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Newspaper
Hershey Press
Location
Hershey, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Apr 13, 1916
Page
2
The Hershey Press discusses the upcoming presidential race with 1912 vote totals for Wilson Taft Roosevelt and the Republicans. It condemns harmful films showing crime vice and marital infidelity and urges stronger censorship and reform of moving pictures.
A historical overview discusses per capita tax levies from Census Bureau bulletins, noting that while real estate and personal property taxes rise, they exclude Federal revenues. It warns that federal spending nears two billion dollars annually and urges citizens to scrutinize legislation that could raise burdens on land and equipment to protect American progress.
A seven man college committee reviewed sixty eight movies in Lancaster over six weeks. They judged only nine pictures as thoroughly uplifting, noting the findings align with other cities showing moving pictures.
In Derry Township near Hershey, Pennsylvania, the Hershey area grows from 1903 with 30 000 in attendance by 1913 and record crowds of 40 000 in 1915. The town centers on chocolate production, vast farms and industrial facilities, a model town, parks, schools, a library, hotels, theatres, a 96 room inn, golf, multiple cafes, a 6000 seat convention hall, and extensive infrastructure including a 1 000 000 gallon reservoir, a 36 mile railroad extension, and a powerful plant network serving a large regional workforce.
The farmer's roll-top desk symbolizes method on the farm with pigeon holes for bills and accounts. Modern business favors flat tops for larger work areas and expandable filing cases, urging the latest models for convenience and economy.
In a light moment from the Indianapolis Star a wife asks for her husband’s first gray hair as a keepsake. He quips he should keep it to recall her, while she implores to keep it for memory.
The Harrisburg Patriot notes Hershey's lead in Red Cross Seals sales for tuberculosis prevention. It set a national first prize in its class and led all U S cities by per capita sales at 29.44 seals per person, praising Hershey’s philanthropy and communal spirit.
Reported exchanges at British tribunals show conscientious objectors choosing not to kill. An electrician testifies that war is wrong, while the chair questions would he act to defend home, with responses revealing moral grounds over participation in combat.
Public notice outlines trolley times across multiple towns. First cars start between 5 a.m. and 6 a.m. with frequent hourly and half hour departures through 11:30 p.m. Sundays adjust start times and connections to Elizabethtown Palmyra Lebanon and Lancaster routes. Connections at Elizabethtown Hershey Mount Joy and Lancaster ensure transfers for riders.
Data from commerce reports show Swedish co operative societies strong in 1915 with local turnovers over 268000 dollars. Seva Helsingborg reached one million crowns by November and Gevle Workers Union turnover near 1.5 million crowns. Stockholm Consumption Union exceeded 600000 crowns in Q4, and wholesale turnover topped 1.5 million crowns.
A historical rhetoric echoes the Scribner's Magazine call for strong leaders. The passage urges bold minds, upright hearts, steadfast faith, and hands ready for duty. It condemns demagoguery and corruption while praising men of honor and public service.
A scanned notice lists daily hours for a cafe and various city services. It includes breakfast and meal times, store hours, a drug store schedule, bank hours, public library times, post office lobby hours, and mail closing times with Sunday closures and limited service. It notes that no mail arrives or departs on Sundays and that the post office is closed Sundays.
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