FIRST NATIONAL BANK
224 MARKET STREET
Capital SIOO,OOO Surplus $500,000
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<1 One of the strongest banks in Central
Pennsylvania.
IJ Accounts, Banks, Bankers, Corpora
tions, Firms and Individuals received on
the most favorable terms.
Travelers' Checks and Letters of Credit
issued payable in all parts of the world.
t[ Foreign Exchange in all its branches.
BANKS OF HARRISBURG BEGIN
YEAR 1914 IN FINE CONDITION
Harrisburg's banks are in splendid,
condition. Their several statements j
6how a big gain in deposits during I
the past year and their stock is all I
away above par. «
One of the peculiar developments j
of the past few years in the banking
circles of the city has been the tre-:
mendous growth of the saving funds.
Christmas clubs last year paid out!
nearly $700,000 and this year prom
ises to set a new record as the num- j
ber of banks catering to this form of
patronage is greatly increased. It is,
resulting in many new deposits and 1
to an interest in banking among small
depositors never before dreamed of. I
The operations of the Harrisburg I
Clearing House Association show the
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Buy It Because
It's a Better Car
The car of Vanadium steel construction, the
most assessable and powerful motor in the world,
simplicity in operation, economical to maintain
are a few of the features that have made it the
most popular car.
It will require two trains of forty-three car
loads each to deliver the cars contracted for the
Harrisburg territory. Get your orders in early
as the cars are being sold as fast as delivered.
Ford Sales Company
10th and Market Streets
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Fourth Street and Boyd Avenue
HARRISBURG, PA.
<5 We manufacture Barrows, Concrete Carts and
Coal Wagons. If you are interested, write or
telephone for a copy of our catalog.
Send us your inquiries and orders for machine
and blacksmith work.
We have special facilities for grinding automo
bile cylinders. Try us on your next job.
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general financial status of Harrisburg
as it can be illustrated in no other
way. The association reports that
the ba»k clearings during 1913 to
taled over $14,000,000 more than dur
ing 1912. Bankers of the city at
tribute the Increase to good general
business conditions. The total bank
clearings for 1913 were $54.346,-
822.13. In 1912 they were $70,220,-
673.81. Never in the history of the
Harrisburg Clearing House Associa
tion has there been so great a total
for the year, and the increase over
1912 is four million dollars greater
than the increase of any other year.
This is duo to good bu ;iness condi
tions in the city and the fact that
the Harrisburg association has added
Duncannon and Mechanicsburg to its
list_ of clearings.
The total clearings month by month
in 1913 and 1912 folows:
1913 1912
Jaw $6,881,019.28 $5,801,362.25
I Feb 6,022,901.44 5,012,857.50
I March ... 6,572,119.31 5,241,051.53
.April 7,196,593.15 5,994,502.85
I May 6,789,974.84 3,635,659.17
Uune 6,720,933.59 5,759,946.40
jjuly .... 7,526,737.96 5,980,950.71
August .. 6,733,735.41 5,524,533.41
Oct 7,838,604.53 6,637,815.05
Nov 7,219.263.26 6,113,698.45
°ec 7,654,974.06 6,463,383.59
Total . $84,346,822.13 $70,220,673.81
The record for the past six years:
19 »8 $54,325,442.59
1809 $64,247,131.92
1910 *. .. $63,597,285.28
1911 $67,590,392.15
1912 $70,220,673.81
|191« $84,346,833.13
i The year will be marked ia bank
! ing circles by the removal of the Me
j chanics' bank from its temporary
'quarters to its new building. The
Union Trust Company has added spe
; cial quarters for its Christmas savings
jfund employes and has redecorated
i its main room.
R. H.
Bomgardner
IUJN.kaITOKI
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Brick Work
A SPECIALTY
Estimates Furnished
450 S. 17th St.
Phone 2664
Eureka
Quality
Laundry
Either Phone
C. W. NI'SS, Manager
A. lft. NL'SSt Suyt.
THE
Nuss Manufacturing Co.
Manufacturers of
BAND INSTRUMENTS
Electro-Platers in all Metals
ELEVENTH ASD MULBERRY STS.
llarriaburg, Pa.
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KXRKBBURG FFIBV TELEGRAPH
NEW CHAMBER OF COMMERCE
COMMENCES USEFUL CAREER
Succeeds Old Harrisburg Board of Trade; Is Modeled Along Lines
of Successful Organizations Elsewhere
Tha present year marks the pass
ing of the old Harrisburg Board of
Trade and the organization of the
Harrisburg Chamber of Commerce to
succeed it. The new association is
already preparing to justify Its forma
tion by inaugurating a campaign for
the advertisement of the city and the
extension of our trade among our
neighbors of nearby towns and cities.
In the language of Munson Havens,
of the Cleveland Chamber of Corn-'
nierce, at the first noonday luncheon
of the organization, the "movement
to abandon the new for the old, the
foresaklng of the obsolete Board of
Trade for the newer and more effi
cient Chamber of Commerce, is not
confined to Harrisburg, but is part of
a nation-wide movement.
The new association will have offi
ces In a modern building, instead of a
large building and will operute along
strictly business lines.
George B. Tritt, its energetic presi
dent. and Robert M. Wadsworth, sec
retary-manager, are already planning
a year of active work, including trade
excursions aAd advertising, while a
number of well-known experts along
varlouys business and professional lines
have oeen engaged for noonday lunch
eon talks, a feature that is proving
very popular among Harrisburg peo
ple.
It is believed that much good will
result from this organization inasmuch
us many of tfie most active and In
fluential of the citizens of Harrisburg
have already Identified themselves
with it. It Is proposed to develop Har
risburg as a manufacturing and dis
tributing center and to advertise it?
advantages broadcast. While the gen
eral purposes of the new organization
are not widely different from those of
the old Board of Trade, yet the meth
ods have been radically changed, and
the financial support is certain to be
of a character to assure definite re
sults.
A classified list of the members of
the new commercial organization to
date follows. The total on January 7,
1914, is 186 for $8,450. ,
Manufacturers Adding machines,
Burroughs Adding Machine Company,
Ralph \Y. Dowdell; bags and boxes,
Harrisburg Bag and Box Company,
S. P. Eby; bakers, Harrisburg Baking
Company, A. W. Andrews; Schmidt's
Bakery, Bernard Schmidt; brass foun
dry. Harrisburg Brass and Bronze
Foundry, R. AV. Weaver; confection
ery, The D. Bacon Company, Arthur
D. Bacon; hosiery, New Idea Hosiery
j Company, W. G. Starry; iron and steel,
Central Iron and Steel Company, Rob
ert H. Irons; nursery, Berryhill Nur
sery Company, O. P. Beckley; shoes,
Devine & Yungel Shoe Company,
Frank Payne; steam engines, Harris
burg Foundry and Machine Works,
W. P. Mackenzie; stone, Hummelstown
Brownstone Company, Allen K. Wal
ton; wheelbarrows. Jackson Manufac
turing Company, William Jennings.
Wholesalers Cigars and tobacco,
John C. Herman & Co., Ed. Herman;
confectionery, The D. Bacon Company,
Arthur D. Bacon; flour and feed. Pax
ton Flour and Feed Company, J. Aus
tin Brandt; grocers, Evans-Burtnett
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ROBERT M. WADSWORTH
Secretary-Manager Harrisburg Cham
ber of Commerce.
Company, E. W. Burtnett; Witman-
Schwarz Company, C. K. Deen; milk,
Pennsylvania Milk Products Company;
notions, Joseph C. Cluster; paper, Don-
HEALTHY PLACE
OLD HARRISBURG
Harrisburg, through its special opon
air schools, the State dispensaries, Its
visiting nurse. Its active Board of
Health, Its pure milk association and
its milk inspection. Is doing a great
work in ridding its confines of tuber
culosis. Indeed, this constant warfare
is. according to the reports of Dr. J.
M. J. Raunick, doing more than was
expected by the most confident when
It was started. The annual report of
tho Board of Health shows that there
were 3 4 less cases during the past
year than the year before and 15
fewer deaths. In 1912 there were 187
cases of tuberculosis, with 85 deaths;
last year there were 153 cases, with
70 deaths. The work is to be extended
during 1914.
The general health of Harrisburg is
good. If 1914 maintains the fine rec
ord of 1913. the city will have cause
to congratulate Itself. The past year
was marked by a high birth rate, a
low death rate and tho least number
of contagious diseases in five years.
Star Carpet Cleaning Works
In March, 1887, Charles A. Miller,
now clerk of the City of Harrlsburg,
opened the Star Carpet Cleaning
Works in Montgomery street in the
building formerly owned by Charles
Behring. In 1888, on account of in
crease in business, and poor conveni
ences, a corrugated iron building was
erected in Cameron street along the
Paxton creek by Mr. Aldinger. After
the installation of three large clean
ing wheels and a thirty-horsepower
engine by Mr. Miller, the company
moved to this building. Here they
remained until the entire industry was
purchased from Mr. Miller by Martin
G. Stoner. They then moved to the
corner of Cameron and Walnut streets
where they are to-day enjoying an
ever increasing business^
The establishing of this company
gave Harrlsburg the first modern car
pet cleaning works in Central Pennsyl
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GEORGE B. TRIPP
President Harrisburg Chamber of
Commerce.
aldsoti Paper Company, Johnston
Paper Company.
Retailers —Books and stationery, D.
W. Cotterel; cigars. United Cigar
Stores Company; cloaks and suits, Wlt
mer, Bair & Wltmer. D. H. Wltiner;
confectionary, John S. Weaver: deli
catessen, Samuel S. Rutherford: de
partment stores, Bowman & Co.. Dives,
Pomeroy & Stewart, William H. Ben
nethum, Kaufman's Underselling Store,
Twenty-five Cent Store, John C. Sout
ter; druggists. George A. Gorgas, E. Z.
Gross, Croll Keller; furniture, Rothert
Company. A. W. Moul: grocers, S. S.
Pomeroy; hardware, Henry Gilbert &
Son; jewelry, Henry C. Claster, P. G.
Diener, E. G. Hoover; men's clothing,
etc., Doutrich & Co., Samuel Kuhn
Clothing Company, Morris E. Jacob
son; motor cars, Crispen Motor Car
Company, C. C. Crispen; shoes, Jerauld
& Co., D. P. Jerauld; sporting goods,
George W. Bogar; tea, coffee, etc.,
Grand Union Tea Company, George
E. Zellers; wines, etc., Hanlen Bros.,
6. G. Jean.
Banks Central Trust Company,
Dauphin Deposit Trust Company. First
National Bank, John Brady; Harris
burg National Bank, Harrisburg Trust
Company, Merchants' National Bank,
Union Trust Company, Commonwealth
Trust Company.
Bridge Companies Harrisburg
Bridge Company.
Business Schools —School of Com
merce. D. U. M. Raker.
Contractors —Central Construction
and Supply Company, Charles E.
Covert; S. W. Shoemaker & Son.
Electricity and Electrical Supplies—
Dauphin Electric Supply Company,
Harrisburg Electric Supply Company,
George L. Brlcker; Harrisburg Light
and Power Company, H. W. Stone.
Newspapers—The Patriot Company,
Richard M. H. Wharton; The Tele
graph Printing Company, E. J. Stack
polo, president.
Printers and Publishers —J. Horace
McFarland Company, J. Horace Mc-
Farland; Publishing House United
Evangelical Church, James J. Nun
lesser.
Real Estate—lnvestor Realty Com
pany, Miller Brothers & Neefe.
Storage—Montgomery & Co.
Street Railways—Harrisburg Rail
ways Company.
Theaters —Wilmer, Vincent & Appel,
A. Floyd Hopkins.
Individual —M. R. Alleman, Arthur
H. Bailey, Edward Bailey, G. Irwin
Beatty, George W. Bogar, B. F.
Blough, Charles S. 8011, H. H. Bow
man, J. K. Bowman, J. W. Bowman,
C. L. Brlnser, Martin A. Brinton, A. E.
Buchanan, the Rev. James F. Bullitt,
Dr. C. C. Cocklin, F. M. Davis, Henry
C. Demmlng, P. G. Dlener, J. A. Don-
i Only once in five years has there been
such an encouraging comparison be
tween tho death and birth rate. That
was in 1908. The disease record is far
below any year since health records
were kept. In 1913 there was 958
deaths and 1,381 births. This gives a
death rate of 13.86 to the thousand,
considered very low. The birth rate
for the year waa 19.99 to the thou
sand, which is high. Ninety-flve of
the deaths during 193 were nonresi
dents. Of residents there were only
863 deaths, making a rate of 12.49 to
the thousand. This record is main
tained in respect to contagious dis
eases, which total 1,170, just half of
the number in 1913, when there were
2,212. During 1912 a measles epi
demic made the figures abnormal, but
In the'past five years the disease rec
ord has never been so low, although
more diseases are reported now than
in other years. The record for five
years is: 1909, 1,618; 1910, 2,171;
1911, 1,302; 1912, 2,212; 1913, 1,170.
vania, and to-day, it has the reputa
tion of being one of the best in the
United States. There are three clean
ing wheels in constant operation, and
steam power has long ago Been re
placed by modern electric machinery.
The Star process Is modern in every
way, in that no moisture is used,
thereby they eliminate the possibility
of mould or mildew, and at the same
time preserve as well as lengthen the
life of the carpet. After the dirt is
removed, the nap is again raised, and
the colors brightened. A trial of this
process is enough to convince anyone
that it is equal to and even moro ef
ficient than either the steam or va
cuum process. Particularly Is this the
case in that the process used by this
concern removes all of the dirt In the
carpet from foundation to nap and
does not tear out the nap which Is the
[common fault of the other processes.
aldson, W. M. Donaldson, S. 8. Eberts, I
Kobert A. Knders, William S. Esslck,
P. G. Farquharson, Howard C. Fry
for Harrlsburg Rotary Club,Henderson
Gilbert, Lyman D. Gilbert, Robert G.
Goldsborough, Francis J. Hall, John
Heathcote. E. D. HUleary, H. F. Hope,
Robert W. Hoy, Forrest Hunter, |
George F. Jeffers, William Jennings,
Joseph S. Kllnedinst, C. A. Kunkel,
Samuel Kunkel, H. B. Lau, W. J.
Lescure, C. L. Long, Fred W. Long,
John O'Connell, W. B. McCaleb, T. P.
McCubbln, Donald McCormlck, Henry
McCormick, Jr., James Lutz, Charles
P. Walter, G. A. Hall, Harry M. Bretz,
Andrew S. Patterson, H. Lloyd Myers,
Russell S. Sayford, Herman P. Miller,
The Hub, Jennings Manufacturing
Company, McCreath Brothers, Augus
tus Wlldman, Sr., Frank F. Setss,
Henry B. McCormlck, James McCor
mlck, Jr., Robert McCormlck, Vance
C. McCormlck, John P. Mellck, B. F.
Meyers, Walter L. Montgomery, F. B.
Musser, E. S. Nlelson, Martin R. Nlss
ley, J. H. Nixon, B. M. Ogelsby, W. M.
Ogelsby, Dick Oliver, John T. Olm
ated, W. E. Orth, F. R. Oyster, Samuel
B. Rambo, George W. Relly, George
S. Relnoehl, JV. M. Robison, J. F.
Rohrer, I. P. Romberger, John 1
Royal, S. R. Satterthwalte, Charles L.
Schaup, Edward H. Schell, George A.
Shrelner, Frank A. Smith, Frederick
R. Smith, F. Herbert Snow, J. Henry
Splcer, J. L. Stewart, Benjamin
Strouse, William Strouse, David E.
Tracy, George B. Tripp, Joseph H.
Wallazz, E. Z. Wallower, Edgar Z.
Wailower, G. F. Watt, S. B. Watts,
Paul P. Wagner,, John S. Weaver, John
Fox Weiss, Albert A. Wert, John G.
Young, Colonel L. V. Rausch, Waller
& Seel, Cnarles E. Pass, B. E. Taylor,
A. C. Stamm, Edw. S. Nlssley, Earnest
Keys, Ira C. Klndier, L. S. Williams,
Miller & Kades, Moorehead Knitting
Company, W. J. Rose, John E. Fox,
Joseph Montgomery, 2d, Ensminger
Lumber Company, Harrlsburg Trans
fer Company.
Commonwealth
Hotel
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J. A. CLEMENT, Proprietor
Market Street
and
Market Square
HARRISBURG, PA.
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General Contracting
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1940 STATE STREET
Phone 1285 L
Arcade Laundry
D. 13. GLAZIER, Prop.
High-Grade Work Guaranteed
We Make a Specialty of
Handling Shirts and Collars
All Work Called For and
Delivered Promptly
Skilled Labor Employed In All
Departments of the Plant
Corner Granite
& Logan Streets
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V. LORNE HUMMEL
103 Market St., Harrtsburgr, Pa,
GENERAL
STEAMSHIP
TICKET
and TOURIST
AGENCY
TOURS ARRANGED and
Tickets Hc-urcd to anil
from All Parts of the
World.
BELL PHONE BSTL. All
Info r motion Cheerfully
Given Free
Lawrence Fetrow
CONTRACTOR
AND BUILDER
New Cumberland, Pa.
HOUSES FOR SALE
ESTIMATES FURNISHED
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M. WILLIAMS • W. PRBBDVAN
Both Pfcoaea
WILLIAMS & FREEDMAN
Wholesale Dealer* la
IRON and STEEL
Mala Office aa* Yards ■
Tenth St. and P. 4 R. R. R-
The firm commenced business in
1904, and occupy large yards located
along the Philadelphia & Reading Rail
road Company's tracks. They handle
all kinds of scrap materials la large
quantities, purchasing from all parts of
this country and from foreign coun
tries; from the U. H. Government Navy
Yards and railroad commpanlea; also
shippers of scrap materials In Pennsyl
vania and other States throughout the
country; they make a specialty of buy
ing and selling building materlala, sue)
as I-.Beame, Channels, Bars, Ralli
Pipe. Valves and Fittings of whlel
they have a large stock on hand at Mi
I times.
First- Bright
Class Sanitary
Service Rooms
Ike
ALDINE
ED. S. MILLER
Proprietor
TELBPHONBS
Cumb. Valley 691
Bell 1322R
435 Market St.
Near Entrance tm
P. H. B. Depot.
HARRISBURG, PA.
Grown In
Harrisburg
' trees and plants are the best
I for they are suited to your soil
| and climate and you can know
I the men who grow them. Our
representative will gladly come
and discuss your planting
problems.
Berryhill Nursery Co.
Phone 1899 L. Lbiflcitowß Roti.
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CAPITAL SIOO,OOO :
\ SURPLUS $200,000 j
5 C. A. KtTNKKL .... Cashier \
V GEO. A. BAI/TSMAN, Asst. Cash. \
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J Business Firms and
$ Individual Accounts !
< Solicited.
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The Bank Will Occupy j
;• Their New Building
| By April Ist, 1914 j
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WE PAINT
Automobiles
And Make It a
SPECIALTY
Work is Executed by
Automobile Painters
And Not House Painter*
ONLY DUST PROOF ROOM ll*
THE CITV.
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310 STRAWBERRY ST.
BOTH PHONEI