Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-04-22
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Only good-natured men should
hold positions at a railroad passen-
ger station, according to ANDY" Derr,
ticket examiner for the Pennsylva-
mia railroad. IAN ordinary person
would throw up his job in less than an
hour" he continued. Mr.. Derr had
just answered a question for a woman
patron for the seventh consecutive
time. He added, THAT woman has
been in here every day, two and three
tlmes, tnquiring about stop-over privi-
leges. She holds ticket good until
used, and was told so, yet she does not
seem to believe what we say. How
ever, there is no use in losing ones
temper. We are here to serve the pats
rons, but there is no denying that we
sometimes get vexed."
DIR. ]. M. ]. Raunick, city health Of
f1cer, has received a number. of letters
from various parts of the United
States from other health officers, ask
ing for information on conducting
baby week" campaigns, and also in
regard to the city milk supply, how 1t
is inspected and the methods used.
lSOlAlC VI lllGSS lelIeTS COHidln HuIleE-
Gus questions as to how the milk sup
ply coming into the city is examined.
other requests have been received
for the monthly bulletin issued by the
city bureau, and for all statistics rela-
tive to children's diseases and deaths.
Among the letters received concerning
| Baby Week." were two from per-
sons in the Children's Bureau of the
United States Department of Labor
which has been observing this city.
When wellington G. Jones, sport
ing editor of the Telegraph, opened
his mail the other morning he found
a letter from a certain railroad COM
pany which shall be nameless, notify
ing him that there had arrived in Har-
risburS to be delivered wherever he
desired, two "casket trucks" Mr..
Jones demonstrated over the phone.
The freight clerk insisted The coffin
repositories were there, they were
addressed to him and he simply must
take them away. Mr.. Jones in vain
insisted that he had no use for under
takers equipment and the clerk said
he ought to have thought of that be-
fore he ordered EN-. Finally search
of the records showed that the trucks
were addressed to q man whose first
name and initial were Wellington G..
who resides near. Harrisburg, and
familiarity with the name of yelling
ton G. Jones had led a baseball-loving
clerk into error in setting down the
last name. Such is fame.
i Complaints of excessive whistling
by locomotives, which are always most
numerous in the Spring, are commence
ing to be made at the office of tho
State Public Service Commission
again. Such complaints are always
easily adjusted, it being a matter of
Irapl1lotinD for tho rni1rnnd nannla hnf
for several years it has been noticed
that Springtime always brings an in
crease of objections to the shrielSing
of whistles. One of the reasons as
signed for the Spring crop of COM
plants is that people contend that they
are awakened early in the morning by
the noise and cannot go to sleep again
as readily as they can in winter time
when the hour of sun rise is later. The
railroad activity at present also has
something to do with the whistling
complained of.
Thousands of hyacinths and other
flowers will bloom in Capitol park for
Easter Sunday tomorrow, the annual
display having been arranged by the
State gardeners. The hyacinths are I'm
full bloom and in front of the main
entrance to the Capitol are two hugo
circular beds of blue and white flow
in other parts of the park. Two beds
of tulips have been laid out in front on
the Capitol. These beds aggregate
over 440 feet.
An interesting fact in view of the
presented strained situation in rela-
ton to Mexico and the possibility of
the National Guard being called upon
if affairs grow acute is that 1t was two
years ago to-day that the American
forces completed the occupation OF
Mexico's big seaport Vera Cruz. 1t is
also interesting to note that when
Vera Cruz was taken in the Mexican
war that a native of Harrisburg, Com
modore David Conner, commanded the
American fleet which covered tho
landing of Scott's army.
4 Attorney J. Clarence Funk, the re-
Gently appointed resident clerk for tho
Federal courts for the Middle district
of Pennsylvania, served in his official
capacity for the first time at a court
session when United States Judge
Charles b. Wilmer held argument and
naturalization court I'm Wednesday.
And fellow members of the bar and
court attaches We're loud in the praise
of Mr.. Funk's admirable handling of
the work. Incidentally Mr.. Funk's
foresightedness in preparing typewrit-
ten copies of the trial lists invoked
upon his head the earnest thanks OF
the courthouse attaches, lawyers and
neWspaper reporters who heretofore
have diligently searched for informa-
ton as to cases and so forth.