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The Reason Why You Should Buy
Your Furniture and Rugs at the
"Big Store on the Hill" Is That It
Makes a Big Difference
Where you buy your furniture. Let us furnish your home
at prices which will meet your approval. The quality is the
very best obtainable and we secured a large stock before
prices advanced.
Dining Room Suites
In all designs and woods, inspect the special priced suites.
We are showing some very good solid Quartered Oak Suites
at $130.00. 54-inch table; 66-in. buffet, large china closet,
1 arm chair and 5 side chairs; other suites in oak at £7i>.oo.
Mahogany suites. $112.00 up to 8288.00. These are all
great values.
Living Room Suites
Fumed Oak; Jacobeln finished mahogany suites, up
holstered in tapestry, blue velour. muleskin, genuine leather,
in many different designs. Would solicit your attention to
these up to date livingroom suites. The largest stock this
store has ever shown at prices which will surely please you.
.Parlor and Reading Room
Furniture
We have a large room especially arranged for this grade
of furniture in all the latest designs and upholstering.
Bed Room Furniture
A viit to this department will undoubtedly be to your
advantage. Suites in all woods and finishes: you will say it
is the best stock shown in this city. White enamel and
brass beds at all prices. Our bedding department is one of
our strong assets in making your bed comfortable.
We want you to place your confidence in this store,
where you can come Snd feel at home, look around and not
feel obligated to buy if you don't care to. But we do know
you will be very well satisfied to be a customer once you have
seen our stock and learn of the prices for such quality furni
ture. We invite you to be one of them.
Store Closes 6 P. M.; Saturday, 9 P. M.
Fackler Estate
1312 Derry Street
NOTHING SHRINKS,
FADES, WRINKLES
Women save $5 m an hour by
dry cleaning at home
with gasoline.
HVomen here who have tried dry
cleaning find it very easy and inex
pensive to clean and freshen all the
ribbons, silks, satins, laces, yokes, furs,
silk shirtwaists, kid gloves and shoes,
neckties, children's clothes, suits, caps,
Swiss, lawn, organdie and chiffon
dresses, woolen garments, fancy vests,
draperies, rugs, in fact, any and every
thing that woudl be ruined with soap
and water.
Get two ounces of solvite at any
drug store end put i£ gallons of
gasoline, where it instantly dissolves,
then put in the goods to be cleaned. 1
rub a little and out they come, looking!
as btight and fresh as new. You will
find nothing fades, shrinks or wrinkles,
requiring no pressing
You can do five dollars' worth of
home dry cleaning in an hour at little
cost. It is so easy and you can't make
a mistake. Any zrocer or garage will
supply the gasoline and you can ob
tain two ounces of solvite at the drug
store, which is simply a gasoline soap, I
then a wash boiler or large dishpan
completes your dry cleaning outfit.
DR. MCTXOWXFY SPEAKS
Dr. John J. Mullownev addressed
the Hart-isburg Rotary Club at
luncheon to-day on possibilities for
American trade extension in China.
Dr. Mullowney spent three years as a
member of the faculty of one of the
big Chinese medical schools.
AT PHILADELPHIA
County Recorder James E. Lenta
and Harry M. Fairchilds and Ira E.
L lsh. of Miliersburg, were among
thost who attended the Republican
t-tuto committee meeting in Philadel
phia to-dav.
ifflßlliflifs " ji
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SHB aSS 1 , ■ 11J -
r5? A WESTERN UNION
\1 11| 1 telegram gets instant
\S I i l ! til attention and brings
j|Wj the first reply
, mk WESTERN
11 UNION
Vi W Service
\ !\|| broadens territory at least
' 1 \*ij expense and keeps you
W 0Q ahead in the hot rate of
competition.
™ EWESTERN UNION TILEGRAPH COi
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MONDAY EVENING,
Bethlehems Build Bridge
by Public Subscriptions
Bethlehem. Pa.. Oct. 9. Bethle
hem and South Bethlehem through
the enterprise of their citizens and the
, co-operation of the various corpora
tions and public utilities, will have a
new million-dollar viaduct, eliminat
ing grade crossings and providing a
quick, convenient passage for all man
ner of pedestrian and vehicular traffic.
The bridge campaign was much like
that of Harrisburg for its new hotel,
i in that it involves the expenditure of
a million dollars and the joint effort of
hundreds of its people. The work was
In charge of Archibald Johnson, vice
president of the Bethlehem Steel com
pany. who procured the pledge of the
various companies interested, includ
ing the Schwab properties, to give
$750,000 while private subscriptions
made up the balance.
When the counting up of the final
l contributions and surprise gifts to the
j hill-to-hill bridge project across the
, Lehigh River was completed to-day it
wa3 found that the sum reached near
ly $650,000. The sum of $250,000 was
the original amount it was planned .to
i raise.
Among the surprise donations was
one of $50,000 from C. M. Schwab per
sonally. SIOO,OOO from the Lehigh Val
ley Transit Company and $200,000
from the Bethlehem Steel Company.
a letter accompanying the latter
gift it was stated that if the money
was not needed for the proposed new
bridge it was to be evenly divided
among the two cities to be used for
street improvements.
OPEN" • JIT" BALLOT BIDS
F.ids for supplying the necessary
ballots on the jitney problem to be
voted upon at the November election
were received to-day by City Clerk
Charles A. Miller and will be opened
by Council to-morrow. The Telegraph.
Star-Independent and Aughinbaugh
Press were the bidders.
COFFEE RISES
New York, Oct. 9. —The advance in
I insurance rates for ocean traffic be
tween this country and South America
was followed by a rise of 12 to 20
points in the coffee market at to-day's
opening.
\/ZA£MADMWS 1
P.R.R. Y.M.C.A.TO
ENTER CAMPAIGN
.
Seek Locally 200 New Mem
bers, and 30,000 For the
United States
* Throughout the Vnited States, start
ing November U and ending November i
J4, a vigorous campaign will be waged
for an Increase In membership in
Railroad Christian Associations. The
slogan is "30,000 more members." The
present membership in the United States
is 90.000.
Harrisburg will be prominent in this i
campaign. General Secretary Frank
H. Gregory, of the P. R. R. Y. M. C. A.,
was In Pittsburgh Saturday attending
a conference, at which plans for the i
'campaign were discussed. He will an-!
nounce his campaign committee this |
week.
The local workers expect to sign up • 9
not less than 200 members. The com- H
L mittee will be divided into groups. B
There will be night and day forces n
working. Reports will be made every! J
day at noon and before closing hour; g
at the Association at night. Interest- I
ing features will be Introduced during ; B
the campaign and tliere tviil be a lively I
competition for a record iitvadding new 0
names.
Standing oi the Crews
Philadelphia Division—l 27 crew first
to go after 3:30 p. ill.; 126. 117, 101. 121.
Engineer for 121.
Fireman for 126.
Conductor for 126.
Flagman for 127.
Enginers up: Gelir. Keane, Sim- !
mons, C. Albright, Strecper, Maxwell.
Sellers. Layman. Wenrick. Dolby, Hog
entogler. Baldwin. Grass. McGuire, Hub
! ler. Gray, Tennant.
Firemen up: Cook. Brown. Walkage.
Dietrich, Zoll. Welsh. Hoffman. Bry-i
messer, Hepner. Cover. Kungle. Swank. *
Paul. Miller. Killian. Walker, Shimp.
Conductor up: Looker.
Flagmen up: Martin. Hartman.
Brakemen up: Crosby. Beale, Kimber
ling, W. D. T. Smith
Middle Dltlxlon—22 crew first to go
after 5:30 p. in.: 25. 23, IS. 15. 21. 27.
Two Altoona crews to come in.
Preference: 11.
Engineer for 22.
Firemen for IS. 15. 11.
Flagmen for 15. 27.
Brakeman for IS.
Engineers up: Leppard. Xickles.
Firemen up: Markle. Pensyl, How
ard. Jr., Hortman, Crone. Rumberger, i
Trout. I
Brakemen up: McXaight, Kraft,
Sebelist, Powell, S. Schmidt. Kecd. Geo- .
i hard, Yohn. Beers, Henry, WngU ,
Folta. Lenhart. D. L. Sweger.
| Oy ;kk9 YaldK Y dWfzhqoffGs-r
! Yard Crews-
Engineers for 6. third S. 16. second 22 >fl
(first 24. second 24. third 24, 4S. 64
Firemen for 16, second 22. third 24.'fl
j 36, 52, 56. 60.
i Engineers up: Hoyler, Beck, Harter, ' 8
| Biever. Blosser, Malaby. Rodgers, Sny- B
der, Loy, Eeiby, Fulton. Fells, McMor- I
ris, McDonnell. Runkle. Wise.
! Firemen up. Dougnerty. Evde. £w- i I
ing, Hitj. .PeifTer. Snell, Jr., Fleisher. H
• Blottenberger. Weigie. Burger, Wagner, |
Richter. Keiser, Ferguson.
EXOI.A SIDE
Philadelphia Division—2l9 crew first
to go after 3:45 p. m.: 225, 222, 207, 203 i
243.
Firemen for 222, 203.
Middle Dit*io—ll3 crew first to go
after 3:30 p. m.: 112.
Engineer for 112.
Fireman for 113.
Conductor for 112
Brakemen for 113. 112.
\ard Crew*—To go after 4 p. m.: j
Engineers for second 108, 12S.
Firemen for 128, 134.
Engineers up: Rider. Hill. Boyer. An
spach. Kling. Turner, Reese. Kepford.
Firemen up: Bickhart Liddick. L C.
Hall, Hinkle. Sellers. Clark. Brown. C.
H. Hall. Eichelberger, Smith.
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This Is the Birthday
Anniversary of — j |
A9V jj
Jj gfc
FRANK H. GREGORY
He is general secretary of the P. R 'fl
R. Y. M. C. A., and is known in railroad I Jj
; work from coast to coast. He made flj
I the local association what it is to-daj;. I Jj
and is a hard worker for the cause of j!
Christianity.
CHIEF CI.ERK DEN KHKY RETI'RXS fi
William R. Denehey, chief clerk in rtj
the office of Superintendent William j 9
B. McCaleb. of.the Philadelphia division, 'jj
jPennsyvania raftroad, with Mrs. Dene- ; fj
| hey, returned iast night from a trip j |
west. Mr. and Mrs. Denehey were away H
three weeks, during which time they ™
visited friends and relatives in Chicago, fl
Muscatine and Ida Grove, lowa, who fl
have been quite successful In farming 3
and other business enterprises.
CLERKS HOLD CELEBRATION
Members of the Lucknow Shops'| ■
Clerks' Athletic Association held their fl
annual banquet at Hotel Rossmere. B
I incaster. Saturday. The toastmaster ?
was E. W. McClaln. Addresses were 19
made by E. Z. Gross, Charles Gelsking, W
G. W. Cromleigh, John Norton and J. i jfl
D. Reese. Officers elected were:
President, A. S. Meyer ;vie president, fl
|C. E. Grey; secretary,V. J. Huntsberger; fl
' treasurer, A. N. Young and manager F. I B
! S. Marshall. Field sports were indulged : $
|in during the afternoon. Manager F. S. i B
i Marshall won the prize for making the j a
j best time around the bases; J. E. Irwin
'won the long distance throw; L. E. Gar- ■
verlch low distance hitting; and C. I
A. Bobb for accurate throwing.
WINGS HIS THIRTIETH 'PLANE !
Berlin, Oct. 9. Army headquart- |
ers reports that five aeroplanes were :
shot down by the Germans on the
Somme yesterday in aerial engage- J
ments or by antiaircraft guns. Cap- I
tain Boelkc put bis thirtieth opponent
out of action.
I>EIIC.\TES ORGAX
The Rev. A. E. Hangen, pastor of!
Park Street Evangelical Church yes- i
terday preached the organ dedicatory
sermon at the Evangelical Church at S
Pottsville. He was a former pastor'l
of that congregation.
"ARRIABURG TELEGRAPH
This . girl's life could be made ! TPTIT-Fjsl
< %
This young lady Is welcomed w\tU /Jl
„, . , everywhere. She plays the Piano , \\~ (/ JtoxM}'
The doors of society ire closed-* nicely and sings will. , L \\V 111 -fflftSiV'
she cannot play. • v ♦
Fathers and Mothers
n^™X? I ££r"^ RE V YOU DOING FOR THAT BOY OP YOURS? IS HE GOING TO GE A PROFESSIONAL MAN OR A DITfW ninorp')
DIGOERS . BUT YOUR BOY NEED NOT BE ONE. THIS IS UP TO YOU. TAKE THE FIRST STEP
CONSOLIDATED PIANO FACTORY SELECT A YOufBOY ON' "JS
This Greatest of All Piano Sales at ( su"r£ L S4 I Sf?ian J fco. ) Will Make Scores of Homes and Hundreds of Lives Brighter
H. M Edridge, Jr. (winter piano co.) 23 N. Fourth St., Harrisburg, Pa.
Break All Bargain Records-Several Big Specials
HHi . * ' ~*
r, h /,A This Trt Brand new Bam- ,f?I !
3?bß i, iv X O P'> Piano. Must *<sl.
WHS Loo" at "his take pJM
ill 83 *> WD - Player 30TO . -; |l
HrfSl H,™ is a Piano ... Ev f ry merchant scours the country for the best values obtain- _ 1
'fell <iscd less than able - Usually Piano valueg are staple and only in exceptional cases stv^Moholr 1 fl
wSJI ® months, Solit are discounts afforded. But in this unheard-of sale the discounts are any case Reg- *is|j
P2I hre s ind *T 80 great and tbo opportunity so exceptional that we could not resist ular $275. Now
'IS the temptation to take the buying public into our confidence and al- _ % : t£
l%f A"lft low them to share in the fruits of our great, good fortune. This !Ifl f" Ml
R All \'l / opportunity was not thrown at us. It took careful management. , kTH
l} I / ° nl >" the mere fact of our great financial strength and our old es- UUU
;£: | ▼ ' tablished name caused us to be considered as one of the distributors . I
■ 1 I r2 Down. of this colossal factory outpouring. A sale of this kind will n&ver , Down,
iff I 51 w#ekly - again be attempted in this century. This sale will go down In his- 91 w **"* E ; gji
S'J I tory as being the most seasational value-giving Piano Sale of the I^ii
century. r , fl.SfrlL
'| ' *-* reputation
|acHBBaaHHM| Shop word sarn-
I>*l I Hr. i><->*>/- _ pie Piano, worth *
Cash Buyers i
I r'?J I men on an lav- •/ „ gg
I er. Worth at . , .... _ #S;
3f M I least 5250. Now The mere fact that we have unlimited resources does not signify S6O "$■
i 1 $55 t ' ,at we are not anx i° us to sell Pianos for cash. We want every dol- 81 Down.
I !?1 :30wr '- •* ar °' at we can P oßsibl y la.V our hands on and we will cut 51 Weekly. J \lm\
# l ! 4 J | Si Weekly. deeply into the price of any Piano to get the cash. I^l
Time Piano Buyers !
*-' I Come here to this sale. Bring along the whole family; bring along
' mWl^l^ : ' > *'■> an -' mus ' ca l friend or acquaintance; select ativ Piano in the store, afej
You cannot jiOKßibly make a mistake at these pirces. A five-year-ohl
than'the shrewdest buyer in the state could get in any liouse.
. For the sake of argument, let us assume that intend to buy a
_ - —"*• ''*•-'£%?*4 Piano in the near future. Suppose that you can actually save from
I i ' fa 1 ' SIOO to $l5O now. You would naturally want to do it. WELL, " n
IS J'l FREIGHT PAID HOW ARE y6v Golxft TO FIND OUT UNLESS YOU CALL, „ „ CAOErc , II llf
I a lj FREIGHT PAID nKREt COME TO-NIGHT OR TO-MORROW. PAID OUT OF || VI
* !l If TO fNY POINT ■ TOWN BUYERS |J 11
,S, HOWARD M. ELDRIDGE, Jr., gS
PO Hi Successor to Winter Piano Co.
OCTOBER 9,1916.