Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-04-11
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Purchase of the Oliver property,
long occupied by the store of the
Misses Gutelius. in Second street, just
opposite the Bolton, by G.. Ross Boas
prlnSs TO mind some interesting things
IN connection with properties in that
part OF the city. Originally this lot,
which extends through to Fahnestocll
alley, faced on Walnut street, the lots
running parallel to Second. Then they
were turned around and the property
owners agreed to open Fahnestock
aliey in 1902. The first transfer of the
property in the chain of title which
was prepared for the new owner shows
that one of the sons of John Harris,
the FOUNDER, sold il in 1888, three
years after the town was laid out, to
nicolas Lover. In 1912 this lot came
into the possession of Frederick Boas, 4
VINO was a relative of the new owner.
Among the owners were Henry McKin-
ney, j. 5. Oliver and A. X. Fahne-
stock. The Oliver people took title in
lS45 and have held it ever since. For
years 1T was occupied by a jewelry
store and matchmaking establishment.
Ine TACT that the lots once faced on
Walnut street is not generally known,
although it will be noticed in Null
berry, Chestnut, Market and other
streets that originally lots faced on
the cross streets. although now facing
VA isOSO 1 ullillb IOTIn anu south.
Listen to this canoeist's rhapsody:
Speaking of preparedness measures
OF the canoeists for Spring, perhaps
you've noticed the signs of approach
ing summer yourself. If you haven't.
there's no better way to forget the
cares of the work-a-day than by a few
| hours outing in a canoe. At the pres
| ent stage of the river a stiff spin across
tne pulling waters of the river from
I1ardscrabble' to the mouth of the
Conodoguinet will loosen up your
muscles and take the kinks out of your
back. Then if you loaf along little
and glide around the piers of the rail-
road bridges and linger beneath the
| overhanging banks of the hill that
rises Gibraltar like from the waters
| edge below Wormleysburg YOU will
feel like exploring the picturesque
stream as far at least as the first dam.
! Here you Will find grim evidence of
winters destructiveness in the turbu-
lently rushing waters that gush
| through the breaks caused in the old
dam by the ice flows If you are
venturesome YOU may want to shoot
the rapids that now tumble along be-
meath the dam-but this is little dan
gerous just at present. If you tire of
the scenes you can loaf along and drop
down again to the mouth of the creek.
Along the way you may see all the
signs of Spring. On the rocky, almost
bare face of the big bluff you will
notice big icicles, winters last strong.
hold, melting away beneath the warm
breath of Springs breezes. Here and
there you may see the early arbutus
creeping out in the crevices of the
hillside and everywhere the moss is
just little more green"
Seeing a German band along Third
street the other evening caused man
who used to do considerable work on
the broad highways of publicity to tell
a story. He was out West, away out
West, and he heard that one of his
comrades was to strike the same town
when he did. So he wired that he
would meet him there with O commit
tee and a band. A couple of news
papermen met him and he remarked
that So and So was to meet him that
afternoon. One of the scribes belonged
to an organization which had just en-
tertained a United States senator and
he dug up some foot-long badges
marked Reception Committee" They
started for the train, and what should
they run into but a German band. The
result was that when the man on the
road did arrive the band and commit
i tee were there to meet him.
4 How the epidemic of measles is
actually affecting the business of the
Dauphin County Court was stril1inelY
demonstrated yesterday when at the
opening of April special common pleas
seven of the twelve talesmen who
asked to be excused from jury duty
gave as their reason measles i'm the
family" One man, who declared his
presence at home was absolutely es-
sential, explained that he has a family
of three youngsters, one of which is
Just recovering from measles another
is just contracting it and the third has
recovered from the childish disease
only to develop symptoms of the more
deadly Illness of pneumonia aggra-
waited by the measles attack.
It's funny the way articles remain in
fires long after the ruins have been
swept by the winds and rains. There
, are, sometimes, articles which would
naturally be taken out as soon as the
fire was over. In one of the Fourth
street buildings destroyed by fire last
! summer there is a bed frame which is
on the second floor of a dwelling. Tho
floor is mostly burned away, but the
! bed stands, and the iron work rises
above the rubbish.
!