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Newspaper
Hershey Press
Location
Hershey, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jan 20, 1916
Page
2
The Hershey Press, Hershey Pennsylvania, edited by L. R. Meekins with J. R. Snavely, operates as a Thursday publication from the Hershey Printing Company. Entered as second class matter at Hershey post office on January 20, 1916.
The Hershey chocolate and transit ventures evolved from skeptical forecasts to thriving operations. Hershey Freight handles over a thousand cars monthly while Hershey Transit sees rising traffic and six thousand daily fares. The Hershey Trust Company holds 2000 depositors with assets around two million, and Hershey Store departments surpass 500000 in business with ongoing growth.
Hershey in Derry Township Dauphin County showcases a booming model town with 1903 beginnings, a 1913 tenth anniversary crowd of 30000, and a 1915 record 40000. It features 1500-acre Hershey farms 2000 daily visitors a major chocolate factory using 75000 quarts of milk daily and 70 to 100 carloads shipped weekly.
A reflection on the daily struggle to balance employment demands with personal life. It argues that while work is organized for pay and advancement, life itself remains unsystematic and inefficient. The piece links productivity to broader questions of living well and purpose.
The piece urges self discipline over dependence on others, arguing most people prosper by ruling themselves. It emphasizes daily training, time use, and enjoying life early, warning against delaying happiness for material gain and urging constant self improvement.
A reflective piece argues that opportunity appears in every era and place. It highlights Kansas poetry and Senator Ingalls, notes farm value doubling, and predicts a fifty year era of unprecedented agricultural growth driven by educated farmers embracing new opportunities. It stresses that big chances are openings without limit.
An archaic verse appears as a mystic riddle about following a path to fortune and destiny. It hints at seekers who conquer fear and survive death, while doubters face doom, ending with a personal name fragment.
A dog attack occurs when a man is knocked down by a dog that begins to snap at his heels. The dog's owner and bystanders react as the incident escalates with admonitions and a quarrel between involved parties. The piece reflects a local Pittsburgh Chronicle-Talograph style with period speech and social commentary.
The Selinsgrove Times discusses community spirit as a core value in Hershey and Selinsgrove. It praises cooperation with the local Board of Health for measles cases, noting quarantines were established and a potential epidemic averted.
The Denver and Rio Grande railroad says prohibition sentiment makes liquor sales on dining cars an economic loss and conflicts with orders against employee drinking. The piece notes state laws and local option trends, predicting a dry Colorado by January 1, 1916 and broader temperance alignment affecting rail travel.
Incoherent fragmentary text appears to reference a dialogue and names Ulibvershey Callie Peller, suggesting a placeholder or misOCR of a scene. The readable portion shows no clear event, date, or outcome to anchor a news summary.
William Randolph Hearst orders papers under his control to halt all whisky advertisements and any drug or alcohol related ads. He calls for a nationwide campaign against liquor interests, aiming to curb habit forming substances and promote prohibition measures as a public health and morality issue.
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