Hershey Briefs and Local Happenings
News notes from Hershey and nearby areas include visitors in Harrisburg and Dauphin, a recipe joke about cooking chickens with clay, and updates on residents recovering from typhoid. George Karmany enters embalming school, fire officials confirm extinguishers are OK, and staff changes occur at Reading R. R. station. Also tidbits on sleigh travel, a wedding in Derry Church, and upcoming Hershey Park events including a band benefit dance on February 12.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry Miller
Georgia
Harry Hershey
Harry
Geo. Karmany
Hummelstown
Philadelphia
Eckles
George
Hershey Park Auditorium
Hershey Band
H. & G. Street Railway Seeks Curve Elimination
Harry Herr for the Hummelstown and Campbelltown Street Railway Co met the Berks and Dauphin Turnpike Co at the Eagle Hotel in Lebanon to negotiate use of about a mile of turnpike between Hershey and Palmyra. The aim is to remove a dangerous curve near Hershey by extending the line onto the turnpike. Talks unsettled but likely to conclude soon. work planned in spring.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry Herr
Hummelstown and Campbelltown Street Railway Company
Berks and Dauphin Turnpike Company
Eagle Hotel
Lebanon
Hershey
Palmyra
Hummelstown and
Campbelltown Street Railway Company
A Warning 10 Boys Who Set Dogs on the Deer at Hershey Park
Reported incident near Hershey Park where ten local boys released dogs to chase deer in the park’s enclosure. Bystanders intervened quickly to stop the dogs. the piece cautions guardians to monitor their children and warns of consequences if repeated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hershey Park
Quotations for Philadelphia Flour and Farm Produce
Philadelphia market notes show flour steady with winter low grades 4.40 to 4.60 and winter clear 5.00 to 5.25. rye flour quiet 4.25 to 4.40 per barrel. No 2 red wheat 1.25 to 1.27. corn No 2 yellow local up to 72 cents. oats No 2 white 53 to 54 cents, lower grades 52. poultry live firm with hens 16 to 17 cents, dressed fowls 18 cents. butter 38 cents. eggs 37 to 39 cents, nearby 31, western 31. potatoes steady 52 to 55 cents per bushel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Live Stock Market Report from Pittsburg Yards
At the Union Stock Yards in Pittsburg cattle rise with prices from 6.50 to 6.65 for choice prime steers. Sheep firm with prime wethers 6.10 to 6.25, lambs 6 to 8.60, veal calves 9.50 to 10.00. Hogs show strong demand with prime heavies 8.75 and midweights 8.60 to 8.70, light Yorkers 8.50 to 8.60, pigs 8.20 to 8.30, roughs 7.50 to 8.25.
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Pittsburg
Union
Also Mentioned on This Page
Jacob Cassady
Harrisburg
Alma Luter
Dauphin
Mary Painter
Conrad
O. K
Walter N. Yingst
Reading R. R
Annville
R. A. Goulaff
Mr. Yingst
W. . Krodel
Hershey Chocolate Company
New York City
David Howard
John Howard
Derry Church
Harriet Horner
Valentine Horner
Samuel Yordy
Hershey Improvement Company
Walter Lapplin
New York
Broadway
Walter
Chocolate Town
Adam Knocker
Hershey Farm Company
Hershey Chocolate Co
J. H. Gallatin
Eli Rhine
H. & G. Street Railway Company
Hershey Trust Co
Hershey, Pa
Hershey Press
Dr. Chalmers L. Crist
S. E. Cor. Railroad
Nissley’s
Hummelstown, Pa
W. Eugene Miller
Palmyra, Pa
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