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Entire Stock of Pianos
Invoicing Closn to sso,ooo—is Thrown on the Market at 50c cn the Dollar |
Facts and Figures of the Greatest Piano Sale in the History of the State of |
Our door? swing open to-morrow morning at S o'clock and at that time wo wi>l launch the most gigantic "The End of the Limit"
sale ot pianos and player pianos ever held east of the Mississippi river. We have cut prices to the heart. We
will place on sale every conceivable Piano, Organ, Player Piano in the entire establishment and will spll them . rr . ft
at prices and terms that will revolutionize the piano business. Pianos that have occupied an aristocratic 1 101*0 IS il L lUHO that Will DO })!ilC('(l S
position in this house t'or years, will be sold tor a trifle over their original cost. Some of the pianos are i m i r t rpi • AM
B j Free Stool, Scarf, Tuning, Delivery
&3f Store Open Evenings Till 9 O'clock 1
EASY TERMS EASY TERMS B , MI „ g
| US6d PianOS ' 7 ' U P- PLyer Pianos, $250 Up. Organs, $2, $5, $6, |
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m.t a '.' k 0f evrr> . F°£ ther f„ iß a The reason for this sale, its object and purpose is to clean 1
an in over $4o!o'o0, and dVposV^f'^he^nstmmeVt^Tplett'^'r 6 " n 5 Stan<,in « " a mßtter that wc Poiut to with Pride satisfaction. Wo have been in the =1
suit us. We will not play favorite.. We wiU tr, at each and ev«£ j£m 55 One 4 r " t ''" l I>,an " fOT ***•■ Wl ' haV(! sold >» every Hamlet. Village, city and town in
man s money i> just aa good as another'#, and it will go just as far here. The biggest bargains are 1 the great Btute of ''''"""ylvania. Wo have probably sold more Heal High Grade Pianos than all ■
naturally going to sell hrst. That is a matter that is up to you entirely. We advise that you come H of the combined retail Piano Houses in the City of Harrisburg. The People have Tested us rovallv. i
not'suftirii'nti v'al/U- fo Tud'/e ThTmcr'its of*/"on i°p" •j n '' ! \ ment . B»id e you, and if you feel that you are H U ' e bav,! tried to give each and every one a square deal. Now that we are compelled to sell, wo 11
We arc personally responsible and back of every transact You and *statemeu t"'made" in wfth 3 "V*" to gUe the I '® ol ' U ' an °l'l )ortu,,it )f to do something for themselves, by placing on sale theso El
H We cannot sell you a cheap Piano. We do not carry them. pianos at prices and terms hitherto unheard of.
I OPEN EVENINGS UNTIL 9 O'CLOCK ——' 1
" WINTER PIANO CO.
| i "" 23 N. Fourth St, Harrisburg, Pa., H. M. ELDRIDGE, Mgr. |
HARMFKURO STAR-INDEPENDENT, MONDAY EVENING, DECEMBFT? 7. 1914.
PENNSYLVANIA BANKS IN
VEKY HEALTHY CONDITIONS
Bunking Commissioner Smith's Report
Shows Resources in State Institu
tions Increased $127,000,000 Over
the Year 1018
I I ;?"" # y |va *?'a banki are in a pretty
healthy condition and growing he-altll
ler every year, as the State Banking
Department shows, and last year the re
sources increased $.27,000,000 over
those of 1913, which is a right tidy sum
to hai e within the confines of the old
Commonwealth should we need ready
State Banking Commissioner Smith
gives some very interesting figures in
tITT' with Governor
, showing the conditions that ex
isted on November 2, last, as compared
1913 c ' 0, " lltl0U ■■ , 01 the same date in
Commissioner Smith's report shows
that 11 saMngs institutions, 179 State
•auks and 397 trust companies had to
tal resources in 1914 of $1,378,644,.
-pi',?'. as ''""'pared with $1,151,308 -
336"'i89*1'" " ' nn '" crpilßU of sl27^-
The savings banks in 1914 had re
sources of $242,575,384.94, as com
pared with $233,926,521.39 in 1:i 11!
an increase of $8,648,863.55. The
number ol cl« positors jjrew from 30G.-
'O9 to 498,377, an increase of 1,668.
Deposits increased from $209 11'.
»74;Js6.S°B. s2l7 ' 087 - 377 ' 72 . -
Resources of State hanks increased
from $217,909,733.79 to $224,369,-
028.58, a total increase of sti'4s9[-
J9.1.09, an.| the depositors increased
from 597,061 to 634,102, a total in
crease of depositors of 36,441. Tie
amount of individual deposits in State
banks in 1914 was $94,575,4 43.64. a.
decrease of $2,518,647.85 from 1913.
On the other hand, savings fund de
posits in State banks increased $5,-
049,180.86 from $56,48 1,321.37 in
1913 to $61,520,502.23 in 1914, and
trust funds showed an increase of
$315,397.75, the total for 1911 being
$6,331,514.17. State banks paid divi
dends in 1914 aggregating $1,492,-
456.06. h
Trust companies in Pennsylvania in
1914 reported resources aggregating
1,700,537.96, as compared with
$7^9,472.306.98 in 1913, a total in
crease of $12.228,230.98 in one year.
The number of depositors also increased
from 1,087.394 to 1,182,848, an in
crease of 95,48S depositors in ono
year. The amount of individual de
posits, however, fell .ifl" $5,399,719.33,
the aggregate in 1914 being $379,087.-
663.07. On the other hand, saving)
fund deposits in trust com panic
jumped from $124,079,113.07 in 191 :i
to $132,463,075.32 in 1914, an in
crease of $8,383,983.25.
Trust funds n trns. companies in
creased $73,004,246.28 during the
year, there being on hand November
2, 1914, an aggrtgnte of $1,160,853,-
273.23. The aggr« 'ate trusts admin
istered bv these institutions from sl!,-
532.908.54 in 1913 to $3,630,495,-
882.28 in 1914, an increase of $97,-
1588,982.74. The tr.ist companies dur
ing 1914 paid dividends aggregating
$11,331,693.53.
The growth in postal savings is in
dicated by a large increase in tho
United States postui savings fund de
posits. In the State batiks these
amounted to $98,907.55 in 1913 and
$183,240.38 in 1914, an increase of
$84,332.83. In trust companies the
postal savings fund iteposits in 191;!
I were $787,572.84 and in 1914 they
had grown vo $1,213,447.29,* an in
crease of $425,874.45. l'ostal savings
funds are also deposited in national
banks, whit h institutions are not in
cluded in Commissioner Smith's report.
SILVER GRAY FOX THIEF
Valuable Animal is Shot After Numer
ous Depredations
Williamsport, Doc. 7.—The killing
of a beautiful silver gray fox on the
outskirts of Galeton has solved the
mystery of a series of chicken thefts
with which the town has suffered for
three months. The animal, one of the
finest specimens ever captured, wns
killed by Carl Schoendorfer as the
young mun was on his way to the
woods near the town to hunt rabbits.
Schoemlorfer saw the animal slink
ing away from a poultry house of a
resident near the edge of town.
NEW CHURCH DEDICATED
Grace Methodist Episcopal,
of Altoona, is Opened
Altoona, Dec. 7. —The new Grace
| Methodist Episcopal church was dedi-
I catcd yesterday. Four services were
l held. The Rev, Dr. John Kraut*, of
| New York, preached at the mornin?
j service, an<l the Bev. Dr. B. H. llart,
; of HarrisibuTg, in the evening.
Grace church was erected at a cost;
of $60,000. it is one of the most
i beautiful and convenient in Central
Pennsylvania. In architecture, it fol
lows classic Greek lines.
Vaccination Case in Lebapon Court
Lebanon, Dec. 7. —The December
court of common pleas convened here
j to-day. The list of cases includos sev
eral of more than ordinary interest,
among them the suit of Harvey Leffley,
of West Lebanon, against Dr. E. 11.
Gingrich, the city's health officer, for
damages resulting fr im the alleged coin
pulsory vaccination of a daughter of
Peffley, who was employed by the Leba
non Box Company.
Diphtheria at Bainbridge
Bain'bridge, Dec. 7.—There is an out
break of diphtheria in this section and
the Ebersole school house, where tho
children were attending school, has been
ordered closed. The outlbreak was dup
to the fact that several families who
had the disease tried to treat it them
selves.
Falling Rock Injuries Workman
Marietta, l»oc. 7.—A foreigner em
ployed at the Chickies quarries was bad
ly injured Saturday by being struck
with a huge rock which fell from over
head. He was rendered unconscious
from the blow. His left hand was badly
mutilated.
Send us your name and address for a
copy of our new catalogue. It is free.
Large and beautiful. All prices in plain
figures.
H. C. Claster,
Gems, Jewels, Silverware,
302 Market Street. Adv.
Wifey—l suppose we must send Miss
Splicer a wedding nreseut.
Hubby—l warned you not to got to«
intimate with that girl. I knew she
was of the kind to get married soon.—
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