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Newspaper
Hershey Press
Location
Hershey, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Feb 24, 1916
Page
2
Hon Harry Phillips cites death rates in London at forty per thousand in congested areas, dropping with sunshine and better living. He notes Philadelphia at fifteen per thousand and lower outside cities. He praises Hershey for fresh air, pure water, and rational enjoyment, calling it the place of sane living and inviting health seekers.
Hershey in Derry Township Dauphin County Pennsylvania emerges as a growing industrial town since 1903 with a 1918 tenth anniversary attendance of 380000. The text highlights a model town development 1500 homes 800 acre park complex and a large industrial and social infrastructure including farms schools library telegraph and transit links and a major chocolate factory shipping nationwide.
In Lancaster County Pennsylvania about 11 000 farms average 50 acres produce nearly 15 million dollars yearly. Wheat and corn lead with 6 million, tobacco 3 5 million, hay and forage 2 5 million, potatoes vegetables one to two million, fruits and small fruits near one million. Dairy and livestock value noted.
The notice lists detailed trolley and train timetables for Hershey, Hummelstown, Harrisburg, Lebanon, Elizabethtown and Palmyra, including first and last cars, hourly and half hour departures, Sunday schedules, and special connections for Hershey. It also covers cafe hours, employment and information bureaus, factory visiting hours, banking, shops, entertainment, and post office operations.
The text highlights Lancaster County farming as a thriving business. It notes diverse crops, experienced practices, and the county's status as America’s richest agricultural area. Farmers report more money in banks and higher farm values than ever before in the region’s history.
The piece argues hard cider fuels troubles beyond beer, citing a party riot with hospital and jail outcomes. It links cider to prohibition clashes, warns of its deceptive harmless look, and recalls Edenic and cultural scrolls about apples while urging caution against excess.
A famous limerick about President Wilson has been widely shared, describing his appearance and public reception. The verse pokes at appearances and public opinion, noting there are others seen as more handsome while the crowd reacts to the poem’s jabs.
A fragmentary sermon card attributes power to carelessness as an unseen force harming homes, workers, and widows. It claims carelessness pervades the home, streets, factories, and trains, bringing degradation and death.
An unreadable OCR fragment mentions names and garbled phrases. The readable bits hint at a person or event but lack clear action, date, or places to tie into a coherent report. Further context is needed to identify participants or significance.
Thomas A Edison, marking a birthday, shares views on diet and drinking. He proposes cutting food intake to a quarter, reducing beer alcohol progressively, and favors federal regulation and eventual worldwide prohibition. He criticizes cigarettes for youth and supports women voting. He predicts Allies win the war but without invasion and a two year continuation.
The report shows sixty eight retail license applications for Harrisburg and seventy one for the county, fourteen wholesale licenses in the city and nine in the county, with nine for bottlers and distributors. It notes ownership patterns where property owners are not always the license holders and lists several attorneys with numerous cases and sponsors among state and city officials.
A fragmentary advent into a curious language puzzle appears in a vintage text. The piece features a central figure Nevossky and a bungness Frenchman as narrators discussing eggs for breakfast and a sequence of garbled phrases. The odd dialogue includes mock phrases about roosters and children, ending with a cryptic line about the Chpisthasn Mamily.
A damaged OCR snippet shows garbled text with misspellings and odd capitalization. It hints at a discussion of old days versus modern habits but contains no clear events or identifiable entities. The readable portion suggests a comparison of "matin element" and "wader" concepts, lacking coherent meaning.
Charles M. Schwab, president of Bethlehem Steel, has purchased the Pennsylvania Steel Company and its Steelton plant. The amidship report credits Schwab as a self‑made industrial leader with optimism for the future of American industry and promises for Harrisburg and nearby towns dependent on the plant.
A garbled fragment describes someone applying powder and cosmetics with scattered actions. It hints at a scene of disguise or preparation but the meaning is unclear and many words are corrupted.
Silly garbled lines describe unclear health concerns and odd dialogues about food. The piece mentions a maiden and garbled names, with a cryptic reference to meals and a figure named Argonaut in a nonsensical context.
Fragmentary OCR text mentions several unreadable names and places with no coherent event or outcome. Cannot determine a specific person, organization, or location or provide a meaningful summary.
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