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Newspaper
Hershey Press
Location
Hershey, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Apr 26, 1917
Page
7
In Derry Township Dauphin County Pennsylvania Hershey grew from farmland begun in 1903 to a thriving industrial town with a 1913 tenth anniversary crowd of 30000 and a 1915 record of 40000. The community centers on a vast chocolate factory and model town development with farms dairies a large school library park and extensive utilities and transportation links.
Time tables list Trolleys and local transit hours. For Hershey Harrisburg Hummelstown Lebanon Elizabethtown and Palmyra services start early morning with first cars around 6 a.m. and run every hour or half hour through late evening with Sunday variations.
A National Geographic style bulletin extols Halifax Nova Scotia as a strategic English stronghold since 1749 with eleven forts guarding a deep harbor capable of navies. It notes British withdrawal in 1905, rearmament during WWI, and the city’s role as naval embarkation port and prisoner internment site, plus Loyalist settlement and Grand Canadian transshipment plans.
The Hershey Flower Book by Harry Haverstick, head gardener at Hershey for twelve years, offers practical illustrations and guidance for growing decorative flowers and caring for house plants and cut flowers. Printed by Hershey Printing Company, the 98 page volume features nature illustrations and a two color front cover. The Lancaster Examiner calls it a real value for beautifying homes.
A city chauffeur asks about the fate of his driver while an army mule becomes the unlikely focus of the tale. The humorous exchange highlights military life and daily city concerns in a light moment.
A Washington Post line compares a ammunition plant disaster to multiple Cuban revolutions, illustrating the deadly impact of industrial explosions. The remark frames casualties in stark, geopolitical terms.
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