Mothers Club Fair Boosts Hershey Childhood Charity
The Hershey Mothers Club, a long standing supporter of kindergarten work, prepares a fair to aid the community and celebrate the town's youth. The piece lauds the club's contributions and the town's thriving youth as its core asset. It contrasts Iowa’s population drop rumors with figures showing growth driven by real estate shifts.
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Hershey
Mothers’ Club
Iowa
Dakotas
Minnesota
Missouri
Canada
P and R New Schedule Hurts Hershey Stop Value
In Hershey, under the P and R schedule effective last Sunday, no regular stop exists for trains eastward and limited options hinder connections to Philadelphia or New York. The writer argues Hershey’s high freight value is ignored, prompts riders to the Pennsylvania line, and urges officials to reconsider to avoid further loss and local discontent.
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Lebanon Valley
Philadelphia ‘and Reading Railway
Hershey
Philadelphia
New York
Pennsylvania
Elizabethtown
P. and R
Harrisburg
Iowa's Population Error in Federal Estimates
The article complains that government population estimates unfairly undercount Iowa. It cites 1916 figures showing Iowa at about 2,220,231, while national totals imply a higher state count. The piece argues deductions are biased by precedent, noting Iowa's farm economy worth over five billion and highlighting census anomalies for states like Iowa and Texas in fifty years.
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United States
ONG
Towa
Towal
Iowa
Tero
Dublin executions draw world horror and rebuke
The Manchester Guardian condemns the Dublin military executions as repeated atrocity. Four more men shot, prompting global horror and a warning that war brutalizes all sides and risks American participation.
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Great Britain
Manchester Guardian
Dublin
America
Farming Is Pennsylvania’s Real Biggest Industry
The piece argues agriculture is Pennsylvania’s strongest sector, claiming farm wages reach 44 million dollars yearly and crops generate 400 million dollars of new goods. Dauphin and Lancaster counties show large farming payrolls, with Lancaster boasting 10 000 farmers. The author notes labor is tight but farming remains robust and will soon reach half a billion in farm products.
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Pennsylvania
Dauphin County
Lancaster County
To Think of Her Poem Fragment and Night Sky Image
A poetic meditation on fidelity and virtue urging strength of character to resist temptation. The verse envisions courage to persevere through trials and to think of a beloved as a moral anchor. A stray line notes the twilight hours and stars, followed by an unfinished observation about women pursuing professional house hunting.
Hershey Facts Then and Now a Modern Industrial Town
Hershey in 1903 was farmland in Derry Township Dauphin County Pennsylvania grown into a modern industrial town. By 1915 the town boasted a record crowd 40000 for events at a model town with a 3200 acre complex including a chocolate factory dairy farms and a 150 home development.
Hershey Area Transport Schedules and Services
Detailed trolley and car schedules for Hershey and neighboring towns including Hummelstown Harrisburg Lebanon Elizabethtown Palmyra and connections. First and last cars listed with frequencies and Sunday timings. Additional timings for cafes employment bureau library theatre and postal services noted.
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Hummelstown
Harrisburg
Hershey
Lebanon
Elizabethtown
Palmyra
Conestoga Traction Company
Mount Joy
Lancaster
Pamyra
Churches First U B Church Notice
Rev L Linebaugh presides with Bible School at 9 15 and sermon at 10 15 on The Church of Thyatira Juniors hours at 2 00 and Christian Endeavor at 6 30 with sermon at 7 30 The Bible School Superintendent Prayer Service and Bible Study Hour Wednesday at 7 45 Theme Jesus is Coming
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Thyatira
Christian Endeavor
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Help Wanted at Hershey Employment Bureau Listings
A multiform advertisement lists farm hands waitresses milking dairy workers and factory help. Positions include track repairmen counter man and outside labor with steady year round work and good pay through Hershey Employment Bureau.
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Hershey Employment Bureau
Barher
Hershey [Employment Bureau
Hershey Transit Company
Apply Hershey Employment Bureau
Hershey
Junior Sewing Exhibition At YWCA Friday Night
Friday evening June 2 at seven thirty the YWCA Junior sewing classes present their annual exhibition and entertainment. Participants include Ela Murrie Marion Murrie Lillian Zentmeyer Dorothy Tills Ruth Geeseman and Sunshine Club children with prizes for attendance attention and best work. Miss Filanbeth Mumma named manager of the club.
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Ela Murrie
Marion Murrie
Lillian Zentmeyer
Dorothy Tills
Ruth Geeseman
Sunshine Club
Atention
Tha U,t. D
Tha
Loyalty Club
Catherine Snagely
Bible Claga
Filanbeth Mumma
Bible School and Sermon Services this Week
Bible School at 9 and 15. Sermon at 10.30 by Rev. John I. Meek. Choir rehearsal scheduled for Thursday evening at 7.30.
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Bible School
John I. Meek
Union Circuit Services at Fishburn Church Schedule
Sunday School at 9.30 a m Christian Endeavor at 6.30 p m preaching at 7.30 p m Union Deposit preaching at 10 30 p m.
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Fishburn’s Church
Christian Endeavor
Union Deposit
Church Meeting Schedule Card
Prayer meeting Thursday at 7 38 p m Sunday School 9 30 a m Christian Workers meeting 6 p m Preaching service 7 30 p m This compact schedule lists weekly services with times for prayer Sunday School and worship at the church.
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Christian Workers Meeting
Union Picnic at Penrhyn Park hosted by Sunday Schools
The United Brethren Lutheran and Presbyterian Sunday Schools organize the fourth Hershey Union Picnic at Penrhyn Park on Tuesday August 8. Tickets cost 76 cents for adults and 86 cents for children. Dr E G Muminn chairs the committee and a follow up meeting will appoint subcommittees and finalize plans.
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United Brethren, Lutheran and Presbyterian
Hershey Union
Palmyra Holds Noted Parade With Schoolchildren Band
Palmyra staged a big day with schoolchildren in new uniforms and an excellent band. The parade and decoration day activities were the best in town records, drawing strong citizen interest.
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Ita
Palmyra
Community notes on local health and carpentry work
The Poorman family visited Bindnagles Church while carpenters worked on the Hershey farm buildings. The Party Board of Health banned the aula and use of hale lodiens containing tetrachloride of carbon as dangerous to heart head and stomach.
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Hershey
Party Board of Health
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