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Newspaper
Hershey Press
Location
Hershey, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Aug 17, 1916
Page
4
The Hershey Press notes its publication is by Hershey Printing Company and entered at the Hershey postoffice as second class matter.
Last Thursday Hershey Park enjoyed ideal conditions as over ten thousand visitors arrived by train trolley and car. The Harrisburg Grocers and friends hosted a well behaved cheerful crowd with abundant food and music and no disorder, earning praise for a safe, happy day.
The War Department reports national guard strength at 98 500 on the border and sick rate at 1 14 percent. Officers expect Pershing and Carranza forces back by September 15 and guard retirements to begin a month later. Emphasis on health, climate, and open life as a model for policy.
New York consumes about 20 000 barrels of flour daily and holds 500 000 to 600 000 barrels in warehouses. The city’s supply is less than a month, with war materials occupying storage spaces. Britain's fleets keep seas open. Germany faces serious food difficulties contested by large stockpiling plans. Living from hand to mouth remains common for nations and individuals.
A note argues that large projects and new structures often arise after wars or moral uplift, not from ample funding. It predicts practical reconstruction, stronger agriculture, and community progress despite financial strain, citing successful garden spots and rich farming districts as proof.
The article extols farmers as builders of the future, urging readers to renew old faith and look ahead with broader vision and higher hope. It emphasizes the farmer as a thinker and worker shaping progress.
The secretary of the Treasury calls the rural credits bill a long delayed justice, noting broad discussions of who and which party pushed it and the various influences involved. The remark is described as a benison on passage of the measure.
A collection of brief observations recalls a cautious farmer who mindfully avoids meddling with neighbors, a lively wasp nest, and the dangers of rusty nails. An 18th century German traveler’s book linked to Hershey Library recounts Humels Town and Harris Ferry era. The Brown Swiss cattle impress visitors, and Christ Mauffair extols the Lebanon Valley view from Hershey Press Building. A query asks why a Reading local train can be late.
Rev and Mrs John Irwin Meck were honored at a well attended reception by Holy Trinity Lutheran Church and local friends. Dr Mumma led plans to keep the event homelike with speeches from Presbyterians and Hershey leaders, a gown gift from the Ladies Aid, and a walnut wagon delivery to the parsonage amid music and refreshments.
Hershey grew from farmland in 1903 to a major industrial town in Dauphin County Lebanon Valley. It hosts a 30000 attendance tenth anniversary 1913 and record crowds 40000 in 1915. The town features a large chocolate factory, farms, dairies, a model town, stores, schools, a park system with 300 acres, and extensive transportation and utilities.
A list of job notices from Hershey Pennsylvania including positions for waiters over 18 for Sundays, farm hands and dairy laborers, track repairmen for Hershey Transit, milking work, outside labor, and cooks for a kindergarten. Emphasis on good wages and steady work with application through Hershey Employment Bureau Hershey Pa.
The timetable lists intercity trolley departures and connections among Hershey Hummelstown Harrisburg Lebanon Elizabethtown Palmyra and Lancaster. It specifies first and last cars Sundays and weekdays with hourly and half hour intervals and transfer points, plus cafe and bureau hours and visitor access.
Advertisements seek workers for kitchens and dining halls in Hershey with Sunday work, room and board, advancement, and good pay. Positions include laborers, lumber department manager, tinsmith, plumbers helper, dairy farm helper, hardware department youth, and a chef. Apply at Hershey Employment Bureau.
American applicant aged years, single and white, with experience in both American and European menus. Offers steady employment, good wages, room and board included. Apply at once.
The church announces Bible School at 9.15. Sermons at 10.15 and 7.30. Junior and Intermediate Hour at 2.00. Christian Endeavor at 6.30. Prayer meeting Wednesday at 7.45 and choir practice after.
Sunday School at 9 30 p m. Preaching at 10 30 a m and 7 30 p m. Christian Endeavor at 6 45 p m. Wednesday evening regular prayer meeting and choir rehearsal.
Rev John Irwin Meek posts 9th Sunday after Trinity Bible School at 916 ALM with Chief Services at 7 00 P M Choir Practice Thursday at 8 00 P M All are cordially invited
Prayer meeting Thursday evening at 7 30 o clock Sunday School 90 A M Preaching Service 1080 A M Christian Workers Meeting 6 80 A M
The Christian and Missionary Alliance announces no services will be held in the PO.Sof A. hall during August.
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