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Newspaper
Hershey Press
Location
Hershey, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Aug 24, 1916
Page
4
The Hershey Press reports on a prominent local issue drawing reader attention in August 1916. Community leaders and residents react as developments unfold in Hershey, Pennsylvania, with ongoing coverage of civic matters affecting daily life.
The piece argues railroads and labor erred early, faced bitter clashes, but later moved toward cooperation after new laws. It notes railroads deserve credit for prosperity, cites rising sea rates and ships' gains, and calls for fair labor solutions and banker restraint.
The piece notes a rising trend of donors using posthumous gifts to support farming ventures. It cites legal risks of wills and trusts and advises that money intended for farming philanthropy should be put to work during life rather than tied up after death. It quotes Alton B. Parker on not doing business in heaven.
In a New York financial daily critique the rural credits act is labeled New Credits For Old Debts. It notes the act will take months to implement, likely after the November vote, and questions whether it will influence millions of votes. The piece calls the plan crude yet aims to liquidate land value based credit.
The 1916 Lebanon Fair will run September 4–8, shifting from mid August after leaving the Big Fair Circuit and joining the Pen Mar Circuit. Exhibits will feature Lebanon county farm products, expanded agricultural and automobile displays, new horse and cattle barns, and up to 200 horses with light harness and running races offering $5,600 in purses. Vaudeville acts, six troops, and a grand stand show will headline the five day event.
Fishermen H J Miller Aldus Wirth and B F Zentmeyer gigged eight large carp in Swatara Creek. The biggest carp reached 31 inches and 18 pounds. A leatherback carp dragged Mr Zentmeyer overboard during the catch and near-tragedy followed as he was pulled into the water.
In 1903 Hershey began as farmland in Derry Township Dauphin County Pennsylvania. By 1915 it boasted a model town with 150 homes under construction and a flouring industrial system including a large chocolate factory dairy farms and a full civic framework. The town supports a population of about 1600 with over 2000 nearby workers and a thriving economy centered on industry banking transportation and culture.
Members of the Lebanon Valley College class of 1916 spent a pleasant day in Hershey. They visited Hershey Park in the morning and dinner at Hershey Cafe in the evening. Names on the trip include Esther Bachman Louise Henry Annville Mary Bergdoll York Violette Wolfe Lebanon Pauline Clark Hershey Edwin Zeigler Elizabethville Paul Wagner Hershey Charles Loomis Harrisburg David Fink Annville and E D Williams Hershey.
A party of young men from Hershey recently returned from a trip along the Susquehanna at Wild Cat Falls in Lancaster. They say the camp was delightful and plan to repeat it next summer. Participants include Paul Henry Ralph Hogenshop Irvin Elliott Daniel Lutz Luther Drescher Walter Carpenter Lewis Kirkpatrick and John Windfield Zimmerman.
William Cain, one of Columbia's oldest residents and father of Ewing Cain of Hershey, died at home last Tuesday at age 87. He was a Civil War veteran and a Pennsylvania Railroad pensioner, survived by his 83 year old widow.
Multiple job ads list farm hands track repairers tenant farmers milkers and dairy laborers all to apply at Hershey Employment Bureau Hershey Pa Also positions for waiters waitresses cooks kindergarten staff and hardware department workers with good wages steady work and immediate openings in 1916 Merthay Employment Bureau Mershey Pa
Abe Dearolf injured his right arm Monday at the factory when a ladder collapsed in the big press room. Flo, who was on top of the ladder, earned severe abrasions while trying to catch herself. Dearolf will be away from duties for several days.
Samuel 7. Seal battled a two foot four inch wall-eyed salmon from the Susquenanha river at Mt. Patrick for one hour and fifteen minutes. It is claimed to be the largest specimen of this species ever taken from Perry county waters.
Schedules show trolleys from Hershey to Hummelstown Harrisburg and Lebanon with first cars at 5 a m or 5 15 a m and frequent hourly or half hour intervals through 11 30 p m Sundays listed. Connections via Elizabethtown Palmyra and Lancaster noted with special transfer rules for Hershey access. Train times also listed for Eastbound Westbound and Sundays with cafe hours and employment bureau details.
Young men sought for lunch bar work at Hershey Pennsylvania with good wages and meals. Plumbers helper and dairy farm worker positions also listed with experience preferred. Also confidential clerk training at Harrisburg Young Men's Business Institute and a lost cameo brooch near Reinhold residence with reward offered.
Garden hose in excellent condition offered for sale along with plants and a typewriter. Interested buyers may apply at this office.
At the late home of Jacob Nissley deceased on the avenue near the Park farm a public sale is held Saturday September 2. Administrator Dr M La Nissley and clerk Richard Ernest oversee the auction starting at 1 pm. Desirable household articles including bedsteads sewing machine organ sideboards tables chairs range carpet rugs clocks garden tools and more. A large attendance is expected.
Seven parcels of real estate owned by Levi Zimmerman will be offered for sale by auction or public sale. The action is led by the executor and a local real estate firm in the county court, with terms to be announced at the sale location.
An auction at the Haefner House in Derry Church is set for Saturday September 16. Executor Amos C. Zimmerman and attorney F J Schaffner oversee a sale featuring multiple tracts: land in West Hanover Township, four lots in Derry Church including improved parcels, timberland in Derry Township, and land in East Hanover Township. All properties described as valuable.
Rev. N. L. Linebaugh leads Bible School at 9:15 and Sermon at 10:15. Junior and Intermediate Hour at 2:00, Christian Endeavor at 6:80, Sermon at 7:30, Prayer meeting Wednesday at 7:45, with choir practice after.
Sunday School at 9.30 p.m. Preaching at 10.30 p.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 presides at the Lutheran Church of the Holy Trinity with Bible School at 9 15 A M and Chief Service at 10 30 A M Choir Practice is set for Thursday at 8 00 P M.
Prayer meeting Thursday 7:30 p m Sunday School 9 30 a m Christian Workers Meeting 6 80 Preaching Service 7 30 There will be no services held in the P O S A hall during Avapuat month and all activities are paused.
Reverend G W Hallman leads Sunday School at 9 30 A M with no evening service due to a recount at Hillydale Camp.
In Union Deposit the Sunday School begins at 9 30 A M and the Christin Endeavor meets at 6 30 P M on Sunday. The schedule lists two youth activities for families and church members.
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