Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-09-13
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Whether the enterprising citizens
who are sitting up at night working
on the details for the municipal cele-
pration next week know it or not,
there will be considerable of the Old
Home Week of just a decade ago
about the festival. That occasion
served to bring back to the city many
people who had been active in the life
CT years before and the new cele-
bration, while not planned as q. re-
turn-to-the -old-town affair. will never
theless be the cause of quite a few
coming back to see how Harrisburg
has progressed. Several of the hotels
report booking of rooms for that week
| by visitors who will come to stay the
lively days and there will be many
guests at homes. The Old Home Week
IDEA became national In it's scope, and,
while the official occasion may not
have that in mind, it has a drawing
power. The celebration in 1908 at
tracted attention of many to the
strides made by the city as a result of
the nrst improvement loan, but what
was noted at that time will not be as
striking as what has been accom-
phshed since. To begin with, there
| has been a decade of unexampled
progress in municipal advancement
ana 1t has been of character to be
easily noted. In spite of sporadic out
breaks on the part of a few this city
mas been pursuing pretty we'll defined
| progress and has more to show than
any city of its size even If 1t does not
nave the big new hotel or the city hall.
Its business has expanded and it has
more diversified industry as we'll as a
| realization of the best way to build
houses in its outlying districts. In
| snort, this city is now known as a
municipality that is not afraid to
spend its money and which gets
mighty big percentage in return.
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One of the odd sights of the big
storm that swept over the city on Sat
| urday night was the parade of auto
| mobiles into Harrisburg from every
main highway. The day was so warm
and so promising about noon that
everyone who could seemed to get out
Of town by automobile with the result
that the storm caught them many
miles from the city. They came creep
ing back between and s, many of
them much mud spattered. Not few
parties told of spending half an hour
under trees while the storm ragged, the
storm being declared one of the worst
OF the year.
will YOU tell me-" asked a friend
the other evening. Just why a flag
appears to be the sign of the iitnevP
have noticed that practically every
]itney wears flag of some kind. A
Few have signs that you can read a
block away, but the great majority of
the cars just have a flag sticking up
or pennant hitched on. 1 saw one
giddy Jitney the other day that had
some paper mops. like the old-style
fly shooers that we used to see in the
country. But the flag appears to be
the popular method"
Governor Bunbaugh and his party
OF Pennsylvanians who attended the
pennsylvania day exercises at san
francisco will start on their home-
ward way to-day. They are coming
out OF the Yellowstone to-day and will
leave in their special train for the long
trip across country. The party will be
mere Thursday shortly before noon if
) the train is on time.
The weather prevailing in this Sec,
) tlon the last few weeks must be the
same at the summer resorts If the
conversations of people at the Post
J once can be used as a guide. The
other evening three or four men ham
pened to meet to get mail and three
pulled out postcards from friends on
} Iacauons informing them they had
Just missed the best weather, nothinp.
ike the cold, rainy weather that had
marked August at seaside and on
mountains. VA