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Newspaper
Harrisburg Telegraph
Location
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Dec 27, 1919
Page
11
A reflective note quotes Henry Drum Mono on how the standout life moments arise from acts done in a spirit of love. The inscription urges readers to measure life by compassionate deeds rather than mere years.
The piece argues against abrupt national to private ownership, urging Congress to craft a careful plan before March. It warns against partisan or predatory moves, backs the Cummins proposal for a Transportation Board, but questions the anti strike clause as risky. It stresses prudence, fairness, and constitutional rights to avoid broad disruption.
A dinner honored Adjutant General Beary as $7,000 was subscribed to the armory fund with hopes to reach at least $25,000. Lancaster will provide a site and the State will build a four unit armory for the National Guard. The chamber armory committee plans a conference with State officials to outline plans.
The decision to raise pay for soldiers disabled in the German war gains anticipated national approval. The piece argues no man wounded enough to be unable to work should resort to selling pencils or other halfhearted occupations for livelihood, suggesting future measures may be needed.
The text notes that the nation should limit pension payments to disabled veterans, echoing American Legion sentiment. It highlights Banking Commissioner Fisher as engaging with Pennsylvania’s people and presenting a report showing building and loan associations aided 30,860 home purchases last year, with optimism for expanding their role amid housing shortages.
The Pershing home town gathering in Missouri features a front-porch speech to locals. He credits parents for lessons of duty, service, and devotion and expresses emotion at the honor, praising mothers and the loyalty of American women. The speech is praised as a vivid, admirable glimpse of Pershing’s character.
With postholiday clearance under way, Harrisburg markets fill racks with broken lots and old clothing at low figures. Shoppers, deterred by high prices, seek real bargains as January sales potential rises, aiming to outfit for spring.
A Harrisburg article notes the local Chamber of Commerce financed a Christmas pageant in Capitol Park through the Social Service Committee led by Mrs. Ley. It highlights broad Chamber activity, citywide encouragement of neighborhood programs, and the goal of boosting civic spirit by involving thousands in community affairs.
A satirical view notes Americans endorse a Chinese campaign to save girls from binding footwear. The writer mocks the irony of a high-heel culture supporting sensible shoe design and wonders if Chinese delegates might educate U.S. women on fashion folly.
Harrisburg arrests have fallen forty five percent due to wartime prohibition. The drop in court costs interests taxpayers while the broader impact shows stricter law observance. Fewer arrests imply healthier community discipline and better civic behavior under the prohibition regime.
A fragment notes that some observers prioritize orderliness over keeping barrooms on the public budget list, arguing the budget gains justify removing saloon contributions even at loss. The remark reflects fiscal debate and local attitudes toward tax and spending priorities.
Ex committee man notes Bryan's Washington visit sparks talk of a possible 1920 or early 1920s White House bid. In Pennsylvania the focus shifts to whether Bryan will seek influence or run another candidate, while party leaders eye primaries and apportionment changes for Congress and state offices.
Elizabeth Frazer argues that both industry and capital must balance rights with responsibilities. She urges workers and employers to speak up about their duties, not just their entitlements, warning that mutual deafness risks harming the general public.
Washington Star reports in the 1919 fiscal year aliens admitted reached 141,122 up from 110,618 in 1918 while 123,52 emigrants left for permanent residence. The report by Commissioner General A Camarinetti calls for an extra assistant secretary of labor over immigration matters and stronger border controls.
Fifteen villages in the Aisne district and 17 in Marne will never be rebuilt and may remain no man’s land for years. The government buys and holds the sites to avoid casualties as unexploded ordnance and buried dangers keep the areas unsafe. Refugees faced severe hardship and live in makeshift caves while only government signs mark the former settlements.
Massachusetts faces a wave of reaction against prohibition. The piece notes idle youths and hints at social tensions, mentioning baskets and a ban on beans and cod. The fragmentary copy preserves the period tone without sensational detail.
The difference between saving coal and saving daylight is that we had the daylight to save.
Frank H. Simonds argues in the American Review of Reviews that the Romanian question will remain prominent for years. He contends self determination falters when ethnic divisions produce economic distortions, and warns that a real settlement requires Russia and Germany to align with Western civilization, while smaller European nations seek a workable modus vivendi after the war.
A narrator recalls a Spaniard who asks why Massachusetts cannot grow oranges. He cites monks on Montserrat who slowly raised orange cultivation higher up a mountain until trees thrived, urging similar patient, long term effort to cultivate fruit in northern climates. He mentions Berkshire, Westchester, and the Catskills as places where such ambition might take hold.
The Kansas City Times notes Judge Anderson held that the government and the law are supreme over miner leader Alexander Howat. Howat’s defiance of court orders was cited as proof the state must enforce law against any claimant to defy it. The ruling, praised as settling the core issue in the coal strike between law and its challengers.
In a Boston Transcript excerpt a tobacconist jokes about a shop sign reading Cigars for Smoking. The proprietor explains he also offers cigars suitable as Christmas gifts, highlighting playful ambiguity in a light anecdote.
Elizabeth Frazer recounts European hunger showing a Brussels relief committee's overwhelmed demand as a Charleroi mother pleads for aid for three children. She contrasts with a New York Bolshevik parade, noting comfortable dress and visible surplus above the belt.
The speaker recalls a familiar path fading with time as sunlit hills loom. Bees drift like ships over heather seas while loyal friends tread a wearying road. The verse pleads to linger, thank God the way remains open, and urge a return before it is too late.
A religious verse cites I Peter chapter 1 verse 17 urging believers to conduct their stay on earth with fear, knowing redemption comes not from material wealth but the precious blood of Christ. The passage emphasizes unbiased judgment by the Father and Christ as a lamb without blemish.
A New York Evening Sun piece traces profiteering to watered stock, recalling Daniel Drew Fisk and Gould lore. It recounts a tale of 50,000 hens seized with crops filled with sand and gravel to inflate weight and value, illustrating the era's stock manipulation folklore.
An analysis drawing on American expatriates and neutral observers in Sweden, Denmark, and Switzerland to gauge Russia under the Soviet regime. The piece argues communism’s failure, notes non-embittered businessmen favoring a return to capitalism, and describes three kinds of Americans who have engaged with Lenin and his leadership.
An ingenious mathematics professor argues that a single cent invested at 4 percent since year one would grow to 100000 gold globes the size of the earth, if converted at 20 dollars per ounce. He concludes the penny’s moral: save the pennies.
State fire prevention officials report wide variation in hose coupling sizes after surveying 782 municipalities. The finding is labeled serious and prompts a push for standardization to ensure fire companies can respond anywhere. The effort aims to inform councils and fire organizations about adopting uniform couplings to improve service. Additionally, the piece highlights Christmas 1918 memories in Neufchateau and Harrisburg social history, including the revived Harrisburg Assemblies and local youth skating and coasting concerns.
Commissioner of Labor and Industry C. B. Connelley has recovered and returns to work. State Health Commissioner Edward Martin conducts inspections of dispensaries. Highway Commissioner Lewis B. Sadler avoids speeches despite frequent requests. Capitol Park architect Arnold W. Brunner cancels southern trip to finish state project plans. Norris town minister Rev L. W. Haines is seriously ill. Reading City Engineer Nuebling warns the city must raise water rates or face shortage.
The first Harrisburg water system projection dated to the 1930s, a project never realized for two decades. It outlines early city ambitions for a municipal water supply and the long delay before any implementation.
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