Hershey Press advertising and community profile, 1914
The Hershey Press promotes Hershey as a modern city with new homes and garages, notes half hour trolley service to Lebanon and Harrisburg, and positions itself as a prime medium for merchants and manufacturers to reach high‑income residents. Advertising rates available. enters post office as second class mail matter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lebanon
Harrisburg
Hershey
Hershey Press
Hershey Post Office
Hershey Says No Billboard Intrusion For Visitors
Civic groups and local lawmakers push back against billboard proliferation. The annual poster men convention cites over 90 million invested in billboard plants and gear, but Hershey keeps only necessary signs guiding visitors, preferring trees lawns and flowers over red ink and bad pictures.
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America
Heaven
General Association of
Hershey
A Hundred Year War Against Tuberculosis
Dr. Osler warns tuberculosis remains a dominant enemy aided by poverty bad housing and drink. He notes immunity in humans but calls for better working conditions light and air to shorten the struggle and promote worker happiness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Osler
William Osler
Pork Barrel Spending Shows Record Breaks This Year
The article criticizes the ruling party for excessive pork barrel appropriations notably the River and Harbor Bill totaling 8 520 476 dollars. It notes a steady rise from five million in earlier times to last year over fifty million and approaching one hundred million, with Lebanon Valley cited as a beneficiary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lebanon Valley
Congress
New View of Suffrage by George Brandes Highlight
The piece notes Brandes praise for women gaining full suffrage in Denman. It claims suffrage elevates individual pride in women and signals a new glow of suffrage across society.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Brandes
Denman
Women and Suffrage Seen as Mutual Benefit for Politics
The remark argues there is no real argument against women’s suffrage and that granting it would let women contribute to politics while politics would aid women. It suggests suffrage would open new avenues for female activity and produce positive outcomes for both sides.
Kansas Prohibition Advocate Quotes White on Saloon Losses
William Allen White argues Kansas has benefited from temperance, noting reduced crime and illness, rising bank deposits from 100 million to 220 million, and many counties with no prisoners or jail needs. He claims 105 counties with varied progress, calling for blessedness of a saloon-free community.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Allen White
Kansas
America
No Doubt Who is Boss In This Administration
The piece argues that Grover Cleveland and Woodrow Wilson relied on their secretaries as key intellectual forces but that Cleveland and Wilson effectively led. It notes Bayard proved valuable as Secretary of State under Cleveland, while Bryan became a loyal chief adviser and de facto foreign affairs premier in Wilson’s era.
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Grover Cleveland
Thos. F. Bayard
Bayard
Cleveland
Woodrow Wilson
William Jennings Bryan
Bryan
White House
Wilson
Boy Scout Movement Emphasized In Modern Residence Inquiry
The article notes growing interest in Hershey residences and modern house building. It praises Hershey models for convenience and durability and highlights the value of the boy scout movement in training boys to think clearly and remember what they see, describing it as a toasts of the boys scouts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hershey
Boy Scout Movement
Nightfall
A poem depicts day dying as night advances. A witness contemplates the world in solemn stillness. A solitary dove flies eastward beneath leaden clouds, her course true, while darkness swallows the white wings and a star disappears.
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Howard M
Carniy
Severe storm devastates Lebanon Valley area with lightning and floods
A Friday night storm lashed the region with intense lightning, flooding streets from Lebanon to York and Lancaster. Damage included the Seiders farm barn, widespread crop losses, injured residents, and halted rail service as streams rose. Hershey and Myerstown reported outages and disruptions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lebanon Valley
Hershey Inn
Gardner-Vincent
Hershey
Seiders
Samuel Seiders
Joseph Detweiler
Londonderry
Newberry
Wagner Plans New Palmyra Home Near Toll Gate
Mr. Wagner of Palmyra begins construction of a new dwelling just west of the toll gate in Palmyra. The house will feature modern conveniences and is to be built by contractor David Funck of Palmyra.
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Hamy
Wagner
Palmyra
Protest by Colonel Demming Delays Hershey Press Change
Colonel Henry Demming of Harrisburg formally protested the change of form for The Hershey Press, defending its preservation for binding as a weekly publication. He praised Hershey's growth and noted his diverse credentials as ecologist mineralogist chemist shorthand expert and Pennsylvanian.
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Hershey Press
Henry
Demming
Harrisburg
Hershey
Colonel Demming
Pennsylvania
Hershey Press Adopt New Country Paper Form
Editorial praise for the Hershey Press new format as a model of a country paper. staff quality and composing room praised by H. L. M in a Leading Editor note.
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Hershey Press
Middletown Picnic At Hershey Park July 23 Preview
Middletown Sunday schools plan their annual picnic at Hershey Park on Thursday July 23. The Liberty band will provide music all day and Middletown baseball faces Hershey in a top Central Pennsylvania League showdown. Union Hose Company plans drill entertainment as a large crowd is expected, with two train sections arranged.
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Middletown Sunday Schools
Hershey Park
Liberty Band
Middletown
Hershey
Union Hose Company
Turbines for Lebanon Plant to Power New Steel Mill
Westinghouse type turbines of 3000 and 5000 h p will be installed this week at the American Iron and Steel company's new $1,500,000 steel plant in Lebanon. The turbines will drive two generators supplying electric current for the mill, the largest turbines in Pennsylvania.
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Westinghouse
American Iron and Steel Company
Lebanon
Pennsylvania
Week in Campbelltown social notes and obituaries
The Campbelltown column from July 15 records farm threshing activity and local church services. It lists numerous visiting residents and families, including births, visits, and remembrances, plus a fatal lightning strike near Kimmerlings Church. Mary Ober received a piano, and many residents hosted guests or attended services.
Mrs Morris Wilhelm Visits Friends and Attends Sale
Mrs Morris Wilhelm of Annville and sister Mrs Bachman of Mr Pleasant visited Mrs Alice Forrest this week. G C Wolfersberger and George Matterness attended a sale near Bucks hotel on Tuesday.
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Morris Wilhelm
Annville
Bachman
Mr. Pleasant
Alice Forrest
G .C. Wolfersberger
George Matterness
Buck’s’ Hotel
Bindnagles Church Visits and Local Summer Notes
Bindnagles Church on July 13 hosts visits from residents of Palmyra West Hanover and surrounding areas. Local residents such as Mr and Mrs Pete Slesser and Mrs Clara Kuntz appear in the sick list. A Sunday School picnic is planned for August 22, and high water on Swatara creek washes away several boats with Kohr and Kline losing boats.
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Harry Yingst
Sand Beach
Thomas Hetrick
Mortis Moyer
West Hanover
Raymond Larley
Palmyra
Deer
Sanders
East Hanover
Amos Houck
Harvey Kuntz
Michael Farnsler
Stauffer
Clara Kuntz
John Landis
Grantville
Edwin Spangler
D. B. Leslie
Annville
Adam M. Keller
I. S. Sherk
Friends
Swatara Creek
Thomas Kohr
Daniel Kline
Snyder Leads Easton Boys on Campout to Hershey
Snyder of Easton, a former assistant to J. M. Brandau, led twenty Luther an Church boys from Lebanon to Bunker Hill on Monday. They camped at Hershey Men's Club and slept in the gymnasium after visiting Brandau.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ward Snyder
Easton
Luther~an
Lebanon
Bunker’ Hill
Hershey
J. M. Brandau
Snyder
Brandau
East~on
Derry Presbyterian Church Services Note
Rev. George Snavely Rentz and Rev. N L Linebaugh lead Bible School at 9.15 a m sermon at 10.15 a m on Atonement Junior Hour at 2.80 p m Senior C E service at 6.45 p m sermon at 7.50 p m on Death Judgement presented by the pastors.
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Derry Presbyterian Church
George Snavely Rentz
N. L. Linebaugh
Bible School
Union Deposit union church to hold services Sunday
Rev. O G Romig will lead the third quarterly communion at Union Deposit Sunday forenoon at 10:80. He will also conduct a twilight service at 7 oclock in the Stovardale Camp Grounds auditorium. A cordial invitation is extended to all.
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O. G. Romig
Union Deposit
Stovardale
Palm Congregation services and Bible School schedule
Chiat services at 10 30 p m Bible School at L380 p m Week night service Thursday July 16 at 28 Jaya Avenue Palm Congregation Palmyra Bible School at 9 00 a m Devotional service and topic study at 6 80 p m Chiol Service at 7 00 p m
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Chiat
Bible School
Hanry Coppenhaver
Jaya Avenue
Chiol Servico
Change of Wider in Lonjoneelkor Standay School
An extended cordial welcome is extended for a wider change of schedule with a church service at 4 80 p m and morning activities starting around 615 a m.
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Lonjoneelkor Standay School
Sorylea
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M. S
A Swavery
Tevernove
Hershey-Bell
Western Union
Bailrood
Philadelphia & Reading
Samuel Zellers
Raymon Rodermelo
Quitlapahilla Creek
Lebanon County
Kleinfelter
Union Canal
Henry C. Snavely
Westmont
J. H. Yeiser
J. H. Moyer
Myerstown
Gloninger
Avon
Church
E. A. Weimer
Harrisburg Railways Company
Lauver
Coble
Swatara Township
Bainbridge and Schocks Mills
Lackawanna
Moscow
Palots
Scranton
Barnare Thauar
Subway
Dyell
Mer Husband
Janelkkawanna
Lehigh Valley
Mr. Wagner
Campbelltown
Samuel Clauser
Edward Evans
M. S. Long
I Moyer
Reformed Church
C. R. Longenecker
Nathan Ober
Mary
C. A. Lenig
Lenig
Ida Lenig
Philadelphia
Viola Stauffer
Bertha Moyer
Pearl Shirk
Lancaster
Clara Witmer
A. G. Snyder
Verna Wolfersberger
Bismarck
Miss Coleman
Speedville
Irvin Good
James Wolfersberger
Millersville
H. H. Books
Mr. Zellers
Kimmerlings Church
Bindnagles Church
Peter Slesser
David Pickle
Dr. M. L. Hershey
Hershey, PA
H.G. Mumma
West Chocolate Ave
Christian Endeavor
Anti-Saloon League
FIRST
U. B. Church
Union Circuit
Evangelical Lutheran
Parisi
Palm Congregation
E. E. B. Shaffer
Derry Church
EK. M
N. 3Rd St
Harrisburg, Pa
Hershey Trust Building
Hershey Trust Company
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