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Newspaper
Harrisburg Telegraph
Location
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Dec 20, 1918
Page
18
Shoppers flood the business district as Christmas 1918 is hailed as the biggest holiday season in history. Stores report triple last year’s sales with fur, pearls, pianos, toys, and Made in America dolls driving demand despite higher prices and wartime shortages.
Discussion in Harrisburg centers on locating a new courthouse and city hall facing the park as the Capitol Park extension drives civic center plans. Officials ponder whether to act now or wait while development proceeds and the other party proceeds with sales of nearby ground.
Harrisburg planners weigh replacing the present courthouse with a new multi story complex facing Capitol Park. Advocates argue a park side site between Walnut Fourth and Aberdeen streets offers central access, space for expansion, and avoids crowding Market Street. Officials note jail relocation and broader civic center development as key benefits.
Elmer Geyer fourteen from East Pittsburgh Pa served with the 318th Infantry First Division as a dispatch runner. After fourteen men were killed by German snipers he carried a critical message despite severe wounds. The photo shows him aboard a transport arriving in New York.
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