Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-11-08
Enpstttta Glrat

Not only did the record of circu-
lation of books at the Harrisburg
Public Library during the month
just passed establish a new record for
october, but it emphasized the fact
that Harrisburg people are reading
more serious books than ever before.
The crop in the percentage of fiction
that has been circulated has been
going on for some time, but it is
now between ten and fifteen per cent.
as compared with six months ago.
This is accounted for by the war ac-
tivities and the fact that people are
reading useful books and seeking less
amusement The circulation or
books from the Library during Oc-
toDer went over the 10000 mark Tor
the hrst time in that month and was
over 500 above the circulation for
september. An interesting feature
of work at the Library is the making
OF a special table of war books.
Some of these have just been pub
lished. a special table of new fall
books has also been arranged. The
Library has established it's winter
schedule and is now open from 0
until . with special Saturday Tea
lures for the children.
iS SNdICllN Ol pennies 10 WOl N
ing both ways. Merchants are ask
ing people to pay out pennies and
small coins as rapidly as they can
so that the circulation is kept up,
but some of the buyers complain
that some stores do not have the
pennies for the change and they
have to buy more of an article to
make the even sum. Another in,
teresting thing about the small
oh cifnatinfn iG th1t for the first
time in years old two and three-cent
pieces are to be seen again. Some
of the three-Centers look as though
they had been in the bottom cf u
sock.
Wendall Fackler, local manager
for the Union News Company, would
like to see the war end tomorrow.
He has subscribed for two Liberty
Bonds and has done his bit when
ever called upon. One thing he
objects to, however, and that is the
daily change in prices. Unless he
gets a new price list when he starts
duty in the morning, he is sure to
be out of pocket before the day Is
over. The other day new confec-
ton arrived 1t was an attractive
package. The size indicated that IT
would sell for ten cents Here is
where Wendall made mistake. lie
had not received n price list. AFTER
he had sold out the new contectlon.
the price list came. He was out of
pocket just forty-eight cents. In
stead of selling the packages at ten
cents each he should have asked
twelve, There was q war tax added.
Now the local manager is thinking
seriously of having Il large card
printed and inscribed, prices to-day
only.
For the first time in probably 100
wears reports have reached the
State Capitol of a raid made by elk
i'm force. The reports have been
sent to the State Game Commission
from Blair county to the effect that
herd of probably thirty elk mad
come down into the fields and were
tearing up corn and damaging trees.
state protectors have been detailed
to make an immediate investigation
into the raids and If necessary Will
shoot the elk If they cannot drive
them off. The elk are some of those
which were placed in the woods of
Tho state some half dozen years ago
aud which are protected until 1921.
They have been migrating about the
state and as they are protected theE
have grown reckless and nave falded
fields. The number reported from
Blair. county is the largest known
in one herd since the elk were dls-
! tributed.
/ travelling men who have been III
come un-state counties are talking
Of some of the alleged soft drinks
being sold, especially in counties
which have been made Judiclally
dry. There is seemingly no uni
formity about the drinks. There are
| drinks which are refreshing ana
which ahe really soft" but other
WmiiClE Ili,'l,s witch look like them and
taste like them have "kick' which
10 something terrific. One man told
of drinking cider which made him
,Joon from near Lock Haven to
work when he planned to leave the
train at Harrisburg and another
man came down from PunXsutawney
! and had to be almost shaken out
of his car at Bellwood.
From all accounts some of the can
didntes in Pennsylvania cities were
| fully awake to the advantages OF
southern advertising. The news
naners at Augusta and other cities
which sell largely in the cantonments
contained large spaces devoted 70
merits of candidates and dement's oil
onnonents. II was q pretty cieNef
piece of work and 1t answered
English as "she is writ" certainly
appeared at a polling place up town.
The voters cast their ballots In gar
age. AS the garage was WORKING
nort of it was partitioned off. So
a Kind hearted man put up sign
for convenience. This is the way
it read:
SIDE WAY IN
James p. Mccullough and a. Boyd
Hamilton, of the Harrisburg Tele-
| graph, to-day celebrated twenty-five
wears in active newspaper WORK IN
! ;bis citv. having ID. A. Orr and men
connected with the Harrisburg Pa
triot in 1892 and others who have
been prominent in newspaper analrs
bero as their guests at a dinner at
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