Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-03-27
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is one of the most unique souvenir
OF the Keystone Division frc.-
Ihomas M. Rodgers. of this city.
VINO is with the headquarters de-
tachment of the Pennsylvanians in
france. lie is Il son of Thomas
Rodgers, of South Cameron street
lor years on the city police force,
ana has been with the keystone di-
VISION since the start of active serv-
ice. Ihe souvenir was issued
Eugene Gilbert, of the One Hun
dred and Third Engineers, a Key
stone organization, and tells the
story IN snort paragraphs, of the
service that has won PENNSYLVANIA
undIinG fame. Mr.. Gilbert supple
mens the simple narrative with
| pen and ink sketches. which tells
| Just what jerry was like when \:
was Icing licked" and how the
sons of Pennsylvania gave II to
! hlm.' An interesting map showing
! me route of the Twenty-eighth in
| rance with the names of places
destined to be immortal in the rec
or"S O this Commonwealth and ap-
| perdS the orders commencing the
| IRON division for its bravery. Vely
Few cf the books have come over
| ana the captain is proud of the
record made by his comrades.
| There has been some talk re-
Gently of budget to cover all the
recognized charities of the CITY. No
| plan has been worked out but it
has been the thought of many that
! some systematic means of meet
ing the needs of the hospitals. the
homes, the associated aids, etc,
might be worked out after the man
| ner of the war chest" plan bv
! which pnDn n,urit;oe
all their demands for Y. NJ. c. A..
! Red Cross, knights of Columbus
and similar contributions. Bv this
method the needs for the year were
| submitted by the various agencies.
| Ihese requests We're all tabulated,
revised, if thought wise and grand
total was struck Then one big
campaign to raise the necessary
funds was made and the money di-
vided in the amounts agreed upon.
IN that way the managementS of the
various enterprises were relieved of
worry as to how they should raise
the money required to meet their
needs, the public was asked to con-
trpute only once, the burden was
equllaoly divided and those upon
whose shoulders the expense and
effort of campaigns must fall, were
reneNed of a long series of drives"
III mas been thought that some
such plan might be devised to fin
ance Harrisburg charities. Nothing
has as yet been done about it. but
the idea is certainly worth consider
ing.
The return of Capt. Meade d.
Detweiler from Italy, the bearer of
an Italian war cross for distn-
Sulshed service, recalls the fact that
his father, the late Meade d. Det-
weller spent considerable time ira
yelling through the out-of-the way
regions of Italy where the son re-
Gently saw such thrilling adven-
! lures Little the distinguished at
torney then thought that a son of his
would risk his life in the cause of
, liberty in the land which he looked
, upon as the most peaceful place in
the world"
Writing to n newspaper friend
from Europe Mr.. Detweiler said:
These quiet villages are the most
peaceful places in the world. | like
TO travel under any circumstances.
but i love more than anything else
to strike away from the beaten
path, to go where the traveller sell
dom goes and to see the village life
, of the country as it is. Recently [
have seen spots so far removed from
the activities and stress of life as
we hllO" IL lIldJ IL seems as InOuBn
they are of another world. Nothing
touches them from the outside.
= Here year is as a century, and a
7 century as a year, so far as change
= is concerned. Only a little more
t moss on the stones; a few more
' graves on the hillside"
+ But what a transformation the
younger Detweiler witnessed only
: he will be able to relate.
, Speaking of Meade D. Detweiler
, recalls the fact that he was the
J.. father of the Harrisburg Lodge of
l Elks and one of the big figures in
:, that order in America. His influ-
ence and eloquenCe brought the
= warning factions of Elkdom to.
: gether and welded the broken link
1 | in the chain of lodges, for which
= he was rewarded with d monument
r in Reservoir Park. This is the only
? monument in the Harrisburg park
{ system and even it might have been
. refused a place there had it not
S been remembered that Mr. Detweiler
S cancelled his plans for handsome
| home on the heights of Reservoir
Park, not far from whore the monu-
ment now stands, when he learned
that the city desired the ground for
| park purposes That act of gen.
| erosity was characteristic of the
- man.
t "Do you know that Harrisburg il
t the greatest bread eating city in the
e United States, population consider.
t ed >" asked r. G. Jobe, manager OF
G a big yeast company having its head.
= qua rters here. 81 assure you it /!
= true" continued Mr.. lobe, "and the
= figures will prove that l am right
c NIoro vnaSt and more materials thai
= go into the making of bread anc
: other bakery products are sold IL
= this city than in any other of 1t!
: size in the United States" OF course
Harrisburg bakeries send large
amounts of bread to other town.
:, throughout Central Pennsylvania
:. but on the other hand some bakeries
c outside of the city also send sonl1
4 bread into town, so that the accouN
: in this respect is somewhat baA
4 anced "a large number Of HarE7S
= burg families bake their own hreaH
but my contention is" said Mr.. Jobe
f that if the housewife can be per
suaded that size can buy uniform
n ly good loaf of bread from bakel
e she will not go to the trouble OF bak'
}. ing. OF course the war brough'
h with it the use of substitutes, bur
e NV constant advise 10 the baker II
h to turn out the best loaf possible
n sell more bread and thus keep proit
= uniformly good and sales uniform