Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-03-15
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| Who is Harrisburg's veteran news
dealer? This question was asked dur
ing conversation of prominent citt-
zens yesterday, and the answer was,
"Wendall Fackler." manager of the
newsstand at the Pennsylvania rail-
road station. 1t was explained that
by the word "newsdealer,' was meant
one who has handled newspapers.
books. magazines, etc, during his
business career.
There are dealers i'm Harrisburg
who are older in age than Wendall
Fackler, but they have not been fol-
lowing the business in Harrisburg as
long as the Union News Company rep
resentative. He started with the COM
pany when boy Just entering his
| Teens, and Is nearing the forty year
mark. During his career he came
! in personal contact with every presl-
dent except the late James A. Gar,
1 field conVersed with national
and State figures, and has been a big
factor in watching Harrisburg grow,
and helping IL to grow. as he is own
er of valuable real estate in the east
ern section of the city.
| 1t begins to look as though govern
ment aid for the civilian training
camps would not be forthcoming this
year and that the projected camps
would be anulled men who desire to
get training being invited to GO into
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zations which will be organized. No
word has been received at the Capt.
tol regarding the camps, but that is
not unusual because these camps are
a national affair and the States have
nothing to do with them, although
many of the State officials have en-
couraged them in every way possible
and have been urging men to attend
them for instruction. 1t will be dis
appointing to many in this part of the
State to learn that there will be moth
ing doing in the way of camps.
A man bound for the far west was
lnquiring for rates from local ticket
agent. why don't you sell colon4
ist tickets from Harrisburg?" he ask
4 ed. You used to do so.'
Yes, | know we did," came the
ready reply, and with the result that
hundreds of people left this vicinity
and settled throughout Nebraska,
Kansas and elsewhere. We did rush
ing business while it lasted. Trainload
after trainload went west, but in the
end we lost money because we lost all
the local travel that these people once
did. Now we are spending our money
: advertising the advantages of the
Cumberland Valley and other nearby
territory for residential purposes and
it would be inconsistent to offer these
people special inducements to move to
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lone of the childfen to be removed
by request of the State Board of
Charities from your almshouse to the
Home For Feeble Minded at Polk"
said Special Agent Edward Wilson
yesterday after an inspection trip to
the poorhouse, SIS suffering from
rare malady. The little one has n di-
sease noted first in Switzerland where
a sort of goiter was formed in the
throat of some of the boys and girls
who drank snow or ice water from
the glaciers. The effect of this is to
arrest growth and development. Meth
er the mind nor the body develops.
The victim remains a little child in
every way until old age. 1 have seen
only very few cases of this malady.
How the little one at the aImshouse
came to its pitiable plight may never
be known, but certain it is that it
will never become a normal being and
the best place for it is an institution
like that at Polk where it will re-
ceive every attention. The. State can
not do too much for these poor, afil-
icted mortals."
Probably the oldest of the claims
filed at the State. Capitol for Work.
mems Compensation came this week
in the form of papers for payment
for the fatal injury of man who
was engaged in installing safety de-
vices. Dozens of applications or
claims have come for unusual acci-
j dents, school teachers and canvassers
and office boys being more or less
frequent, while the metal trades are
heavy. The claim in the safety de-
) vice accident was through starting Of
machinery.
Since a couple of men visited the
State Capitol the last week with
schemes in their heads the blue-coated
policemen about the State House have
been closely observing any one who
seems to be a bit unusual in appear
ance or who seems to have long hair
or something on his mind. In the last
fortnight several men who have been
seeking to interest State officials in
mechanical contrivances have been
turned away, while one man turned
up with new plan for electing presi-
dents and Congressman. One man
who got as far as the rotunda desired
to consult the chiefs of the govern
ment on plans to end the war.
Members of the Engineers Society
of Pennsylvania are planning for a big
/. dual celebration the last Saturday of
this month, when they will observe the
twelfth anniversary of the organ
ization and the second annual banquet
Many of the prominent engineers of
the State have accepted invitations ia
attend. 1t is likely that some things
about the way engineers can help in
: the plans of national defense Will be
heard.
Among the Governors callers yes
I terday was ID. nsdward Long,. OF
Franklin county, one of the judicia
candidates last Fall and well known as
| publisher and attorney in Franklin.
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