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Newspaper
Hershey Press
Location
Hershey, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jul 21, 1921
Page
2
Richland residents visit friends in town. Families share outings to Valley Glen Park and Mt. Gretna. Bethany Church plans new building foundation this fall. School board and Camp officers reorganize. Various residents travel, visit relatives, and attend church events and picnics.NOTICE: A local sale of sunbonnets offered by the Church of the Brethren Ladies Aid Society.
Wheat is being threshed and sold at 1 10 per bushel by Bachmansville farmers. Nearby visitors include Mr and Mrs John H F Kulp and family at Bellaire. Community events cover United Christians service at Shenk’s church and the Gibbles reunion planned near White Oak Lancaster County on August.
Miss Ruth and Martha Bradley stayed with Mr. and Mrs. John McCorkle for a few days. George Grady offers his 119 acre fine farm for sale one mile from this place. Mr. and Mrs. Amos Shearer and family visited Mrs. Shearer’s mother at Lebanon on Tuesday. Mr. and Mrs. Elias Booser visited grandson Harry E. Booser and family in Elizabethtown. Miss Jennie and Esther Westafer from near Deodate spent the week end visiting Mrs. Emma German. Miss Mary Kulp and Mr. and Mrs. Enos Kulp and family of Elizabethtown spent Wednesday afternoon in Hershey. Martha Shearer spent the week end visiting Miss Anna Hoffer in Deodate. Mr. and Mrs. Allen Brubaker and son Robert were visitors on Sunday evening of Edward McMullen and family.
A husband endures his wife's cleaning mania until a fit of exasperation leads him to proclaim, You are the man who used to call me his queen. He then jokes that her actions justify preferring a republican form of government as she repurposed his tobacco jar and meerschaum pipe.
In a playful exchange a customer asks if eggs are fresh and the grocer quips that if they were any fresher they would be impertinent. The joke hinges on the pun and light humor.
A brief dialogue compares who was the first man. Tommy asserts Washington by war, while Teacher rejects and cites Adam as the first man. The exchange touches on origins and foreigners with playful disagreement.
A country storekeeper is approached by a stranger leading two tired nags. The trader offers to trade one horse for goods and a barter bargain forms. The man proposes an exchange using tobacco as currency and asks for a basis to settle terms.
Mike reports a new spike on the track during practice, prompting quick action by the supervisor. The section foreman notes a persistent search for the spike since morning, indicating ongoing maintenance pressure.
Dobbs rose to wealth rapidly by becoming an importer. He operates from Canada rather than Europe.
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