Fine Sunday Union Meetings Grow in Hershey Center
Attendance at Hershey Central Theater union services surged last Sunday with near full seats despite holidays. Speakers included Dr George P Bible of Philadelphia and Miss Marion Ballour Fisk will discuss Captain Tommy with drawings, promising a broader program next Sunday.
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Hershey Central
Palmyra
Hummelstown
Hershey
Marion Ballour Fisk
Tommy
Philadelphia
Dr. Bible
Washington
Bible
United States
Oregon
Canada
Florida
Festivities at Bindnagles and Long's Schoolhouse
A Friday evening festival at Bindnagles Church drew an appreciative audience on December 29. Warvey Miller and family from Hershey visited Jacob M. Gingrich’s family. Abner Gingrich and family also called. At Long's Schoolhouse a well attended entertainment featured an address by Prof. John L. Sherk of Lebanon, with Prof. and Mrs. Allen also noted.
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William Seaman
Palmyra
Renshaw
John Shenk
West Hanover
Chester Boyer
Hershey
D. Webster Hemperly
D. B. Leslie
Annville
B. F. Shertzer
Estella Felty
Lebanon
O. R. Bittner
George Sheffey
Aaron Fox
Rudy Behm
Algers
Mary Gerberich
William Gerberich
Addison Gingrich
D. M. Rank
Hiram Shellenhamer
Amos Clay
Bindnagles
Warvey Miller
Jacob M. Gingrich
Abner Gingrich
Long
John L. Sherk
Allen Relataccom
Woman's dress as evidence in old case referenced by jailer
A jailer questions how dress mattered after Erastus Pinkley recalls his woman folks treating chicken feathers as evidence. The Washington Star quotes Pinkley saying a court issue stemmed from a woman’s love of dress and feathered hats.
Old Derry Church Overlooking Hershey in Derry
The article traces the origin of Derry, named after Derry in Ireland, noting Scotch-Irish settlers and a 1782 minister Rev. William Bertram. It mentions a 1769 church building, 1741 land grant from Penn proprietors, and the 1888 demolition of the old church after 115 years for a new stone edifice.
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Hershey
Derry
Ireland
William Bertram
Paxtang
Penn Proprietors
Gift For Pastor Krapf at Holy Trinity Christmas Service
A large happy crowd filled Holy Trinity Lutheran Church for Christmas night celebrations honoring Pastor Krapf with a purse gift for his work on the new church and growing the congregation. The service featured many youth and choir pieces, with a full program of hymns recitations and readings, and gifts distributed to school members. The article also notes 1910 US population language breakdown and native stock share.
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Holy Trinity “Lutheran Church
Pastor Krapf
Mary Mauffair
Daniel Copenhaver
Edith Light
Galilee
Bethlehem
Edith McCafferty
Walter DeVerter
William Leithiser
Melville Keiffer
Anna Krauss
Mary
Charles
Nazareth
Katherine Leithiser
Jesus
Hilda Fremeyer
Many Tongues One People Census data on foreign white stock in the United States
The Census Bureau data show how language divides the 32,248,882 persons of foreign white stock in the United States by linguistic groups. The enumeration highlights the linguistic diversity within this population.
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United States
Census Bureau
United
A Marital Atrocity in Louisville
Louisville Cour ier Journal reports a domestic dispute where Wombat accuses his wife of using a dumdum biscuit as a pretext in a marital conflict. The piece presents a sensational domestic episode with charged language and local social context.
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Isaac Longenecker
C. E. Barnhart
Bindnagles Church
Old Derry Church
Holy Trinity
Jerusalem
Noah Klaus, Jr
Marion. Keiffer
Ellen
Leithiser Tva Drescher
James ‘Trostle
Simeon
Anna Mauffair
Hershey, Penna
Wombat
Underwood
Elliott Cresson
North Third Street
Harrisburg
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