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Newspaper
Harrisburg Telegraph
Location
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Dec 20, 1917
Page
8
Mrs Helen Brown Gibbons wife of Herbert Adams Gibbons describes her Paris excursion to the American Expeditionary Force camp in France. She recalls scenes with officers, a lecture, the crowd cheering and a moving speech urging duty and clean living.
The piece promotes using hot water with dissolved refined alkali salts to flush kidneys and dissolve uric acid crystals. It claims rheumatism gout and similar conditions arise from blood impurities and can be alleviated at home by a weekly morning drink. Local druggists named include Keller's Drug Store and Clark's Medicine Store.
Clarence Arrow argues pacifism costs workers and praises labor unity. He claims the war’s burden falls on land and capital, with rich paying most, while Wall Street funded aggression. He urges workingmen to choose a side and declare support for democracy.
A historical appeal urges Congress to support an immediate 25 percent salary increase for postal clerks and letter carriers. It describes high cost of living pressures and calls for emergency action, with petitions directed to Dauphin Lebanon Cumberland counties representative A. B Kreider and Senate and House Post Office Committee chairmen.
A printed appeal urges readers to fill a blank form and mail it to Congressman Kreider in Washington to aid postal employees in securing salary adjustments after a decade without raises. It notes rising living costs and requests friends in the postal service to copy and send the form.
Liverpool Pennsylvania December 18 sessions of Perry County Farmers Institute drew wide interest as farmers heard talks on soil improvement alfalfa and potato culture by William M Patton orchards marketing of fruits spraying and pruning by F H Fassett and home sanitation and country life by Mrs E G Grove with County Chairman Cc M Bower presiding.
Liverpool Pa December 20 The Lutheran Sunday school raised a service flag with six stars for Harvey Long Emmett Barnes Norman I Wilt Ralph Williamson Wesley DeHaven and James House now in war service The latter two are somewhere in France.
Mechanicsburg Pennsylvania reports active Red Cross Christmas drive with new members joining, businesses and families reaching 100 percent participation. Publicity committee set up a community chorus and Singer Band concert for Christmas Eve. Four thousand surgical bandages pledged for Colonel Murphy in France are being assembled. Moving pictures were shown near the Square to a large street audience, with another showing planned for tomorrow and Monday evening.
H. L. Derr and sons of Harrisburg bought and cut several hundred Christmas trees in Liverpool, transporting them by motor truck back to Harrisburg in the latter part of last week.
New Brunswick New Jersey December 20 John Brill a 99 year old pupil at St Johns School collapsed while sharpening a pencil and died instantly He was holding the pencil to his breast when the knife slipped while he hurriedly sharpened the lead. CLEANING REVOLVER. 18 KILLED Lancaster Pennsylvania December 20 Raymond Simmons 16 was accidentally killed by a revolver he was cleaning He had told his mother he was cleaning his weapons to enlist a few moments later she heard a shot and found him dead on the floor.
Altoona Pa December 20 The Bible entry added eight years to the life of the late George M Shoenfelt of Taylor township who was buried yesterday His relatives believed he was 88 years old and that figure was published as his obituary A forgotten entry in the Bible showed his true age 96 and confirms him as a county pioneer
In Lewistown Pennsylvania 100 year old Tob bin Krentzman died of heart disease after a long day’s work. He was born in Russia and survived by nine children fifty grandchildren and twelve great grandchildren. His eldest son Moses lives in Petrograd and is 80. The obituary notes she could read without glasses and did as much housework as granddaughters. The story also covers a YMCA Boy Scouts event with plans for a Christmas gift of YMCA membership for boys and a talk by Arch H. M. Dinsmore.
The Federal Aid Road act allocated 75 million dollars for post roads and 10 million for forest roads and spurred roadbuilding. In 1916 state highway spending reached about 41 million dollars, and 1917 projected expenditures exceed 60 million. States like New York Illinois Michigan Rhode Island Nevada Iowa Florida and Vermont have pledged to match federal funds.
A secretary of the association outlines a plan and parents express strong support, showing widespread enthusiasm for the initiative.
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