Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-03-15
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It ian interesting fac that three
Oh thehndidates for the Republican
nonihton for governor have been
Lhore less actively connected with,
newspter work, two of them hav-
ing Dem their business careers in
ehat acation. Senator William G.
opTouli primarily a newspaperman
aitnoul better known as a man
VII my business interests, not the
at aease 1ng shipbuilding. The SEN
ator pen newspaper work when het
| went tSwarthmore. He was the
corresndent for various papers at
the coiBe and they tell a story that
When i graduated he was making
more IN city editor of a big
paper 10 offered that young fell
low SpnP' his first job. The SEN
ator hakept at 1t being one of the
oWnersf the Chester Times ana
Writes 1t every row and then,
sspeclal editorials, for which he
mas quI knack. J. Denny O'NeiI
Years az acquired a live newspaper
d. Mchsport, which has long been
hnown "o'NeiPs paper" He is a
ols mehant interested in banks
anu otif things, but keeps pretty
close ey on the newspaper, al
thoush editors claim that he lets
get iooped" when he has any
pIg newabout himself. Robert p.
raapsoof has been publishing a
reMspal at Bradford for almost
quarter century and is one of
tne hgun in the state organizations
VI neWsPermen. A. Mitchell Pal
ner owl newspaper at Strouds-
o9Is anfwhen he gets mad writes
eultorlalSor it, while Vance c. Nc
CormlckFho like Palmer, has been
menuone as possible Democratic
cdnoldatf owns newspaper proper
ties' IL hy be added that Lieuten-
ant frar b. McClain is a regular
SontrlDutI to Lancaster newspapers,
ms letterpn cattle markets being
standard uide for the country in
regard tdPennsylvania production
and distrhtion.
Sometins a chance remark will
clear ava coal cart. The other
morning adriver of a coal truck
struck frd job in Derry street.
he backedo curb, just enough to
mold up the cars. He had a mean
pace TO sei in his coal and he did
not seem be in a good humor-
IN Iact theIope was so bad that he
nao TO pusIthe coal down with his
hands. He Fas mad clean through
ana SO we about 100 people on
tne cars he hld up. Finally the troll
leymen beg, to interrogate him and
the man gw mad and stubborn.
lie was noIas enterprising as the
ilrm Tor with he drove and he did
not like toie twitted about it,
Ihlngs Wenon and the block be-
came worse.
BY the tie you ladle that coal
in the woma won't need it." called
tne voice ola boy.
Ine Stubbh man raised his head,
enitted sulplr, got on the truck
t ana ran IT Car over on the other
e slue OF the rect, going over the
s one OF th9dd things about the
= strenuous calpaign for governor
Whlcn has oThed up is that there
q mas been verilittle betting. GEN
p erdlly When tire is a campaign that
promises 10 p&ay there is more or
q iess wagering. This time there has
Deen practlcaF nothing doing in
q shat line. Thanen wise in politics
Z look for surpres and the "sports,'
o are at loss a$t is a game they do
not understand
o -
Announcement of the intention of
? the state to rhove the conserva-
tories has attraed much attention
ana there havebeen numerous in
quirles as to wft will be done with
the plants. ASl matter of fact
many OF the plas are thrown away
every year wheIthey run DOWN.
The state will plbably maintain its
noral end, but I'LL have space in
s one OF the greenhouses about the
city where 1t carsupply flowers for
gubernatorial funhons and state oc-
:. casions. 1t will hean saving of
> thousands of dolls.
In running don reports about
e ground glass bein discovered in
: some canned fish old in this state
C Dairy and Food cfmists have made
It an interesting iscovery. They
r round what had tused the COM
k plant and it did r,emble powdered
n glass. 1t was hardand would have
r. made much intern disturbance If
n swallowed, but whe analysed it was
discovered to be bhe. Whether it
was the remains ( bits of bone
1 which had gotten ito the cans with
/ the fish in the colse of packing
and disintegrated a result of the
cooking or whetht put there, is
what the state ageIS are endeavor-
ing to find out Al far as nature
goes the presence oIthe bone is not
out of the way. ~
The Public SERVE Commission
was yesterday askes over the long
distance telephone have a water
main fixed in Hazlpn. The citi-
zens of that fiouriAng anthracite
community telephded that the
water was running pver the street
and no effort was eing made to
check 1t. The comnssion promptly
got into action andkelephoned the
water company, which replied
that its men had len engaged in
repair work for an hhr and that the
aforesaid citizen wa4ampering with
Ju@-Ice and truth. he telephone
charges were a COUP of dollars, to
say nothing of whatthe Archangel
must have had to eter in his day
book.