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Adam H. Shreiner, Long a
Nurseryman, Dies at 78
Adam'H. Shreiner, 78, died yester-|
day, following several strokes of apo-;
jilexy. He was the father of George i
A. Shreiner, State Superintendent of;
Public Grounds and Buildings, and
wuls widely known as a nurseryman.
Me has .the unique distinction of
having planted more trees in Har
risburg than any other man.
Ho suffered several strokes re-1
cently but these were very mild. Thej
Jast occurred about a week ago,
causing him to fall and he failed to
rally.
Funeral services will be held &t
the home of Superintendent Shrein- |
er, Seventeenth and Forster streets,
Yoii Little To
Have Us Do Washing
Send your washing to tlic CITY STAIt LAUNDRY.
In three days or loss, we will return it, sweet, clean,
and wholesome.
Our charge is so reasonable that it does not pay to
do home washing with all the bother and waste and
flurry.
Think this over—then give us a trial.
Write or phone. One of our 1! wagons will eall
immediately.
City Star Laundry
1005 X. SIXTH STREET
Both Phones
Quality Highest Always||HlHHHHHßHii
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Greatest Coat Values Ever
Offered at The
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Never at this time of the year were beautiful style offerings so
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$1 0.75 $14.75 $19.75
I, A DIES' BAZA Alt OWN SPIiEXPID VALUES WE R E
to to to to to
$14.75 $19.75 $27.75 $32.75 $44.75
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Oxfords Velours Smartest YVool Velour Silvertone
Wool Fur Collar Models p-. r. r pv Hudson
Flush Lined Esquinette T . ' ' Collar
Finely Thruout Plush Jnc and Cuffs
Tailored Beautiful Pompoms lhruout Beautiful
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Models Model Fur Collars Models Silk Lining
All colors —Sizes 14 to 51, but not in every style
Beautiful Advance
will add a charming zest to your "Yuletide Calling."
In tine French Serges, Satins, Charmeuse, Georgette, Crepe de Chines
and Velveteens. The prices are moderate—
s7.7s, $12.75, $14.75, $10.75, $19.75 to $24.75
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Charmingly Pretty Yuletide Blouses
Just received. They tell their own eloquent story.
Crepe-de-Chines—Georgettes—Satins—
sl.9s $2.85 $3.85 $4.75 $5.75 $6.75 $12.75
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FRIDAY EVENING, ' HARRISBURG trftijft? TELEGRAPH DECEMBER 14, 1917.
Monday afternoon at 2 o'clock. Pri
| vate burial will be made in the
j Harrisburg Cfemetery.
j Mr. Shreiner was born In Lancas-
tor county, and engaged in the nur
sery business there until he moved
to Harrisburg in 1880. He was a
great lover of plants, trees and
shrubs, and was known by many
people of the city for whom he plant
ed llowers and trees. Since the dealh
of his wife several years ago, nc
has made his home lyith his chil
dren.
Surviving are four sons: Superin
tendent Shreiner, Cyrus H. Shreiner,
of Scranton; Francis H Shreiner, of
New York, and Harry B. Shreiner, of
this city, instructor at Technical
High school, and two daughters. Mrs,
M. A. Bacon, 501 North Front street,
and Mrs. C. M. Goodyear, 208 North
Fourteenth street, city.
COUNTY URGED TO
EXHIBIT PRODUCE
\ .
County Farm Agent Tells the
Farmers of Value of
State Show
By H. G.
(County Farm Agent.)
With the recent announcement of
the State Farm Product Show, to be
held on January 22, 23 and 24 in the
city of Harrisburg, comes a challenge
to all farmers of Dauphin county.
This show, as In previous years,
will be held under the auspices of
the different farm product associa
tions, in co-operation with the Penn
sylvania Department of Agriculture.
You are a part of this Common
wealth, and are looked upon to help
the farm exhibit along the various
lines of farm products.
Dauphin county up to the present
time has had few community or
township shows, which have a ten
dency to prepare for a big central
show. Therefore, it is up to us to
work so much the harder to bring
the products of our county before
I the eyes of the other people of the
state. •
Begiti right now to select samples
of corn, potatoes, vegetables, fruits,
etc.
A "new and most Important addition
to the state show this year will be
an exhibit of dressed poultry and
I poultry products. Here is a chance
1 for all our county's progressive and
| energetic farmers to get in line. We
| have a splendid chance to offer the
Vinest exhibit of this kind in the
state.
Don't wait for the'other fellow, but
start right rjow to get your birds in
good condition for killing at that
time. The principal feature which
we want Is xitlltiy stock rather than
fancy stock. t
With the recent announcement of
the meatless dayß by our food admin
istration comes an enormous demand
for poultry and its products.
Let us get right on the job, farm
ers. and ptan for a good Dauphin
county exhibit of all farm products.
Your farm bureau is right back of
you and wants to help you whenever
possible.
SOCIAL
JUNIOR AID TO
FILL STOCKINGS
Nearly 300 Children Are As
sured of a Happy Christ
mas Through Gifts
The Junior Aid Society members I
are busy these days—buying gifts!
and iilling stockings for the 279 poor|
children of the city with whom they!
are in a measure sharing the joys of!
Christmas—as well as planning for I
their'holiday dance to be held ill!
the Civic Club, Saturday evening, De
cember 29.
TJie Junior Aids are providing I
gifts or stockings filled with nuts,
candies and tops for 279 fchildren,
all under the care of the Associated
Charities, which has placed them in
various homes and sanatorium?.
Among these children, whose ages
range from 6 months to 21 years, are!
cripples, feeble-minded, deaf and'
dumb and tubercular, although pome!
arc perfectly well and strong. The 1
stockings must be filled and the
gifts ready for contribution by
Thursday, December 20, when jthev
will be given to Mrs. Francis J. Ilall,
who will distribute them.
The committee in charge of the
gift-giving for the poor children in
cludes: Miss Lydla Kunkel, chair-'
man; Miss Eliza Bailey, Miss Ce-'
cilia Kunkel and Miss Winifred Mey
ers. •
To Give Dance
The tickets for the dance, dur
ing the holidays, have been printed
and may be secured from Miss An
nette Alger Bailey, the president, or
any of the members.
The chairmen of the various com
mittees in charge of the dance are:
Miss Alice Lescure, Flower com
mittee; Miss Mary Hale, refresh
ment committee; and Miss Alice
Bentley, smoke committee. ,
The proceeds of the dance will be
used to further the work of the so
ciety along their numerous channels
of service.
Tribute Paid to Memory
of Thomas M. Jones
A sincere tribute to the memory
of Thomas M. Jones, the distinguish
ed newspaperman who died here re
ently was paid last night by the Dau
phin County Historical Society at its
regular monthly meeting. "Colonel"
Jones, as those who knew him well,
used to call him, had a mind richly
stored with the history of Penn
sylvania and his death is a great loss
to his friends in this society. Theo
dore B. .Kline, the president, not be
ing able to appear, a set of resolu
tions were read by Abram Forten
baugh, who presided.
A gift greatly appreciated by the
members- came from Thomas D.
Wierman in the shape of pictures
showing the Peter Allen house near
Speeceville. Allen was one of the fa
mous pioneers of this locality, set
tling in this homestead in 1702. Re
cent improvements ordained the re
moval of the house so that these pic
tures will be the only visible remin
der of the landmark. The Rev. Dr.
George E. Hawes gave a brief talk
during the evening.
Police Keep Down Games
of Chance and Gambling
According to police heads the sit
uation in the city in regard to gamb
ling and the operation of games of
chance, is much better than it has
ever been before rt this time of the
year. A strict order was laid down by
Mayor Keister regarding the opera
tion of all gambling resorts, and po
lice report that houses which have
heretofore been notorious for their
operations, are unusually quiet this
year.'Raffling machines, punchboards
and other gambling devices have dis
appeared, but the police will continue
to keep a lookout for them.
MAN Y BOYS ATTEND
Y. M. C. A. ENTERTAINMENT
In spite of inclement weather, a
number of bo/s attended the first
boys entertainment given at the local
Y. M. C. A. last evening. Victrola
music and motion pictures made up
the program. The'entertainment was
the first of a series to be held during
the winter, for the boys who are
members and friends of the Y. M.
C. A. Admission is by ticket, which
can be procured without charge from
Arch H. Dinsmore, boys' work sec
retary of the association. Among
other entertainments to be given will
be one for members of the various
Hoy Si-out Troops, and another for
pupils at the continuation schools.
S. S. Miller Gets
Important Advance
fi. S. MILLER
S. S. Miller, who has offices in the
Telegraph bnilding, representing'
Bernhard Stern & Sons, Milwaukee,
manufacturers of Spearhead flour,
has been advanced to traveling sales
manager, lie will continue to make
Harrisburg his headquarters and
will handle the Middle. Eastern and
Southern states from here.
Mr. Miller is a resident of Camp
Hill, an organizer of the Salesman
ship Club and an officer of that or
ganization; He Is well known
throughout the territory he will
serve and Is an authority on wheat
and flour, having studied the mar
ket for years. His friends are offeV
ing congratulations on his promo
tion.
Mixed Nuts 4 Lbs. SI.CO
As usual, we have, besides the real
Jumbo Peanuts, a full line of Christ
mas Nuts. Our tisu..l guarantee of
freshness goes with them. Special
for Saturday, 4 lbs. of Mixed Nuts,
SI.OO. Imperial Tea Co., 213 Chest
nut St.—Adv.
VISITING NURSE
HOLDS MEETING
Charitable Organization Docs
Much Oood Among the
City's Sick
The annual meeting of the Visiting
Nurses' Association of Harrisburg,
was held yesterday at the Home, 1001
Front street, a prime object of the
gathering being to acquaint the gen r
eral public with the nature of this
benevolent work and to solicit its
continued aid. To this end Mrs. Har
vey Smith, secretary of the board of
directors, submitted a report giving
certain precise details concerning the
association's activities.
"It is our business to nurse the
sick," Mrs. Smith emphasized. "We
are not a charitable organization, a
dispenser of bounty. We know the
relative value of prevention and cure
and we are beginning to investigate
causes with such great results that
we gladly co-operate with the Civic
Club in waging war on tlies and in
improving housing conditions; with
the Pure Milk Society In furnishing
milk and Ice to babies in summer;
with the Associated Aids; with the
Sunshine Society, the Board of
Health and any and all agencies that
are working for the annihilation of
the ills of humanity." Mrs. Smith
gave high praise to Mrs. A. P. L.
Dull, founder of the association, to
Mrs. layman D. Gilbert, Mrs. J. V.
Kynders and to Miss Mary Miller, the
superintendent.
Miss Miller herself then gave a
definite statement of just what the
association accomplished in the last
year. She related:
"During the year there were 1,417
new patients, 8,617 nursing visits, 935
visits for investigation, 1,144 social
service visits, 178 instructive visits,
593' chikl welfare visits, 249 visits to
hospital and 15 visits to county house
were made, making a total of 11,731
visits.
"If we could but briefly describe
the work of the society from its rec
ords for the past year, we would note
the many sided work of the visiting
nurse in carrying out the objects of
the society in nursing the sick and
giving instruction in simple methods
of nursing and hygiene.
"Just a glimpse of some of the
kinds of visits—
"(a) (Hungarian family). Mother
and baby sick. Baby five weeks old —
fretful, emaciated, bowels in bad
condition, vomiting frequently. Nurse
gravo saline treatment, modified milk.
Gave Instructions for care. Baby
gained rapidly. Is now normal.
Nursed the mother to health. Family
responsive and eager to learn proper
living conditions in this country.
"(b) Tubercular home with bad
housing conditions. Mother a uremic
epileptic, placed in hospital during
confinement. Baby weighed four
pounds. On return, from the hospital.
Visiting Nurse Association supplied
clothing, Mellin's food, castor oil.
Pure (Milk Society supplied one pint
of milk daily. Baby still under' our
care. A marked improvement in
weight.
. "One boy .aged seven years was
taken from the home and placed on
a farm for two months.
"(c) A mother suffering from ver
nereal disease, had seven miscar
riages during the fifth and sixth
months. Syphilitic cases are most dif
ficult to manage. The new clinic for
vernereal diseases in the Harrisburg
Hospital will supply an urgent need.
Here Wasserman tests will be made.
The nurses will see that patients re
port to the hospital regularly. This
will help greatly in preventing in
fant blindness.
"Another advance movement in
prenatal work is provided for by The
Metropolitan Insurance Company.
The cases are reported by their
agents and are followed up by the
nurses, with friendly advice and in
struction In diet, care, prop
er exercise and hygiene."
"As we come to the close of the
year we are brought face to face
with conditions more serious than
have ever existed, in the world's his
tory. What is our part as the Visit
ing Nurse Association In helping to
solve the problems created by the
war? The problems are not liew
ones, but old problems Increased and
multiplied which mjm t>e met with
better directed work than ever if
we would at least maintain, if not
raise, the standard or public health
now and after the war. The- home,
the strength of the nation, is our
base for work. The visiting nurse
must be ready to do much preventive
work, through instructive visits.
"The prevalence of tuberculosis in
the Army and the increase which it
•>v.ll bring back to the homes should
be met with more vigilant and more
effective work for i'.s control. Con
stant instruction and emphasis in
the care and control of tuberculosis
must be given. "We must not relax
but increase our efforts.
"Public attention must be aroused
to these needs."
After an explanation by Mrs. E.
Z. Gross of how the association is
supported. Miss Nannie J. Gross,
treasurer, read the following report:
Balance on hand November 1,
1916, $472.64; cash from contribu
tors, $3,844.39; cash from pay pa
tients. $72 5.2 5; cash from Metro.,
$1,629.50; board from nurses, sl,-
058.40; registration of nurses, $3;
Pure Milk Society, $319; total, SB,-
0r.2.18.
Expenditures—Salaries, $4,158.61;
rent for N u| ' ses " bome, $540; tele
phones, $73.27; car tickets. $240;
printing and office supplies, $73.78;
repairs and furniture, $107.87; dry
t.oodn, nurses' cloaks and hats,
*23.15; household and general ev
penses, $2,072.43; Pure Milk Society,
$?04: total, $7,593.11. Balance on
hand November 1, 1917, $4i9.07.
Emergency fund and interest, sl,-
081. IP.
Mrs. John E. Fox, qf the Pure
Milk Society, then Rave an account
of the great work done by this char
ity, telling the 'number of babies
supplied at the two milk stations and
concluding with a plea that city and
county appropriate money to help in
this most essential charity.
The Girls' Aid Society, represented
bv Miss Julia Stamm, which is com
pered of thirty-live girls of prom
inent families, needs about SBOO to
continue its work in the coming >"*ar.
This guild furnishes medical and sur
gical supplies, garments for confine
ment cares and babies, malted milk
and many other accessories. The re
ceipts last year were $556.78 and
thfc disbursements $364.39.
The hoard of directors of the Vis
iting Nurses' Association under
whose guidance the work is going
forward, include: Mrs. Lyman D.
Gilbert, president; Mrs. Harvey F.
Smith, secretary; Mrs. E. Z. Bross,
treusurer; Mrs. William E. Bailey;
Mrs. B. F. Burns, Miss Mary Cam
eron, Mrs. W. Orville Hickok, 3rd,
Mrs. Paul Kunkel, Mrs. Henry B.
McCormlck, Mrs. Philip T. Meredith,
Mrs. Marlln E. Olmsted, Mrs. Leslie
McCreath and Mrs, Berne H. Evans.
Contributions of any amount are
acceptable and should bo sent to
Mrs. E. Z. Gross, 23 North Front
street.
U.S. TOBACCO
HIGHLY PRIZED
IN THE TRENCHES
Yanks Can't Do Without
Smokes While Serving
in France
PAY YOUR DRBT TO " SAMMY!
You.can't wield a saber,
You can't fire the guns,
lou can't raid the,trenches
And bomb invading? Huns!
You CAN send tobacco.
You can cheer the chap
Giving blood to keep you
Safe upon the map!
Sammy s wet and hungry;
♦ Say, It's not a joke—
Standing in the trenches
Longing to- a smoke.
He is stopping bullets
... Meant for you-and yet
All he asks In pa\rn"nt
Is a clgaret!
fcammy guards your comforts—
Help hint in his fight!
Give a hunirod dollrvs.
Give a "widow .1 mite"
Furnish him the "makln's"!
YOU give is small
in mind that
SAMMY GIVES HIS ALL!"
Dear Boys:" writes a corporal
with the American expedition in
i' ranee, "Your boxes of cigars sent
to our camp over hero arrived to-day
and I happened to get a box, and
believe me, when X was surprised
to see your names in it. It shook me
lip a bit to read my old pal's name,
Tom Raily, manager in chief of the
old Sixth street cigar emporium. But
those cigars—say, didn't they taste
fine! Made you think of home, al
right. The few I tried over here
were j?o cheap and punk that I quit
smoking entirely until your lot of
the real thing reached us. I also
got a pack of cigarets from Jack.
They're so precious that I only hand
one around on a Sunday. The old
town must be pretty busy now. I bet
all the boys are copping out our best
girls while we're over here. Well,
that Is the fortunes of war. Far as
I a mconcerned, if I got a box of
those cigars occasionally I wouldn't
care who stole my best girl. It's
funny how much you miss a thing
when you can't get It. When it is
always before you you don't appreci
ate it. That's the way it is with me
on the tobacco stuff."
Mother of U-Boat Victim
Joins Red Cross to Help
Philadelphia, Dec. 14. —Her son a
victim of the German U-boat that
torpedoed the United States destroyer
Jacob Jones last' Thursday, Mrs. Wil
liam Laskowski, 1150 Haddon avenue,
Camden, yesterday went to Red Cross
headquarters and purchased member
ships in that organization for the boy
and herself. She is a woman of Ger
man birth.
The girl in the headquarters was
about to hand the memberships to
Mrs. when the woman be
gan to weep. She told how the death
of her son, known in the Navy as
A Sensible Egg Substitute
A 25c can of '"Egg-Sub" is equal
to 3 dozen of fresh eggs and it gives
the same . results. For economy's
sake, it is worthy of a trial. Sold
and guaranteed In Harrisburg by the
Imperial Tea Co., 213 Chestnut St.
Adv.
Columbia Grafonola /f§j\
:|gH|| and Columbia Records
" I i|ifl 11 Walk in and look at them See
1 \ill I'ifilliiil $j 1 iem
f|§ >! wa y to tell if you have a doubt as to
which type of instrument you want,
or what kind of finish you prefer.
You will find ample opportunity to
decide from our carload of Columbia Grafonolas, rang
ing in price from $lB to $250. You can arrange how the
payments will be made.
Complete Line of the Latest Records
Xmas —Special—Xmas
Telephone Stand, finished in f imed oak. Just the C* Ino IJ J!j|| •
thing. Come in and See Thc::i. Only vl %Z/0 (□ | fll
JjHfcf < Visit Our Toy Department
Doll Carriages $3.48 to $10.98
Automobiles $5.00 up to $15.00
MSs Tool Chests, Friction Engines, Pushmobiles
and Small Toys
Furniture & Carpets
Parlor, Suits, $25 to $350 —Dining Room Suites, SB6 to $350 —Bed
Room Suites, $36 to $275 —Davenports, Easy Chairs,
Brass Beds, Etc.
m..8. HANDLER & CO.
The Reliable Furniture Store
1212 North Third Street
Open Every Evening Beginning Saturday
William F. Ltaskon, had brought the
war "right Into her home."
My husband and I have sacrificed
In order to buy Liberty bonds and we
have given a son, but we felt that we
were obligated also to Join the Red
Cross.- she said. "When I think of
those boys struggling in the cold
waters of the Atlantic after their
ship had been torpedoed, I realize
what the Red Cross means. Tender
ness and mercy it gives at a time
| Witmer, Bair and Witmer I
| Walnut, Near Second
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IYour Heart and a Dollar" Xmas Checks From Any B
a For the Red Cross. Bank Cheerfully Cashed. I
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|| $31.a0 Pom Pom Coats, full $39.75 Pom Pom Coats, full |
q lined, raised waist line, taupe, silk lined, plaited back in 0
| brown, Pekin, reindeer and black, taupe, green and fil
I green $25.00 brown $31.50 HI
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25 Odd Coats taken from j 25c Choice Suits taken from [j]
| our regular stock, in navy, our regular stock Oxford, H
y green, brown, tan, plum, beet- brown, navy, green and black |
I root majority full silk lined —all silk lined—former prices R]
—original price $25.00. Spe- $23.50, $24.50 and $25.00. Spe- ft
a cial $17.50 and $18.75 cial $18.50 |
i I $3Q.75 ' \ I
j | Our Entire Stock of High Grade Suits—plain l\ I
| and fur trimmed Coats—wonderful values as \\ I
j | high as $69.75. Your choice,
1 I $39.75 . ji |
j] ' m
| $16.75 navy and black I $12.50 heavy, velour Coats, 1
Be Serge Suits hcaVv satin • , . o
lined sizes 16 to 42. Spe- navy ' green and hrown ~ §
c ' a ' $12.501 velvet collar. Special. .$9.75 ra
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S |! Furs Make an Ideal Christmas Present Ij |
|jj Taupe Animal Neck Pieces— v ij 1
S || $18.75, $25.00, $27.50, $29.50, $33.50, ij |
!; $35.00, $37.50, $39.75 TO $44.50 jj j
|jj Taupe Fox Sets—s7s.oo, $85.00, $95.00 to $125 || |
j j| Hudson Seal Muffs and Scarfs and many other |j I
j odd Fur Neck Pieces, Beaver, Kolinsky, Etc. ij j
Ij ! SI
| Witmer, Bair and Witmer |
1 Gl ' Q '——in Q E
Jlgfy A Man's Gift From a Man's Store X SfiL
w Wm. Strouse M
when only bitterness and hatred are
supposed to exist.
"Nothing," of course," Mrs. LA
kowski continued, "can repay us tor
the loss of William, but we feel that
by identifying ourselves with the Red
Cross and buying as many Liberty
bonds as we can afford we will help
to make possible the thing for which
our boy died, and I hope that every
mother in the United States, whether
her boy is in the war or not, will
Join the lied Cross."