Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-03-22
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them have been purchased witifz
the last week. DIR. Montgomery has
| given special attention to the pur-
chase of imprints and is working ON
| a photography of Dauphin countf,
where number of printers from
Philadelphia appear to have locateS
at an early date. The latest pur-
chases have attracted much atten-
ton. The earliest of the imprints
is by Allen and Wyeth and is dated
1898, being Benjamin Franklin's
reflections on courtship." John
| Wyeth, the Junior member of the
nrm, who was also the publisher of
Harrisburg's first newspaper THE
Oracle of Dauphin," appears as a
book publisher on his own hook in
1886 issuing John McGowan's
Death, vision and next year he
issued The Merry Fellows Com
panion.' In 1899 Benjamin Mayer
came into the field with a German
testament and followed it with an
other the next year. Copies of both
are preserved in the Library. Mr..
Wyeth also published in 1897 James
Buffers 'Fortune's football or the
Adventures of Mercutio" in two vol
umeS.
The open hearth steel department
of the Harrisburg Pipe and Pipe
Bending Works have suspended op-
erationS after years of activity and
for the first time since 1902, accord
ing to one of the men interested in
the plant, the steel making branch
is not in operation because of lack
of orders. The workers have been
one of the biggest producers of shells
| rll ION nov lNrn nt,in Il Nf
the earliest to take up that line of
manufacture OF munitions. Shells
have been turned out not only for
the United States army and navy,
but for the English, Russian and
French governments, while steel and
parts have been made for munitions
of various kinds. During the war the
capacity of the plant was much ex-
tended and the works ran contin-
uously on eight hour shifts.
The coming district Rotary con-
ference to be held in Harrisburg,
April 10 and IL is expected to be
the largest gathering of Rotarians
ever held in the eastern district.
Howard G. Fry, the district COVER
nor, who is Just home from Chicago
where the district governors of the
country met last week, predicts that
fully 800 men will sit down to the
dinner at the Penn-Harris on the
; evening of the tenth which will be
the function of the conference. The
convention will be attended by rep
y resentatiVe business and professional
E, men and their wives from every
town of any size in Pennsylvania,
New Jersey, Delaware and Mary
land and from the District of Colum-
bia as we'll as national officers.
There will be a luncheon for the
| ladies of the clubs and another for
? the men on the first day and joint
luncheon on the second day. An
fautomobile ride to the surrounding
towns and other entertainments for
the visiting ladies have been out
lined as the Rotarians are expected
to be fully occupied by the meetings.
Important public questions are to
come up. Reference will be made
during the meetings to the subjects
) for discussion at the International
Conference at Salt Lake, which in
clude making the most of the Ameri-
can boy to the end of that he may
become a healthy. wholecomN, up
standing man, and the relation be-
tween employer and employe; the
r relation of the nation to the re-
turning soldier, policies of recon
l struction and the like.
Down at the border when now
: Colonel Jim Kemper, now in
. charge of army recruiting here was
I acting as lieutenant colonel of the
= old eighth regiment, n. G. p, he
: and Major Ed" Schell, quarter
! master of the eighth, struck up a
warm friendship. Coming home on
: furlough, Schell confidentially in
formed a friend that Kemper is
2 the best lieutenant colonel in the
D army. A few days later Kemper
Q wrote the same man that "Schell
e certainly is developing into the best
K quartermaster any army could
n want" Schell, who was in the
Y Spanish American war, was intensely
0 interested in Kemper's Philippine
and Cuban experiences and envied
- him his foreign duty. Now it is the
!, other way around, for while Colonel
|. Kemper didn't get to France, Major
: Schell has been over for nearly a
r year. The only solace Kemper has
is that his baggage was packed and
\ awaiting shipment the day the ar
= mistice was signed and the regiment
- he trained was pronounced one of
o the best in the service.
e "There is distinct tendency
away from the city and to the sub
$ urbs," said Herman Kiehl, the real
estate man. discussing land trans
IS fers the other day. According to
Mr.. Kiehl property transactions are
n brisk this spring and quite a few
: Harrisburg people have purchased
e homes on the West Shore. Among
t, those who have gone out are Will
e liam S. Neck, Associated Press op-
= orator for the Telegraph l.. B. Wan
Il baugh, of the Telegraph's mechan-
a ical department, and A. r. Mich
: ener, Telegraph circulation manager,
+ all of whom have purchased hand
some bungalows in the newer sec
, ton OF Camp Hill. Charles j. Stew
l. ems, the well known International
Harvester man, has bought the fine
= country residence of John i. Wohl-
} farth. the uptown hotelman q
:. Washngto Heights and will f<~
n there the year around. This is ono
I of the prettiest homes in lower Cum
e berland county and commands a
r view equal IL not superior to any in
! Reservoir park. Indeed it lies on
the West Shore much as Reservoir
n park does on the city side. The
r, place was developed by Mr.. Wohl-