Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1924-09-11

of 179 great presses to turn out this
product. One edition of the Journal
alone weighs about 100000
pounds and would fill 100 mail cars.
If they were stacked one on top of
another they would make pile
eight miles high!
Down on Arch street still stands
the little house in which Betsy Ross,
who was employed by General Wash
ington, in May, 1875, made the sam
pie flag with 3 stripes and 13 stars.
which was adopted June A, 1777, by
congress, as the national flag. A
museum is kept in it and an effort is
being made to buy the place as a
permanent memorial.
The Philadelphia City Hall,
standing well placed in Penn Square,
is a notable structure. AS it's tower
is $50 feet high, it is one of the tall
est public buildings in the world.
The tower is topped by great
statue of William Penn around
whose head is circle of lights
which can be seen for 80 miles At
three minutes before nine these
lights go out and exactly at nine
o'clock they come on again SO that
people from distance can set their
time pieces.
Without making specific reference
to the U. S. mint, the great hotels,
the schools, parks, and factories OF
Philadelphia, let me pass over to an
unusual temple of trade, the Wan
namaker store. If you had visited
the City of Brotherly Love long
enough ago, you would have found
at Sixth and High (now Market)
streets the home of George Wash
ington while he was president, or if
you had gone later, you would have
observed here the Schuylkill bank.
This in time gave way to "Oak Hall"
the mems clothing store which
marked the beginning of Mr.. Wan
namaker's business career. Growth
demanded a larger place and the
store was moved to it's present site
where the first high school in the
city had been, but the ground had
just been occupied as the Pennsyl-
vania railway station. The growth
continued, and in 1902 ground was
broken for the present magnificent
and unusual place Of business. Ten
years were required to complete one
section after another, the new place
being completed in 1911, the golden
jubilee of the store.
In visualizing this place, it is not
sufficient to think of an immense
building in the heart of the retail
section well stocked with general
merchandise, for that is what many
great emporiums Of our time are,
but in this case we can truly say 1t
sis different" We will enter by the
Grand Court-not every store has
one This place, 112 feet long and
&C feet wide, is seven stories high,
can seat $4,000 people, while in the
galleries $4,000 more can listen to
the largest organ in the world! This
court, cleared of it's counters and
cases at the dedication of the new
building, was the scene of brilliant
ceremonies with more than $4,000
invited guests-eminent federal,
state and city officers. foreign am
bassadors and others. The mayor
presided; the governor, introduced
President Taft who made the ad-
dress. The Wannamaker chorus
of 500 voices sang. The tablet of
dedication bears these words from
Mr. Taft: "a landmark of labor and
a signature in stone to the power OF
concentration and cooperation in
mercantile pursuits, under freedom
of competition and the blessing Of
God"
Now perhaps you are convinced
that this is no ordinary store. One
chief point of difference is that it is
not only a place where merchandise
is sold, but is also kind of museum
of art. In the center of the grand
court stands the magnificent bronze
eagle from the Louisiana Purchase /.
feet, 10 inches, from !
tip to head; u feet high; 3 feet, |
3 inches wide; weighing $500 I
pounds; and mounted on a granite /
pedestal OF $500 pounds. The I
heavy plates which form the body .
were made separately by hand with
chiSel, file, etc, and every individual
feather was modelled and fitted in
place by hand Are you surprised
that this bird in bronze is valued at
$40, 100000?
A star set in an inscribed stone
Of the floor marks the place where
Mr.. Taft stood when dedicating the
building, and numerous patriotic
tablets adorn the walls at different
places. A large gold star memories
hose from the institution who died
n the world war There is Wash
ngton tablet, one for Penn, another
tor Lincoln, and still another for
Grant. In the Egyptian Hall, is a
arge display Of pianos. There is
mems clothing store, a great book
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