Local Happenings in Hershey and Nearby Areas
The Hershey community hosts a wide range of social visits including clergy and guests at meals after field mass. Events include Atlantic City excursions, visits by residents to New York City and Elizabeth New Jersey, and local shopping trips. Notable notices mention a stove burner demonstration, a car collision with minor injuries, and missing and found items along with classifieds for a piano and household help.
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John E. Snyder
Hershey
P. A. Kennedy
Dr. Ludes
Harrisburg
W. F. R. Murrie
Hershey Cafe
John W. McGinness
New York City
Callie Rojahn
Mary and
Carl
Dallastown
Pearl Rice
Claude B. Klinefelter
Ellanore Wright
Verna Rodgers
Mark Rodgers
Harold Woomer
Anna Lentz
Dorothy Lentz
George Girth
Robert Whittle
Kathryn Carpenter
Frank Gerard
Elizabeth
N. J
William D. Geiling
R. E. Sternberger
Harry King
Emanuel King
Myerstown
Mary
Allwine
Gregg Institute
Chicago
Leona Wiegand
John Wiegand
Robert
Anna Veith
Anna Rockenstein
St. Joan of Arc Church
Chocolate Avenue
Mr. Wiegand
Lancaster
J. Howard Seltzer
Perdix-on-the- Isle
Claude Klinefelter
Atlantic City
Odd Fellows
Sunbury
Odd Fellows Orphans Home
A. C. White
George Lafferty
Merle Harris
George Kline
Robert Kline
Clarence Ulrich
William Tobias
Austin Shelly
Charles Rodgers
Fred Gipe
Austin Zeamer
George Schroll and Son
William Hildebrandt
Red Lion
York County
Frank Phillips
Fred Cushman
Shippensburg
H. L. Lindemuth
Mt. Gretna
Rank Garman
Thomas Rodgers
Florence Kitchen
Purchasing Dept
Pearl Hans
Accounting
Olive Allbright
Harry Kelchner
Grocery Department
Albert Kelchner
Meat Department
Clarence von Neida
Elizabeth Copenhaver
George Morris
Credit Department
H. A. Newton
Boston
George A. Bartels
Bartels
R. S. Woomer
Russell Smith
South Bethlehem
Newton Shannon
Mable Lingle
Mary Kirk
McConnelsburg
Miss Kirk
Lydia Weltmer
Esta Kilmer
Stoverdale
Lester Bingham
Mr. Bingham
Mifflinsburg
Gladys Church
Bingham
Ray E. Willard
Lykens
Mr. Willard
R. Elmer Willard
Ivan Mease
Lebanon
Ira G. Mumma
Elenor Emmett
York Springs
Wayne Habecker
Roy
Duncannon
Habecker
Harry Kleiser
D. B. Yost
Trinidad Ave
Ruth Shultz
Alan Fidler
Paul Shultz
E. W. Schwenk
Mt. Olivet
Dillsburg
Maude Klugh
Charles Yoder
Palmyra
Rutherford Subway
White
Wilbur H. Ward
Hershey Park
Bellevue Hospital
C. G. Stauffer
Hershey Employment Bureau
Enos Brehm
Derry Road
Keystone
Wm. W. Mish
East
Caracas Avenue
C. V. Glynn
Cocoa Ave
Hershey, Pa
Philadelphia Mint Produces Record 501 Million Coins
The Philadelphia mint released 501000000 coins in the last fiscal year, rising about 25 percent from 1919. It now stands as the largest mint in the United States and the world, having produced more coins than any other mint.
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Philadelphia
Philadelphia Mint
Sugar price forecast in Philadelphia wholesale market
Sugar at eleven cents a pound by January 1 is foreseen by some Philadelphia wholesale dealers. One man set the coming low price at five cents. Since sugar sold for twenty six cents two months ago there has been a gradual reduction to the present price of twenty one cents.
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Philadelphia
Foreigner asks for talcum powder at shop
A fragment shows a shopper described as distinctly foreign asking the clerk for talcum powder. The clerk replies with a mistranslation or miscommunication about branding and scent, revealing a period tone of colloquial dialogue.
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Mennen
Oakdale Grange Picnic Set With Livestock Exhibit
Preparations are finished for the third annual Oakdale Grange picnic at Webner's woods near Hummelstown on Wednesday and Thursday. The program features livestock exhibitions and talks by speakers including Secretary of Agriculture Rasmusen and Postmaster Hill. A livestock judging contest for ages ten to twenty is planned, along with bread baking contests, Home Economics demonstrations, and Chester White pig displays.
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Oakdale Grange
Webner’s Woods
Hummelstown
Rasmusen
Postmaster Hill
Fred Brenkman
Pennsylvania State Grange
Zimmerman
Beckley
Dauphin County
Dauphin County Farm Bureau
H. G. Nissley
Home Economics Department
Pennsylvania State College
Pig Breeding Club
Hershey
Chester
Fourth Class Postmaster Examination Announced for Swatara
The United States Civil Service Commission announces a September 11 1920 examination in Hershey Pa to certify for a fourth class postmaster vacancy at Swatara Pa and other office openings. Applicants must be 21 or 18 in certain states and reside in the local postal territory. Applications and Form 1753 available from the postmaster or the commission in Washington.
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United States Civil Service Commission
Hershey
Swatara
United States
Washington, D. C
Homecoming talk about a shared care plan
A brief domestic exchange shows a wife anticipating her husband’s happiness at her return while noting she leaves the baby with him. The dialogue highlights family roles and reassurance in a home setting.
With the Crowd Henry Where's the Old Man Who Used to Work Here
Henry asks about a former worker and learns he has died Fritz remarks the man joined the great majority, while noting he would not harshly judge him as a good man he knew.
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Henry
Fritz
Potatoes Threatened By Worst Blight Epidemic Amid Heavy Rain
Dauphin County Farm Agent H. G. Nissley warns potato growers that continued rain and cool nights create ideal conditions for blight, with half the state crop already infected. He urges Bordeaux mixture spraying every 10 to 14 days. farm bureaus will provide mixing and application guidance.
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Dauphin County
H. G. Nissley
Dauphin
County Farm Bureau
State College
Pennsylvania
Nissley
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Webner’s
George
Hershey Park Theatre
Paul Hillis
Manhattan
Moving Picture
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Big V
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