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Newspaper
Harrisburg Telegraph
Location
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jun 06, 1919
Page
4
The Seattle market reports a projected 9,990,000 fruit boxes needed this season with orders for about four million boxes placed by twelve northwest mills. Boxmaking is active at central Washington plants meeting large orders, while Pacific coast manufacturers face spruce shortages and rising prices.
A promotional block touts Freezone as a cheap local corn remedy. It claims instant pain relief and easy corn removal without irritation, marketed as the discovery of a Cincinnati genius and available from druggists in small bottles.
An advertisement invites readers to try Mi O Na stomach tablets with a money back guarantee if they do not relieve indigestion and related symptoms such as dizziness sour stomach biliousness and headaches. The offer is presented by H. Kennedy and other druggists.
An advertisement extols Bio-Feren as a cure for nervous, run down, and anaemic adults. It claims two tablets after meals and one at night for seven days will double energy and ambition, with a money back guarantee if results do not appear. Druggists in the city stock the remedy.
Box makers delayed lumber purchases this spring amid uncertainty and now face higher costs. Prices for spruce boxes from the coast remain unchanged, but fruit growers risking delay may encounter higher prices or shortages later in the season.
Cleveland June 6 Mayor Harry L. Davis and Paul L. Feiss will give welcome addresses at the NAACP tenth anniversary conference opening June 21. Attendance is expected to top 100,000 with Emmett J. Scott addressing the opening mass meeting. Speakers include James Weldon Johnson and Dean William Pickens. Moorfield Storey to preside.
The Food Administration announced a May proclamation releasing from license all parties involved in importing manufacturing storing or distributing cottonseed oil meal cake hulls and other cottonseed products including lard substitutes. The May 8 action conferred the withdrawal of rules and price controls related to the cottonseed industry to allow free operation.
The American Game Protective Association reports that Senator Reed has recommended Frank McAllister for the eastern Missouri federal judgeship. The group protests to President Wilson and Attorney General Palmer, contending McAllister violated federal law by shooting ducks on Stultz Lake, Missouri, on March 6, in breach of the migratory bird treaty act.
Luther M. Walker of the National Association of Owners of Railroad Securities told the Pennsylvania Bankers Association in Scranton that government operation will push railroad deficiencies to a total of one billion dollars by year’s end 1919. He cited a 250 million deficit at end of last year and urged a joint commission of the Interstate Commerce Commission and eight railroad representatives to fix rates ensuring four percent earnings on invested capital.
Venice California June 6 motion picture producer Thomas H Ince offers 50000 prize for aviators attempting a flight from Venice to Australia First to land on Australian soil will receive 35000 if the flight succeeds If the first to attempt reaches the Hawaiian Islands after failing to reach Australia will get 10000 If none reach Hawaii 5000 awarded to the best showing by a competing aviator
Norman Kh Johnston of the southern Wholesale Drygoods Association condemned silk stockings for working girls as demoralizing at a hosiery makers meeting in Philadelphia. He warned wages rise would harm workers and prices of textiles may stay high before easing. The convention urged education, industrial training, end to child labor, a strict federal budget and private ownership.
A brief discussion argues for strong government safeguards to defend railroad owners and their investments, outlining the need for reliable oversight, fair regulation, and secure property rights to support transportation networks.
New York reports that April saw fewer business failures than any month in U S history, according to J H Tregoe secretary treasurer of the National Association of Credit Men. He cautions merchants not to become careless or extravagant in the bright outlook.
The report highlights thrift and economical practices that persisted after the war. It cites surprising momentum in sectors such as building construction and other businesses as evidence of a revived economy.
A Norwegian American exposition will open in Christiania September 10 with 110 importing firms representing 250 American concerns. It is officially supported by the American Government and is ex-
A Norwegian exhibition will feature a fully furnished American house a wireless station an automatic telephone exchange machinery tractors motor plows airplanes and the latest American electrical inventions as a key factor in strengthening Norway America commercial ties.
A method for removing hair is described using a thick paste of delatone and water. After 2 to 3 minutes the paste is rubbed off and the skin washed to remove all traces of hair. The instructions warn to use genuine delatone and note no harm or inconvenience from the treatment.
New York June 6. General Motors orders 600 tons of steel from United States Steel Corp. One of the largest postwar steel orders, nearly double the tonnage of rails sold to the Railroad Administration. Auto industry cited as heaviest steel consumer as conditions improve and stabilization prices apply to the GM sale.
A promotional appeal extols Senreco Tooth Paste as the fast path to white teeth and healthy gums. It claims rapid results in one week, discounts at 35 cents, and reports dentists widely using it to combat pyorrhea and mouth acidity.
Norway plans to end food rationing as imports for Norwegian use become free and arrivals meet demand. Authorities favor keeping sugar rationing to prevent illegal private distillation of alcohol in a free market.
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