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Newspaper
Hershey Press
Location
Hershey, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jul 08, 1910
Page
7
The Hershey Press invites articles and items of interest in its Friday edition. Advertising columns welcome submissions at regular rates. Published by M. S. Hershey with J. R. Snavely as editor. Entered as second class matter at the Hershey post office. Friday July 8, 1910.
The far mers wife testifies in a New York divorce case, describing social misdeeds and intimate details. She recalls a cafe luncheon, taking silverware, and champagne with male companions. She says her husband drank, was cruel, and allied with a low woman, and notes a Dakota hotel arrangement with a gentleman acquaintance.
A column contrasts an impressionistic study of high life with a harsher view of slums. The text hints at vice and social decay as wealth grows while people suffer, urging contemporary study of the troubling scene.
Dusty roads and warm weather greet Gampbeltown as the Reformed church steeple is painted. Local residents Adam Lineaweaver and Daniel Yingst work on carpentry while others attend to hay, visits, weddings, and Sunday services. Notable notes include a reception for Laura Heilman, drum corps at midnight, and visits by relatives from Elmira, Newark, and Annville.
A son of Jos Brandt in Harrisburg is greatly improved after hospitalization. A five year old fell from a cherry tree four feet, injuring his head. Dr Risser stitched the wound. David Fasnpacht did papering for John Forrest on Monday. Will Stover accidentally killed his injured dog after driving over it while hauling wood. Many residents spent the Fourth at Hershey Park. Samuel Clauser and family stayed at Schaefferstown Saturday and Sunday. A Bowman reunion occurred at Ed Bowman’s home. John Cover and Miss Overholtzer wed by Squire Arnold Tuesday evening.
A Lord Coleridge speech at Oxford drew jeers from varsity men who sneered at the beauty of Oxford. He quipped what a hole and beastly hole the place is, then realized the remark was ill chosen. In a separate quip, Mrs Wildman warns Mr Wildman creditors may repay his extravagance in this life.
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