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Newspaper
Harrisburg Telegraph
Location
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Dec 13, 1918
Page
9
A note from New York reports the Poultry Club of the American Confederation bans the phrase and membership emblems labeled Chicken in France. The action targets decorative buttons and club symbols as part of a broader membership policy.
Miss Lucy Hewitt leads a charity club that distributed little red white and blue buttons priced at 10 cents to aid France. The National Investigation Bureau, based at 1 Madison Avenue, objects on technical grounds to the charity’s use of the emblem claiming it violates bureau rules for organizations seeking official endorsement.
The Poultry Club, authorizing no new button orders, will issue a conventional membership badge instead of the "I have a chicken in France" button. About 280000 badges with the chicken design have already circulated nationwide, while out of town branches report limited supplies for further distribution.
Famous Wendell's Ambition Pills claim to restore vigor and vitality for nervous debility and low mood. Sold for fifty cents with refund option by H. C. Kennedy. Advert says pills help with nervous prostration, tobacco overindulgence, and various nerve conditions.
The Public Service Commission dismisses protests by Bell Telephone subscribers in Endeavor and East Hickory against a proposed handover to Endeavor Telephone Company. The plan would create a single company serving East Hickory and Endeavor with improved facilities and a new rate schedule. The commission notes past service issues are not decisive and that adequate service at reasonable rates is the duty of the public utility.
An analysis of Haggard's Exodus tale through the Egyptian narrator Ana Anana seeks to align Old Testament events with Egyptian deities and Seti II era. It notes Maspero’s theory on Meneptah’s successor and the romance Merap Moon of Israel, plus Dutton’s Library of French Fiction adds three titles including None Love and the Soil by Gaston Roupnel translated by Barnet Beyer.
Correspondents report Belgian patriotism after German retreat as Jean Massart documents secret presses in Belgium. La Libre Belgique and other works were secretly reprinted with copies spreading widely. King Albert’s Book funded food relief before a new seizure. The Red Triangle tale and Huard’s war drawings also attract attention, cited for both tragedy and humor.
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