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Newspaper
Harrisburg Telegraph
Location
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jun 29, 1917
Page
2
Front row includes Major James G. Harbord chief of staff Major-General John J. Pershing commander Colonel Benjamin Alvord adjutant general and Colonel Laare W. Brewster inspector general with other officers present in the lineup.
A nationwide push urges households to dry vegetables and fruits to curb food waste during the war. Charles Lathrop Pack, head of the National Food Garden Commission, says drying is simple, affordable, and vital as gardens multiply and glass jars stay scarce. He urges community drying clubs to lower costs and protect winter stocks. Egypt reports record revenues without new direct taxes though indirect taxes rise, including higher railway, telegraph, and tobacco taxes.
Amsterdam reports Germany issues an order requisitioning skins of tame rabbits hares and domestic cats due to leather shortages. The item notes related wartime ship losses and port traffic in France.
Local ad urges fearsomely tired and nervous individuals to buy Wendell's Ambition Pills at H. C. Kennedy's for a 50 cent box with a three day money back offer. It claims to cure nervous exhaustion overwork and various bodily complaints including insomnia and appetite loss.
People were denied the truth until costly mistakes and sacrifices brought it to light, leaving the public slow to accept what had been hidden.
Lord Northcliffe, British High Commissioner to the United States, told editors in New York that the United States should avoid England's censorship blunder in World War I. He argued America can play a crucial role, provided it acts with brains and speed and learns from past missteps. The report also notes torpedoing of the Addah and a Canterbury prayer for crops.
Amsterdam June 29. Count Michael Karolyi, leader of the Independént party, declares the factors behind the war include the Tisza Ministry and financial circles now pre peace. He calls for dissolution of the lower house to smash the Tisza party and back democracy, endorses Czernin’s peace without annexations and opposes peace by sword. Count Tisza gives a weak reply, wishing Hungary had been better prepared.
German and Austrian newspapers describe a strong peace wave in Hungary, signaling growing public support for diplomatic settlement amid regional tensions.
The ad warns kidneys are overworked and pain or urine changes signal trouble possibly leading to Bright's disease. It promotes Gold Medal Haarlem Oil Capsules as relief with a money back guarantee and urges purchase at drug stores.
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