Mummers Parade Endorsed by Harrisburg Chamber of Commerce
Harrisburg Mummers Association seeks a grand New Year’s Day parade with Chamber support and a Walter Montgomery as chief marshal. The piece urges city leaders to fund the project, ties it to winter tourism, and notes calls to place Hershey statuary at River Front Locust street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harrisburg
Donato Statuary Xmity Council
Hershey
Chocolate King
Bowman
Water Department
Reservoir Park
Locust Street
Iron Alley
Division Street
Telegraph
Pennsylvania
Anna Hamiltonwood
New York
Pittsburgh
Philadelphia
Democratic City Committee
Roland
Morris
John C. Winston
S. D. Crow
Fayette County
D. H. Fleihr
Lehigh
Samuel B. Rambo
Violet Oakley
Senate
Rambo
Editorial Voices on War and Industry Across Papers
A collection of quotes from the Wall Street Journal and Boston Transcript discusses Germany’s wartime burden and relief aid, a future Western government’s balance, Henry Ford’s social aims, and the U-49’s sinking of the Columbian. The remarks reflect editorial tone on policy, industry, and naval affairs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston Transcript
Henry Ford
Newport
Alvah Wilson Honored in Frisco as Harrisburg Link
In Town Talk, Dward F. O'Day profiles Alvah Wilson of Harrisburg Pa a San Francisco hotel figure famed for his signature Pardon me for pointing. The piece notes Wilson's frequent Harrisburg postcard bursts his ties to Jim Woods and his long career from New York to Saratoga New Orleans and the St Francis Hotel with Tomorrow’s continuation teased.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dward F. O'Day
Alvah Wilson
Harrisburg
San Francisco
Lotta
Fountain
Telegraph Hill
Spring Valley
Vigor
The
Jim Woods
Vienna
James Woods
Wilson
Case Cash Register
Sturtivant House
New York
Saratoga
Alyah Wilson
Woods
Grand Union
New Orleans
Charles
Sunset on the Suskie and the Nationwide Prohibition Move
A rural meditation on Suskie scenery at dusk links to a broader view of creation and autumn colors. The piece notes churches from major denominations backing nationwide prohibition, with leaders in Episcopal and Catholic circles also pushing the policy.
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Methodist Episcopal Church
The
Presbyterian Church
Baptist Church
North
Cumberland Presbyterian
Ecclesiastico
Modern Girl and the Gift Index
Cartoon dialogue notes a woman maintaining a card index of Christmas gifts to remember past favors. A child faces parental demand for punishment, while a stern father and mother note their usual agreement on discipline.
Foreigners cluster by heritage in Harrisburg areas
The Harrisburg Telegraph notes immigrants from Syria, Armenia, Bulgaria, Serbia, Italy, Russia, and Poland settling in distinct city sections. Mexicans join coethnic groups quickly while locals observe headlines at the Telegraph bulletin stands. A Harrisburg man and guide summit a Perry County peak where a hidden 1916 Telegraph is found.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harrisburg
Europe
Danube
Perry County
Harrisburg Telegraph
Notable Figures Press Proposals and Health Update
Enoch Raih of Pittsburgh proposes rapid return of soldiers from the border. Col J J Swope calls a West Virginia publishers meeting to unite or face bankruptcy. J B Critchfield states Pittsburgh leads in food supply. Judge W Rush Gillan lies seriously ill at his Chambersburg home.
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Enoch Raih
Pittsburgh
J. J. Swope
West Virginia
J. 8. Critchfield
W. Rush Gillan
Chambersburg
Harrisburg steel use in lighthouse construction topic
Historic Harrisburg notes mention a riverfront tavern era for traders and immigrants. A lost leader profile recalls Patrick Henry Morrissey of the Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen and his firm stance on labor disputes and arbitration in 1912.
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Harrisburg
River
New York Sun
Patrick Henry Morrissey
Brotherhood of Railway
Morrissey
Organized Labor
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the Telegraph Printing Co
Telegraph Building
Federal Square
B.j.stackpole
Pres’t
Chie/ BR
Oyster
Gus M. Steinmetz
American Newspaper Publishers’ Association
the Audit Bureau of Circulation and
Pennsylvania Associated Dailies
Story
Brooks& Finley
Fifth Avenue Building
New York City
Brooks & Fin
People's
Isy
H. C. Kino
Congress
Cowden
New Jersey
Municipal League
Chihuahua
Villa
Politica
Department of the Secretary of the Commonwealth
Sullivan
Delaware County
C. A. Snyder
Republican State Committee
C. C. Norris
Lawyers’ Campaign Committee
Justice Walling
State Capitol
Martin G. Brumbaugh
Pinehurst
Edwin R. Cox
Republican Caucus
House
Cox
Capitol
South Philadelphian
W. C. Sproul
Richard J. Baldwin
Baldwin
Iit
Appropriations Committee
Appropriations
Snyder
Agricultural Department
Patton
Commission of Agriculture
Grange
Commission
Edward M. Bigelow
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Guy BE. Campbell
A. J. Barchfeld
Mr. Barchfeld
James R. Macfarlane
J. McF. Carpenter
Allegheny
Alee
Barchfeld
Spain
Netherlands
Germany
Norway
Martinique
United States
France
Great Britain
Frankfort
Teneriffe
Canary Islands
Portugal
Trinidad and Tobago
British West Indies
Guatemala
Java
Italy
Hankow
China
South Africa
Englan
Holland
Real Sport
By Briggs
Dre
Deutschland
Wall Street Journal
Paddlin
Modern Girl
Sis
Papa
Mamma
Ebening
Jackson Herr Boyd
Jack
Verdun
Boyd
James
Cambridge
Country Life
Garden City
Dauphin County
Mark Mumma
God
Jesus Christ
John III
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