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Newspaper
Harrisburg Telegraph
Location
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Dec 07, 1916
Page
5
Edwin Putnam of Wendel Depot Massachusetts fell ten feet from a loft landing on a wood pile. He suffered back pain and total body soreness but recovered after using Sloan's Liniment, which is sold in drug stores at 25, 50, and 1.00.
German forces drive toward Moldavia after capturing Ploechti and Bucharest. The ninth army advances along the Bucharest rail line while Romanians reportedly abandon Wallachia to shorten their front. Berlin reports 100,000 Romanian prisoners since the war began.
Anti government papers in London blame the fall of Bucharest on Lord Grey's diplomacy. They say the loss damages Allied prestige, boosts central powers, and could prolong the war, sparking bitterness and grief among English readers.
Paris reports sorrow over Bucharest and the fall of Ploiești. Commentators warn there is no chance to salvage the oil fields, marking the worst feature of the crisis as Allied hopes dwindle and Romanians face invasion setbacks.
Dr Joseph Kalbfus secretary of the State Game Commission said an average of one tame cat skin per day is sent for bounty on wildcat skins. He intends prosecutions for fraud. Ten hunters are to be arrested for shooting deer in violation. Public Service Commission rejected a Shenandoah foot bridge plan.
Attorneys for Harry Baldini convicted of first degree murder claim a church sermon influenced jurors. The Rev J B Koehne preached on Christ's crucifixion as a warning to deal harshly with criminals after jurors were taken to church by a deputy sheriff. Baldini narrowly escaped the electric chair.
Sir Hiram Stevens Maxim, noted scientist and inventor who left the United States in 1884 after a semiautomatic gun was rejected here and welcomed by Britain, has died in London. He was knighted by Queen Victoria in 1887 for his contributions to invention and science.
The Public Service Commission holds that jitneys are common carriers and must obtain state certificates of public convenience, arguing that operators like Walter Parsons and Peter Greco operate without proper authorization. The ruling could affect Harrisburg and broader Pennsylvania without clear constitutional resolution. The discussion includes input from labor leaders and local railway officials on licensing and local regulation.
The text notes that the business is in violation of the public service company law and that the commission should refuse granting a certificate of public convenience to the applicant.
City park officials outlined a plan to ask for funds totaling about 5 000 dollars for a bathhouse and 3 000 dollars for a 2 000 foot parkway along Wildwood lake. Additional bids include 550 dollars for a new floating bathhouse, and money for policing the parkway and sewer facilities. Due to rowdiness on Seventh and Kelker streets the department plans to abandon the present recreation place in 1917 and open a new playground near Paxton and Cameron streets.
City Commissioner E Z Gross says bids for riprapping the river front slopes north of Hardscrabble will not be readvertised until after the new year. Work likely cannot start before spring due to weather, ground conditions, and stone suitability from Cameron parkway quarry.
Flour drops 65 cents a barrel in Columbus. Wholesale price is 9.40 on credit and 9.15 cash. Dealers link the decline to talk of a wheat embargo and a general downward trend, but expect the drop to be temporary.
New York, Dec. 7. Mrs. Leonard M. Thomas, famed society beauty and suffrage leader, publishes a volume of poems under the pen name Michael Strange. Before marriage she was Blanche Oelrichs, daughter of Charles Oelrichs, and she marches annually in the New York City suffrage parade.
Franklin Menges of the State Department of Agriculture notes fall plowing destroys larva of wireworms white grubs June beetle cutworms and related pests. He explains these larvae burrow into plant roots and survive winter in readiness to attack crops, suggesting fall tillage as a preventive measure for farmers concerned about spring plowing outcomes.
Field of sod to be planted with corn next spring. examine for larval pests including six legged wireworms and white grubs to assess infestation risks.
The article advises fall plowing of sod fields to expose and kill abundant corn crop pests, including a greenish cutworm. It notes some loam and gravel soils should not be fall plowed, but fields hosting larva should be turned to destroy hundreds of enemy insects.
A Cambridge man, Ralph J. Sennett, was arrested after a loud voiced woman in a roadster drew police attention at Massachusetts Avenue and Boyleston Street. He faced a two months’ Derr Island sentence for driving while intoxicated and driving without a license, with $200 bail set.
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