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Newspaper
Hershey Press
Location
Hershey, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Aug 31, 1916
Page
4
In Hershey Pennsylvania on August 31 1916 local golfers are described as bright sociable and good sports despite minor misfortunes like losing balls. The piece notes city golf reflects the open country and the community mood rather than the game itself.
A Peru reader’s letter printed without his knowledge offers an outsider’s ornate Spanish style view of Hershey. The translation mirrors the original tone from a leading Cuban journal and reflects generous compliments and vivid phrasing about Hershey.
A Lancaster paper extols Hershey for its appeal to shoppers, noting its single large store, parks, seating, and friendly public spaces that encourage visitors to spend a day shopping. It contrasts Hershey with Lancaster and Lebanon, urging appreciation of Hershey’s distinct attractions.
The Hershey Press explains a flood of new laws aiding farmers including rural credits, warehouse receipts loans, and grain inspection with established grades. The piece notes banks, warehouses, liquid credit, and government support modernizing farming finance and storage.
A New Yorker writes to the Herald lamenting golf crowds and noting stark contrasts between weary riders returning from links and cheerful attendees leaving a baseball game. The letter hints at social mood shifts and tension in daily leisure scenes.
Harris A. C. of Harrisburg defeated Hershey 6 to 2 at Park diamond in a game marked by costly Hershey errors. Zentmeyer started for Hershey, allowing five hits while Hershey had eight hits but failed to overcome defensive mistakes. The visitors led from the first inning and held the advantage throughout the contest.
C E Miller of Iditarod Alaska has been visiting Mr and Mrs H C Reinhold in Hershey and renewing acquaintances in Lancaster. Miller has lived in Alaska sixteen years and has many stories from the new country. He reads the Iditarod Pioneer which costs 25 cents a copy or ten dollars a year, a rate lauded amid high paper costs.
Hershey in Derry Township Dauphin County Pennsylvania rises as a vast industrial and residential center begun in 1903. By 1915 it boasted a 40 000 crowd, numerous facilities including a 800 seat theatre a 1500 seat theatre a 1000 seat cafe and extensive parks and schools with 28 dairies 8 500 acres of farms and a 2 000 000 dollar trust company.
Schedules list trolley and train service for Hershey, Hummelstown, Harrisburg, Lebanon, Elizabethtown, and Palmyra with first cars from Hershey at 6 a.m. Sundays 6:15 a.m. Palmyra service runs hourly 6 a.m. to 11 p.m. and connections via Elizabethtown and Harrisburg. Includes cafe hours, Quick Lunch, Employment Bureau hours, and factory visiting info.
A lively vaudeville bill and moving pictures entertain large audiences at Hershey Park Theatre this week with the Great Richards and Company in The Act Beautiful leading next week’s Labor Day program. Hap Moore and Jack LeRoy perform from Keiths Bijou Philadelphia with Foolish Ideas, Doris Mann and Jack Warren present A Surprise for Mother, and the Three Happy Sailors supply a sailor act alongside Memphis Students offering Southern songs. Good moving pictures complete the program.
Classified notices call for male stenographers aged 17 to 25 with typewriter experience and other factory and office roles. Positions include dairy farm work, lunch bar staff, plumbers helper, and confidential clerks training through the Young Men's Business Institute at Hershey and Harrisburg. Apply to Hershey Employment Bureau or YMBI.
Garden hose in excellent condition plants and a typewriter offered for sale. A modern rental at No 23 Granada Avenue Hershey with fine location. Apply Mrs L M Prouty at No 25 Granada Avenue Hershey Pa. Missing pocketbook notice warns rightful owner to return it to avoid repetition.
The Hershey Volunteer Fire Company plans a Tuesday meeting on September 5 to nominate candidates for the annual election on the first Tuesday in October and address other important business.
Help wanted notices from Hershey Employment Bureau list farm hands track repairmen milkers and laborers with steady work and good wages. Positions include farm laborer day or month, messengers, cooks for kindergarten, and a hardware department trainee in Jerehey Pennsylvania.
Misses Elizabeth and Catherine Mumma led United Brethren class from Palmyra on a Saturday outing to Valley Glen Park. A basket luncheon was served. Attendees included Mrs Runike Mrs Quigley Mia Weitzel Mrs Minnie Yingat Mrs Herman Farneler Carrie Runkle Minnie Quigley Eva Quigley Catherine Snyder and many others from the Palmyra group.
The Presbyterian Church holds Sunday School at 9.30 a.m., preaching at 10.30 a.m. and 7.30 p.m., Christian Endeavor at 6.46 p.m., and Wednesday prayers meeting with choir rehearsal.
The Ladies Aid Society of Holy Trinity Lutheran Church will hold its monthly meeting on Wednesday evening September 6 at 8 o clock at the home of Mrs Gish Swatara Station.
Two and a half story house with a good barn, ply sty construction, two and a half acres along the Teizabethtown valley line. Six cent fare from Hershey. Must be said at once. Only two hundred dollars needed. Apply to W. W. Shent, Nforshay, 71.
Pastor Rev John Irwin Meek presides at the 11th Sunday after Trinity with no Bible School. Chief service at 7:00 PM and choir practice at 8:00 PM. This notices Thursday activities.
Prayer meeting Thursday 7 30 P M Sunday School 0 90 A M Christian Workers Meeting 6 30 Preaching Service 7 30 0
A boy with bantam hens found an ostrich egg tied to a beam in the chicken-house with a note reading “Read your eye on the egg and do your duty.” The scene surprised the father at dawn as he found the prank.
The Funny Mr Dooley will appear at the Academy in Lebanon for one night on September 1. The act features songs like Yankee Doodle Dandy and My Six Oclock Girl with new numbers The Chauffeurs The Boy Scouts and the Suffragette. Comedy by Paul Quinn and Joe Mitchell. Ticket prices range 23c to 1.00.
A sharp-eyed judge scolds a litigant for a bluntly doubtful claim and jokes that the man should hire a lawyer. The exchange highlights the courtroom's wary scrutiny of testimony and the judge's counsel to seek legal aid.
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