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Newspaper
Hershey Press
Location
Hershey, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jan 07, 1915
Page
8
A dense roll of brief notices records New Year visits, hospital stays, family gatherings, and social calls across Hershey and surrounding towns including Palmyra Hummelstown and Harrisburg. It notes engagements appearances at events schools churches and a few local incidents and appointments.
A noon procession yesterday marked the Tershey Fire Company’s move to its new Caracas Avenue quarters. The parade drew many onlookers. The old building’s second story will be retained for the group’s focal purposes.
A repair car from Heyahey Transit Co caught fire Saturday morning as it passed the Herghey cafe. Café employees and nearby residents aided firefighters in extinguishing the blaze.
Courtesy of the Bureau of Economics a free show will screen magnificent Glacier National Park pictures at Hershey Central Theater next Tuesday night. No admission charged. all welcome. The program mirrors a recent lecture on Canadian Pacific Railway scenery, with color pictures promised to be better. Lecture by Lawrence D. Kitchell.
Campbelltown reports include visits by Amos and family to Dr. Riser, Shaffer relatives in town and Lebanon, and notes on coasting accidents and a death in Heisey School family. Amon Shearer dies in Palmyra. J P Carmany loses a horse. ice house filled. Sunday School at 9 and church at 10 led by Rev J F Frantz.
Winter notes from Vian Pa record illnesses visits and social calls. Abraham Oberholtzer is ill with the grip while Harry Brandt and family visited Reily Shepler and Frank Shiffer visited his wife's parents. Peter Lehman lost a horse. another horse died after being kicked. Constable Snavely busy with butcher work. new crusher ready to crush stone for trolley line. Mrs Reily Shepler completed a quilt with 1872 patches in 100 stars and plans more.
The Post Office estimates about 100 million Christmas parcels were sent by parcel post and total yearly mail around one billion in 1914. If average postage was ten cents per item, the revenue would reach about 100 million dollars.
A comic fragment shows Mrs Closeflat debating a doctor visit for hearing loss and her spouse quipping about money and long silence. The odd wording hints at a humorous mishearing or dialect mix, capturing a playful domestic moment.
The following Hershey salesmen were in at the Factory office during the past week. E D Schaeffer Des Moines Ia L Noel Minneapolis Minn Howard James St Louis Mo Irving Sch lamp St Louis Mo J Robinson Detroit Mich L E Dunn Elkhart Ind F C Henderson Elkhart Ind E E Johnson Nashville Tenn R C Newton Little Rock Ark C F Freytag Cincinnati territory W G Crane Harrisburg territory E S Drane Newark territory H E Woods Albany N Y territory John Anderson Rochester N Y W H Brown Trenton N J F I Collins Massachusetts Territory S V Cope North Carolina R W Jones Baltimore Md A L Sterner and H Nethercott Baltimore P D Moody Boston F G McCollister Hartford Conn R B E Richardson Georgia and Florida T V Moore Quincy Ill F L Quinker Dallas Tex F L Humphrey Denver Colo
Hockersville notes report residents in Harrisburg for events and appointments. Local families attend church revivals and weddings, with visits to Palmyra and Hershey. Harvey Douhower joins the Highway Department in Harrisburg.
Dr. Buzzer tells Mrs. Tungtwist he must extract a tooth while she resists, asking for a substitute tooth. The exchange highlights a humorous dental confrontation.
A dialect exchange questions washing a fish before baking it with Dinah asking and Law replying that washing a fish that has lived in water serves no purpose. The dialogue showcases rural speech and humor about practical cooking.
The Burlington Birch factory in New Jersey is mocked for hiring workers to a $10,000 position only to discharge them and send a 10 cent check for salary. The piece notes New Jersey workers sending labor abroad and cites Girard in the Ledger.
The French Academy of Medicine issues a public warning about the rapid spread of leprosy, urging vigilance and further research to curb the disease's transmission and protect at risk populations.
Orphans Court order lists three parcels in Derry Church with mains Street frontage. Includes a 2 1/2 story brick dwelling with outbuildings on Lots 18 and 14, plus two vacant lots on Main Street and a 10 725 square foot pair at Miller Street and North Alley. Sale set by administrator Milton H Weltmer with attorney G H Backenstoe.
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