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Newspaper
Hershey Press
Location
Hershey, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jan 27, 1916
Page
2
The article urges young men to train in modern farm management as big farm ventures grow. It cites Carnegie’s advice on study and notes many managers trained themselves yet seek salaried work, while rich Americans report a shortage of qualified, ambitious farm managers. Opportunities rise with expanding farm propositions.
Hershey in Dauphin County Pennsylvania grows as a major industrial town with a large workforce, rail and trolley connections, and a booming chocolate factory. The text cites a population around 1600 with thousands more in surrounding areas and a record crowd of 40 000 at a 1915 event, plus extensive facilities including banks, schools, a public library, and a power plant.
From Canada comes news that farmers who renounced U S citizenship to seek Canadian opportunities are selling out and returning. They changed citizenship to avoid military service but now may be drafted in another hemisphere, making the U S A seem appealing again. The return movement is said to be sizable though its full scope is not known.
The essay argues hard loyalty matters in changing citizenship and warns against Americans seeking Canadian citizenship for profit. It praises Canada's citizenship, agriculture, and vast unexploited land, noting less than sixty percent of its nearly one billion acres is cultivated while farmers gain from staying within boundaries. The piece stresses enduring national pride symbolized by the US flag.
The Pennsylvania Bar Association urges abandoning county jails in favor of state run farms to save money and aid rehabilitation. It warns political control would spoil country areas and urges a large non settled land purchase to remove such governance from towns.
A quirky meditation on plural forms compares English word endings with rhymes and oddities. The piece riffs on pluralization rules, noting examples like goose geese moose meese and kiss plural questions, weaving humor about language idiosyncrasies.
Pennsylvania state figures show that 10 percent of women and girls over 14 were employed in 205,571 industrial establishments reporting in 1914. The breakdown lists textile and clothing industries with the largest female workforces, plus substantial numbers in metal, glass, paper, and various manufacturing sectors across the state.
The article notes Mrs Roosevelt revived meetings of the wives of official advisers, aiming to foster better acquaintance and etiquette at the White House. She did not host during the period described, but the plan sought to promote sociable interaction while respecting household etiquette and timing.
Lieutenant Colonel Byde and Lieutenant Colonel Glenn report from the Canal Zone that the Panama Canal may open to the world’s largest ships. They observed ship traffic, troop needs, and canal facilities at Gatun, Culebra and Pedro Miguel, noting work progressing toward a boosted channel and a projected February opening date, with troops stationed and camps in place.
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