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Newspaper
Hershey Press
Location
Hershey, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jul 29, 1915
Page
2
Local paper names M. S. Hersey as proprietor with L. R. Meehkins editor and J. R. Snavely manager. Telephone and telegraph services listed, including Western Union and Hershey exchange 211-2. Paper entered at the Hershey post office as second class mail matter.
Schedule covers Trowteys for Hummelstown and Harrisburg with 6 pm start and half-hour runs to 11 30 pm Sunday service begins at 6 am. Lebanon and Palmyra routes listed with hourly and half-hour departures, Sunday variations, and transfer notes. Trains east and west bound times given, plus cafe, bank, store, library, and post office hours, with Sunday closures noted.
The article argues Americans spend about two million dollars daily on music and instruments, more than half the cost of running government. It praises inventors, notes the personal touch of live music, and warns against inferior goods pushed by advertisers, urging careful buying.
The passage urges cautious investment in instruments and records, claiming safety in trusted makes. It advocates continued purchasing for families able to afford it, promising value and comforting refuge from daily troubles in sunlit relaxation.
The piece compares a fast growing town of 35 000 with a powder town built for destruction and war while Hershey promotes humane commerce. It notes armed guards and secrecy around war production yet highlights Hershey’s food shipments abroad and open town hospitality for visitors amid a stark contrast between death and aid.
A historic plea declares Hershey will exceed 10 000 residents in time, highlighting rapid growth from workers and families tied to Hershey interests. It advocates buying homes now as solid, long term investments with rising values and abundant city-like facilities.
Poem notes relentless motion and collective will as time passes from seed to deed. It reflects on seasons, memory, grief, and hope, ending with a universal harvest through all ages. The verse attributes responsibility and continuity to nature and human effort.
A child questions her mother about marriage after a long gaze at her father. The mother answers that love led her to wed, and the child muses that love makes women do anything. The dialogue echoes themes of affection and parental choice in a domestic vignette.
Frances Keyzer cites wartime food constraints across Europe and urges meat reduction. She notes rice based diets in Asia and ancient examples, then outlines French meatless meals featuring vegetable soups macaroni beet sauces and a potato omelet as meat substitutes.
The article notes a May 1908 Italian earthquake where Avezzano's lone surviving structure was a reinforced concrete building. It contrasts stone and brick castles with the concrete design, citing San Francisco and Jamaica events where reinforced concrete withstood quakes without cracking, signaling a shift in construction methods.
In the Bor ton Transcript a wife urges the landlord be called to view rain damage to the ceiling while a husband balks, citing the rest of the house shows the children’s damage. The brief exchange frames tensions over property responsibility and repair.
Rev George Snavely Rentz pastor leads Sunday School at 9 30 a m and morning worship at 10 30 with theme The New Obedience Evening worship follows at 7 30 p m Union open air services at Hershey Park Band Shell Web 7 45 p m Prayer meeting
Rev N L Linebaugh leads Bible School at 9 15. Sermon at 10 15. Children's Hour at 2. Union services in the park at 7 30 with Rev George Snavely Rentz preaching. Prayer meeting Wednesday at 7 45. Choir practice Friday at 8.00.
John Irwin Meek is in charge Bible School at 9.15 a.m. Chief Service begins at 10.30 a.m. at the Holy Trinity parish church.
Rev. A. C. Forscht pastor and J. H. Longenecker elder in charge announce prayer meeting Thursday at 7 30. Sunday School at 9 30 a m and preaching service Sunday at 7 30 p m for the Church of the Brethren reading.
Native of Pennsylvania Samuel M Felton declines a $250000 a year contract to build Baldwin Locomotive Works new plant and manage $80000000 of Russian war materiel. Felton, born 1858 in Philadelphia, rose from rodman to president of multiple railroads and served as receiver for several properties, with a proposed two year bid valued at $500000. The offer included construction of a new plant and wartime munitions work, but friends protested the energy required for the role.
A quotation attributed to Puck notes that an optimist remains unfazed by events unless they personally affect him, framing optimism as self-focused resilience. The line highlights a sharp, humorous take on attitude and consequence.
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