Cocoa's lively part in the war and tax shifts
The article traces cocoa’s wartime role and tax increases from 1914 to 1915, amid scandal over cocoa exports from London to neutral countries. It cites Cadbury statements on cocoa exports, discusses potentially dangerous uses of cacao fat for explosives, and notes how rising cocoa taxes affected chocolate prices and sugar tax dynamics.
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London
Holland
Denmark
Scandinavia
Germany
Cadbury Brothers
Confectionery
England
W. S. Hopkins
Atenet
Great Britain
Ten Thousand Here Tuesday at Hershey Park
Ten thousand visitors arrived at Hershey on Decoration Day with about five thousand via Hershey Transit Company, four thousand by car and a thousand by rail or other means. The day featured a large Hershey vs. Palmyra baseball crowd estimated at six to eight thousand, described as the largest in grounds history aside from a prior Ephrata game. The morning Hershey Men’s Club beat Lebanon in solid form, while the park’s attractions including the zoo, round barn, Convention Hall, miniature railway, pavilion dancing, and the carousel drew steady crowds. The Hershey Cafe and Park Restaurant reported strong business. transit service ran smoothly with all stock in use and no incidents. Park Theatre hosted A Girl of the Mountains with Corinne and Dan Malloy, The Arm of the Law, Mary Pickford films, and open air Hershey Band concerts receiving enthusiastic applause.
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Hershey
Hershey Transit Company
Hummelstown
Palmyra
Ephrata
Lebanon
Round Barn
Hershey Press
Park
Park Theatre
Park Theater
Corinne
Dan Malloy
Dan
Mary Pickford Pictures
Hershey Quarantine Story Shines in Dr Phillips Address
Dr C R Phillips, medical inspector for Dauphin County, praised Hershey's measles quarantine in April 1916. Officials cooperated fully and the town showed unusually low illness and no epidemic. The plan included school closures, library disinfection, and strict home quarantines, with Italian settlements excluded to prevent spread.
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C. R. Phillips
Dauphin County
Academy of Medicine
Harrisburg
Phillips
Hershey
America
Derry Township
Lykens
Wiconisco
Williamstown
State Department
Big Hershey
Susie
Bennie
Auch
Snyder
Hershey Press
Hershey Reports Record May for Shipments and Visitors
Rail shipments from Hershey in May were the largest for any May since the station's founding. Milk receipts by the Hershey Chocolate Company topped all prior months. The Hershey Tranalt Company Hershey Store and Hershey Cafe all saw record May activity with more visitors than ever.
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Hershey
America
Hershey Chocolate Company
Hershey Tranalt Company
Hershey Cafe
P. and R. New Schedule Affects Hershey Rail Service
The P. and R. new schedule started Sunday. No eastbound trains from Hershey between 6.38 and 10.52, and no eastbound express until 4.53. Westbound service from Hershey gaps 11.37 to 4.22. The 1.52 Harrisburg train was removed. An 11.07 express and 1.25 Harrisburg special stop to let off Philadelphia and New York passengers. Hershey loses a Harrisburg local, gains no eastern service, and gets two express stop privileges, while the Queen of the Valley passes by.
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Hershey
P. and R
Harrisburg
Philadelphia
New York
Wershey
Queen of the
Palmyra Defeats Hummelstown In Memorial Day Tilt
Palmyra bested Hummelstown 7 to 3 before 700 fans on Memorial Day. Simmy Shenk of Annville earned the win with strong pitching while Romig Holsberg and Hagsler starred in the field. for Hummelstown Tasgler pitched well but received poor late support. Newlyn homered for Palmyra and Polteiger along with Gingrichurnish provided key hitting.
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Palmyra
Hummelstown
Simmy Shenk
Annville
Tasgler
Romig
Holsberg
Hagsler
Newlyn
Shefler
Polteiger
Hershey Men's Club Defeats Lebanon Independents in 10 Innings
In a tight park diamond contest on Tuesday the Hershey Men's Club beat the Lebanon Independents 5 to 4 in ten innings. Pitching held, with Dressler over Miller, and key moments included a damaged third base bag near miss and a late Hershey rally in the tenth powered by Heagy Erichsen and Stover.
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Park Diamond
Hershey Men’s Club
Lebanon Independents
Homer’ Dressler
Miller
Walker
Lebanon
Hershey
Brinser
Short
Stover
Independents
Grise
H. Bowman
Hollinger
J. Bowman
Heagy
Erichsen
Zimmerman
Daisy
Henry
Meekins
H. Dressler
Hershey Wrecking
Heary
Ss W. Dressler
Caen
Bowman
Heen
Keiffer
Keffer
Daub
Shay
Hame
Dressler
Well Deserved Victory For Hershey Baseball Team
Hershey edges Bremford A C 4 0 in season opener as pitcher Dressler and hitters Heagy Zimmerman star. Erichsen solid at keystone, visitors struggle with strikes and three hits. Bremford starts strong but Hershey pulls away with runs in sixth and seventh.
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H Dressler
Heagy
Zimmerman
Erichsen
Keystone
Hershey
Bremford A. C
Morrisburg
Dressler
Breleford A.C
Hershey M.C
Four Hershey Heifers Earn Merit Certificates for Milk Records
Henry C. Reinhold reports Cloverdale tested four registered Holstein-Friesian heifers for milk and butter production. Woodcrest Colantha Isabelle and three others posted strong seven day records, with lineage tracing to celebrated cows like Celantha Johanna Champion and Sarcastic Lad. Arthur Willey supervised milking and is praised for the results.
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Henry C. Reinhold
Hershey Dairies
Cloverdale
Pennsylvania State College
Holstein Association of North America
Association
Reinhold
Woodcrest Colantha’ Isabelle
Fayne Concordia
Grace Faynelds Homestead
Mercedes
Julio
Pietje
Woodcrest
Jamacia Pietje
Woodcrest Hartog DeKol
Laural Clothilde Beets
Annie Armyn Dekol Pietje
Johanna ‘Aaggie
St. Louis
Sarcastic
Arthur Willey
Cloverdale Farm
Mothers' Club Strawberry Festival Benefit
The Mothers' Club hosts a strawberry festival on Mrs. Edwin M. Hershey's lawn starting at 6 30 p m today Thursday June 1 with ice cream strawberries candies and cakes for sale Proceeds support the kindergarten In bad weather the event moves to the second floor of the Hershey Press building The festival aids the Hershey Fire Company and members hope to repay favors from the previous fair
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Mothers’ Club
Edwin M. Hershey
Hershey Press
Hershey Fire Company
Work of the Little Patriots on Decoration Day
Thirty eight kindergarteners led by Mise Langworthy with Rev N L Linebaugh and H A Newton decorated memorials. They visited the Spanish American monument in the Park and soldiers graves in Derry United Brethren and Henry cemeteries. Mr Newton told Benny Ross tale and Mr Linebaugh the Liberty Bell history.
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Mise Langworthy
N. L. Linebaugh
H. A. Newton
Decoration Day
Gordon
Aungst
Park
Derry
United Brethren
Henry
Mr. Newton
Benny Ross
Linebaugh
Liberty Bell
Five Little Swans Hatch on High Point Island
Five swans hatched on High Point island last week drawing many visitors to the grounds. Five eggs were in the setting and all hatched except one that ventured into the water too soon and drowned.
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High Point
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Cocoa
Cadburry
Cadbury Bros. Ltd
Swatara
Little
Italy
H. C. Reinhold
Dairies
Little Patriots
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