Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-08-26
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G. W. Givler, of Tyrone. who has
been elected president of the Six
teeners, the association of Soldiers
Orphan School graduates, and who
will preside at the general reunion,
to be held in Pittsburgh next year. is,
the originator of the organization.
It happened this way" said he to al
Telegraph man yesterday: Nine
years ago this summer my brotherI
ana sat talking OF our orphan SCHOOL,
Gays and said: Wouldn't it be a fine
thing to get some of the boys and
girls who attended with us together
Tor picnic Well we talked it over
with few of those In town and de-
clded TO have an outing in the grovei
near Tyrone. The newspapers got hold
of it and instead of a little basket pic-i
mic we suddenly found ourselves with
oOO guests on our hands and all OF
them hungry. We managed to get
enough together to give them all a
hearty dinner and supper and that
vas the beginning of the reunions
People come from all parts of this
and other States to attend. We are
going to Pittsburgh in order to inter-
est graduates there who cannot find
time to get far away to attend the
annual gatherings"
Mr.. Givler says that large num-
oers of the soldiers orphan school
graduates are in the army and
navy "One graduate of Chester
Springs school," he said, reported to
me that in a recent visit to Texas he
had found no less than II Chester
Springs boys among the Pennsylvania.
troops there. There are many from
Scotland and other schools. That is
carrying out the military traditions
OF their families pretty we'll, think,
and rewarding the State for its care
or the men while they were young
and helpless. Speaking of Scotland
| school, l was over there to-day and it
is grand institution. 1t is much diff
ferent and much better than when we
went to school. I almost envy the boys
and girls who enjoy its advantages
| now"
The outbreak of typhoid fever is
keeping city health officials working
tull time tahulating the facts concern
ing each case. The full name, age,
ADDRESS, name of ice dealer, milk
dealer and manufacturer of ice cream
eaten by each victim, together with
places OF where water was used are
placed on large sheet, and the first
posslnle source is then investigated.
MIX and cream reports, and ice cream
reports also, taken within the last two
months, are thoroughly gone over
Ihese reports are based on regular
tests OF the milk supply, made by DR..
George r; Mofitt, city bacteriologist
and chemist.
August so far has proved a near
krecord breaker for both high and low
temperatures. In the history of the
local weather bureau 40 degrees was
ord, while 98.4 was the highest. The
nrst was set in 1900 and the second
in 1910. This month the mercury dur
ing a cool wave dropped close to the
hfties. and on Tuesday climbed to
So. The hottest day recorded Off
clally was in July, 1898, when the
mercury touched 1O1.
II you want to know how a baseball
| game is going to end, or the number
OF people who will attend a game at
Island Park. just ask Martin O'Toole.
AS a forecaster he is winning many
| laurels.
Up to yesterday, this dopester has
not missed a guess. He watches the
people moving over the Walnut street
| bridge between a certain hour. If you
ask him at 1880 how many will see
the game, 1t is safe bet he will not
be ntty out of the way If the game
is close and fan is anxious to know.
the result, he will tell you who IS
going to win. The other day Harris
burg was a run or two back of the
VISITING; team. One fan started to go
|
go, Harrisburg will win out in the
ninth" said o'Toole. He was right.
A piece of music with every box
OF lemons. No, this is not an induce
ment to buy. Just now most of the
lemons sold in Harrisburg come from
Italy. They have a way over there
OF showing their love for great artists
One firm handles what are known
as the Verdi brand of lemons In
every box there is a piece of music.
composition by the famous COM
poser Verdi, author of La Trovatore,
Aida, La Traviata, Rigoletto and other
masterpieces, and a lithograph picture
OF the great composer. In recent
shipments is a complete copy of a
part for La Traviata. Each shipment
of lemons, it is said, includes differ
ent selection Of music.
'It was the best season we ever
had" declared one sporting goods
dealer. We've been sold out of bath
ing suits for days. In the first place.
because of the high price of most
| goods. we didn't stock up quite as
heavily as usual. and then. just as luck
would have it, along came the biggest
demand we've ever known for all sorts
of recreation fittings. Who ever would
have thought that 1000 people would
be using the river basin of a Sunday
afternoon when possibly 500 was big
crowd last summer. Naturally those
1000 bathers just had to wear suits,
and we had to go scouting hither and
| thither to get the goods to fill the in
creased demand. The same thing was
! true of tennis and golf. Hundreds
more people are playing these two
games than ever before and we have
| had to turn people away in more than