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Newspaper
Harrisburg Telegraph
Location
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Dec 12, 1916
Page
6
Harrisburg directors approve selecting United Hotels Company to operate a new first class hotel. A dual design team will work with renowned architects to ensure a quality building, with work to start early next year and the project framed as a community milestone.
The article credits a strong cadre of commissioners and the city manager for transforming Springfield. It notes the manager, Charles E. Ashburner from Staunton, Va., runs a full time operation with 8 am starts, modernized equipment, reduced fire hose costs, and rapid decision making. Public works, relief, and playgrounds are municipal, with eight-hour pay and extensive paving plans for 1917.
Governor Brumbaugh plans to promote Representative Edwin R. Cox for Speaker with heavy use of influence and patronage. Baldwin supporters claim strong backing, while preparations for a Democratic caucus and cabinet appointments continue as the Capitol braces for the session.
Lancaster county tobacco brings 25 cents a pound and may rise five cents. Fears of improper curing for the 1916 crop prove groundless. Pennsylvania Railroad November expenses exceed last year by over 3 million dollars. All Pittsburgh afternoon papers cut to 2 cents December 1. Philadelphia and Reading Railway November gross up 370,486 from a year earlier. Bell Telephone plans 78,000 dollars in Readings upgrades next year. Lebanon dealers raise milk to 8 cents a quart. creamed milk and shirts prices also increase.
A collage of editorial quotes from major papers on advertising and national issues followed by a whimsical poem about the Page of the flowers guiding blooms from underground to summer and back, credited to Edna Groff Diehl of Paxtang Pennsylvania.
In a private excerpt from an autobiographical work, Pavlova recalls early encounters in Petrograd and discusses the demanding discipline of dancers. She notes the influence of Tschaikovsky and Russian artists in ballet production and argues for a bright future for ballet in England and America through cross discipline collaboration.
A reader urges Congress to curb perceived price gouging by monopolies and amalgamations of producers. He calls for open markets, lower duties on essentials, fair railroad coal charges, improved waterways, and standardization of bread weight and price to help the poor. Harrisburg letter dated December 11 1914. Include critique of state hospital funding reform from Wilkes-Barre Record urging efficiency and real need before state aid.
A humorous dialogue riffs on dating a young millionaire valet and winter chores. A speaker jokes about aviation and auto racing as future pursuits while debating peace at any price and the risk of waking to no price at all.
State depredations by bears rise in northern and mountainous counties as complaints push for payment by the State. Wardens list violators and deer season ends Friday while local officials clash over Christmas bank dividends and Midwinter agricultural show plans draw attention to tractors and rural progress.
Congressman's pride in securing pensions for sixty five widows stands alongside P M Harbold's role in normal school regulation drafting. Judge Patterson sermons in Philadelphia central station urge court aid. John MacSparran leads State Grange meeting. Dr John W Phillips presides over anthracite coal field physicians association.
A report notes Harrisburg's new hotel attracts attention from neighboring towns. John Harris funds the Harrige burg Academy with ferry proceeds. Parents’ advice, drawn from Howe's Monthly, emphasizes that wise counsel stems from accumulated family wisdom across centuries.
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