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Newspaper
Hershey Press
Location
Hershey, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Apr 04, 1912
Page
12
The Dawg Song, a humorous Ozarks ditty, gains attention beyond Shakespeare and draws presidential interest. The verses recount a dog and its handlers confronted by townsfolk, including confrontations at Sam Johnson's store and a jail area, with a comic raid on the county jail scene and a dog named Jim showing loyalty.
A casual town visit reveals locals harassing a canine companion noted for its loud bark. The speaker defends the dog’s belonging to a breed with long ears and notable vocalizations, describing ongoing hostility on public streets.
The Chicago Tribune quotes a speaker denouncing metropolitan youths who persecute a dog, calling the acts barbarous and illiberal. The statement condemns the violence and demands immediate termination of such exhibitions.
The 1885 state report shows 7 silk mills with 1 344 workers and 266 mills with 34 579 workers in recent years. Pennsylvanias silk sector spreads across many counties, led by Lackawanna, Dauphin, Lehigh, and Philadelphia, employing 11 042 men and 23 527 women with a sizable under-16 male and under-18 female workforce.
Textile industry report shows lace-making expanded from two Philadelphia shops in 1884 to 13 establishments last year, employing 2,691 workers with a female majority. Lace centers in Philadelphia Luzerne Lackawanna Berks Carbon Delaware Montgomery Northampton and York counties. The overall state textile sector totals 9,549 establishments employing 198,847 people including 78,209 men and 115,688 women with 5,100 boys and 10,322 girls under 16.
The Swatara Creek bridge between Middletown and Royalton is about complete replacing the old aqueduct. It is praised as a fine structure with a steel underframe and cement coated bottom brick layer. A six foot pedestrian passage sits beside a four foot railing. Grading of approaches is underway.
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