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Newspaper
Harrisburg Telegraph
Location
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jun 21, 1917
Page
13
An essay advocates a government coal pool to control mining and transport of coal, coke, and related products during the war. It argues the plan mirrors English wartime steps, could reduce prices for households, and requires supervision of miners and retailers while exempting miners from military service.
Harrisburg and Steelton health boards urge the county to erect and maintain a contagious disease hospital adjacent to the poor farm under the Whitaker law signed by Governor Brumbaugh. The Dauphin county facility would serve all towns, replacing the old city hospital now used by Steelton and Harrisburg.
Governor Brumbaugh faces a sweeping fish code praised by most state fishing groups and the Fish Commissioner. The bill tightens rules on game fish, extends protections for some species, and raises the minimum legal black bass size by an inch despite other regulatory tightening.
The article argues for a stricter conservation code in Pennsylvania to protect sport fish and limit indiscriminate fishing. It notes many fishermen, pollution concerns, and industry impacts on streams, urging prosecutions and rapid action, with Governor expected to sign.
Citizens rally for Red Cross support after war loan efforts. Ex President Taft praises the Red Cross as key to wounded soldiers care and calls for a national push. Harrisburg banks announce special Red Cross dividends of one percent to encourage stockholders to donate locally.
The piece blends a defense of fresh cherry pie as an affordable wartime staple with political notes from the 1917 Pennsylvania House session. It highlights debates over workmen compensation, Philadelphia governance, adjournment timing, judge salary bills, and public welfare measures amid ongoing legislative wrangling.
The excerpt contrasts American and German tastes, arguing Americans will still crave cherry pie and June vintage pies despite wartime pressures. It frames pie as a symbol of cultural heritage and defiance, urging continued indulgence and loyalty even if deemed treasonous.
The Philadelphia Ledger lauds Pershing’s Paris visit as a unifying symbol of U S sacrifice and resolve. It recalls his humble origins in Mexico and his ascent to a national epic figure, stressing his focus on building toward victory and honoring fallen soldiers amid a war effort supported by ten million citizens and three billion dollars.
A poem fragment reflects on World War I themes with vivid battle imagery. It compares past and present strife and sees a future where nations unite, thrones fall, and peace returns when sons come home safely, attributed to Judd Mortimer Lewis in the Houston Post.
The poem recalls childhood farm life with lines about corn priced at fifteen cents a bushel and eggs at nine cents a dozen in the speaker's birth state. It contrasts then with now, noting prices for ready made goods seem high and that leaving the farm changed the speaker's joy as costs rose.
State Economic Zoologist advises growers to monitor young squash bugs, crush orange egg clusters on leaf undersides, and spray with kerosene emulsion or 40 percent nicotine sulphate diluted 1 to 300 with soap. Target small instars before widespread spread. burn old vines in fall after letting pests retreat into piles.
An active Red Cross worker imagines New York as Paris to convey the wartime mood. Citizens would shelter refugees, hospitals would rise in homes and stations, soldiers would march between mud stained trains, and prayers would rise from churches as the nation backs the Red Cross drive for 100 million dollars.
A historical reflection argues peace alone is not enough if justice remains unresolved. True peace should accompany social progress, unlocking human potential and cultural flourishing in art, science, philosophy, and religion as the fullest expression of personality.
The New York Herald notes a novel dance called the Roosevelt Rock spreading from Brazil to New York via Mr. and Mrs. A. Z. De Forez at the Majestic hotel. The dance pairs dancers in open arms with a one step tango sway and ends with a universal suffrage note.
A reader requests moth killing items and a gun to shoot them with while mixing in quirky lines about philosophy and snail shaped homes. The passage blends practical pest notes with humorous, surreal reflections on love and life.
A bystander asks why the man was seized while claiming he was watching a crowd in a safety zone. He states he had three already when approached. He pleads he would skip the egg to save a nickel, as a child offers a quip.
Reading of Cameron Street in Harrisburg shows the once shadowed corridor now lit by electric signs and filled with garages and shops. The scene is driven by automotive growth while anglers report seasonal catches and local figures promote Red Cross and farm seed drives amid civic chatter.
Colonel Edgar Jadwin directs the engineer regiment in Pittsburgh and oversees federal river improvements in Western Pennsylvania. Reverend Rufus W. Miller runs war prohibition work in Philadelphia. A. W. Mellon chairs Pittsburgh Red Cross executive committee. Dr. W. C. McClelland retires after thirty one years at Washington and Jefferson College. Collector E. Lederer raises salaries for all attaches in Philadelphia internal revenue office.
Harrisburg transformed into a large hospital system in 1790 during a yellow fever outbreak, reflecting early city responses to public health crises and the use of bookkeeping technologies from Harrisburg facilities to support national government needs.
A lighthearted correction notes a mistaken claim that Miss Georgia Taylor became a mother of twins as reported by a reporter. The piece mocks the rapid misinterpretation and jokes that misprints and confusion abound among newspapers and public notices.
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