Public health push cautions milk safety and citizen duty
Dr. Raunick urges closer cooperation with the health department asking residents to report violations and ensure milk from quarantined homes is sterilized. The piece notes a public duty to safeguard health and contrasts quiet leadership with talky rivals like Schwab while praising James E. Lentz for fostering community spirit in Dauphin county.
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Health Department
Raunick
Health Board
Board of Health
Bureau of Health and Sanitation
Dauphin County
James E. Lentz
Elizabethville High School
E’s
Lykens
Lentz
Harrisburg Chamber Warns Against Fly-by-Night Dealers
The Harrisburg Chamber of Commerce urges residents to buy locally and avoid nonresident vendors offering "bargains" on cigars, women's wear, and gifts. The bulletin cautions these dealers use inflated prices, inferior goods, and risky terms, urging shoppers to support local merchants for fair prices and reliable service.
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Harrisburg Chamber of Commerce
Harrisburg
Thrift Drives Pennsylvania Banks Growth in 1914
State Banking Commissioner reports 11 savings institutions 179 state banks and 297 trust companies in Pennsylvania held 1914 resources totaling 1.2785 billion dollars up from 1913. Savings banks gain and deposits rise. postal savings also surge amid an off year.
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Smith
Pennsylvania
United States Postal Savings Fund
Postal Savings Fund
State Agricultural Board reports end of cattle disease spread
The State Livestock Sanitary Board notes foot and mouth disease has ceased to spread, praising radical outbreak measures. It reports ethical slaughter of infected herds and suggests reimbursement plans to satisfy farmers. Lancaster county cases show disease could spread along roads where cattle traveled. State College runs winter short courses for farmers and wives, including home economies and nursing, attracting many repeat students seeking practical agriculture and food knowledge.
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State 7 Livestock Sanitary Board
Lancaster County
State College
Ennsylvania State Colplege
Miss Pearl MacDonald
Miss MacDonald
Farmers Face Pivotal Statewide Challenge
A perous condition among farmers gives them a chance to act, a feat many city residents deem impossible due to circumstancel restrictions. The text implies broad statewide impact and the need for decisive action by agricultural communities.
English starling nuisance discussed by state zoologist
State Zoologist H A Surface speaks on the English starling in Pennsylvania noting its brownish black appearance with white specks, its grain and fruit eating habits, and urging public action to destroy it. He recalls seven years of discussion and calls the starling a pest with little insect eating value.
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H. A. Surface
Dr. Surface
Pennsylvania
State Board of Agriculture
Notable Local Figures Earnments and Elections
Well known Johnstown figure W C Howland improves after illness. Jeanette burgess F W Cunningham leads Bel gian relief fund efforts. Captain C B Danfelt resigns as Eighth Regiment commander in Chambersburg. John B Emery of Williamsport elected Ross Club president. J C Bell named head of Wilkes Barre school board. Rev Dr M M Sheedy marks twentieth anniversary in Altoona. B W Davis of Wilkes Barre becomes president of Luzerne alumni group.
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W. C. Howland
Johnstown
F. W. Cunningham
Jeanette
C. B. Danfelt
Eighth Regiment
Chambersburg
John B. Emery
Williamsport
Ross Club
J. C. Bell
Luzerne County
Caring for Civil War Soldiers Families in Small Towns
The piece discusses how smaller cities organized support for soldiers' families during the Civil War, detailing local efforts, charity drives, and community networks that provided relief, housing, and aid to widows, orphans, and injured veterans. It highlights civic engagement and durable wartime welfare practices.
Ten Inches of Snow Hits City as Snowfall Records Set
The Telegraph reports ten-inch snow last night and notes Rev. W. H. H. Snyder of Ohio has accepted the call to lead the German Reformed Church in the city.
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W. H. H. Snyder
Ohio
German Reformed Church
Headquarters 10 to Close Here in Local Democratic Shift
The Democratic State headquarters in the Spooner building will be closed within forty eight hours and party operations moved to Philadelphia under State Chairman Roland Morris. The move follows years of centralized records and filings. headquarters will likely reopen for next campaign with protest from local leaders over reduced local presence.
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Spooner
Market Square
Harrisburg
Philadelphia
Pattison
Stalians
Roland 8. Morris
State Committee
Friends of State
Roland
Morris
Books and Me and Notable 1910s Literary News
Stephen Graham plans to open the Royal Scottish Geographical Society course in London pending his return from Russia. Richard Norton helps relief work in Europe and leads an American Volunteer Motor Ambulance Corps with ten ambulances. Vachel Lindsay’s The Congo is highlighted after a Kansas teachers event, drawing praise from a colored teacher in attendance.
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Stephen Graham
America
Royal Scottish Geographical Society of London
Russia
Richard Norton
Boston
Bernini
Europe
American Volunteer Motor Ambulance Corps
Vachel Lindsay
Kansas Association of Teachers of England
Congo
Mr. Lindsay
Kaiser Wilhelm at the Eastern Battlefront
A fragmentary description places Kaiser Wilhelm in gray military cloak at field headquarters amid German offensives in Poland. The piece weaves in political notes from Philadelphia about opposition to a state wide primary act and related party maneuvers, including figures James A. Dunn and John McClintock Jr.
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Telegraph
Philadelphia Record
General Assembly
James A. Dunn
John McClintock
Republican Party
Penrose
Brumbaugh
Dunn
William Draper Lewis
Washington Party
Lewis
McCormick
Washington
McClintock
C. S. Becker
Regina
Pease
Czar
Poland
Democratic State Committee Aide Prominent for Internal Revenue Post
Warren Van Dyke, Harrisburg Democratic figure and secretary of the state's party committee, is believed to be favored for the Ninth district collectorship in the reestablished internal revenue division. Fred C. Kirkendall, current collector, is said to secure the re created southern district position. The reorganization splits thirty five counties into two districts with Bradford through Wyoming in the new Ninth. Van Dyke, once Carbon county resident, has been active in city politics and civic work since relocating.
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W Warren van Dyke
Democratic State Committee
Harrisburg
Internal Revenue
Scranton
Fred C. Kirkendall
Bradford
Carbon
Centre
Clinton
Columbia
Luzerne
Lackawanna
Lycoming
Monroe
Montour
Northampton
Northumberland
Pike
Potter
Susquehanna
Sullivan
Tioga
Union
Wayne
Wyoming
van Dyke
Carbon County
State Committee
Democratic City Committee
Christmas bookshelf display aids gift ideas at Harrisburg Library
Miss Alice R. Eaton curates a Christmas bookshelf with price lists from major publishers to guide readers on gifts. A second display lists program ideas with hymns and carols for Yuletide celebrations, while the War Extra table offers new titles on wartime topics. November circulation hit 8 564 with 2 744 juvenile loans. 3 284 readers, 1 065 of whom were children.
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Harrisburg Public Library
Alice R. Eaton
Yale
Our Daily Laugh: Willie Dreams Of Becoming A Fiancé
A lighthearted cartoon caption shows Willie answering a child’s question about future plans. He says he would like to be a fiancé, prompting a playful exchange about growing up and romance.
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Pop
Willie
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Lewisburg
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Thomas H. Garvin
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Yuletide
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L. W. Cook
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Rogers
Elgin and Waltham Movents
Jacob Tausig
Market Street
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