Hummelstown Happenings and Social Notes
Local residents report visits and happenings including Miss Sadie Zellers and Olive Miller from Palmyra visiting Charles Shultz. Family and sports notes cover canoe mishap on Swatara Creek, Hummelstown Athletic Association baseball wins, and community visits to Harrisburg and Lebanon. A four act drama will be staged by The Reformed Church Choir on June 7 at the Orpheum Theater.
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Sadie Zellers
Olive Miller
Palmyra
Charles Shultz
Earl Mattis
Russell Hoffer
Darrow
Swatara
Helen Shope
Esther Humnel
Lebanon Valley College
Annville
Henry Shearer
New Bloomfield
Edwin Blessing
Sarah Henry
Gyrus Rhoads
Houston
Texas
John Reager
Reformed Church Choir
Orpheum Theater
Harry Ghresh
Washington, D. C
Clare Stecher
Hummelstown
Reservoir A. C
Harrisburg
Local News Service Ad from Harrisburg Area
V O Yingst News Agency promotes prompt service for Harrisburg Philadelphia and Reading papers. Papers on sale at Ober's Confectionery and O L Hummel's Haberdashery in Hummelstown PA.
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Ober’s Confectionery
O. L. Hummel
Haberdashery
Hoffer Attends Automobile Race Trip In Indianapolis
Edward Hoffer returned from Indianapolis after attending an automobile race on May 80th. Harvey Buck and family of Elizabethtown visit Mr. and Mrs. M. F. Nissley for several days. Miss Edna Tinney spent Monday in Harrisburg. Hummelstown School Board met June 3 1912 and elected all teachers for next year except Grace Schaffner who did not apply. Myrtle Garrett will take her position. Roy Skinner stayed several days at Shippensburg.
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Edward Hoffer
Indianapolis
Harvey Buck
Elizabethtown
M. F. Nissley
Edna Tinney
Harrisburg
Hummelstown School Board
Grace Schaffner
Myrtle Garrett
Roy Skinner
Shippensburg
Band Plans Reorganization Meeting at National Hotel
Efforts to reorganize the Hummelstown band lead to a Friday meeting in the National hotel hall on the third floor. Musicians are invited to attend for the purpose of organization.
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Hummelstown Band
National Hotel
United Christians Hold Service and Baptism at Sand Beach
Sand Beach June 5 United Christians conduct Sunday service followed by baptism. Local residents and visitors, including Mr. and Mrs. Shakespeare and Mr. and Mrs. Hiram Piffer, were noted for weekend visits to York and Hershey.
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Sand Beach
United Christians
Shakespeare
Hiram Piffer
York
Samuel Miller
Hershey
Galen. Geeseman
George Geeseman
Edward Keeney
Palmyra
Samuel Wagner
Michael Miller
Round Top
Harry Miller
Park Entrance Beautified in Hershey Polluted Beauty
A flower bed ninety feet long and six feet wide holds three hundred cana plants enhancing the park entrance. Thousands of bushes and plants placed recently have transformed the park and town into a vivid flowerland. The change reminds residents to value Hershey’s beauty and the effort behind it.
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Hershey
Election Tale Sparks Farmers Dismissing Candidates
In a rural note the farmer Corntessel explains he did not vote after listening to candidates. He says neither candidate was worth hitching up a horse for, reflecting voter skepticism in a simple election tale.
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Farmer Corntessel
Editor Receives Personal Letter From Reader
A Western editor received a handwritten note requesting several extra copies of the paper. The writer asks publication of an obituary and verses about their child’s death, a clipping on a niece’s marriage, a mention in local columns about selling bull calves, and the option to stop the paper due to hard times.
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Neice
Chocolate plant native to America and its European rise
The chocolate plant is native to America and spread to Europe where it moved from luxury to common beverage. It notes cultivation abroad and parallel growth with tea and coffee, beginning in Spain as chocolate was introduced.
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America
Europe
Spain
Hershey store showcases eight suggest ion rooms in Philadelphia
The Hershey store presents eight complete suggestion rooms including kitchen reading parlor two bedrooms dining room library and bathroom to demonstrate how home furnishings can look. A shopper called the bathroom “a peach” and praised the model display as superior to any wealthy home. Locals considering furniture are urged to visit first to view or arrange purchases and see the exhibit even if not buying.
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Hershey
Philadelphia
New York
Horst Deppen Marriage Announced in Wilmington
Mr and Mrs Albert Horst announce the marriage of their daughter Florence Horst to Herbert H Deppen. The ceremony occurred in Wilmington Delaware on Saturday March 28 1912.
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Albert Horst
Florence Horst
Herbert H. Deppen
Wilmington, del
Also Mentioned on This Page
Hummelstown Athletic Association
Frank Brinton
R. B. Earnest
Edmond Cassell
Elsie
Katharine Shell
Lebanon
Ralph Walters
D. Burt Smith
West
Bertram Hummel
Hershey Improvement Co
Lloyd Wise
Master James Miller
Edgar C. Hummel
Harrisburg Academy
Carroll
Earl Brightbill
J. M. Brightbill
V. O. Yingst
Reading
Hummelstown, PA
Harry Shakespeare
Stover and Hess
Mary Allaman
Sand Hill
Samuel Lingle
Balsbaughs
George,Geeseman
Ruth
Grantville
Swatara Creek
Hershey Park
Omar L. Hummel
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