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Newspaper
Hershey Press
Location
Hershey, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jan 14, 1915
Page
4
The Hershey Press presents Hershey as a model city with new houses and garages, a center of motor activity, and a community of affluent workers. It invites merchants and manufacturers to use its advertising columns for household supplies and automotive products, with rates on application.
Timetables list bus and rail connections for Hummelstown Harrisburg Hershey Lebanon Palmyra and area services. Hours cover daily first and last cars trains meals and shop hours with Sunday adjustments and mail office closures noted.
The piece surveys the Morrill Act’s line “and including military tactics,” citing Dean Orton of Ohio State on forging educated citizen soldiers and Civil War officer shortages. It notes a broader push in Congress to expand military training and cites General Wood on its economic value and discipline.
A fragment recalls Lloyd George praising a silver bullet for Europe while reflecting on American war effort. It contrasts farmers who returned after the Civil War with concerns about future mobilization through parades and ceremonial displays.
A Pennsylvanian farm study cites 210 000 farms but only 43 used for data arguing Pennsylvania farmers live better than in the South. The piece questions the 43 to 210 000 ratio and asks where the 48 farms are located in the report.
Census figures show farm property values rising from 20.55 billion in 1900 to 40.99 billion in 1910, sparking debate over valuations. Wisconsin data from 1904 to 1914 shows land per acre increasing from 32.50 to 52.25 dollars, suggesting farm wealth beyond sixty billion dollars nationwide and likely further growth in 1915.
Poem recalling childhood memories and family ties in a rural landscape. The speaker invites a brother to return to the Fields of Far Away, where a mother, father, and children once shared songs and dances, and where love and reunion await. The piece centers on memory and longing.
January work by Harry A. Ferry and crew uncover a copperhead asleep in a trench for winter. A hidden hole revealed a nest of other snakes, but the team, busy with pole planting, did not pursue further inquiries.
The list celebrates opening of the Panama Canal and Panama Pacific Exposition in San Francisco, centenaries of major battles and figures, and landmark anniversaries. Notable items include Roosevelt on canal workers, the Battle of New Orleans, Bismarck birth, Lincoln death, Trollope birth, Magna Carta, Waterloo, Huss, Agincourt, and emancipation milestones.
The piece argues that America advanced peace, arbitration, and a broad internationalism. It cites roles of Angell and Jordan as peace advocates and notes U S cooperation with Mexico as evidence, urging Europe to adopt America’s policy of considering others’ welfare to avoid conflicts and wars.
Rev. George Snagely Rentz leads Sunday School at 9 30 a m Morning worship at 10 80 a m with The Business of the Church World Work presentation Mission Band at 2 30 p m Christian Endeavor at 6 45 p m Evening worship at 7 30 p m Ambassadors for Christ Prayer Meeting An Evening of Prayer for the State Government.
Pastor N L Linebaugh leads Bible School at 9 15 Sermons at 10 15 Going Alone and Deliver ed from Hell Junior Hour 2 Senior C E 6 30 and 7 30 Evening message Special singing nightly at 7 45 Director H G Witmeyer Palmyra joins with nightly choirs January dates Conversion January 18 Many Sins January 14 Toose to Gain January 15 At Life s End January 16
Rev Frederick C Krapf pastor announces chief service at 10 30 a m Bible School at 1 30 p m Catechumens Class at 2 45 p m Week night service with adult instruction Thursday 7 45 p m Bible School 9 00 a m Devotional service and topic study 6 30 p m Chief service 7 00 p m Catechumens Class Wednesday 3 45 and 7 45 p m
Prayer meeting Saturday evening at 7 30. Sunday School at 9 30. Preaching service at 7 30 p m. Church of the Brethren announces services led by elder J H Longenecker with details for the weekend schedule.
Rev. George W. Hallman of Union Deposit Church leads Sunday School at 9.30 a.m. and C. Endeavor at 6.30 p.m. Revival service follows at 7.30 p.m. Fishburn's Church conducts preaching at 10.30 a.m.
The newly organized Young Men's 500 Club of Hershey met Tuesday evening at the Hershey cafe. BE J. Krause organized it, and the club includes L. P. Ermerich, Ivan Mease, Norman Deveney, Roy Mumma, Ira Mumma, M. S. May, Clarence Jones, John Black, B. J. Krause, John Sollen berger, Robert Snattazahn, Edwin Schwenk, A. R. Hill, L. B. Shoap and others who attend weekly meetings.
On Monday the Hershey Abattoir received 87 hogs from Chicago. By Tuesday 50 hogs were slaughtered with a record pace between 1 pm and 6 pm. The average weight stood at 180 pounds. Supervisor William B. Leithiser led the team including George Marks Oscar Kister and John Holsberg. The remaining 87 hogs were scheduled for slaughter this afternoon.
A special meeting of the stockholders of the Hershey Trust Company will be held at the company office on Thursday February eighteenth nineteen hundred and fifteen at one o clock PM for the purpose of considering and voting upon amendments to the By-Laws submitted by the Board of Directors at their meeting held January seventh nineteen hundred and fifteen.
A severe quake in western Greece and the Tonian Islands leaves twenty three dead and many injured. On Santa Maura the mountain collapsed and slid two miles, with several new hills forming.
Notice is given that letters of administration on the estate of Gene H. Brown of West Hanover Township Dauphin County Pa deceased have been granted to the undersigned administrator. All indebted persons should pay promptly and those with valid claims must present them duly authenticated for settlement to Harry M Zimmerman Gabriel H. Moyer Administrators 12861 Attorney Palmyra Pa.
Irvin Emerich, 856 years old, of Camp Hill died at Harrisburg hospital from blood poisoning due to an infected tooth. He was admitted last Friday for appendicitis and operated on successfully. Survived by widow in Camp Hill and parents with two sisters in Hummelstown. funeral attendance noted from Camp Hill and nearby towns with local relatives among mourners.
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