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Newspaper
Harrisburg Telegraph
Location
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jun 09, 1917
Page
13
A fragment from Marcus Aurelius urges the reader to value self restraint and integrity. It cautions against breaking promises or undervaluing personal virtue, emphasizing inner steadiness and disciplined conduct.
The article notes women stepping into labor as men enlist, with banks hiring girls to fill vacancies. It also urges city officials to restrict street use on Front street and praises J L Cunningham's retirement as master mechanic. It mentions Russia’s transition and copperhead rhetoric during wartime, and a Gettysburg highway project as a patriotic focus.
A former committee member denounces bond skeptics calling for public ostracism of those who refuse to buy war bonds. He targets prosperous “slackers” while praising railroad workers and highlights political debates on price controls, taxation, and state salaries during wartime.
The passage advocates a permanent State highway from Harrisburg to Gettysburg to honor battlefield access. It notes Governor Brumbaugh should act before his term ends, aiming to connect the city with the blood grounded site and make the Susquehanna Basin a civic asset as praised by Frank A. Vanderlip.
The text argues delaying a physical valuation of railroad properties to conserve treasury funds and redirect money to more pressing needs. It suggests workers could join the army to maintain stipends, cites rising Liberty Loan subscriptions, and comments on the Turks defending Jerusalem with a wry note on Jerusalem’s wish.
The New York Herald notes a German asylum report showing attempts to conscript the insane into German armies failed, causing chaos and revealing militarism’s flaw. It praises French soldiers for initiative and self-reliance in crisis at Verdun and beyond.
A Philadelphia Ledger letter cites Revelation to forecast doom for the Kaiser by February 1, 1918. The note links the beast’s 42 months from August 1, 1914, to Germany’s fate and derives 666 from the Kaiser’s name using alphabet values.
Editorial selections compare loyalties and wartime strategy with wry humor. The Cleveland Plain Dealer lauds national bonds, while the New York Sun, Chicago Herald and Macon Telegraph offer sharp musings on Hindenburg, Masurian Lakes, separate peace and retreat versus victory.
A Telegraph reader critiques the Independent Brewing Company ad in Liquor Dealers Journal naming Silver Top and Pale Export as two big guns. The letter likens alcohol to deadly weapons, arguing these beers ruin businesses and bodies, calling for truth in advertising while condemning the imagery.
University of Washington researchers study incinerator ashes from Northwest mills finding only about seven percent potash due to strong draughts. William R. Ross notes many patents exist to extract potash from feldspar but industry has not started. He suggests potential cement manufacture from feldspar after digestion with lime and water under high pressure.
The piece notes Major General Bell praising singing for soldiers on march and in camp, and reports Washington experts preparing a war songbook to distract troops bound for France. It contrasts Civil War and other era songs, remarking many favored tunes lacked martial tone and citing Dixie, John Brown’s Body, Tenting Tonight, When Johnny Comes Marching Home, the Marseillaise, the Star Spangled Banner, Battle Hymn, and A Hot Time as examples.
The piece opens with Daniel M. Henderson’s prize winning poem praising liberty and allied sacrifice for France. It follows with a report that British monitors support the Italian push toward Trieste, noting their suitability for shallow waters, their naval role since Dardanelles, and success shelling Belgian and Austrian coasts with no monitors lost so far.
The narrator recalls Bill returning from battle thin and pale. His war trophies include a German field glasses and brash souvenirs. Bill recounts the ambush on the road near Bowie trenches and the wounded crying to be saved as shells rained behind the ambulance.
The Providence Journal notes Cuba aims for a 2 680 000 ton sugar harvest this season, ranking second only to last year. Eusebio Azpiazu, private secretary to President Menocal, praises the crop as enough to keep refiners supplied and asserts Cuban laborers can bolster sugar production alongside military service.
Labor notes reveal eight hour day in Portugal and increased pay for Paris dressmakers. New York has 800 schoolteachers not naturalized. New Jersey factories employ 232 000 operatives. Russian municipalities near boot and shoe business. Japanese workers seven days a week sunrise to sunset. Dallas Brewery Workers union raises wages two dollars weekly and cuts hours. Brotherhood of Railroad Signalmen meets June 11 in New Haven. Michigan barbers apprentices must two years to license. More working women in New York than any other state. British government may medal munition workers at war’s end. Pennsylvania losses from accidents projected at seven million dollars this year.
In a light exchange two writers joke about a new show named Hitchy Koo. They compare smart set with fashion, and time will tell as they discuss the possible reception and appeal of the forthcoming production.
Harrisburg residents consider hiring watchers for garden plots across the city and surrounding areas as vast gardening expands. Volunteers are seen as essential as many plots lie near five blocks from tending, with railings of hedges boards and bricks marking borders. The township notes a strong school campaign, river coal hopes, and a fishing license debate as part of state interests. Peonies at Paxtang gain attention with a Philadelphia exhibit planned, while a missing 1912 machinist case prompts inquiries by John Francis Coughlin’s mother in South Boston.
Dr. J. George Becht, secretary of the State Board of Education, will deliver six commencement addresses this month. Col. Bonnafon, guest at the executive mansion and a friend of Governor Brumbaugh, is cited as a neighbor and intimate. Col. S. W. Miller, head of the Fort Niagara training camp, says training Pennsylvanians is an honor. James E. Groome of Yardley becomes head of Bucks firemen. Rev. H. C. Stone of Philadelphia will speak for Binion during the war in Philadelphia.
Harrisburg offers parts for nearly all machinery used in munitions. Historic Harrisburg led Susquehanna transportation movements half a century ago. Beginning June 1 the Richmond News Leader and Evening Journal increase price to 2 cents due to costly paper, with out-of-town subscribers already paying that rate.
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