Red Men of Pennsylvania in Harrisburg Welcome
Prothonotary Charles E Pass leads praise for the Red Men Americanist lodge group in Harrisburg as Bolshevism is rejected by fidelity to the Constitution and nation. The piece notes their welcome and hopes they will return for a future visit and enjoy the city and its new hotel headquarters.
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Pennsylvania
Charles E. Pass
United States
Harrisburg
Charles FE. Pass
State Organization of the
Red Men
Mr. Pass
Y M C A Harrisburg Seeks Help for Expanding Work
The Harrisburg Y M C A has grown in membership and service beyond its current home. A yearly appeal asks for broad support, with Captain George F. Lamb leading volunteers. Campaign ends tomorrow evening as the hat is passed once for donations.
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Harrisburg
George F. Lamb
Judges and lawyers clash over Hess bills in Harrisburg
A statement by Judge A M Beitler and Pittsburgh objectors condemns the Hess bills for concentrating court power in Harrisburg. They warn of a "special class of appeal lawyers" and argue it would strip Philadelphia and Pittsburgh lawyers of work, challenging long standing local court operations. The piece critiques lawyers speaking for the public and favors centralizing Commonwealth legal matters.
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A. M. Beitler
Supreme
Harrisburg
Pittsburgh
Philadelphia
Commonwealth
State Capitol
Harrisburg Should Not Be Overlooked In Court Centralization
The argument favors moving two high courts to a single location in Harrisburg to improve efficiency and economy while critics from Pittsburgh and other areas claim risks to life and property. Supporters stress that state interests and public service efficiency justify consolidating the courts here, urging prompt committee reporting and legislative action.
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Harrisburg
Commonwealth
Capitol Hill
Philadelphia
Pittsburgh
Sproul
Beitler
Hess
Hoover Calls for End to European War Funding
Erbert Hoover, back from abroad, argues against financing European wars or granting aid that sustains unemployment. He urges cutting ties with European affairs and stresses domestic work and production to prevent idleness and unrest, warning against lingering League of Nations entanglements.
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Erbert Hoover
Europe
Wilson
League of Nations
Mr. Hoover
Uncle Sam
Bob Lyon Leads Harrisburg Scout Fund Drive
In Harrisburg this week Bob Lyon heads a Boy Scout campaign aiming to recruit 1,000 associate members at one dollar each. The drive seeks to fund Scouting for boys most in need, promoting character and duty. Lyon and coworkers take time from their own work to support the effort.
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Bob” Lyon
Harrisburg
AIL Si
Reasonable Suggestion on Daylight Saving Time
The American A Farm Journal argues for Congress to legalize city and country time to resolve daylight saving disputes. Farmers say milk trains fall out of schedule and work by sun time conflicts with hired help, while city residents push for the extra hour.
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American
A Farm Journal
Congress
Daylight Hours Rival Farms and City Schedules
A discussion argues daylight saving shifts favor home gardens and family recreation, while farmers claim it cuts into farm work. The piece suggests a compromise: adopt city time in rural areas or adjust railroad schedules used for milk and produce shipments to satisfy both sides.
Philadelphia Charter Bill Ends Abruptly in Legislature
The Philadelphia charter bill fight concludes with a compromise that gives the city a new law and a single chamber council, while pleasing both Penrose and Ware factions. Governor Sproul and Attorney General emerge as stabilizing forces. the Ram sey liquor bill defeat is followed by a revived effort by the wet bloc. Brady and Ramsey press amendments to the state registration bills, and Allegheny county tax board expansion passes in the House.(Summary continues) The optics of college appropriations, Chancellor McCormick’s Pittsburgh presence, and illness of Rep Rottenberger add to a tense session as Ambler observes, and Scranton presses mine cave reforms via tax proposals to fund production costs. An ex-city resident, Ira McNeal, seeks Mercer county District Attorney.
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Philadelphia
Penrose
Sproul
John W. Vickerman
Allegheny
Allegheny County Board of Tax Revision
Allegheny County
Mr. Simpson
Messrs. Marcus
MacVicar
Woman Suffrage Organization
William C. Sproul
S. R. McCormick
University of Pittsburgh
Charles A. Ambler
House
Scranton Republican
Ira McNeal
Eity
Harvey F. Smith
Mercer County
Honor Among Thieves and a Kiss Returned
A girl believes in honor after a thief steals a kiss then returns it. The incident echoes themes of trust and integrity amid a loosely connected group described as thieves.
Literary notes on Mer rick editions and Julia Ward Howe centenary
The limited edition of Cynthia from Leonard Merrick is nearly sold out with a popular edition due soon. Other E P Dutton works include The Position of Pegsy Harper and Paul Goodman History of the Jews. Julia Ward Howe’s centenary is celebrated in Boston and New York with speeches and school observances, plus a new diary extracts volume The Walk with God edited by Laura E Richards.
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Paul Goodman
E. P. Dutton & Co
Julia Ward Howe
Boston
Church of the Disciples
Coolidge
Margaret Deland
Howe
Young Heroes at Oxford and the Return to Duty
The Nation notes that soldiers returning from Saloniki to Athens to Sparta will not resume carefree schoolboy pursuits. Military crosses temper postwar life as the old headmaster’s lessons haunt the veterans. A sense of futility follows, as a second childhood cannot be relived and young men face new burdens after war.
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London
Battle
Oxford
Greece
Saloniki
Athens
Sparta
Freud
Meir Doom
Seven Seas and Your Day's Work
A Nation's Business column extols American enterprise and global trade. It links sun-dried wool shortages in Western China, kauri gum labor in New Zealand, a Boston banana venture, and a Cleveland gum chewing plot to the American spirit of enterprise. The piece frames businessmen as modern explorers shaping daily life and prices.
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China
Boston
Cleveland
Yucatan
Cervantes
Marco Polo
America
Human Kindness in Business Inspires Red Blood in Veins
A Transmitter back cover piece praises human kindness in business. It cites a charity fund run by C and P officials for a deceased employee, a boss who rushed to help an employee’s hospitalized child, and a telephone executive who visits a bedridden ex-employee. The piece argues such acts counter Bolshevik disruptors and show a humane side of industry.
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C. and P
America
Pride of Home Owner in the Atlanta States That Is My Home
A reader hymn to home ownership, praising the pride of owning a house. It argues that business builds cities but with homes at the center, describing ownership as a bright future for youth and a source of happiness in humble shelters.
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The
Atlanta Constitution
A Croak From the Chicago Daily Mews
A fragmentary joke item notes a dove of peace cooing in a peculiar way as if reciting adenciday, reflecting a playful, variegated tone of a Chicago daily humor page.
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Chicago Daily Mews
Hoodoo myth fades as NC-4 proves resilience
The piece recalls the NC-4 seaplane’s rough voyage across the Atlantic and how its early misfortunes earned it a hoodoo label. Despite fires, propeller injuries, and engine trouble, NC-4 reached the Azores and continued to Portugal and England, suggesting hoodoo status is often psychosocial. Lieutenant Read and crew rejected the label, turning the mission into a triumph.
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Eprie
Atlantic
New York
Rockaway
Cape Cod
Chatham
Mass
Halifax
Trepassey
Azores
Portugal
England
Read
Suffrage Amendment Gains Senate Endorsement But Needs Ratification
The Kansas City Star notes that Senate approval of the suffrage amendment marks a national milestone but states must ratify for universal women's voting rights. With 28 states already granting some suffrage, ratification by eight more is anticipated, as political power shifts toward empowered women.
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Kansas City Star
Senate
United States
House
America
Congress
One Reason From the Indiana Times
A clipped remark notes that one reason Germany lost the war related to its government being weakened or hindered by internal issues. The fragment hints at commentary on wartime governance and its impact on Germany’s military outcome.
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The
Indiana Times
Germany
No Wonder Germany Quit Number Two
A Marine Army Recruiting Office recounts the Saint Mihiel action where Corporal McCaslin from Pennsylvania, with two privates, an Italian and a Greek, killed many enemy soldiers. After McCaslin was shot, the two allies returned with twenty-nine prisoners and sixteen machine guns, determined to avenge their fallen comrade.
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Ajor Frank C. Mahin
Army Recruiting Office
Market Street
Saint Mihiel
Pennsylvania
McCaslin
Bowie
Corp
Germany
Angles of Modern England in Lincolnshire Farm Life
A fragment from Tom Clarke’s Continental edition contrasts a young Lincolnshire farm girl’s sturdy Englishness with a visiting speaker’s view of English heritage. Amid storm and sea wall, an Anglo family shares songs, prayers, and memory of a son in a Ypres grave, while the old Angle patriarch watches the foreigner.
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Tom Clarke
London Mail
Lincolnshire
Railwa
London
Britain
England
North Sea
Daugher
Ypres
Angle
Blessing the People Scriptural Blessing of Aaron and Sons
The text quotes Numbers chapter six verses 22 to 26, delivering the blessing spoken by the Lord to Moses for Aaron and his sons. It asks that the Lord bless and keep the people, make his face shine, be gracious, lift his countenance, and grant peace.
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Moses
Aaron
Israel
Locusts Draw Caution From State Zoologist Report
Locusts, a 17 year cycle in this county, prompt calm notes from State zoologist J. G. Sanders. He says depredations are studied and the pest should be killed when they appear. Some say edible, though not confirmed locally. Chickens eat them, weather and numbers drive damage to fruit and shade trees while officials study their behavior.
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J. G. Sanders
State Plant Industry Bureau
Cumberland
Capitol
Baltimore
Well Known People In Articles On Military Service And Peace Talks
Representative Willis J Hulings of Oil City notes five sons in the military with letters reflecting anti foreign wars and the League of Nations. Chancellor S B McCormick of the University of Pittsburgh urges justice in peace propositions. General C T Cresswell, commander at Mt Gretna, has attended camps there for years. Dr W J Hull hosts Palmer at Swarthmore and teaches history. R T McSorley, Philadelphia lawyer, urges tenants not to move amid landlords war tensions.
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Willis J. Hulings
Oil City
Pennsylvania National Guard
League of Nations
S. B. McCormick
University of Pittsburgh
C. T. Cresswell
Mt. Gretna
W. J. Hull
Palmer
Swarthmore
R. T. McSorley
Philadelphia
Harrisburg as Cattle Trade Hub a Century Ago
Historic Harrisburg recounts a time when the city stood as the region’s premier cattle trading point. The piece highlights market activity, key traders, and the role of local venues in shaping early state commerce during a pivotal era.
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Harrisburg
Stata
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Telegraph Building
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Qe P. McCullough
Boyd M. Oglesby
Gus. M. Steinmetz
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American Newspaper Publishers’ Association
Audit Bureau of Circulation
Brooks & Finley
Fifth Avenue Building
New York City
Story
Riana Gas
Chicago
Ill
RED
Daix-Brady
State Registration Commission
Brady
Ramsey
Delaware
Cox
Honor Among Thieves
Lve
Gould
BY Briggs
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Ebening
Arnold W. Brunner
Capitol Park
Old Park
Memorial Bridge
People’s Court
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McCaig
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