Want Safe Bridge Safe Guard Proposed by Harrisburg Club
Rotary Club members urged Harrisburg Council to install a guardrail or curb along Mulberry Street bridge to separate roadways from sidewalks. They cite prior expert opinion deeming it unnecessary yet note ongoing accidents and potential damages from skids onto the sidewalk. The public favors safety measures, awaiting Council decision.
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Rotary Club
Harrisburg
Council
Mulberry Street
Labor Is Orderly In New York World Observations
The New York World says amid the coal strike hundreds of thousands remain idle yet disorder is minimal. It argues labor resuming with clean hands, rejects alarmist views of radicals, and praises pro American sentiment among workers including many foreign born, who kept cool heads despite unrest.
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New York World
Lenine
Trotzky
United States
West Shore schools central high proposal criticized
Professor Clyde Hoover argues in the Telegraph interview that defeating the central high school plan harmed the West Shore. He notes the region now has several good high schools but none as efficient as a single central school would have been, with tax costs and community growth discussed.
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West Shore
Clyde Hoover
The
Telegraph
Hoover
Camp Hill
Heights
Lemoyne
Suburban Growth Hopes For Unified Boroughs In West Shore
Wormleysburg may form a single borough or city with Westerview and Enola under one government. Strong schools are emphasized as essential for rapid future development, aligning with Professor Hoover's advice urged to West Shore residents and school directors.
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Wormleysburg
Westerview
Enola
Hoover
West Shore
Recalling a Simple Christmas Pageant Memory
In a nostalgic reminiscence the author contrasts a grand community Christmas pageant with the simpler Sunday school entertainments of youth. They recall candy-filled chimneys, practiced carols, and Santa's gifts, cherishing the memory of childhood holiday magic.
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Heigh
Santa Claus
Church of Fond
Santa
Mary Magee
Pennsylvania Officials Discuss Constitutional Revision Progress
The State Constitutional Revision Commission reports rapid progress in its session. Attorney General William I. Schaffer notes thorough study of articles and planned hearings while considering charitable appropriations and a shift toward an appointive Department of Internal Affairs.
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William I. Schaffer
State Constitutional Revision Commission
George Wharton Pepper
Department of Internal Affairs
Internal Affairs
James F. Woodward
Department
Committee On Cities
Judge Upholds Law Amid War Time Prohibition T
A court led by Judge VanValkenburgh emphasizes upholding the majesty of the law during wartime prohibition. He warns against reversing laws on technicalities and urges restraint in the courts to avoid undermining legislative acts.
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VanValkenburgh
Supreme Court to hear broad interpretation of law by judge
The judge transfers the case to the Supreme Court, which increasingly favors the intent of the law over strict letter of the provision, signaling a trend toward broader constitutional reading.
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van Valkenburgh
Supreme Court
Watch Presented to Incoming Philadelphia Mayor Moore
Members of the House Ways and Means Committee presented a watch to Representative J. Hampton Moore who will retire from Congress to become mayor of Philadelphia in January.
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House
Ways and Means
J. Hampton Moore
Congress
Philadelphia
Let Us Have Daylight Saving By Samuel A Welldon
A discussion urging local daylight saving ordinances cites rural opposition to a repealed federal law. It notes cities like Detroit and Cleveland adopted saving schemes and reports New York City’s board has enacted it. The piece predicts widespread adoption by cities and states, hoping Congress will restore daylight saving nationally.
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Samuel A. Welldon
Congress
National Daylight Saving Association
Detroit
Cleveland
Enact
Greenwich
Board of Aldermen
New York City
Pittsburgh
Hoboken
Newark
Jersey City
Worcester
New England
New Jersey
Pennsylvania
Richmond
Utah
Chicago
Pacific Coast
Violet Ray
Deport radicals to Philippines as cure for American woes
Senator McKellar of Tennessee urges deporting radicals and foreigners who fail to naturalize within five years. He supports confinement in the Philippines until safe for Americans, arguing stronger enforcement, deportation of Emma Goldman and Alexander Berkman, and prompt action to curb radical activity. The piece warns of a growing monster against American liberty and calls for decisive measures.
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New York
United States
McKellar
Tennessee
Philippine Islands
America
Washington
Congress
Emma Goldman
Alexander Berkman
Goldmans
Berkmans
Optimism in Czecho-Slovakia outlined by Masaryk
The Philadelphia Ledger notes Charles R Crane praises Czecho-Slovakia as politically healthy. It highlights Masaryk's cautious social reforms and the republic's battle against Bolshevism, emphasizing moderate production driven reforms and a social policy favoring enterprise.
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The
Philadelphia Ledger
Europe
Charles R. Crane
Prague
Czecho-Slovakia
Austria
Germany
Bohemia
Austria-Hungary
Czecho-Slovak Republic
Czecho- Slovakia
Masaryk
Lenine
Russia
President and the Treaty From the Philadelphia Inquirer
Nearly all proposed reservations interpret treaty clauses as intended. The piece argues the President should ratify with or without preamble explanations and faulting obstinacy that could block a peaceful era and the League of Nations.
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The
Philadelphia Inquirer
Christmas Snow in the Long Ago
A nostalgic poem recalls Christmas snow and childhood joy. The speaker describes drifts, pine and fir, icy window panes, and reindeer sleds. Gleaming stars, quiet air, and sleigh bells evoke a remembered wonder from youth.
Paderewski Steps Down From New York Sun Post
The Polish musician Paderewski resigns from leading Warsaw affairs. He retired after guiding Poland through a crucial crisis, earning confidence for integrity and patriotism. His unique talents spanned arts and statecraft, and the iconic figure departs the political scene.
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New York Sun
Warsaw
Paderewski
Poland
Failure of Watchful Waiting in Mexico and U S Policy
The Kansas City Star argues the Mexican crisis stems from a policy of watchful waiting. It contends a firm early intervention would deter brigandage and protect Americans, while lenient notes emboldened Carranza. It says only intervention will resolve the escalating dangers.
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The
Kansas City Star
Mexico
United States
Britain
France
Carranza
Mexican Liberal Ignacio Bonillas Seen as Likely President
A Philadelphia Record report from New York cites a Mexican lawyer as saying Ignacio Bonillas, Liberal candidate, will likely be elected president. Bonillas was educated in the United States and has lived here as ambassador, with familiarity of American people and government and shared viewpoints.
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James J. Gerry
York County
York
Civil Service
Moore
Messrs. Aiter
van Dusen
Bolger
Civil Service Commission
Smith
Sproul
Washington
Pennsylvania
Chicago
Congress Hotel
Tra G. Lutz
Berks- Lehigh
Philadelphia
James T. Cortelyou
Department of Public Safety
United States
Philadelphia Record
New York
Ignacio Bonillas
Bonillas
Portable Houses Seen For Seville Slums
Seville's mayor hears plans to house workers amid soaring rents. With scarce lumber and costly brick houses, officials consider importing portable houses from the United States to ease housing costs and prevent wage pressure.
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Commerce
Seville
Spain
United States
Ring Nosed Senators
The White House rejects compromise and prompts Senators to back down. The President’s stance leaves administration allies silent and restrained as they push a path defined by his line.
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The
New York Tribune
White House
Hachcock
New York
Senate
Feminine vs Masculine Attitudes Toward Youth
From the Review, the piece notes that feminine and masculine comedy diverge in their view of youth. The imaginative Woman of middle age may regret and worship youth, while the imaginative man of middle age tends to regret and laugh at it or at himself for regretting it.
Christmas Raffle Craze and Suffrage Talk Stir City
The piece notes rising interest in raffles for a Christmas gobbler amid high prices and inflation. It also reports Mrs. John Miller’s view that women will vote in all elections after ratification, plus public reflections on Santa letters guiding Christmas shopping and the role of women at polling places.
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John ©. Miller
State Suffrage Association
Miller
State Constitutional Revision Commission
Santa Claus
Santa
Notable Philadelphia figures lead local institutions
John Cadwalader is elected president of the Academy of Natural Sciences. Mayor-elect J Hampton Moore plans to advertise Philadelphia. L O Emmerich is again elected Hazleton librarian. Judge William B Linn presided at the Art Club dinner for D J Smyth. James T Cortelyou becomes Philadelphia safety director. Col Asher Miner spoke at a Wilkes Barre banquet. Howard J Potts succeeds J G Mohn as Reading Trust Company president.
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John Cadwalader
Philadelphia
Academy of Natural Sciences
J. Hampton Moore
L. O. Emmerich
Hazleton
William B. Linn
Art Club
D. J. Smyth
James T. Cortelyou
United States
Asher Miner
108Th Artillery
France
Wilkes-Barre
Howard J. Potts
J. G. Mohn
Reading Trust Company
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Federal Square
J. Stackpole
FR. Oyster
Gus. M. Steinmetz
A. R. Michener
J.P. McCullough
Boyd M. Oglesby
F. R. Oyster
Associated Press
American Newspaper Publishers’ Association
Audit Bureau of Circulation
Ital
Story
Brooks & Finley
Fifth Avenue
Ucity
People's Gas
West Shore Schools
Saint Nicholas
John C. Groome
Lynn G. Adams
Butler
L. F. Pitcher
Adams
William E. Mayer
Greensburg
State Police Service
Bureau of Rural Education
Thomas E. Finegan
Superintendent of Public Instruction
Finegan
New York State
William C. Sproul
Scranton Times
Philadelphia Evening Bulletin
Gerard
Wilson
Asia
Democra
Briggs
Coppright
WY Tribune
Ine
Gore
Reed
Jur
TATA
Senators
Cameron Street
Market Street
Seana One Ceil
Capitol Hill
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