Building code debate stirs Harrisburg area action urged
Local column urges a comprehensive building code to curb nuisance building in residential districts as courts backed by a Philadelphia ruling. It argues city officials must adopt restrictions to protect property owners and public welfare amid new large scale construction plans. It also comments on Congress funding and DOJ enforcement of anarchist and bomber cases.
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Philadelphia
Supreme Court
Harrisburg
State bonds attract big bids in early sale
The Sproul administration’s roads program helps Pennsylvania quickly raise funds by selling a $12 million first lot of a $50 million bond issue. Eight major banks from New York Philadelphia and Pittsburgh bid to take the entire issue at 4 1/2 percent, with a premium of 103 05 and a profit near a half million over par, signaling strong credit for the commonwealth.
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Pennsylvania
State Credit and School Grounds Improvement urged
The article praises Pennsylvania for strong financial ratings driven by large bond sales and notes Governor Sproul’s coalition benefits. It highlights the desirability of improving school facilities with shrubbery and vines, suggesting school directors coordinate with the Parks Department to enhance school grounds and surrounding areas.
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Downes
Harrisburg
Department of Parks
Building Boom Prophesied in New York After War
A New York building surge valued at 7.5 million dollars marks the metropolis's largest private project since America entered the war. It signals a wave of colossal ventures to come with optimism in the city’s builders. A new Linnard Hotel project exemplifies the trend, with widespread capital ready for construction and industrial upgrades. Harrisburg supports this momentum by urging more modest homes for wage earners and families, while a record wheat crop of 290 million bushels boosts national confidence in prosperity and opportunity.
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Hotel Linnard
The Session's Record and the Call to Prune Laws
The piece notes many new laws added and others dying in committee. It argues for a Legislature to repeal unnecessary statutes and reduce enforcement failures. Governor Sproul blocks vicious measures while lawmakers tighten expenditures and scrutinize appropriations.
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Sproul
Advertising and the press aid postwar business rebound
A review from the Bureau of Advertising of the American Newspaper Publishers Association notes a postwar surge in newspaper advertising. It cites double digit gains in national advertising since 1918, a booming retail sector, and widespread reports of factories struggling to meet orders. The piece credits newspapers with aiding readjustment and expanding public usefulness as readership rises nationwide.
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New York
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United States
Good Fellows Drive Chamber Outing At Colonial Club
The Chamber of Commerce outing at Colonial Country Club stressed understanding and appreciation of others viewpoints. It highlighted the newspaper's growing role in business expansion and the vital advertising element for success, calling the gathering a fine public-spirited round up fostering community betterment.
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Colonial Country Club
Pennsylvania Politics Riots and Power Plays Across Harrisburg
Scranton dinner honors Attorney General A Mitch ell Palmer as Judge Eugene C. Bonniwell challenges Palmer’s presidential hopes via a strong letter urging Democrats to defeat the sedition bill and rally behind Bonniwell’s faction. The piece notes shifts within the party, bids for State Senate seats in Luzerne county, and debates over a historic 100 million bond issue and state finances.
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A. Mitchell Palmer
Scranton
Eugene C. Bonniwell
Palmer
Vance C. McCormick
Democrats
Pennsylvania
Freemen of
Joseph O’brien
Bruce Sterling
Fayette
No Wonder Germany Quit NUMBER THIRTEEN
An Army Recruiting officer recalls a gas officer's hazardous curiosity during an explosion scene. He describes the officer testing a 14 inch Minnenwerfer shell to determine if it contained gas, then repeatedly attempting to trigger it with weapons until the shell was finally destroyed.
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Germany
Frank C. Mahin
Army
Market Street
Harrisburg
Akron Salvage Company A Civic Waste Reclamation Plan
The Akron Salvage Company acts as a civic movement toward a city wide waste reclamation system. Industry leaders back a pooling scheme to recycle home store and factory waste, fund research, and spread thrift by showing added value and stable per pound pricing. The venture already shows financial success and promises substantial returns.
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Akron
Ohio
Akron Salvage Company
United States
Music as a Centerpiece of Methodist Centenary Service
The article lauds the central role of song in Methodism from its origins. It highlights the power of the human voice, the tradition of congregational singing, and the hymns written by early Methodist pioneers carried by itinerant preachers who spread the faith to the West.
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Methodism
Early day ministers as singers shaped revival songs
The text recalls early-day ministers who led congregations with devoted hearts and strong voices. There were no choirs or professionals, only the shared power of community singing remembered from camp meetings and revivals through the years.
German Assembly Promises Seven Hour Mine Workday
The Scranton Republican notes the new German national assembly vows a seven hour workday for miners covering ascent and descent. Detroit plants in 1917 hired and fired 2.5 times more workers than on payrolls. Russia imposes two week quitting notice for workers and employers. wartime Mexican labor influx grows with farm rail and mine roles.
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Scranton
Republican
New
German National Assembly
Detroit
United States
Bolshevism Impossible says Russell Americans won’t follow Lenin
Charles Edward Russell, twice NY governor candidate and former Socialist, argues Americans are too intelligent to embrace Bolshevism. He asserts disciplined, weighing voters will act decisively and rejects Bolshevik trials as failed in Russia. In his book After the Whirlwind he outlines optimistic views on America's near future.
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Charles Edward Russell
New York
Socialistic Party
Lenine
United States
Sunday Newspaper Necessity in The Columbus Dispatch
A Columbus Dispatch discussion on opposing Sunday papers features a minister urging calm action. He notes the paper’s wartime necessity, emphasizes the paper is prepared Saturday night, and argues church interests are not harmed. Reading Sunday papers is framed as vital to spirituality.
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Columbus Dispatch
Infamy of the German Navy condemns surrender and scuttling
The piece condemns the German navy for scuttling surrendered ships to the British and American fleets. It calls the act a flagrant violation of the laws of war and the navy’s long history of treachery, noting submarine assassination as a hallmark of its conduct.
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New York Times
Sailors Question Gentlemanly Conduct After Surrender
Admiral Cervera’s remark that sailors are gentlemen is contrasted with the German Navy’s actions after surrender as it destroyed the surrendered property, highlighting distrust of naval conduct and a claim of treachery.
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Cervera
Letters on voter registration bill from Carbondale editor
A reader in Carbondale writes in support of Senate Bill No. 850, arguing it fixes registration gaps for third class cities and details petition forms, mail petitions, and street lists. The piece urges adoption and notes related benefits for delayed registration.
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Harrisburg
Carbondale
Bareback gowns spark English moral debate in fashion
English women reject the bareback gown jokingly called a circus dress while New York club woman Mrs James Griswold Wentz alarms shop windows with a moral crusade. English exhibitors note bare back gowns target a specific class, provoking commentary on decency and fashion across the Atlantic.
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England
James Griswold Wentz
Paris
America
Personal Guilt in Germany
The Allied powers demand surrender for trial of those chiefly responsible for the war and its barbarities. They seek a peace of justice and insist on holding the perpetrators accountable to prevent a repeat of such vast injustice.
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New York World
Germany
Harrisburg to host thirtieth annual State Sportsmen shoot
Harrisburg selected to host the Pennsylvania State Sportsmen’s Association thirtieth annual shoot in the coming year. Captain Frederick Godcharles led the effort, with John G. Martin on the Harrisburg board. The event promises national attention and reflects the association’s long influence on state fish and game law.
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United States
State Sportsmen's Association
Butler
Frederick Godcharles
Commonwealth
John G. Martin
Godcharles
Pennsylvania State Sportsmen's Association
Crosby House
Corry
H. A. Penrose
A. M. Howard
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Joseph Thurman, Jr
Elmer E. Shaner
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Notable clergymen and officials in midweek notes
The Rev. Dr. J. B. Stein of Altoona attends a Methodist centenary in Columbus. Rev. Gomer C. Rees, a well known local figure, resigned Greensburg charge but was not accepted by the congregation. Dr. W. G. Chambers, Pittsburgh educator, to address Lock Haven Normal graduates. Rev. R. M. Jeffreys returns home from France. General Harry C. Trexler chairs Allentown welcome home committee. Prof. Alva Agee of New Jersey visited State College last week.
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J. B. Stein
Altoona
Columbus
Gomer C. Rees
Greensburg
W. G. Chambers
Pittsburgh
Lock Haven Normal School
R. M. Jeffreys
Philadelphia
France
Harry C. Trexler
Allentown
Alva Agee
New Jersey
Old Friends
State College
Harrisburg Cannon Imitations Spur Upstate Plans
Historic Harrisburg details the State Arsenal in Capitol Park that once supplied cannons for spring salutes and now inspires imitation cannons in several upstate cities this summer as towns seek ceremonial displays.
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Old State Arsenal
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