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Newspaper
Hershey Press
Location
Hershey, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Aug 24, 1911
Page
4
The Hershey Press announces open columns for articles and items of interest, with advertising space at regular rates. It is entered at the Hershey post office as second class matter on Thursday, August 24, 1911.
A poem parable argues kindness yields bigger returns than money. It mocks a fictional stock from the Amalgamated Company of Common Kindness, claiming acts of kindness compound happiness and pay dividends in life. The piece stresses that true wealth lies in generous, everyday courtesy.
A letter written aboard the steamer Orita by James F. Garvin details seas and sights including numerous flying fish resembling swallow birds that skim water and dive back. He notes their white bellies, black tops, long glides, and breeze aided flight as a predator-evading tactic. The voyage includes St Vincent and Cape Verde Islands and mentions deck swimming pool amusements.
A flood swept an Italian woman from the deck after a board and canvas structure gave way on the second day. The vessel hosted concerts for passengers. The author noted Mr Garvin was three weeks from his destination and may have reached Santiago, Chile if all went well.
The article notes Thomas Jefferson as author of the Declaration of Independence and Virginia Statute for Religious Freedom and father of the University of Virginia. It records his birth April 13, 1748 in Shadowell Virginia and death July 4, 1826 at Monticello. It lists roles Secretary of State 1790 to 1793 Vice President 1797 to 1801 and President 1801 to 1809 and his Democratic Republican presidency. It mentions his expansion of the Louisiana Territory and of the Oregon country.
President Taft signed the joint resolution admitting New Mexico and Arizona to statehood at 3 08 P M on a Monday. Senators Penrose and Weeks and Barchfeld witnessed the event with territorial delegates and citizens from the two territories. The President used three pens and read the resolution aloud saying it is done. The measure requires Arizona to remove the judiciary recall clause from its constitution.
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