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Newspaper
Harrisburg Telegraph
Location
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jun 30, 1914
Page
11
City officials and commissions push to complete River Front improvements in Harrisburg by acquiring the west Front Street block known as Hardscrabble. Residents seek fair terms as development momentum rises and district property values are expected to grow with the project.
A Pennsylvania commission estimates Commonwealth assets range from 35 to 50 million dollars as it builds a standard schedule for land, buildings, and personal property. Governors face constant appeals for donations, with many ex officials leaving office in deficit. The piece also comments on Harrisburgs urban decline along Derry street and the lingering Hardscrabble fringe, noting changes in public executions over time.
A list notes Alter will travel this summer and mentions Albn B. Johnson head of Baldwin Locomotive Works as well as Louis A. Watres in the National Guard. Samuel A. Wheeler leads the moving picture men in the state and Judge H B Weand is the elderly Montgomery judge. Tennessee university offers a two week practical coal mining course directed by Dr. Jarvis with George Sylvester and deputies for mine foremen exam preparation.
Editorial notes the President approved a plan to sell two battleships to Greece to foster peace. It urges adding a no use clause and questions wartime loyalty claims while criticizing critics and calling for decisive action against treason abroad.
State Chairman Morris calls for a July 9 executive committee meeting in Philadelphia to plan campaign strategy and possibly hear charges against the Philadelphia city committee led by B. Gordon Bromley. Ex-Congressman Bates and other names linked to Public Service posts surface amid party maneuvering and club plans for summer campaigning activities.
The column notes a meeting call within the inner circle amid anti Philadelphia city committee moves. Cornelius Haggerty Jr rises from obscurity to observe the elected committee. McCormick seeks revenge on a 1911 remark as the executive committee convenes next month. Allegheny Democrats discuss charges against county leadership while Lewis and Pinchot tour the north. Grout receives a punch bowl at the Bull Moose event. gifts at state headquarters include axes. Steele, a Washington party candidate for Congress in Huyllkill, quits due to illness.
The Philadelphia Public Ledger critiques the President’s claim that Nicaraguan and Colombian treaties will be approved when Senators understand the facts, arguing the administration believes only it understands and the nation cannot. The piece comments on the administration’s perceived arrogance and the public’s grasp of policy.
A Bristol Courier reprint discusses W A Graham Clark's address on Asia's textile rise, Japan's large mills, and Manchuria competition. It notes 28,000 Japanese workers, exports of yarn, and 16 percent dividends while U S mills face near parity losses and tariff clashes under Underwood-Simmons rules.
Readable text promotes kimono styled dressing sacques for hot days and gingham aprons bound with white tape. Special Friday pricing listed for several items including kimono sleeve aprons, bleached pillow tubing, and round thread cloth. Prices shown per yard and per item with limited clarity.
A large fine toned bell weighing over 4000 pounds has been installed in the cupola of the Pre Baptist Church at the corner of State and Fourth streets. In Harrisburg a sermon by Rev EB Stambach in the Salem Church of the Evangelical Association is announced for tomorrow at 10 AM and 7 PM in German.
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