Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-12-31
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/ Ea.,
"a. peen accustomed to ring out
ia olu and ring in the new at
tnuhlsht or December 81 and lately
ehe custom of New Years Eve
huIhmers has come into vogue. so
Ia Ia instead of watch night services
vni,,e .ne ciang of bells, racket of re-
hi, ana shrilling of whistles the
sniciiiS oI the Christmas Eve BELLS
Snlckie is very much to the front
b u. the midnight pandemonium has
p! peei the great feature of the cele-
5a. IL just how long back this
, no one seems to know, Old
e"spapers announce in a nara
eaph that the new year was well
tbn neu U with shooting of firearms and
n iisihg of bells and when steam
edne into use, the whistles annear
TO nave played a prominent mart
Nheh the centennial year was usb-
eSu ih' there was a midnight pa
Iaue IN Harrisburg and firemen and
Saltous organizations turned out in
aantastlc costume to celebrate the
auTent or chat great year. Another
tuhisht parade was held on the
tI,o iHlhs ns or the commencement of
| Oh Nv w eliIieth century this being in
charge of the Red Men. This wear
there will be some difference In tha
Geieofauon of the days, owing to nro-
nrpltlon' One of the great events
OF New Years Eve among the hihu~
louS was the placing of great bowls
Vi egg nog on the bars at rnidnipbt
@ anu on mans first time up he got a
up Tree. After that he bought his
S"n ana frequently bought much.
,,ao,, hers ulthers have long had a new
cit,, iay uay vogue at the hotels in the
clty' with roast pig as one of tbe
great attractions. Ever sinoo uar
Ilsours has had a Y. M. G. A ard
ne record goes back pretty far, there
mas peen New Years dav ohsary
SSnce with an entertaining proeran
LOT young men and bows. Dan h.
InelDaugh and some of the Other Old
IN " work could tell MANY
an interesting story of the DAYS
Pne 4uas Ter OF a century ago. The two
for,,,o,.. iloii ma ms used to be star per
loTinefs on such occasions. Tho e.,
ernors New Year recenfon bad
later origin. 1t began about twent,,
years ago. "ou' twenty
Insurance Commissioner Tbomas
-, Donaldson has sat down upon an
insurance scheme which he SOC "r
saVored of gambling. It was
ener Interesting arrangement Ton
,i0n oi attained age were placed
IN u class and an insurance. 90,
| hnnnFTni
aries OF the first man to die ra
celNed the proceeds and each NJ tbo
nIne survivors also received sop,a
ens' insurance should NOT ba
preoicated upon the wish for some
one 10 die SAYS Mr.. Donaldson.
IBurn the old Christmas treas
,g,,n g,nsi prevent any introduction of the
gypsy moth into PennsyIvaria,, is
advice given by Secretary of or;
culture Fred Rasmussen in tbe hi
ietlh of-his department. MANY or
shese trees have come to this Stato
from New England, where n Iareo
area mas the gypsy moth Tbe
uanger OF introducing the gvnsv
nloth is always present" The trees
should be burned as a precaution.
~, uor"itl ItlSIandlng tho Federal inspec-
tloh' because of chance of some oor,,
masses being overlooked wbor ess
are covered with ice and snow Tbo
inspection of imported plants bas
peeh carried on carefully for sav-
eFai years by the State authoritias
TO prevent the introduction of tLn
ElPsy moth and other pests, but tbe
posslolllty of Introducing the de-
StructiVe glpsy moth into Pennsvl-
Tested districts is manifest cnnsid
erlng the many thousands of trees
'Ha1 are shipped into the State.
for the first time in forty-siy wears
christmas day passed without 49,
necessity for ejecting an intoxicatnd
person from the Pennsylvania Rail
road station. The elimination of
Ty DUoHe Is gwen as the reason, saws
Wendall Fackler, local manaper fo.
the Union News Company. who has
been employed about the station
Working for the News COMPANY for
nearly half century. Mr.. Facl,Ier
said: was on duty all day Thurs
day, from early morning lntiI
nearly o'clock at night. | was at
once impressed with the fact that
me me usual sights of men carrying bot
ties in their pockets, grips. sIIit-
cases and in packages, staggering
through the station, were not in
evidence. | do not remember n dov
when someone did not let n BOTTLE
fall, or package slip from arms
ana the bottle break. / have seen
drunken men elected some ar
rested for being troublesome. On
several occasions in years past whom
there was no checking room, took
care of many bundles and knew thew
contained liquor. But that is n thing
of the past. Old John Barleycorn
has been eliminated. Once remem-
Der when the presence of liouor in
the hands of travellers caused a fight
, and there were shots exchanged out
side of the station. once I was given
a demijohn filled with whisky.
; was asked to take care of it, and
placed it back of my desk at the
old News Agency headquarters. Two
hours later that demijohn had an
explosion, and whisky flowed all
over my office, Things are different
, now"
A man walked down one of the
narrow streets of the city yesterday
afternoon carrying q big bundle. 1t
, was all tied up and marked with
seals and red tape. 1t contained
just about 100000. 1t was the in
come from a certain place which is
, very busy just now and the remark
able thing about it was that no one
could have cashed a single one of
the checks which made up the bale.
/, They were all stamped and listed for
deposit only.
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