Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-08-14
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Harrisburg junk dealers and soma
OF the collectors of household refuse
have been asking housekeepers
whether they will have Fall house,
cleaning and If they have any
old clothing or old clothes that they
want to get rid of. If pressed about
1t they are willing to pay a small
sum for anything in the way of old
woolen material and to cart off any
old clothing or rags. Strange as it
may seem this is one of the results of
the European war. The war has
resulted in a great demand for rags
and the old clothes man who gets a
suit or two or some old underwear
is apt to make money in a small way.
few days ago the activities of junk
dealers in getting after rags interested
man who dropped around at a
couple OF warehouses where such
things were handled and found that
rags were being baled up and sent
away as fast as they could be col
lected and that the selling price was
attractive, although one would never
guess 1t from the offers made by
some of the junk men who stop at
houses uptown or out on the Hill.
The ragmen say that Philadelphia,
which is one of the greatest textile
| manufacturing centers of the coun-
try is just now taking all the rags it
can buy because of the orders for
clothing for army use blankets and
| other things that soldiers need. In
fact. what the local junk men call
wool waste or wool rags is about as
much sought after as black walnut
4 n m q a
The sunshine Of the last two days
or rather the last day had had a Won
| derful effect upon much of the corn
which was knocked out by the heavy
storm of ten days ago. In some fields
where the wind, rain and hail caused
havoc the stalks have come back in
| the most approved style and the "tos-
! sels'' are to be seen higher than a.
mans head. In some field near Hum
melstown the storm knocked the corn
two ways. The sunshine has brought
it back again.
Things have also come back at
| Steelton and you can tell 1t from the
| skies Almost any night the glare from
| furnaces or stacks is to be seen and
the contract is pleasing compared
with a year ago. Things have ma
terially improved in South Harris
by day is not as great as at Steelton
there is still considerable doing. The
glare in the skies from Steelton will
be much increased when the addi-
tional furnaces. get going.
Dismantling of the old Chesapeake
nail works is going on slowly. Some
of the rolls have been sold and the
boilers have been taken out, while a
dozen or so of the nail machines have
been disposed of to a plant up the
State. The passing of this once
noted works has been regretted by
many of the older Harrisburgers who
mark the eighties in that part of old
Harrisburg.
Banking Commissioner William H.
Smith celebrated his sixth anniversary
as State banking commissioner yes
! terday He was appointed by Ed
win S. Stuart to the office and yes
terday his Office force rendered con-
gratulations, as did many on Capitol
Hill who heard of the anniversary.
Band concerts are being given in
the heart of the city these summer
nights as we'll as out in Reservoir Park
and while the attendance is not as
large there are some choice numbers
} given. The Comm onwealth band re-
hearsals are held these evenings with
all windows open and the music is lis
tened to by many people along Market
street. Groups sit on the steps of
stores and line the store fronts during
the selections.
IT do not know how the old friend
Of people who buy and sell property
known as One dollar and other valu-
able consideration is going to survive
as a means of concealing the price paid
Tor real estate under the government =
stamp taxes" said one of the citys big
businessmen the other day. 'I have
been watching how it works out and 1t
is amusing. For myself have always
believed in putting down the price be-
cause sooner or later some one is go
ling to get it and the real estate
assessors manage to get close enough
to valuations. But there are many
who use One dollar, plus and as they
have to put on stamps for the tax on
the actual amount involved in the
! transfer it is give-away. We all live
, and learn