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Newspaper
Harrisburg Telegraph
Location
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Dec 13, 1917
Page
4
The piece dismisses a record postal surplus as irrelevant to the public who want reliable service. It blames postal department leadership, cites job cuts and longer mail routes under Burleson, and argues workers deserve support while denouncing perceived government mismanagement.
City authorities have wrestled for months with a garbage and ash disposal problem. Taxpayers demand a reliable, regular collection system and criticize the current setup and tipping practices. Reports note continued improper payments to contractors amid the wider dispute over service quality.
Local observers urge quick court resolution of the Hardscrabble controversy over municipal waste services and property rights. They call for fair treatment of all owners on Front Street while criticizing weak contracts and urging modern waste disposal methods. The column ends with a call to end the chapter and a question about a wheatless day.
A lengthy analysis notes the congressional inquiry into war prosecutions as a means to spur efficiency and reveal flaws. It cites coal distribution actions by Governor James M. Cox amid shortages, plus debates over state expenditures and the Auditor General’s inquiries into clerical appointments and stenographers.
Robert Underwood Johnson issues two poetry volumes via DeVinne press. The first revises Poems of Peace and War with war poems like The Sword of Lafayette and The Victor of the Marne. The second collects Italy related pieces headed by The Italian Rhapsody, including Browning at Asolo and To One Who Never Got to Rome. Available from the author at 70 Fifth Avenue New York. Prices 1.50 and 1.
Passages recount the Israelites wandering after Elim in the Sinai wilderness. The people mourn hunger and long for Egypt rather than follow Moses and Aaron, lamenting they were brought out to die of hunger in the wilderness.
Brotherly Christmas poem urges sacrifice for war effort and rationing. It praises shared hardship under German aggression, notes war tax burdens, and calls for saving food and luxuries to aid Belgium and France, ending with a religious reflection on giving. Signed B E P Prugh, Harrisburg, Pa.
The Rev Dr John Fox argues war camps and cantonments are great universities with the Bible as chief text. He notes Bible Societies' heavy role, cites millions of Scriptures issued to soldiers, and appeals for a $400000 campaign, potentially reaching $1 million, to fund wartime distribution.
G Greenhill in Nature notes moon lore affects artists and poets. Turner paints a sun setting in the east beside the Temeraire, Hogarth’s The Lady's Last Stake travels to America, satirizing late gambling nights under the moon. The piece cites Pythagorean theory and a Turkish emblem with a crescent and star.
The surgeon general reports the week ending November 16 lists pneumonia vice infections meningitis and measles as the main problems. Vaccination has nearly eliminated smallpox and typhoid among 1,065,000 in training, with only sporadic typhoid cases and negligible smallpox. In Kansas City a smallpox epidemic is attributed to vaccination indifference.
The editorial argues that after eight months of war the United States has not paid the blood price. It warns that a future casualty list of two to ten thousand could shift public sentiment and reveal the nation’s true wartime spirit, a test Europe has long faced. Charleston News and Courier.
An Omaha Bee observation lauds Yankee soldiers who, amidst devastated fields, erect hopeful signs and share laughter while rebuilding. The piece highlights their defiant optimism, courage under fire, and belief in restoring civilization, portraying humor as a companion to resolve and patriotism.
Richmond painters win a one hour day cut and 75 cent daily raise since April 1. UK shipyards employ many women, over 6000 in one plant. Lawrence contractors accept Carpenters Union rates from 37 to 45 cents. Dublin railway men back Stockholm Conference. Dublin Junior Army Navy Stores workers gain $1 weekly rise. Australia and Britain pledge postwar employment and factory condition reforms. Fort Smith teamsters join International Brotherhood. German mines employ 7265 women in 1914, mostly in Upper Silesia, with 37563 in 1916 fourth quarter.
A humorous exchange features lines about perseverance marriages and jokes on hats and prices. It turns on wordplay about nagging wives and a punchline about Mr Price joining the army and advancing rapidly.
District draft board hearings reveal exemptions debated by farmers undertakers and butchers amid state efforts to mobilize auto owners for national service. Volunteers gather car data across Dauphin and surrounding counties to support cross country transport and military needs as public safety leaders urge efficient wartime mobilization.
Jay Cooke Philadelphia food administrator has a long active role in state affairs. Joseph Hollister, now vice president at Glasgow, is a Mount Carmel lawyer. John A. McSparran, master of the State Grange, urges farmers to strive in a series of addresses. Dr J W A Haas, Muhlenberg College president, joins Allentown's civil service commission. Major J A Moss, military author, assigned to the Fifty fifth Regiment.
The record notes Harrisburg residents as earnest supporters of the Government during Civil War bond flotation. Early Harrisburg history recalls political gatherings once held along the River Front at Harris Ferry.
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