Real Estate |
FURNISHED BOOMS AND
BOARDING
FOR RENT Furnished rooms and
boarding by meal, day or week. Ap
ply 1001 NV Second St.. corner Boas and
Second streets.
REAL ESTATE FOR SALE OR BENT
HOUSES FOR RENT and 2%-story
dwelling houses for sale. Elder Real
Kstaa^COj^S4than^Derrj^Sts^^^^^
REAL ESTATE FOR RENT.
FOR RENT—IVi-story frame dwelling
with Improvements, for colored peo
ple only. 1130 N. Front St. Apply 226
Chestnut St.
FOR RENT—B-room residence. No. 1901
Green St., corner of Muench. Porch,
closet, heater, range: possession No
vember Ist. Call Bell phone 3048U
NO. 1619 MARKET-ST.—Very desirable
three-room apartment, second floor;
heat and light included; all Improve
ments. Rent $16.00. Inquire at lljJ3
Park St.
FOR RENT—
-1330 Derry St. Ist floor apt.,. .$40.00
1317 Derry St., 2d floor apt $35.00
131K Market St., 3rd floor apt., $28.00
1247 Mulberry, Id floor apt., ..$28.00
2336 Derry St., new house $25.00
11*04 Holly street $25.00
1210 Berryhill St., house $22.50
1447 & 1443 Berryhill. houses, ..$22.50
1216 Market St.. apt., $22.50
2338 Ellersly St. *18.50
2110 Derry St SIS.OO
1315 Thompson St $ll.OO
HARVEY T. SMITH, 204 S. 13th S'..
FOR RENT —All improve
ments—
-1614 Catherine, $16.00
1509 Naudain $17.00
Apply Kuhn & Hershey,
18 South Third street.
ROOMS WANTED
WANTED—A very small room for stor
age of bed room suit. Address M. G,
■"971. care Star-Independent.
BOARDERS WANTED
WOULD take two good men to room
and board, in private family of three
adults. 240 N. Fourteenth.
WANTED—A few good boarders, coun
try meals; all improvements; good
home for good people; rates low. Ap-
REAL ESTATE FOR SALE.
FOR SALE—Three great bargains:
Green street house, vacant. Brick
house. Reservoir Park section. A good
Investment house up town. D. E.
BRIGHTBILL, Both phones, 2 N. Court
street.
FOR SALE—CoaI, flour and feed busi
ness: in good suburban town with
ten-cent fare limit from Ha'rrisburg.
Price $2,000. BRI .VTOX-PACKER CO.,
Second and Walnut Sts.
ACRES (2 IS I ACRES
(Shape) of (square) two farms Join
ing each other (100 and 118) making
together (218) acres, at only (51;»» an
acre. Possession at once. Terms ($500)
cash ($1000) more January and balance
(easy payments). Good Buildings and
painted valued alone ($3600). Stone
i spring) house and meadows. (40) acres
thrifty woodland. (2) Orchards. Handy
to Trolley. Railroad and (3) mile to
Market (10.000) people. Great oppor
tunity for man with (large) family at
(Half Price).
FARMS (404) FARMS
(Money) Business (Railroads) work
on schedule. Owing to large practice
(office) is forced to use same plan. Have
(104) farms for sale Seranton to Har
risburg and ila/Aeton (Pottsvilie) to
Williamsport. Advertise in (70) papers.
Make (I to 6) trips daily, using (2) au
tomobiles. Time (is) money. Corre
spondence by mail Is slow and many
come after sale. For quick informa
tion use telephones, special hours (7 to
8) mornings and evenings. Bell 11-R
(and) United 140-E.
ACRES (70) ACRES
(Ideal Location) on State Road be
tween large markets (2) mile to rail
road station, handy to schools, churches,
stores. (70 * acres only ($3200) spot
i ash or ($3300) half off time. Cozy
Brick Home, double porch (54) feet
long (8) wide, large window panes and
(new) metal roof. Large Bank Barn,
new hog pen, water at all buildings,
two fruit orchards, land like a floor,
loam soil creek and fine meadow. Handy
to good neighbors at Cross Roads and
means a great (bargain),
GEO. B. OST RANDER,
Danville Phone Hours Suntury
7 to 8 Morning and Evening
FOR SALE—Three story building, at
Enhaut, along trolley line; cost to
build. $3,000. Can be changed into three
dwelling houses at little expense. Price,
$2,200.00 Very easy terms. Inquire at
East End Bank.
ACTIVE business for sale. Restaurant,
confectionery, soda and ice cream
business; also a small line of fresh gro
ceries. Near P. R. R. station in small
town. BELL REALTY CO., Bergner
Building.
$2,700 WILL BUY two Regina street
houses; frames; yielding $25.00 per
month; lot -5x125; drive alley on rear; I
near Fourteenth St. BELL REALTY
CO.. Bergner Building.
$2,050 WILL BUY a 214-story frame
house on Tentii St.: 7 rooms and bath;
electric light: lot 20x90; stable on rear.
BELL. REALTY CO., Bergner Building.
FARM in Lower Paxton township: 7
miles from Harrisburg, one mile from
Jonestown road; 147 acres; brick house,
good barn, wood lot, etc.; now tenant
ed by John Lytle; easy terms. Estate
of W. K. Alricks, Dauphin Deposit
Trust Co., Executor.
1 FOR SALE— 2I4B N. Fifth St.; 3-story i
brick; 8 rooms; all conveniences; j
reasonable terms. For information ap
ply P. V. MINTER, Harrisburg Trust
Co.
FOR SALE—Nos. 1107 and 1109 Plura
street; two 2'.j-story frame dwell
ings; water in kitchen, $3,000. C. H.
St.
FARMS LANDS—FLORIDA
IDEAL time to buy Florida property.
Are you coming'.' Will pay you to
write me now. Rufus A. Russell, Jack- !
sonvillc. Florida. ;
FARM LANDS—MISSOURI
POULTRY FARMS, strawberry farms,
grape farms, tomato farms in tli e
mild climate of Sunny South Missouri
are all very profitable. $250 for ten
acres good land: $5 monthly. I.ite-a
ture free. Merriam, Ellis, Benton, 322
Victor Bldg., Kansas City, Mo.
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FOR SAI.E
2236 N. Second St.
I.ot 3.~>i 110 Ft,
Three-story brick and stucco
dwelling with ten rooms, bath, steam
heat, cemented cellar with hot and
cold water, closet and laundry;
front bay window on second floor
front porch and balcony.
The property in in flrnt-flna. r »n.
dttion.
MILLER BROS. NEEFE
lEAL ESTATE
Fire Insurance Surety Bonds
Locust and Court Streets
Real Estate
I
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FARMS TOR SALE
I' A IIMS FOR SALE—
-45 Acres —I'.j miles north of Llngles
town; frame buildings: variety of fruit;
prife $4,500.00.
23 Acres — 1H miles southeast of Mid
dletown; Rood frame buildings; iron
stone soil; price $3,100.00.
70 Acres —2 miles west of Goldsboro;
frame buildings; 15 acres tlmberland;
well and spring; price $3,000.00.
B>R INTON-PACKER CO., Second and
Walnut Streets.
FURNISHED ROOMS FOR BENT.
NICE furnished room for rent. Call or
address 1614 N. Third street.
LARGE, well furnished rooms for rent.
finest location In city; all conven
iences. 209 State St. Bell phone 1543 L
FOR RENT—Two furnished rooms,
suitable for light housekeeping; all
conveniences. Call 1410 Market St.
FARM LANDS FOR SALE
SMALL MISSOURI FARM— SS.OO cash
and $5.00 monthly; no interest or
taxes; highly productive land. Close
to three big markets. Write for pho
tographs and full information. Hunger,
1, 115, X. Y. Life Bids., Kansas City.
rjo.
APARTMENTS FOR RENT
NEW unfurnished apartments for rent;
live rooms apd bath, with large porch
in rear; best of improvements; all hard
wood floors. Apply 1465 Market St.
A. U SNYDER.
Miscellaneous
FURNITURE PACKINO
PACKING—A. H. SHRENK, 1906 North
Sixth street, first class packer of fur
niture, china and bricabrac. Bell phone
29 SW,
I W. J. WENRICH, 339 Hamilton street-
Furniture, china and piano packing.
Shipments looked after at both ends.
I Also all kinds of hauling. Bell phone
OLD COINS WANTED
OLD COIN'S WANT lOH SIOO pai.l f«>r
i dime IS9! S mint; $75 for trade dol
lar 18S4. Cash premiums paid for rare
coins to 1909. Send 4c; get our large
coin circular. It may mean much protit
to you. Send now. Numismatic Bank,
Dept. 10. Kt. Worth. Tex.
MISCELLANEOUS
NOTlCE—Having withdrew as a mem
ber of the McCleaster Paving Co. on
August 1, 1914, 1 am in position to han
dle concrete work in all branches.
ROBERT A. McCLE ASTER.
OLD GOLD AND SILVER
! HIGHEST CASH PRICES PAID for old
gold, silver, watches, and jewelry.
I JOSEPH D. HRENNER, Jeweler, 1 N.
Third street,
MISCELLANEOUS WANTS.
ATTENTION—We will pay' SI,OOO re
ward if our home butter merger fails
to merge one pint of milk into one
pound of butter in two minutes, sweeter
than creamery butter. Demonstrators
and general agents wanted. Salary or
commission. Write for illustrated cir
culars and addresses of 1,000 users.
Wonderful indention." Family Butter
Merger Co., Washington, D. C.
WANTED TO EUT
WANTED—To buy several thousand
I dollars worth of jrood stocks, prefer
jably P. R. R. and il arrif;buig Railways.
Quote prices and give number of shares.
I Address W. E. K., 396!), oare Star-ln
dependent.
FEATHERS RENOVATING
!WE ARE now renovating feathers,
making pillows and folding feather
mattresses at Tenth and Paxtun streets,
13. J. CAMPBELL.
PERSONAL.
LADIES—When delayed or Irregular.
use Triumph Pills; always depend
able. "Relief" and particulars free.
Write National Medical Institute, Mil
j waukee. Wis.
! MONEY TO LOAN
MOST MONEY loaned en diamonds,
| watches, jewelry, guns, revolvers.
I musical instruments, etc. Bargains in
I unredeemed pledges. CITY LOAN OF
FICE, 411 Market St., next to United
[ Cigar Store.
i $5.00 TO $50.00 on your plain note, to
any person holding a salaried posi
tion, all transaction strictly conhden
t tial. Employees' Discount Co., 36 N.
| Third St., second lloor.
LOANS—SS co S2OO for honest working
people without bank credit at leas
than legal rates; payable In install
ments to suit borrowers' convenience.
CO-OPERATIVE
Loan and Investment Co..
204 Chestnut St.
ALL KINDS OF HAULING
ALL kinds of hauling; large two-ton
truck, furniture, pianos, freight. In
the city and suburbs. Prices reason
able. Picnic and pleasure crips, uay or
evening. VV M. ii. DAKE, 14u3 Vernon
tit. Bell phone 3517 J.
STORAGE
STORAGE in 3-story brick building.
rear 408 Market St. Household goods
in clean, private rooms. rteasunaole
lates. Apply to P. U. DIENEK, Jeweler.
4uS Market St.
HARRISBURG STORAGE CO. Two
large brick warehouses, built ex
pressly for Storage. Private rooms for
household goods and unexcelled facil
ities for Storing all kinds of merchan-
ow storage rates. South St. and
■ ,
Lost and Found
_ FOUND
FOUND— The home of reliable work for
particular people at EGGJSRTS St earn
Dyeing and French Cleaning: Works,
1-45 Market .St. Call either phone, we ll
do the rest.
LOST
LOST—Single oarerl boat, painted red
and brown; reward if returned to
White House club. Inquire for EL).
BROWN.
IX>ST—Large sum of money on Vaughn
.street, Riverside, or in the alley
south of ro mof brick houses; suitable j
reward if returned to 323G N. Sixth
street, I
HARRTSBITft'G" STAR-INDEPENDENT, SATURDAY EVENING. OCTOBER 24, 1914.
I Wants
HELP WANTED—MALE.
WANTED—A good reliable married
man for established tea and coffee
route. One who can furnish a bond
and good reference. Apply GRAND
UNION TEA CO., 208 N. Second St.
$2,500 ANNUALLY —Co-operate with me
evenings at home; everything fur
nished. Don't worry about capital.
Boyd H. Brown, Omaha, Nebr.
580 MONTHLY and expenses to travel.
distribute samples and take orders or
appoint agents; permanent. Jap-Amer
ican Co., Chicago.
YOUNG MKN desiring to prepare for
civil service examinations, please note
that Mr. H. Laurens Caul will be at the
Bolton Hotel, in Harrisburg. on Wed
nesday, October 28, to meet personally
those interested. Postofflce and railway
mall clerks, letter carriers, department
[clerks, etc.. ages 18 and over. Salary
SSOO up. He will be there Wednesday
only, 1 till p. m. See him without
fail. Minors must be accompanied by
parent.
WANTED —Man to sell trees, shrubs,
roses, berry bushes. Permanent.
Brown Brothers' Nurseries, Rochester,
X. Y.
MHS-N—Sell guaranteed hosiery to
friends, neighbors and general wear
er: 70 per cent, profit; make $lO daily:
experience unnecessary. International
Mills, West Philadelphia, Pa.
MAN to give away premiums to adver
tise Rogers 20-year silverware: $52
monthly. Also commission. A. A. Cline,
Advtg Mgr., Rogers Building, Philadel
phia.
Government Examinations Thorough
Instruction, $5.00. Returned if not
appointed. Particulars free. American
Civil Service School. Washington. D. C.
GOVERNMENT POSITIONS are easy to
get. My free booklet Y232 tells how.
j Write to-day—NOW. Earl Hopkins,
j Washington, D C.
AN old-established business has a good
opening for an active man to do so
liciting and collecting and who has
some knowledge of bookkeeping. Ad
dress 3972, care Star-Independent.
50 MEN. 21 to 40 years. Apply "Round
Up" Company, stage entrance, Majes
tic theatre, Monday, C p. m.
WANTED—Photographer to take pho
tos of children during Baby Week
at our store. For particulars apply to
BOWMAN & CO.
YOUR SALARY IS DETERMINED by
what you can do. My Private Les
sons in Shorthand, Typewriting. Pen
manship, Dictation, etc., will enable you
to do more and earn more. Much time
and money can be saved while you
qualify for the position you want. Call
for information. MERLE E. KELLER,
Ro m 9> Patriot Bid®.
MEN WANTED to get their barbering
done at the McWTLLIAMS BARBER
SHOP, 439 Market street, next door to
Hoffman House.
AT7T O TR ANS PORTATTON SCHOOL—
The oldest, best and most reliable
automobile school in the country. A
full course of practical instructions for
$35.00. Including long driving and re
pairing lessons. Hundreds of good
paying positions arc open for compe
tent men. Make application now. Easy
payments Open day and evenings. 5
■ Cameron St.
SITUATIONS WANTED—MALE.
FIRST CLASS COOK (white) is open
for position; hotel or restaurant; ex
perienced and with references. Ad
mess E. P. C„ 3974, care Star-Inde
pendent.
A YOUN(I MAN. years of age. "\vith
two years of High school, six months
of commercial and three years of busi
ness trainings desires employment. Best
of reference furbished. Call or address
J. K.. 127 Herr street.
WANTED—Man handy with tools wants
work of any kind. Address Box 54,
Wormleysburg, Pa.
TlvClf. student would like to have po
sition of any kind after school hours.
Apply ill S. Til i.-t ■•»•!! iit St.. City.
WANTED—Work of any kind. Ad
< I!■"ss »;<»:, S. Third St., >t«elion. Pa.
BOY, 15 years old, would like to have
position of any kind, after school
nours. Apply 2633 N. Sixth St.
CHAUFFEUR and repair man desires a
position; work of any kind accepted.
Excellent character and ability. Apply
. K McINTIRE, 402 Cumberland St,
COLORED MAN desires general house
work or position as waiter in pri
vate family. . Address 405 Bailev St.,
Steelton, Pa.
BOY of 18 wants work of any kind;
not afraid of hard work. Apply or
address J. W. S., 1812 N. Sixth St.
WANTED—SingIe man. 21 years old,
desires position of any kind; all night
work preferred. Address COS S. Third
St., Steelton. Pa.
MARRIED MAN, colore.!, 27 years of
.age, wants a position in private fam
ily or any kind of work, such as jani
tor around a building. Address No. 433
South Ave., Clty.
WANTED-—A coloied boy, 17 years old,
would like a place in private family
or work of any kind; can give refer
ence. Address H67 Briggs St., City.
WANTED—Work for a colored boy of
lb; any kind of work; can give part
of time or all the time. Call or ad
dress E. g„ 1418 Williams St.
WANTED—Boy 16 years Tld desires
place as errand boy. 28 S. Fifteenth
St.
AGENTS WANTED
AGENTS—European war book; right
up-to-date. Big money maker. Out
fit tree. 50 per cent, commission. Ad
dress National Bible House, Pope Bldg.,
Chicago.
DISTRIBUTING AGENTS—Either "sex. !
Lam $12.50 per 100 giving free pkgs.
Bljrmer's Perfumed Laundry Starch. \ll
or spare time. 47 Blumer Bldg., Lin
coln & Koscoe, Chicago.
STOP—Agents Just Out—Brand new
invention, selling !ike wildfire. De
flector for Auto Headlights, puts light j
on road instead of in other people's 1
eyes. Not a dimmer, makes light
stronger. Endorsed everywhere. Sim
pie, easy to put on; nothing to oper
ate. Wanted on every machine. Big,
quick profits. Get busy. Johnson, Ohio,
cleared $22 first day. Harris, N. Y..
made $66 one week. Sales guaranteed; i
liurry, write quick. Address Hickmyer
DeHector Co., 418 Nasby Bldg., Toledo. O.
AGENTS—The Gloria self-heating iron
makes and burns its own gas. En
tire Ironing done for 2 cents. No home
complete without it. Gloria Light Co.,
1-69 Washington Blvd.. Chicago.
NEW necktie proposition for holidays;
$30.00 to $50.00 per week from now
until Christmas. Outfit free up to No
vember 10. Write quick. Wilson Mfg.
Co., B-2517, Lancaster, Ohio.
AGENTS—SeII guaranteed hosiery; 70
per cent, profit; make $lO daily. Or
ders repeat regularly: best agent's
seller in existence. International Mills.
West Philadelphia, Pa. *
AGENTS—Fastest seller right now is
our book "Europe at War." Agents
say it is tlie biggest money-maker of
the past ten years. Start profitable j
work. Send for free sample outfit. J. 1
S. Ziegler Co., Wholesale Book Dept., |
Chicago;
She—You do not think of me in your i
busy moments.
He—Perhaps not, but I worship you ;
in mv idol hours. —-Baltimore American, j
IT PAYS TO USE STAR
INDEPENDENT WANT ADS. I
Wants
SALESMEN WANTED.
i SALESMEN for small towns, whole
time or side-line. Special sales plan
allowing return of unsold goods makes
quick easy dally sales. $5.00 commis
sion on each order. Something entirely
new. Write for pocket outfit to-dav.
May Mfg. Co.. 212 Sigel St.. Chicago, 111.
SALESMEN WANTED—Experience un
necessary. easy work, big pay. Write
for large list of openings offering op
portunities to earn SIOO to SSOO a month
while you learn. Address nearest office,
j Dept. 245, National Salesmen's Training
Association, Chicago, New York. Kan
■ sas City, San Francisco.
SPECIALLY salesmen or merchants
preferrea to sell retail firms unex
celled high-class specialty. Permanent
connection. Our men earning SIOO per
| week regularly. Splendid opportunity.
Commission contract; pajd weekly.
'State experience. The Champion Reg
ister Co.. Cleveland, O.
HELP WANTED.
WANTED—Experienced die cutters on
Infants' soft sole shoes. Apply Har
risburg leather Products Co., 1420
Wyeth Ave.
I HAVE a contract to distribute a mil
lion free pkgs. Borax Soap Powder.
Want reliable "men and women to help.
$15.00 weekly Waveriy Brown, 730 N.
Franklin. Chicago.
RAILWAY MAIL clerks wanted. Com
mence $75.00 month; sai pie examina
tion questions free. Franklin Instl
tute. Dopt. 3613, Rochester. X. Y.
HELP WANTED—FEMALB
LADIES—Make shields at home; SIO.OO
per 100. No canvassing required.
Send stamped-addressed envelope for
full particulars. Eureka Co., Dept.
112 D, Kalamazoo, Mich.
LADIES can make $lO to sls weekly
copying, addressing and mailing sam
ples. Particulars for stamp. Rex Co.,
259 Glenwood Ave., Buffalo. N. Y.
DO EASY, pleasant coloring work at
home; good pay, no canvassing; no
experience required. Illus. particulars
free. Helping Hand Stores. Chicago.
YOUNG WOMEN desiring to prepare for
civil service examinations, please note
that Mr. H. I-iaurens Caul will be at the
Bolton Hotel, in Harrisburg on Wed
nesday, October 28, to meet those in
terested. Postoffice clerks, department
clerks, etc., ages 18 and over. Salary
SBOO up. He will be there Wednesday
only, 1 till 9 p. in. See him without
fail. Minors must be accompanied by
I parent.
I SITUATIONS WANTED—FEMALE
WANTED—Washing or ironing for
Monday or Tuesday, MRS. CATH
ERINE BROWN. 1102 Grape Ave.
WANTED—Days' work or house clean
ing. Call or address 1009 Cowden
street.
WHITE WOMAN wants washing and
ironing for Monday and Tuesday.
Address 425 S. Cameron St.
; WANTED Curtains to wash and
stretch. Call or address 823 Myrtle
avenue.
MIDDLE-AGED WOMAN would like to
have washing and ironing to do at
home. Apply 1635 N. Seventh St.
WANTtSD—Position as housekeeper or
days' work. Address or call 413 N.
Second St.
COLORED GIRL wishes a place at gen
eral housework or chambermaid. 1207
Apple Ave.
YOUNG colored lady wishes position as
chambermaid or place to do house
work. Apply 338 Cherry Ave.
STENOGRAPHER—Experienced Iff ' of
fice work, with knowledge of book
keeping, desires position. Can furnish
reference. Call 1602 Regina St.
YOUNG colored girl wants position as
an assistant housekeeper. Apply 1409
N. Fourth.
COLORED woman wants work of anv
kind. Call or address 517 Shaffer Si.
YOUNG colored girl wants position as
chambermaid or nurse. Apply 636
Calder street, city.
YOUNG colored girl wants position as
nurse or second girl. Apply 1409
James street, city.
WANTED—White woman wants posi
tion as housekeeper. Address MRS.
SHATTO, Enola, Pa.
COLORED GIRL wants a position as
child's nurse and light housework.
App^^^SouiUT^AvCj^Uy^^^^^^^^
Sale and Exchange
FOR SALE
FOR SALE—Three pens of thorough
bred Brown Leghorn pullets. Fifteen
hens ami one cockerel in each pen. S2O
per pen. Call 71W, I'nited phone.-
C. W. H. I.ANGLETZ, I.umliei
Rough and dressed lumber.
All kinds and grades—cheap.
Call, write or phone.
Office. Cameron and Mulberry Sts.
BARBER SHOP for sale: containing
five chairs and full equipment; half
cash, balance on payments to suit pur
chaser. Call ami see it. Reason for
selling, other business. 439 Market St.,
Harrisburg, Pa.
FOR SALE—Reo automobile, tires good
all around; 5-passenger; can easily
be converted into delivery car; worth
slls. First $75 takes it. Must be
sold. 811 N. Third street. Harrisburg.
A GOOD dachshund. Can recommend
him to run to a finish. Two vears
old. C. L RABER, Bainbridge, Pa.
FOR SALE—Several 5 per cent, first
mortgage bonds. These bonds are
local and will stand Investigation; will
sell below par for cash. Address
S., 3973, care Star-Independent.
FOR SALE—AT GABLE'S, 113, 115 and
117 S. Second St.. 5,000 gallons New
Era ready-mixed paint. Acme quality
All the full line of the Acme make.
RUNABOUT for sale cheap if sold at
once; electric lights; all new tires
Apply after 6 p. m„ to MR. JONES.
Central Garage. Fourth and Chestnut
streets.
,FOR SAL«E—Horse, 2 sets of harness, 1
Jenny Llnd buggy. 1 Jolt wagon, good
as new. Will sell separately if desired.
A bargain if taken at once. Inquire at
2026 North street.
FOB SALE—AT GABLE'S. 111-117 s.
Second St„ 5,000 sets new sash, fxlO
12 I». primed and glazed, at $1.15 oer
set. Also other sizes.
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Business Opportunities I
I 1
BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES
CAFE FOR SALE—Modern and up-to
date, in theatre zone: long lease;
$5,000 cash required. For particulars
address E. J. SHEA, 1020 Gates Ave.,
Brooklyn. N. Y.
"The Waltons live in a flat, don't
tlieyf" "They occjyiy a flat, my dear;
it's absurd to talk about living in one."
FINANCE
WEEKLY BANK CLEARINGS
Bradstre«ts Figures for Last Week In
Harrisburg and Other Cities
Hank clearings in the United States
for the week ending October 22, as
reported to Bradstreet's .Journal, New
Vorfc, aggregate $2,733,346,000.
against $2,36ti,700,00U last week and
$3,625,203,000 in this week last year.
Canada clearings aggregate $172,169,-
000, as against $138,461,000 last
week and $190,961,000 in this week
last year. Following are the returns
for this week and last, "with percent
ages of change from this week last
year:
New York $1,308,098,000 D 35.1
Chicago 296.159.000 D 12.9
Philadelphia 157,108,000 D 13.2
Boston 159,671,000 D 13."
St. Louis 72,:.44,000 D 18.6
Pittsburgh 54,807,000 D 14.4
Kansas City 70,016,000 I 11,3
San Francisco 55.347,000 D 1.8
Baltimore 37,118,000 D 10.3
Scranton 3,583,000 1 2.5
Reading 2,061,000 I 5.7
Lancaster 1,641,000 D 6.S
Wilkes-Barre, .... 1,928,000 r 17.2
Erie, 1,029,000 D 15.5
York 1,059,000 1 10.6
Chester 729,000 D 9.3
Harrisburg *1,554,000
•Not included in totals; comparisons
incomplete.
Philadelphia Produce Market
Philadelphia, Oct. 24.—Wheat steady;
No. : 1-ed spot, export, 112tfi 1 16; No. 1
northern. Dilluth export. 125@128.
Corn Arm; No. 2 yellow, local. 84
@Bll4.
Oats steady; No. 2 white. 54@54H-
Bran tirm; winter, per ton, $24.00®
24.50: spring, 23.50®24.00.
Refined sugars steady; powdered, 6.10;
tine granulated. 6.00; Confectioners' A,
5.90.
Butter firm: western creamery, ex
tra, 32; nearby prints, fancy, 35.
Eggs higher; nearby firsts, free case,
$9.30 per case; current receipts, flee
case, $5.40(g>8.70 per case; western ex
tra tirst, free case. $9.30 per case; firsts,
free case, 8.40®)8.70 per case.
Live poultry weak; fowls, 13@15; old
roosters, 11® 12; chickens, 13 @ls;
ducks. 13@14; geese. 13@14.
Dressed poultry steady; fowls, heavy.
20 <g) 21; average receipts. 16@17;
do,, small, 14@15; old roosters, 13 Va;
broiling chickens, nearby, 16@20; west
ern, 13® 17.
Flour steady; winter, straight, 4.90®
5.15; spring straight, 5.10@5.40; do.,
patent, 5.50@5.7E.
Hay firm; timothy No. 1 large bales,
bales. 18.50®19; No. 1 medium bales,
18.50@19; No. 2. 17©17,50; No. 3, 14.50®
15.50; clover mixed, light mixed, 17.50®
18; No. 1, 16® 17; No. 2, 14®15.
Potatoes lower; Pennsylvania, per
bushel, 58® 60; New York. 4Srti 50; Jer
sey, per basket, 35@45,
Chicago Live Stock Market
Chicago, Oct. 24.—Hogs—Receipts.
14,000; slow. Bulk, 7.20® 7.50: light.
6.95®7.50: mixed. 7.00@7.60; heavy, 6.95
@7.60; rough, 6.95@7.10; pigs, '4.2s(f<>
6.90.
Cattle—Receipts, 1,000: weak. Beeves,
6.15@10.80; steers. 5.75®5.70; stockers
and feeders, 4.90®7.80: cows and heif
ers, 3.20®8.60; calves. 7.00(0)11.00.
Sheep—Receipts. ,2,000: .steady. Sheep,
4.90®6.05: yearlings, 5.60@6.50; lamb's,
6.10@7.85. • •
COLLECTING WAR TAX ON BEER
Fifty Cents a Barrel Additional Has
Been Imposed by Congress
The Internal Revenue Department's
representatives in this district have
not yea received instructions regarding
how or when to collect the war tax just
provided for by Congress.
No information has bc.en received
from Washington by Collector Kivkcn
dall, except on one subject, that of the
tax on beer. Last night Deputy Col
lector Brinker, at his office in the old
postoffice building, received a telegram
from Collector Kirkendall telling him
that on and after October 23 he should
collect $1.50 a barrel on fermented
liquor, instead of $ 1 as heretofore,
and change his stamps to conform to
the new order.
This applies to all beer in stock, and
the old Btamps are withdrawn and new
ones issued, the collector charging fifty
cents to make up the larger tax where
$ 1 has already been paid.
Brewers, from Harrisburg to Altoona.
have been in communication with Dep
uty Brinker and he has been very busy
issuing the new stamps. No other in
structions have 'leen received regarding
the levying of the war tax or how it is
to be collected.
PUBLIC SALE
At tlie l<onit*«trail Hotel, (.Inglca
-Icm n. I*u.
Tuesday, Oct. 27, 1914
30 Head
Consisting of some tine fresh and close
springers. Remember you all know we
hive the good, big kind and we sell
them to the highest bidder.
Two Cnrloaif* of Rxtrn Fine Western
Cuttle, consisting of steer 3, heifers and
bulls. suit all classes of buyers.
40 Head riffs and Shouts, all sizes, ail
home raised.
A liberal credit will be given.
Sale to commence at 1 o'clock.
H. D. Koons & Son
FOR SALE
A knitting factory; all Improve
ments; electric power; two-story
framfe; steam heat, well lighted";
equipped with the latest knitting
and sewing Possession
given at once. We win rent if party
would be interested In the manu
facturing of ladles' garments.
Information Wanted—Call Bell
phurie 74, Steelton, Pa., or
M. R. ALLEMAN
145 N. FRONT STHEUT
STEELTON, PA.
jcaaaaa " 111 0
Death and Obituary
DIED.
JAUSS—On October 23. 1914, Sarah,
widow of the late David F. Jauss, in
her *3rd year.
Funeral on Monday afternoon at 2.30
o'clock, from her late residence, No.
1847 Market street. The relatives and
friends are Invited to attend without
further notice. Interment private.
LKTFORD—On October 22, 1914, at
.Philadelphia, Edwin S. Letford, son
of Mrs. A. A. Buckingham.
Funeral on Monday, October 26, 1914,
at 2 p. m„ from the residence of his
mother. 1532 Green street. Harrisburg,
Pa. Interment private.
MAKING THE INVESTMENT FIT THE CLIENT
' ——— ,
(Copyright, 1914, b y C. M. Keys, New York.) *
An old woman, owning: some 6 per cent, railroad bonds which she
has had nearly twenty-five years, found out recently tihat these
bonds were going to be paid off In January next. She, therefore,
wrote to her banker asking him to suggest to her some rmore bonds
Just like them which would pay the same rate of interests
In his reply the banker gave her a list of bonds every enu of which
was either a 3*4 per cent,, 4 per cent, or 5 per cent, bond, selling at.
a discount. In one column of his list he had the rate otf interest
worked out. It was 6 per cent, or a little more in each casie. One of
the bonds, for instance, was a per cent, issue which hs.d twenty
years to run and which she could buy at 71, or $7lO for a thousand
dollar bond. The yield here was stipulated as being 6 per cent. She
took the trouble to divide 71 into 350 and discovered that tfhe answer
to this simple problem of arithmetic was 4.9. She, therefore, replied
to her banker to the effect that this bond, as well as all the other
bonds in the list, did not yield 6 per .cent. This one bond slhe figured
yielded less than 5 per cent.
The banker in his reply, of course, explained quite cLearly that
in addition to the income of $.15 a year from each SI,OOO bond the
client would aisq obtain $290 at the end of twenty years, because the
bond, which would only cost her $7lO, would he paid off at SI,OOO.
This "appreciation," he explained, is always reckoned as part of the
return on a bond investment. Similarly, If the bond cost more than
a thousand dollars, anyone reckoning the return of interest has to
allow for the fact that it will "depreciate" If held to maturity.
The lady's reply to this letter was a piece of gcmd common sense,
from her point of view. In part, she said:
"Long before twenty years is up I hope to be in heaven. In the
meantime, I want to live as comfortably as my means will let me,
and in to do so T do not want to cut down my income every
year for the purpose of piling up some profits for those who will
inherit what little T own when T am gone, so I want to spend a
thousand dollars and get back S6O every year so long as T need it.
Please send me a list of some bonds that will accomplish this result
for me."
The incident Illustrates that a 6 tper cent, investment which would
he perfectly good for a life insurance company, or a savings bank,
or any other investment institution which hopes to make its activ
ities a continuous performance until the end of time, is not always a
perfectly good 6 per cent, investment for everybody. In the case
of this woman a per cent, bond, due in twenty years and selling
at 71. Is an unsuitable investment, because such a large proportion of
its net return—over one-sixth—would never come into her hands at
all, hut would be piled up for the benefit of her heirs. If, on the
other hand, she had been a young woman investing money to build
up for her own old age a comfortable position a 3% per cent, bond
at a big discount would probably have been much more suitable than
a 6 per cent, bond selling at par, because it would automatically in
.crease her principal and would not give her so much current income,
which, perhaps, might be frittered away or might be too small to
invest every six months, when it came in.
In the practice of investment this problem of making an invest
ment suitable to the client is quite a large factor. Of course it is not
the largest factor, for the safety of the principal and the interest
occupies the place of honor in the considerations of all honest men
guarding the Investments of other people. The question of suitability
is merely, therefore, an important incidental consideration. How
important it is is hardly evdr realized except when one comes to a
case where a crisis in the affairs of a man or woman arises out of
the fact that their Investments were utterly unsuited to the -purpose
for which they were made. An illustration of this condition is fur
nished by another actual incident. «
Some years ago a trustee who had been handling a fund for
twenty years came to the time when, under the terms of his deed
of trust, he was obliged to make a distribution of the fund. He had
paid no great attention to the matter of his trust for many years,
because he had Invested all the money in absolutely gilt-edge secur
ities twenty years ago, and had merely distributed the income every
year in equal proportions amongst the beneficiaries as -the income
came In. That was all he was instructed to do under the terms of his
trust, and he had faithfully fulfilled his conditions according to his
light*. That his "lights" were not particularly good seems to be
unfortunate for the benflciaries, for he discovered that his invest
ments. when he made them, were all in gilt-edge bonds selling at a
very high premium. He had paid as high as $1,250 for some 4 per
tent, state bonds. The lowest-priced bond in his list had cost him
$!.!#(» for a thousand dollar, par value. When, near the time of dis
tribution, he obtained an appraisal of all these securities, he found
that there was an average shrinkage of 14 per cent, in the face
value of his trust. When he brought this matter to the attention of
the writer it was to see whether anything could be done to alleviate
his distress at being obliged to report to the beneficiaries such a large
shrinkage in the principal as compared with *what both he and they
had expected would he distributed. He knew perfectly well that ho
would have a very bad time explaining to them what had happened
to the bonds. He felt that he had done nothing wrong and that he
could justify himself, but he knew perfectly well that explanations,
no matter how good they are, do not remove the tangible matter
which made the explanation necessary.
Hero another ease where an investment made in perfectly
good in the best grade of securities caused distress of mind
and. possibly, some physical distress on the part of the beneficiaries
because the investment was not suitable for the purpose for which
it was inade. It produced too large an income every year, which was
distributed i.o the beneficiaries, but a part of which actually came
out of the principal, leaving it depleted to that extent.
Of course, both these illustrations are mild illustrations. Hun
dreds of cases could be adduced where much greater damage has
resulted than could result from either of these cases. They arc
chosen because in neither case was there any element of unsoundness
in the securities bought, and all the error consisted only In the un
suitable character of the security and not in its badness.
AL WA KS- YOUNG ORANDMOTHER
THIS SEASON IS
• Mrs. Gene Hughes, Who Reti
'
The grandmother who never allowed
herself to grow old, who grew older in
years, but younger in spirit and locks,
will be readily recalled as Mrs. Gene
Hughes, who, with a clever cast, pre
sented a comedy sketch called "Youth,"
at the Orpheuni on two different occa
sions, Entertaining as that play was,
il is asserted by vaudeville managers
that Mrs. Hughes han gone "Youth" one
better in the selection of a vehicle for
this season which is entitled "Lady
Gossip.'
11
lrns to Orpheum Next WeeK.
i , This latter playlet is full of good
I comedy lines and situations and the
comedy is of the brand that is so suit
able to Mrs. Hughes' particular talents.
"Lady Gossip," with all its fun, is
saiil to have a little ftermon laid at its
root. Mrs. Hughes will have a com
pany of clever players, five of them,
and all are excellently cast for their
respective roles.
"Lady Gossip" will be one of the
attractive features grouped on the same
bill with Sophie Barnard and Lou
Anger. Adv.