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Newspaper
Harrisburg Telegraph
Location
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Dec 07, 1917
Page
11
Sales start today in city and county for Red Cross Christmas Seals to fund anti tuberculosis work. Over 430000 seals have been sent out with about 500000 total available. eighty percent of proceeds stay in the district, the rest aids state and national efforts.
Derby residents experiment with prunes as a sugar substitute for tea and coffee during a sugar shortage. Heat softens the prune and extracts sugar while caffeine from coffee helps mask the fruit flavor, with many locals trying the method.
Merry Monarch owned by Purdue University was named grand champion at the National Live Stock show. It sold for 2.05 a pound to the American Short horn Breeders Association which donated the animal to the Red Cross. Armour and Company later resold it for 3381 dollars at 2.10 a pound, a record.
Ruth Law the aviatrix could become a military flier in France under a Hulbert bill introduced in the House. Representative Murray Hulbert of New York sponsored the measure and indicated broad support in the chamber as Law lobbied members in the House corridors.
Washington reports that America could field 150000 to 200000 aircraft costing 3 to 6 billion dollars if rubber manufacturers’ suggestions are pushed to the max. Proposals call for using all factories to manufacture parts and coordinating allied plants. With full development, 12000 airplanes could be produced monthly, enabling air superiority over Germany and potentially shortening the war.
Wilkes-Barre Pa Dec 7 T A Wright vice president and general manager of the Wilkes-Barre Railway Company declares that unless a six cent fare is collected the company will go bankrupt He says the Public Service Commission will be asked to permit the higher rate and that fuel labor and material costs are up by 160000 this year with no offset in receipts fuel costs are the main reason for the fare increase request.
The Rev. Dr. William Berhardt the oldest Lutheran minister in the United States died at Martinsburg West Virginia aged 100 just after celebrating his birthday on October 28 He was born in Hesse Darmstadt brought to America at age one and helped organize Martinsburg school system He was the oldest living graduate of Gettysburg College Survivors include a widow and six children.
Lieutenant Gervais Raoul Lufberry of Wallingford Connecticut, premier ace in the Lafayette Escadrille, photographed wearing the Croix de Guerre with four palms, the Military Medal, and the Legion of Honor award for valor.
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