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Newspaper
Harrisburg Telegraph
Location
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jun 25, 1915
Page
4
Linen embroideries have long been a domestic rural industry across lands. The century of origin is identifiable by pattern and color, with Italian Greek and Spanish pieces from the 15th to 17th centuries often executed in a single purple hue.
An old advertisement promotes Atlantic Gasoline with claims of consistent boiling point and reliable performance. It touts refined crude oil by leading refiners, suggests superior mileage per gallon, and notes delivery by Atlantic tankers anywhere, anytime.
Textile craft notes praise bright red blue and yellow palettes across Oriental Slav Hungarian and Swedish motifs while modern taste favors quicker stitches. Cotton and linen fabrics mimic old fine weaves, thread should withstand washing, and readers can obtain patterns via a coupon plan for a 450 design embroidery outfit with tools and instructions.
A Warsaw escapee describes the Plock region under German rule, noting no relief for the poor before Rockefeller relief teams. He cites army bread from potatoes, absence of rye or wheat bread, eggs at 15 cents, copper money shipped to Germany, and milk products taken for German hospitals. A $25 000 tax was imposed, with ten prominent Poles and Jews jailed pending payment. Rockefeller representatives set up two free lunch sites for Poles.
The Pennsylvania Railroad starts main line improvements this year with raising tracks on the Horseshoe Curve west of Altoona. A new Cumberland Valley bridge across the Susquehanna River progresses, while South Harrisburg freight stations await funding.
M H Croft traveling engineman from Altoona to Harrisburg left June 7 to visit the San Francisco fair and en route Denver sights. At Denver station he saw a box car marked P R R and became homesick, returning to Altoona instead of reaching Frisco.
Shareholders of the Pennsylvania railroad total 93 002, up 3158 from last year. Pennsylvania residents own 32 422 shares 28 31 of stock while New York holders own 15 825 30 88 and New England 16 331 stockholders. Women share holders number 44 848 up 1529 and now hold 28 09 of the stock with an average per woman holding of 63 shares. Crews standings list numerous Philadelphia Altoona and Enola divisions with engineers firemen brakemen flagmen and yard crews named for upcoming shifts.
Inspectors on a Cumberland Valley trip report generally clean barns and adequate cooling, with some farms improving after earlier poor conditions. One case with a farmer’s wife milking without proper udder washing highlights ongoing care lapses, while Dr. Ridge urges wiping udders with a damp cloth and hand hygiene.
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