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Newspaper
Harrisburg Telegraph
Location
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Dec 22, 1916
Page
4
The piece notes Schwab presenting calendars to Bethlehem Steel workers in Steelton, along with wage increases. It contrasts labor peace with broader political and social issues, and muses on hospitality at the White House and other light essays.
In Pennsylvania the local option issue dominates the race for speaker with backers of Baldwin Cox and Williams clashing. Ex-Speaker Alter denounces using state stationery to attack Baldwin. Key lawmakers from Allegheny and York shift positions as Democratic leadership tightens control.
The piece notes political tensions as the Penrose camp faces Baldwin’s slate with Alter and O’Neil, while Baldwin gains influence in western counties. It mentions a coming Speaker race and the shifting alliances in the Legislature, alongside other local items and a Christmas lament from Edna Groff Deihl.
A Brooklyn girl started with a 10 cent gift that grew to over 20000 dollars spurring broad public support. The Marjorie Sterrett Fund will award annual prizes to ship crew members for top gunnery and torpedo scores as endorsed by Navy Secretary Josephus Daniels.
The Philadelphia Public Ledger notes a peace offer would already lift American assets and wheat values, showing war props profits for producers while consumers pay higher prices. It argues prosperity rose from war and not policy, predicting peace would favor buyers and hurt producers.
Charles Has Been Sheared Charley Underwood received 172 dollars for his fleece at a Mercyville Iowa market.
Humorous verse notes ordinary clay and admission when weather turns cold. The speaker jokes about war with cold baths never taken and uses playful self reference to weather and routine.
The article notes disputes over funding a Muddy Creek bridge in York County as a non navigable stream. It reflects on Susquehanna river navigation history from 1775 to canal decline, and forecasts renewed river use with steam launches and coal movement. It mentions the Susquehanna Trail Association planning a February 2 meeting in Williamsport and local efforts to back river traffic.
Harry Lydick, a Pittsburgh lawyer and ex legislator, will relocate to Florida. L. R. Gleason has sold his upstate tanneries to Armour interests. John M. Phillips in Pittsburgh, game commissioner, reports more rabbits killed this year. Dr J George Becht, state education board secretary, spoke at teachers institutes recently. A Merrit Taylor, Philadelphia transit expert, approved the new high speed Hines for Philadelphia and informed the mayor.
Harrisburg benefits from its rail location delivering top quality fish and oysters. Historic notes mention troops mobilized for the Whisky in garcestion camped along the river, signaling wartime activity and river traffic in the area.
The United States should condemn Belgian deportations as inhuman and unjustifiable under international law. As a neutral nation providing relief to Belgian war victims, it must oppose measures that hinder aid and prolong suffering.
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