations 55 to 79, and details how party votes affected the outcome including potential paths to ratification and the President’s role. It ends with commentary on the tramp's return as a societal signal and reflections on reconstruction ideals.
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Harvey
Senate
Committee On Foreign Relations
United States
War reflections from Berlin on French coal mines fate
The Berlin correspondent laments the war loss with no repentance and notes a German view that destroying French coal mines was a crime against France but justified for Germany if it served German needs. He predicts fuel shortages will trigger a harsher revolution in Germany than the postwar upheavals.
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Bache Review
Wmn
P. Hamilton
Wall Street Journal
Berlin
Tnds
Germany
France
Saar
Hamilton
Leave It to Profiteers Prom Punch London
I W Fenwick urges action to use up war material and prevent profiteering as he critiques the idea of starting friendly wars. The speaker argues for decisive measures to curb hoarding and waste while addressing wartime excesses.
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Prom Punch
London
I. W. Fenwick
Anti Red Law Hinted as Congress Talks Next Session
Harvey's Weekly warns that Congress plans an anti Red law in the next session. It cites past strikes blamed on conspirators and alien revolutionists, including four soldiers assassinated abroad, and notes plots for bomb outrages and terror, urging vigilance against subversion.
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Harvey
Congress
Allem
United States
United States Army
Notable figures tour state history drives eastern counties
Dr. Albert EB. McKinley leads talks on state war history records in eastern counties. Judge Thomas J. Baldridge and Col. George Nox McCain contribute writings on Central Pennsylvania history. Francis Newton Thorpe, a constitutional historian, works with the Constitutional Revision Commission. A K E Sisson plans state memorials in Northwestern Pennsylvania.
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Albert EB. McKinley
State War History Commission
Thomas J. Baldridge
Blair
Pennsylvania
George Nox McCain
Francis Newton Thorpe
Constitutional Revision Commission
A. K E. Sisson
Early Indian Raids Mark Harrisburg County Pre-1740
The first Indian raids of consequence in Harrisburg County occurred before 1740. This historical note highlights early Native American conflicts shaping colonial settlement in the region.
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Harrisburg
Hanover Townships Split Shaping Dauphin Lebanon History
East and West Hanover disputes reach court in Dauphin county as the Hanovers split under 1785 and 1842 acts. The piece traces Hanover settlement origins from Derry Paxton and Lebanon regions, noting key families Simontons Snodgrasses Wilsons Wallaces and leaders of the Hanover Associators who risked arrest in 1774 for colonial rights.
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East
West Hanover
Dauphin County
Capital County
Hanover
John Harris
Penns
Conrad Weiser
Fishers
Middletown
Susquehanna
England
Hanover Secon
Hanoyvermen
Simontons
Snodgrasses
Wilsons
Wallaces
Northampton
Washington
Pennsylvania
Hanover Church
MecClure
Academy
The
Hanovers
Dauphin
Lebanon Counties
Derry Township
Lancaster County
Paxton
Lebanon
Harrisburg
Steelton
Paxtang
Swatara
Lancaster
Derry
Hanover Township
Lebanon County
Bethel Township
Priest's Run
Raccoon Creek
Rush Township
East Hanover
Londonderry
Nenceforth
Dauphin Hanover
Lykens Valley
Prothonotary
Fox
Grubb
Simonton
McCord
McFadden
Great Britain
New England
Hummelstown
Yorktown
Col
Timothy Green
James Caruthers
Josiah Espy
Robert Dixon
Thomas Copenheffer
William Clark
James Stewart
Joseph Barnett
John Rogers
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E. J. Stackpole
Byr Oyster
Gus. M. Steinmetz
A.R. Michener
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Boyd M. Oglesby
Associated Press
American Newspaper Publishers’ Association
Audit Bureau of Circulation
Story
Brooks & Finley
Fifth Avenue Building
New York City
Tuonreau
Politico
Charles A. Snyder
Eoening Public Ledger
Small
Miller
Labor and Industry
Doctor Connelly
Adjutant General
Washington Star
Shadrach
BY Briggs
Bruce Barton
Everal
Roosevelt
Blighty
Manchester Guardian
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