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Newspaper
Harrisburg Telegraph
Location
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jun 14, 1918
Page
5
Federal Food Administrator urges drastic sugar conservation across the country through a Dauphin County statement. Rationing would limit city sales to two pounds and rural to five pounds per person, with steep cuts for confectionery and soft drink manufacturers. Herbert Hoover warns that extensive withdrawals will strain supplies.
For over half a century women have used Mother's Friend as a safe external preparation for the abdomen and breasts. It claims to ease bearing down and stretch pains, making expansion easier and the arrival of baby less painful. The ad promotes the Bradfield Regulator Co. formula from Lamar Building, Atlanta Ga, and urges readers to obtain a bottle and read the booklet "Motherhood" for guidance.
Food administrators impose immediate limits on household sugar purchases to two pounds for towns, five pounds for rural residents, with twenty five pounds allowed for home canning on signed certificates. Hotels and eateries must serve sugar in single portions, and no sugar for icings or desserts. No more certificates for manufacturers and further cuts urged for confectioners and soft drink makers. Strict enforcement urged to avoid shortages and possible periods with no sugar.
Mrs Emma Graf of Darlington Pennsylvania credits Vinci with curing her bronchial asthma. She says she could not sleep and was weak, but after using Vinci she sleeps well and is strong enough to work on the farm. The remedy contains beef and cod liver peptones iron manganese peptones and glycerophosphates.
Harrisburg preacher Dr. Robert Bagnell prepares to leave for France and Britain as an envoy in addition to his Red Cross YMCA and church work. Passports issued, overseas uniform promised, and a broad mission to study civilian and industrial conditions while visiting England France and Italy, with a York speech and church service bidding farewell.
Official notice from the Postal Telegraph Company states it has waived wartime right to discharge employees who joined unions, at President Wilson's request. The message, signed by Edward Reynolds, vice-president and general manager, was sent to division superintendents after Clarence H. Mackay's telegram to Wilson acknowledging the request and affirming the company’s response.
Governor Brumbaugh asks Pennsylvanians to make July Fourth a solemn patriotic day, banning fireworks and dangerous acts. The proclamation urges municipal ordinances, police support, and community leadership to ensure a sane observance. It cites war time values, safety, and devotion to the nation.
Middletown note recounts St Peter’s Lutheran Cradle Roll reception with fourteen children in white caps and gowns receiving diplomas. Also covering infant baptisms, a class picnic at Paxtang Park, ship of steam shovels to Pittsburgh, local visits, a funeral, and various townspeople updates.
Washington June 14 The Senate refused to limit its war debate voting 41 to 34 against Senator Underwood's rule to cut short speeches. Despite widespread opposition support, about a dozen Democratic Senators joined Republicans to defeat the measure after spirited debate.
A vintage advertisement promotes S. S. S. as a pure vegetable blood purifier and tonic that cures skin diseases from eczema to scrofula. It claims decades of proven relief, advises readers to take S. S. S. even for pimples, and offers medical guidance from the Atlanta lab.
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