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Newspaper
Hershey Press
Location
Hershey, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Feb 01, 1912
Page
4
The Hershey Press invites submissions of articles and items of interest for publication. Advertising columns available at regular rates. Entered at the Hershey post office as second class matter. Thursday, February 1, 1912.
The editors appeal to readers to report happenings and personal items from Palmyra and Hummelstown. They stress trust, confidentiality, and fuller coverage of church, lodge, club, and organizational news, inviting community cooperation to print more local items.
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A strolling narrator meets a series of tradespeople and professionals including a butcher, author, broker, tailor, doctor, and car dealer. Each reply centers on their own fortunes and a light pun about health or success, ending with a melancholy self-portrait of being “broken down.”
A YMCA sociable last Thursday drew 225 men to the building by eight. The event opened with a junior basketball game in twelve minute halves, played by two picked teams with high interest and excitement as the crowd gathered in the gym gallery.
A Hershey gathering featured the young Runkle brothers of Harrisburg in an acclaimed acrobatic act. Director Kogel praised the youngsters and plans a return visit with a surprise. Eugene Shenk vs Kogel drew cheers in a five minute wrestling bout. Volleyball and band selections followed, then a swim culminating the evening.
Middletown Big Five beat Germantown Y M C A on Monday evening 41 to 27. Frackville defeated Mohnton 34 to 25 on Monday evening at Frackville. Central High of Harrisburg won 28 to 24 over Lebanon High at Lebanon Y M C A on Saturday. Lancaster High lost to York High 25 to 22 Saturday. York Y M C A defeated Felton A C 49 to 12 at York Y M C A Saturday. Lebanon Y M C A beat Seneca Potts Town 35 to 27 on the Lebanon floor.
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