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Newspaper
Hershey Press
Location
Hershey, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Feb 24, 1916
Page
3
In northeastern Pennsylvania groups from several sporting camps plan to unite to influence lawmakers on game preservation and hunting rules, aiming to prevent farming interests from monopolizing legislation.
Mt Union sees near 100 percent assessment rise after Europe war. Old value just over $600,000. Central National Bank bought Hunter corner property for $12,000. one third sold to McCrory Stores for $11,000. New bank building planned. McCrory store to form an LL shape opening on two streets. Aetna Explosive Co holds over 1,000,000 pounds of acid and makes daily 30,000 pounds of smoke less powder. Yeggmen rob Lizabethtown station, wreck safe with explosives. $15 and papers missing. Fox hunter George Gaul reports two foxes in Stuart's Run.
Richard Be Mnaanest sold a dwelling on South Hanover Street in Thinmedstown to Wall Lui B Pike of Tailfax. Pike becomes the new superintendent at the nearby shoe factory, marking a change in local employment and property ownership.
Witlamenhelaer, president of jw Itryst National Bank and leading Newport citizen, died suddenly from a weak heart at age twenty ol. He had long been an active merchant but retired years ago. He served on the Grand Army of the Republic and the Luther Church. He is survived by his wife, four brothers Albert Reuben Benjamin and George of Rod Tdon, and a sister Amanda of Union Deposit.
The Harrisburg Telegraph warns against harmful talk about banks. In Pittsburgh a bank run followed a false report, nearly crippling a solvent institution. A $5,000 reward is offered for the culprit, with hopes of swift capture and punishment as the law allows. The piece notes broad harm to banks and depositors from such false rumors.
State Workmen's Insurance Fund foresees premium income exceeding one million dollars in 1916 as about 7 000 Pennsylvania employers have insured their compensation liability. Current premium income hovers around 700 000 with a broad mix of risks. The fund faces opposition from some agents but has proved resilient and successful. A local note mentions George Kennard of Coleraine township capturing a gray fox with trained hounds in a fox-hunting month.
A Palmyra high school class studies practical incubation with several machines set up in the basement. Students supply the eggs and practice operating the incubator for three hours each session.
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