Ashes by contract bungling harms Harrisburg reform
The piece blasts the Clark act as a costly failure in Harrisburg, arguing ashes removal must be by contract or by home collection. It urges a return to old methods and criticizes wartime censorship and public scrutiny, urging openness and accountability in government. The essay also comments on war politics, Liberty, and civic duties during the national crisis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pennsylvania
Harrisburg
Fox
Uncle Sam
Washington
Prussia
United States
George Harvey
Philiph Ane
Colonel House
Roosevelt
Simon Cameron
Wilson
General Goethals
Pennsylvania Politics and Wartime Food Plans
Harrisburg signals plan for next summer's war gardens after Christmas to boost Pennsylvania's food production. The piece notes idle acres near cities, urges land-use arrangements, and outlines state commissions on health insurance and insurance codification with appointed members from Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, and Harrisburg. It also covers political appointments, upcoming debates on dry amendments, and local government maneuvers shaping 1918 appropriations and harmony efforts.
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Iit
Capitol Hill
Pennsylvania
Harrisburg
General Assembly
Health Insurance Commission
Philadelphia
E. E. Beidleman
Dauphin
James B. Weaver
Westmoreland
Charles W. Sones
Lycoming
John M. Flynn
Bill
William T. Ramsey
Delaware
Isadore Stern
Brumbaugh
William Flinn
Pittsburgh
William Draper Lewis
J. Bb. McAlister
Insurance Codification Commission
A. F. Daix
Rank E. Baldwin
Potter
W. M. Mearkle
Allegheny
John Siggins, Jr
Tioga
Clinton
Tioga County
Clearfield Center
Clearfield County
Antisaloon League
Demand Republican Harmony In Pennsylvania Unity for next year's campaign
The Harrisburg Telegraph urges Republican harmony as essential to victory in Pennsylvania. It cites costly factional warfare in Philadelphia and calls for a unified party with a strong Governor candidate, noting upcoming votes on Prohibition and Woman Suffrage and the broader national implications.
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George F. Alter
Allegheny
Congress
W. C. Sproul
Sproul
Philadelphia Press
Scranton Republican
Harrisburg
Pennsylvania
Philadelphia
Telegraph
York Dispatch
Republican Party of
United States
Eone
Y M C A Seeks Real Men For Volunteer Roles In War Labor
ODELL outlines the Y M C A official description of volunteers. He cites 2200 men already at work in camps and cantonments, many with high incomes or professorships who have chosen service. The piece highlights diverse skills from mechanics to musicians, and notes the large wartime building program and active camp life.
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Oseph H. Odell
Outlook
Camp Dix
New Jersey
First American Soldiers Buried on French Soil
On November 4 a funeral for Corporal Gresham and Privates Enright and Hay of the Sixteenth Infantry was held behind front-line trenches. French, American, and Belgian units formed a hollow square around three graves in open country as rain fell. Silk flags fluttered above the coffins while shells fired from mixed French and American batteries marked the ceremony. A French division commander honored the men and called them brave ambassadors of allied resolve for liberty.
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France
Great Britain
Belgium
United States
Gresham
Enright
Hay
Sixteenth Infantry
United States Army
Fos
Tony
Republic of the United States
Bpo Ie
Lberty
The Color Line In the U S Army
The article notes widespread concern over racial segregation in the U S military prompting a War Department probe. It highlights Captain Thomas E Morris of Camp Dix defending equal opportunity for Black soldiers and urges merit over race as troops face battlefield conditions where character overrides color. Hartford Times is quoted.
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United States
Secretary of War
Thomas E. Morris
Camp Dix
Army Department
Hartford Times
Outlook Bright As Ad Market Sees Regulated Goods Shift
William A. Thomson of the American Newspaper Publishers Association, after a Chicago trip, forecasts a brighter advertising outlook. Government regulation will trim some schedules but will be offset by new business. Food manufacturers, seeking substitutes and new markets, push margarine, condensed milk, egg substitutes, meals, and prepared foods as the advertising influx grows.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William A. Thomson
Bureau of Advertising
American Newspaper Publishers’ Association
Chicago
Middle West
Thomson
Perfect Man's Coven Ant Barrage Undetermined
Fragmentary line from a religious text cites a maxim about God not casting away a perfect man and not aiding evildoers, suggesting a biblical or sermon context likely from Job. The remainder is unclear, offering no concrete event, date, or place details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Job
Topeka Labor Push Sets Record for Charter Applicants
Nearly 200 Topeka area workers signed a charter application to the Brotherhood of Teamsters, the largest single influx in local union history. The AFL endorsed a two platoon system and ordered a charter for municipal firemen as the International Union of Fire Fighters. Adelaide trades body protests go slow claim affecting war production. NYC demands modernization of housing with $12 million court site deemed unsuitable. San Francisco janitors target women in a organizing drive, and brick and clay workers unite as United Brick and Clay Workers of America.
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Topeka
Kan
Brotherhood of Teamerg
A. F. of L
International Union of Fire Fighters
Adelaide
South Australia
Trades and Labor Council
Our Daily Laugh Bills and Christmas Bankruptcy Joke
A humorous dialogue about post Christmas finances and economy. Mrs Hyffler suggests economizing while Mr Hyffler jokes about bankruptcy court. Sparrow mocks attire and a man named Jones is described as down and out amid cash purchases.
Harrisburg Christmas Then And Now Twenty Five Years On
A nostalgic Harrisburg chronicle contrasts Christmas Eve memories of twenty five years ago with the present. It notes fewer street carols, more trains and telephones, changed customs, and shifts in city life from pigeons to pets. It reflects on war era restraints, economic changes, and evolving holiday observances.
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Harrisbury
Harersburg
Crow Market
Third Street
Harrisburg
Pennsylvania
Zion Church
Santa Claus
Ollie McClellan
Frank Ellmaker
Perry
Cumberland Counties
Juniata Valley
Linglestown
Hummelstown
Geyer’s Church
Len Kinnard
Capitol
Courthouse
Notable Local Figures and Events Highlight Scranton Era
W H Truesdale offers Lackawanna trail bed to new trail association. Rev H W Stiles urges city churches to form a strong federation. Dr J P Gleason heads to Johnstown to preside over State High School meetings. John J O'Donnell named chairman of Luzerne county assessors board. Judge Shull stuck in snowdrift en route to court in Pike County. Rev Dr Maitland Alexander criticizes cantonment hospital equipment in Pittsburgh address.
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W. H. Truesdale
Lackawanna
New Lackawanna Trail Highway Association
H. W. Stiles
Altoona
As City
J. P. Gleason
Scranton
Johnstown
John J. O'Donnell
Wilkes-Barre
Luzerne
Pittsburgh
Harrisburg Fare and Sands of Civil War Aid at Camp Curtin
Ambiguous fragments describe Harrisburg fare, Civil War era aid to the Christian Sanitary Commission, and Camp Curtin officials marking the old camp. Lacking clear details, the item hints at wartime relief efforts and local military infrastructure.
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Harrisburg
Christian Sanitary Commission
Curtin
Tunate
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Telegraph Building
Federal Square
B.j.stackpold
F. R. Oyster
Gus M. Steinmetz
Associated Press
the Audit Bureau of Circulation and
Pennsylvania Associated Dailies
Story
Brooks & Finley
Fifth Avenue Building
New York City
Eseries Gas
H. A
Gar‘dener
War For Freedom
Edmund K. Trent
Francis Shunk Brown
Trent
Emerson Collins
Williamsport
Wasson
Magee
Pittsburgh Dispatch
C. TB. Prichard
Philadelphia Record
Select Council
American Bridge Company
Frankford “Ll
Aaron
Swartz
Norristown
Scranton Board of Trade Journal
John E. Barrett
Louis A. Watres
Real Sport
BY Briggs
Y.M.C.A
LABOR
San Francisco
International Brick, Tile and
Erra Cotta Workers’ Alliance
United Brick and Clay Workers of America
Dude Sparrow
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