Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-02-18

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point DR.. Samuel u. Shope Amos Lebo.
F. NJ. Bricker, Dr. Croll Keller and
several others who had engaged in an
| argument with Sunbury druggist
over new dope" law to go into ef-
feet March ! until they had gotten so
"dopey" themselves that they missed
the special, caught up with the party
breath and got three rousing cheers.
Among tho Danville folks out to shake
hands were DR.. Charles Rice, DR.. c. T..
; Rutter, r. e. Kreider and J. +. Colt
vt Bloomsbury
| If the phrase were not so badly
worn by hard usage, one might he
tempted to the remark that Blooms
burg is some town" When the spe-
| cial pulled into the station there the
travellers couldn't see the town for
/ automobiles. 1t is a fact that can be
/ easily verified by a visit that every
| family in Bloomsbury owns three au-
tomobiles and some of them use limou-
sines for sleeping and reception pur-
poses. About half of the machines
were on hand to convey the Harris
burgers over town. They visited the
big carpet factory, the woolen mills,
the silk mill and the Normal schools
and wound up at the Bloomsbury Con-
| sistory, n building of which many II
| bigger place might well be proud. 1t
was the handsomest thing the party
ran up against yesterday and the nos
pitable Bloomsbury people threw it
open to the party and invited every
body in.
| Harry Barton was in charge of the
auto party and he ushered the visitors
up stairs into the big consistory
chapel. where they were greeted by
! the following reception committee:
George +. Elwell, president of the To-
cal trades body; L. w. Buckalew. II. V.
White, w. NJ. Reber. S. r. Bell. r. A.
! Hicks and r. S. Hemingway. secre-
tary All of them are big guns in
Bloomsbury and it may be added that
it requires man of considerable cal
iber to be a big gun in one of the
Iliveliest towns along the North Branch.
The speaker at Bloomsbury was Presi-
dent 1Glwell, who welcomed the party,
and President Gilbert asked Richard
! NJ. TT. Wharton. of the Patriot, to re-
! ply which he did in n very graceful
little address that was heartily ap-
plauded.
WaIk-around at Berwick
| At Berwick the Harrisburgers were
met by an enthusiastic party of town
boosters who entertained them with
n walk-around and a visit to the Ma
sonic Club, one of the newly-formed
social organizations of the town. In
order 10 impress upon their guests
that Harrisburg is not the only village
on the map the Berwick people dis
tributed cards bearing the following
/ information:
/ Greater BcIwick's Population,
1921.
Berwick, $500; Salem EAST
West Berwick. $500; North
! Berwick. 1850.
Ncscopcck. ,, 100.
Three railroads.
Two trolley lines connect out
lying sections.
Fine water and complete sew
| Industries: Steel passenger car
plant, steel freight car plant,
! fomdrics. silk mills. shirt fac
tories. etc.
4. @. & r. Company alone em-
plOys $500.
First steel passenger car I'm
America built in Berwick.
/ From Berwick to Kingston is quite
a little ride, but owing to the fact
that during the walk-around some
merry testers had mixed the baggage
of the party very effectively, most
! of them found the trip all too short
reached that the last tooth brush and
the last suit of pajamas had found
their way back to their respective
owners.
Wilkes Barre a Fine Town
Wilkes Barre is a fine town, and
the trolley line from Kingston In is
the same. The party got its introduce
tion to sidedoor trolley cars and liked
them so wei that President Musser
will be instructed to buy a few for
Harrisburg when he gets back from
his southern trip. Wilkes Barre has
a River Front. When Wilkes Barre
people get real proud and chesty they
say: Eyes, indeed. Wilkes-Barre has
a beautiful River Front. Some think
1t is almost as beautiful as that at
Harrisburg"
The first thing that the excursion
lists saw when they reached the city
was Bob Hoy disguised as recep-
tion committee and trying to look dig
nified. with the Hotel Sterling in the
background.
| The Sterling is quite little hos
telry. On the immediate interior. SO
to speak, it looks as though it had
started out to be the rotunda of the
Capitol at Harrisburg and thought bet
/ ter of 1t after the job was half done.
Would that Harrisburg had little
of its marble. Likewise its diningroom
service is up to Broadway style. but
some of the more envious ones became
more reconciled to conditions i'm Har-
lrisburg when they discovered that even
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