Hummelstown Happenings and Local Visits
Local notices list residents and visitors with several trips to Reading Harrisburg and Lebanon. Names include Yager Shoemaker Douglass Biddle and Misses Grove Leithiser and Kilmer. Community events note Children’s Day observances and the Union Sunday School picnic at Hershey Park on July 30.
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Yager
West
Hershon
Reading
Douglass Biddle
Steelton
Frank Strickler
Harrisburg
Mumima
Lizzie Baer
Mary Grove
Lebanon
Mount Gretna
Margaret Leithiser
Hershey
Emma Walton
Esta Kilmer
Myerstown
Clara Cassell
Mt. Gretna
Lucy Greenwalt
Joseph Barley
David Brighthill
Linglestown
G. D. Levengood
Isaac Levengood
Clayton Hershey
State Colleges
South Railroad Street
Earl Brightbill
U. of P
J. MM. Brightbill
Joseph Leidig
Charles Leidig
Highspire
T. O. Witmer
Hellertown
Union
Hershey Park
Mers
Christian Hershey
Mary Mumma
Jennie Hummel
Mechanicsburg
Jeremiah Balsbaugh
Mount Pleasant
W. F. Shoemaker
Harrisburg to Reading papers on sale at local shops
V O Yingst News Agency offers daily and Sunday Harrisburg Philadelphia and Reading newspapers with prompt service. Papers are sold at Ober's Confectionery and O L Hummel's Haberdashery in Hummelstown PA.
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Harrisburg
Philadelphia
Reading
Ober’s Confectionery
O. L. Hummel
Haberdashery
Wexford Guardian Board Ponders Comical Matrimony Plea
A letter from William Goulding of Swords Co Dublin asks guardians to match him with a wife. He describes himself as a 27-year-old agricultural labourer with simple needs and lists many domestic duties and modest tastes. The tone is humorous as he seeks a suitable partner among Wexford women.
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Wexford
Path to the Grave Persists Across Medical Paths
A reflective line questions seeking medical advice across allopathy homeopathy and osteopathy noting that all paths ultimately end at death from time to time. The quote emphasizes universal mortality regardless of treatment choice.
Bindnagles Church Visits and Local Farming Notes
Dr Posy of Harrisburg and Mr Workmen of York visited Prof E E Snyder on Sunday. M S Hershey of Hershey began improving the public road in East Hanover. Children’s Day exercises drew a large crowd. Clayton Buck traveled to Lebanon for cement posts. Rudolph Behm sold two pairs of mules to an Ephrata dealer. Masons busy at Harvey Kreider’s new barn. Irvin Ulrich alleged buyer of Rudolph Behm’s farm. Farmers replanting corn. Mr and Mrs William Ohmacht visited Palmyra friends. Mr and Mrs E N Albert visited Palmyra. Mr and Mrs Penrose Sanders of East Hanover in our midst.
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Jacob Shenk
Palmyra
W. GC. Baker
Mt. Gretna
Ruth Moyer
Reading
J. J. Nissley
George Keller
John Thomas
Wormleysburg
Gertrude Shenk
J. R. Shenk
Harry G. Grist
J. A. Lyter
Derry Street U. B
Harrisburg
Francis Griffith
Cleveland
Ohio
Bindnagles Church
Posy
Clayton Buck
Lebanon
Rudolph Behm
Ephrata
Harvey Kreider
Irvin Ulrich
William Ohmacht
E. N. Albert
Mrs. Penrose Sanders
East Hanover
Jokes Spur Busy Work and Tiny Justice in Town
A quip about how telling jokes prompts the average man to recall duties and then get to work, a reminder that humor often leads to action and results. The line suggests a cause and effect between storytelling and responsibility in everyday life.
Hershey Park: A Dauphin County Retreat of Fun
A vivid tour of Hershey Park in Dauphin County describes a stream side oasis with a miniature railway for a nickel, a lively dancing pavilion, a swimming pool, theater shows, a photo spot, a swinging ride, and a famous zoo. Visitors are urged to leave care behind and enjoy abundant amusements and wildlife.
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Swatara Creek
Hershey Park
Communion Services at United Brethren Church Union Deposit
The third quarterly communion service will be held Sunday forenoon at the United Brethren Church Union Deposit. Rev. C. G. Romig will preside. All are invited.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Brethren Church
Union Deposit
C. G. Romig
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Hummelstown
V. O. Yingst
Hummelstown, PA
Omar L. Hummel
Benedict
Wm. Goulding
P. S
Dauphin County
Hershey Theater
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