Red Cross drive and paper woes in Harrisburg notes
Harrisburg readers are called to support Red Cross relief as a daily paper mittened by wartime costs faces price and supply pressures. The piece urges city action for Capitol Park plantings, tree-planting, and sidewalk work while warning of government control debates for newsprint and newspaper prices.
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RED Cross
O Red Cross
Mitrailleuse
M. H. James
William Penn Highway Association
United States
Federal Trade Commission
Congress
Canada
Booze debate and forest planting plan surface in same page
A defense of prohibition argues alcohol harms humanity and must be banished while noting federal enforcement could succeed. The page also reports Forestry Commissioner Conklin’s plan to distribute at least 4 million trees to private owners for planting on the state’s leafing hillsides, promising long term state benefits.
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America
Telegraph
Congress
France
Conklin
Brumbaugh
Commonwealth
Harrisburg Businesss Boost and Civic Beautification Efforts
Business leaders support defense spending as a driver of economic activity evident in Harrisburg with ongoing construction and remodeling. Civic Club volunteers champion street and alley beautification, replacing fences with iron and planting vines to curb dirt and debris, envisioning a fully pleasant city landscape.
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Telegraph
Helen Alley
Civic Club
Harrisburg
City
Capitol Park paving plans gain gubernatorial backing
State and city officials push for permanent grading and planting of Capitol Park in Harrisburg with two new sidewalk reforms. Governor Brumbaugh supports rapid action including underground service work and pole removals to widen and pave Walnut and Third streets.
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Capitol Park
Brumbaugh
Walnut
Third Streets
Capitol
Board of Public
Beidleman
Twain obituary robs Mr Howe of humorist laureate bid
The piece lampoons Immigraton Commissioner Frederick C Howe amid wartime anti-German sentiment. It mocks Howe as a humorist contender while criticizing German officers’ apparent breach of honor, noting internment escapes and Belgian invasion as context.
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Mark Twain
Frederick C. Howe
United States
Ellis Island
One
Miss Liberty
Bedloe's Island
Belgium
Mr. Howe
Howe
New York Herald
Outlook on Russia and Europe in wartime view
Editorial notes divergent views on Russia and its chaotic wartime state. Time is seen as reducing threat ofarchy, with Russia still a major factor in Europe’s future. The piece contrasts with calls to support Liberty Loan and Red Cross as wartime obligations and privileges.
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Russia
Europe
German Terror as War Lesson Warns World
A Kansas City Star opinion condemns German terror in World War I as deliberate policy to intimidate opponents. It cites massacres in London and widespread destruction in Northern France, Belgium, and Luxembourg, detailing ruined towns, desecrated cemeteries, destroyed archives, and civilian suffering to urge American resolve to defend democracy.
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Kansas City Star
London
Germany
Belgium
Armenia
Serbia
France
Lusitania
England
China
America
Pest Caterpillar Attacks Multiple Garden Plants
A smooth striped caterpillar tunnels stems of tomato, potato,aster,dahlia,chrysanthemum and hollyhock, causing wilting and damage. Weeds such as burdock and ragweed harbor the larvae. control by destroying nearby weeds, drilling carbon bisulfide into burrows, and deep cultivation to encourage rooting.
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Uast
Bakers Raise Bread Prices Amid War Time Ration Concerns
A Harrisburg editor letters accuse local bakers of increasing the five cent loaf to six cents while promoting ten cent loaves as better value. The writer argues flour prices fell since June yet profit rose, blaming labor costs and questioning bakers' sacrifice during the war era.
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Telegraph
Harrisburg
Eee Inocereen
Harrisburg Choral Union Thanks Telegraph for Concert Ads
The Harrisburg Christian Endeavor Choral Union musical committee votes thanks to the Telegraph for valuable advertising space for their successful concert with nine hundred fifty in attendance.
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Telegraph
the Telegraph
Harrisburg Christian Endeavor Choral Union
The
Harrisburg Scout mobilizes for U S W V parade
Vincent Walkendifer, a Harrisburg Troop 10 scout, organized a rapid mobilization that brought nearly half of Harrisburg’s enrolled scouts in uniform to the U S W V parade after a misplaced invitation delayed official arrangements. The letter-writer praises the initiative and calls Boy Scouts’ actions exemplary.
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Vincent
Walkendifer
Harrisburg
Boy Scouts of
Stine
Vincent S. Walkendifer
Miss Sharp to marry army officer says humor column
The item notes Miss Sharp will wed an army officer, joking that a wartime career should suit her fiancé. The piece appears in a light gossip style with a quip about war and marriage.
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Miss Sharp
Harrisburg praised by Dr. J P McCaskey in State Education report
Dr J P McCaskey, secretary of the Pennsylvania Educational Association, lauds Harrisburg in a lengthy introduction to the last annual meeting report. He extols Capitol architecture and nearby streets, notes the Capitol Park extension, and references Keats and St Peter’s imagery. The red bound 392 page volume covers December meetings and the association’s growing 12,000 plus membership.
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Harrisburg
J. P. McCaskey
State Educational Association
Pennsylvania
McCaskey
Pennsylvania Educational Association
Paradise
Heavenly Gardens
Walnut
Third Street
Capitol Grounds
Capitol
Keats
St. Peter's of
Rome
Girard
Ledger
Joseph Houston
Pennsylvania State Capitol
St. Peter's
Capitol Park
Commonwealth
River Front
Technical High School
the Telegraph
Notable Figures Active in Liberty Loan Efforts and Militia Leaders
Adjutant General Stewart has given up public speeches. A. H. Hasbrook, winner of the Liberty Loan editorial cup, leads a paper. DuBois, H. S., Bayard, and Pittsburgh stock authority promote stock breeding. William H. Patterson, G A R commander, attends Johnstown's State Encampment. Archibald Johnston, praised for bravery in France, is a Pittsburgher.
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Stewart
A. H. Hasbrook
Shere
Liberty Loan
DuBois
Bayard
Pittsburgh Stock Authority
William H. Patterson
Grand Army
Johnstown
Archibald Johnston
France
Pitts
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Telegraph Printing Co
Telegraph Building
Federal Square
EJ. Stackpole
F. R. Oyster
Gus M. Steinmetz
American Newspaper Publishers’ Association
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Pennsylvania Associated Dailies
Story
Brooks & Finley
Fifth Avenue Building
New York City
People's Gas
Chicago
Ill
Anon
Kaltser
Jericho
Jerusalem
Kaiser
Mr. Root
Usiness
Sam
Atlantic City
Politica
Superior Court
John W. Kephart
Ebensburg
Kephart
Sons of Veterans
Charles W. Sones
Lycoming
Philadelphia
Pittsburgh
Beyer Small Council
Dithrich
Allegheny
David H. Lane
Smith
Aron
Vare
Representative Glass
Representative Stern
Penrose
Stern
Glass
Avon
Philadelphia Record
York County
York
Cook
Dauphin County
C. E. Berger
Schuylkill County
Executive Department
Bechtel and Koch
Paul W. Houck
B. J. Smith
E. C. Brobst
James R. Walton
J. F. Carr
T. R. Edwards
A. F. Lamb
C. T. Straughn
Graeff
Labor
Dominion Trades and Labor Council
West Virginia
Great Britain
New Zealand
Japan
Canadian Pacific
Fort Willam
J. G. Sanders
Shell
T. M. Gilmore
National Model License League
the People’s Forum
J. Frank Palmer
Boy Scout
Kentucky
Church
Italy
the Man
Mrs. Smith
Mary
Ptoureata
Harisburg
Andrew Jeksen
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