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Newspaper
Hershey Press
Location
Hershey, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Feb 08, 1912
Page
4
The Hershey Press invites articles and items of interest for publication every Thursday. Advertising is open at regular rates. Entered at Hershey post office as second class matter. February 8, 1912.
The article praises Hershey for clean sport after a rough Friday night YMCA basketball game. It notes two players were ejected, criticizes persistent rough play, and calls for sportsmen to finish with smiles. It also discusses efforts by firms to ban cashing payroll checks in saloons.
Friday evening prompted a strict approach to a difficult individual. The calendar motto urged pleasant behavior until 10 o'clock, after which the rest of the day would take care of itself.
An illustrated lecture on the chestnut blight was delivered last Friday night in the Technical High School auditorium under the auspices of Harrisburg.
Professor John W. Harshberger of the Pennsylvania Chestnut Blight Commission outlines the spread of chestnut blight, now affecting half of Pennsylvania and alarmingly extending to other states. The fungus Diaprotheparasitica destroys sap flow, leaves die, and no cure exists. He notes possible introduction from Japanese chestnuts and a recent discovery of a similar oak blight.
A light note rejects grand ambitions among a crowd of self styled rulers. The speaker playfully questions the value of chasing a titular crown in a quirky local scene.
The seven lime kilns at the W T Bradley works Swatara Station failed when a wall fell about noon Thursday. The 75 foot deep stone kilns with a concrete brace collapsed after heat weakened the structure. Fourteen workers narrowly escaped injury as ruins blocked the shipments siding. The plant shut down, about 50 workers laid off, and recovery crews worked to clear debris. Loss estimated at 6000 dollars covered by insurance.
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