Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-01-23
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Wintry weather, snow and high
winds, rain or low temperature, have
| little effect upon the industrial activ-
| ity in South Harrisburg just now and
the manner in which the repairs are
being pushed on No. 2 Paxton furnace
indicate that there will be still more
doing in that section of the city.
South Harrisburg. which has some ad-
mirable sites for industries, has been
dependent upon the Central Iron and
Steel works and the Elliott Fisher
works as the main industries since
the demolition of the Lochiel Rolling
Mill and the Chesapeake Nail Works,
| and the idle Lochiel and Paxton fur
naces have been looked at a good
| many times with foreboding. Now
announcement has been made that
No. 2 furnace of the Paxton furnaces,
the oldest in this section that are on
the available list, will be started soon
and the men are working night and
day to get it into shape. The men at
the stack are not the only ones for
there are big trestles being built for
ore and the huge cinder beds are be-
! ing torn away to make room for
| tracks. With the starting of this fur
mace things will liven up still more
and maybe use may be found for Lo-
chiel furnaces, too.
|
Jacob Lightner, chief of the State
Bureau of Employment, has had con-
siderable success lately with placing
one-armed and one-legged men in
places where there was work which
suited their infirmities. The other
day he got a man who knew all about
farming place with a man who was
glad to give q house and room for a
COW and chickens in addition to wages
and his latest is getting jobs
lot A a. II
ment agency is about the last place
anyone would look for getting a job
as detective. Mr.. Lightner happen
ed to have one hotel, one bank and
one steel works on his list as seeking
officers. And all are happy now.
Edison j. Hockenbury has just re-
turned from Railway NJ j., where he
raised 100000 in six days for a new
M C by sSee exeeednS Sar the Srnf
rest he will go to Beaumont, Texas,
to raise $4,000 to be applied to the
Y. NJ G. A. building debt and after
that will conduct campaign in To-
peka, Kan, Mr.. Hockenbury says that
much money is now being given for
charitable. religious and welfare work.
Under his direction e. S. Chester rails
ed $4,000 for the Jersey City Y. M.
c. A. and has a campaign on for in
creasing the Quincy. Mass, Y. NJ. C.
A. membership by 500. E. A. Stoll,
another of the Hockenbury system
force, in three days procured in cash
and pledges $9,100 with which to
wipe out the $4,000 debt of the EN-
manuel Presbyterian Church and is
now engaged in raising $4,000 for
the Y. M. G. A. at Merton, Olfio.
There is much money in the coun-
try applicable to these purposes"
said Mr.. Hockenbury, "and usually it
properly presented with the assurance
that the cash will be we'll used to pro-
cure generous gifts for all kinds of up
lift work.
In the business office of the Tele-
graph there is certain sum of money,
the amount of which shall for obvious
reasons be nameleSS, which will be
paid to a certain unknown correspon-
dent If he calls. 1t was enclosed with
the following bit of advice which the
. unknown desires to have published,
and for which the Telegraph makes
no charge:
ITO Mothers, Guardians, Wives
etc.:
Does your husband, daughter or
any one of your household labor in an
, office, factory, store, etc, from early
= morning, say a. m. until $50? Do
t they come home to pleasant homes
: and bright faces so they can forget
the nervous strain they were under
, during the day, or do they return in
=. the evening to face household
grouches? Heaven help them If they
( come home to the latter for they will
e soon break down and their usefulness
: will be at an end. Examine your own
. home. READER"
: The Telegraph regards the point
/. we'll made and the letter is published
& without charge. Owner please call
: and get his money, thereby acquiring
= more cheerful outlook on life.
n
One of the soldiers who recently re-
turned from the tour of duty on the
Mexican border tells this story: One
, evening the regimental chaplain was
visiting in some other part of the
Division Camp and returned to quar-
ters after dark. When he approached
. the guard line the sentinel challeng-
swer was, army chaplain" and the
, sentinel quickly called, Come on in.
= Charlie Chaplin; it's been hell of
: long time since I've seen your
! James Scarlet, the Danville lawyer
!, who was the chief counsel in the Cap
4 itol cases, was here yesterday for the
!. anthracite counties. Mr.. Scarlet was
in fine form and said that he always
> liked to be around when there was eX-
. element.
Prominent among those attending
l. the farms and horticulturalists' meet
: ings this week is G.. j. Tyson, the
7 Adams county apple man. Mr.. Tyson,
who lives in the romantically named
: town of Flora Dale, helped put the
Pennsylvania pippin on the map. He
did an immense amount of work
toward developing the States apple
belt and his own product has been
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