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Newspaper
Hershey Press
Location
Hershey, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Aug 05, 1915
Page
4
Hershey Pennsylvania newspaper masthead lists proprietor M. Hershey editor L. R. Meskins manager J. Kr Slavery and uses Hershey Bell telephone and Western Union telegraph connections. It notes entry as second class mail matter dated August 5, 1915.
The notice lists train and car schedules for Hershey and surrounding towns including Hummelstown Harrisburg Lebanon Palmyra and Palmyra for daily and Sunday service. It covers departure times first and last cars, connections to Hershey, and service from Hummelstown to Lebanon with special 11 15 p m notes. It also details meal hours cafe hours bank hours store hours library hours and mail delivery and closing times with Sunday restrictions.
The campaign against pests reduced Hershey’s fly population to its lowest in the town’s history. A committee meeting shows ongoing interest and continued war on pests with citizen help urged for sanitation. Emphasis on using large town receptacles and garbage collection to maintain cleanliness. Credit given to the Improvement Company and Mr Hershey for cooperation. Swat the fly and scatter the horse.
A promotional note urges ongoing effort to keep Hershey clean by addressing dirt in all its forms and preventing lawn clippings from accumulating. It praises progress and calls for continued action until Hershey gains nationwide recognition as the cleanest town in America.
Hershey promises absolute order after three incidents in ten days show how cases are handled. A man loud on Chocolate Avenue loses his job and leaves town, another from a different town is arrested for a Hershey Park disturbance, and four youths break a plate window at one o clock in the morning.
The nation hopes to stay out of the devastating European war though risk remains. Civil strife in Mexico worsens hunger and lawlessness, likely requiring U S action to compel terms and governance. Off Haiti the political crisis escalates with mass executions, and U S responsibility under the Monroe Doctrine looms as the situation demands handling.
A Bentaztown Bard poem invokes song as life’s guide through hardship. The verse links light to joy and hope, urging the heart to keep singing from twilight to dawn, with happiness found in living today and in shared tunes.
The Gospel Messenger says Governor Stubbs awarded Winfield a $1000 prize for notable child welfare work. The town’s schools offer extensive programs in music, domestic service, art, and crafts, with a ten acre school farm supporting farming and ethical culture training for students.
Rev Dr John E Goucher returning from a 10 month trip to China Japan and Korea declares China is fully awake and alive to its situation The educator cites Yuan Shi Kai as a great statesman notes two sided Japan China demands and China will need US help to educate with 1 000 000 schools contemplated and the open door commerce drawing nations to China
The government claims radium at 36 050 per gram from carnolite ores in California, far below the 120 000 to 160 000 a gram in commercial production. The Bureau of Mines runs the plant under Dr C I Parsons who urges government purchase of carnolite deposits in Colorado to conserve for public use, especially for cancer patients in military and public health hospitals.
John Irwin Meek leads Bible School at 9 15 a m. Anniversary worship at 10 30 am with a sermon by Rev Frederik Krapf and special music by combined choirs of the Paris Lutheran and Holy Trinity Lutheran Churches. All are welcome.
Rentz, pastor, announces Sunday School at 9 30 a m Morning worship at 10 30 a m Theme The Hilarity of the Hills Evening worship at 7 30 p m Union Open air service at the Band Shell in Hershey Park Wednesday 7 30 p m Prayer meeting.
Rev N L Linebaugh pastor leads Bible School at 9 15 Sermon at 10 15 Children s Hour at 2 00 Senior Endeavor at 6 15 Union Services in the Park at 7 30 Prayer meeting Wednesday at 7 45 Choir practice Thursday at 8 00
The article lists church leaders and service times for Reform Mennonites English Lutheran Church led by Rev. A. C. Forscht and Church of the Brethren with J. H. Longenecker in charge. Prayer meeting is Thursday at 7.30 pm. Sunday School at 9.30 am. Preaching at 10.30 pm.
A dual artificial arm design, made of willow fiber with rawhide muscles, enables a New Yorker to perform daily tasks with ease. The wearer buttons shoes, dresses, writes, handles a cigarette, and even pins a scarf, while moving his own limbs via shoulder-activated cords.
In a summer night bivouac near the Marne trenches French officers read Joffre's proclamation to soldiers. The order urges persistence: advance where possible, hold what is won, and if unable to hold, die on the spot.
A garbled exchange unfolds as a clerk praises cold storage butter and a grocer questions the recipient of a prize. The dialogue reveals a tangle around a delivery to Mrs Hash on Board Street and the grocer’s exasperated reaction.
The census shows 4451 Indians in New York versus 5060 in 1905, with many not counted as Indians claiming native stock. The piece notes Six Nations influence and the Iroquois decline while Canadians hold many Six Nation relatives. It ends with a joke about an Irish drill sergeant and a recruit named Fitzgerald.
Mrs. Ry of Lapeer County Clarion thanks friends and neighbors for support during her husband’s death last Saturday. She notes belongings for sale including a good mill cow and a roan gelding eight years old, offering them for sale with belief in divine guidance.
A story about a boy named Johnny who jokes about angel wings and clothing as he struggles with getting a shirt on. His playful remark to his mother reveals a humorous, bemused mood in a domestic scene.
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