Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-05-31
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One thing which must have i'm
pressed everyone in Harrisburg yester-
day was the extent of the decorations
and the display of flags that were gem
eral throughout the city. 1t seemed as
though every other house had flown a
nag to the breeze and many of the
store windows were arranged with the
national colors and the Stars and
stripes appeared in many forms.
whether there was any increase in the
amount of flags and bunting used be-
cause of the very strong sentiment for
preparedness which abounds in Har-
rlsnurS or out of patriotic and senu-
mental regard for the day decorations
appeared to be in the minds of many
people. Incidentally it was remarked
oy good many people that there was
more general observance of Memorial
DAY than usual. The streets along the
llne OF the parade were crowded with
people instead of folks being strung
along curbs and the attendance at the
various exercises of the day was en-
couragins to the veterans. However,
in the number of flags flown and in the
amount of red, white and blue shown,
the day will be one worth remember
ing,
| DR.. Hugh Hamilton, of Walnut
street, VIII have the unusual pleasure
| OF attending the fftieth reunion of the
members of the class of 1866 of State
college: DR.. Hamilton is the only
Pennsylvanian among the few surviv-
ING graduates of this class which was
me NTH to be sent forth from the coll
lese ana Will be among those who will
attend the commencement exercises
next month. The members of the class
live in distant States one in Florida
ana others In the West. DR. Hamilton
who graduated with the degree of
rachelor of science from State was
given its masters degree a few years
later when attending the University of
pennsylvania where he graduated in
medicine.
Christian L. Long. the builder. was
the first man to place permanent ar
| rahgements for W n w b oXes on
houses he constructed in this city. Mr..
Long had charge of considerable de-
Nelopment in the east and west ends
of the city and foreseeing the time
when this country would adopt Euro
| pean plans for house adornment he
! decided to get ahead of the parade.
Consequently there were many houses
built with appliances to which boxes
could be attached.
A. P. Sandles, the Columbus man
who has announced his candidacy for
governor of Ohio is we'll known to
many residents of this city because of
his visits to Pennsylvania. He was
for years a member of the Ohio State
Agricultural commission and visited
mis- city to attend meetings to boost
agriculture and farm Improvement. He
was especially active in the matter of
corn clubs and accompanied some of
the corn club tourists here a few wears
ago, making speech at the capitol.
The interest being shown in the
count of the vote for the candidates
Tor delegates-at-large is strong all over
the State and is the cost of good bit
Iof money being spent on telephone
tolls to this city. The compilation of
the returns this year is the most ex-
itensive job of the kind ever known and
the tables are unlike anything ever
prepared at the capitol The clerks
VIII be busy for weeks getting returns
on the records. largely because of tho
DIG statewide nominations which must
be attended to first OF all. The dele
gate-at-large tables, for instance. con-
tain 26 names and as there are CT
Icountles some idea of what must be
done on just one set of nominations
or elections can be gained.
During the lunch hour in a down
town dispensary of cooling beverages
a rev days ago there sat man with
a shoe box, and about the shoe box
was tied tight cord and along the up-
per edge of the box were rows of per-
forated holes suggestive of the pres
Ience within of something alive. Soon
a suspicious "cheeping" sound caused
one to request the opening of the box.
with some difficulty the owner, who
is an amateur truck farmer living in
camp Hill, undid the package and the
delighted observers glanced in to see
ten healthy little chicks, Just the size
you take home to your Riddles every
Easter soft and fluffy and bright t-eyed.
They were the progeny of brown Leg
horns and Rhode Island Reds. and
they had only made their debut before
1.-THE daylight three days before. The
Iowner? You must know hm-Durbon
Dale, truckster extraordinary.
Governor Brumbaugh, who spoke
yesterday at Mercersburg for the Me-
mortal day exercises, has been a
speaker on Decoration day for years
He has spoken in several eastern coun-
ties