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Newspaper
Harrisburg Telegraph
Location
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jun 21, 1915
Page
7
City officials face calls to require pre asphalt laying pipes and heavy penalties for openings. Critics cite Market Square sewer work cracking pavements and urge prompt restoration after cuts to curb waste.
A collection of wry quips and brief items from Telegraph Periscope includes reflections on injury myths about mules and cars, a Park View firehouse family burning their home, and musings on rights and misery. Also notes an ad from E W Howes Monthly and a playful exchange about a convalescing wife.
Glasgow Herald investigators report wartime output hampered by industrial inefficiency and labor tactics in Glasgow district factories. They cite dragooned piece work, union rules delaying skilled tasks, and idle machines while workers forbid others from proceeding. Proposals urge military discipline and local armaments committees with Defense of the Realm Act powers to reorganize labor and resolve disputes.
A terse, unnamed exchange questions sending money for pictures, denying involvement, and deriding the notion of spending wealth on imagery. The dialogue hints at a mock dispute over fictional expenditures without concrete actions or participants.
Family members doubted the twins identity until grandma asks which is Josie or Rosie. The child answers I think it’s Josie, revealing ongoing confusion over who is who in the twins.
The New York Tribune notes the State Department of Health designates Sunday June 20 as Child Welfare Day. Clergy and teachers will spread information on child care and upbringing, using press agent methods to benefit the state.
A collage of editorial notes from the Cincinnati Times-Star and Houston Post mock the excess of political reach in newspapers. England’s war driven social shifts are described with dukes carrying parcels in London while shop orders are delayed due to workers joining the field. The Home Office urges shoppers to plan and share tasks as retail staff remain scarce.
The State Department will investigate claims that a German agent, possibly Dr Anton Meyer Gerhard or Dr Alfred Meyer, used a Red Cross cover to pass through the United States. The charge alleges he carried messages to Berlin about American sentiment over the Lusitania sinking and reached Norway while the embassy claimed safe passage.
The passage recalls Sunday school days with John Findlay reflecting on virtue and righteousness. A teacher asks the class who desires heaven and all rise except Willie who objects to the crowd going along.
A teacher tests a clever boy in arithmetic asking can five go into one. The boy answers yes and explains he put five toes into one stocking that morning, prompting the teacher to call him a stupid boy.
Harrisburg report notes Governor Brumbaugh released appropriations late Saturday and general legislation only on Sunday, delaying final action on major bills. The medieval style veto proclamation followed, with executive clerk Deininger reading vetoes to Controller Todd, making them irrevocable. Musings on corn growth in Dauphin County, jitneys troubling Market Street subway traffic, potential one way street plans, and W. B. Bausman of Lancaster sighted as likely next president of the Pennsylvania State Bankers association.
Well known people include W. B. Buck linked to a new Randall's Island institution for children, D. H. Farr traveling to London, Judge O. B. Dickinson vacationing in Berks county, James E. Porter elected director of the National organization of credit men in Salt Lake, E. R. Barclay noting that the child labor law will add 300 pupils in Pottsville, and Bishop McDowell delivering the centennial sermon at Allegheny College.
Harrisburg sees a surge of automobile tourists, drawing visitors to local attractions and fueling hospitality business growth as they explore the city’s routes and landmarks.
The review lauds Ernest Rhys biography of Rabindranath Tagore for detailing his life and place in Hindu culture. It also notes Rhys' critical appraisal of Tagore’s major works and evolving philosophies. Geoffrey Monmouth highlights John G. Ervine's Alice and Adam and discusses depictions of poverty in literature.
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