Death of longtime Hummelstown resident John Baker
John Baker 75 longtime Hummelstown resident died Thursday at his Hanover Street home after a yearlong illness. Survived by widow and children Charles M. Baker Chicago Clara Krause Walter N. Baker. Funeral Monday at 2 pm from his home with Rev. Dieffenderfer officiating. Interment in Hummelstown cemetery. He belonged to Reformed church and State Capital Lodge No. 70 L O O F Harrisburg.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Baker
Town
Hanover Street
Charles M. Baker
Chicago
Clara Krause
Walter N. Baker
Baker
The
Reformed Church
State Capital Lodge No. 70
L O. O
Harrisburg
J. D. Dieffenderfer
Hummelstown
Mabel Hoffman
Hamburg
Berks County
Mary Greenawalt
Chemical Fire Company
John H. Wise
Altoona
Harry Strickler
Detroit
Mich
Levi Lutz
Alliance
Ohio
George Fox
D. D. Long
D. D
York
U. B. Church
Kate Hoffman
Emma Brinser
Lost Coral Beads Reward Offered
Lost string of coral beads on Saturday June 8 with a reward for return to Margie Nissley. The notice appears in Y O Yingst News Agency papers serving Harrisburg Philadelphia and Reading and lists Ober's Confectionery and O J Hummel's Haberdashery as outlets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ober’s Confectionery
O. J. Hummel
Haberdashery
Margie Nissley
T. N. Fegley
Kutztown
Emma Sutcliffe
Harrisburg
Walter Shue
Holsberg and Fromm Wed at Derry Street Church
Miss Arvilla K. Fromm of Hummelstown and John W. Holsberg were married Friday morning at the parsonage of the Derry Street United Brethren Church by Rev. J. A. Lyter. The bride previously worked at Dives Pomeroy & Stewart. They will reside at 1817 Hildrup Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arvilla K. Fromm
Hummelstown
John W. Holsberg
Derry Street
Derry Township Elects Teachers for 1912 13 Term
The Derry Township School Board elected teachers for the 1912 1913 term. Supervising principal Prof. F D Kelbock will locate here July first. Names include Hershey High School principal, Oliver P Butterwick of Lebanon, Edith N Freed, Marjorie Halloway, L H Hollingsworth, Geo B Evans, Marian J Beane, Mabel T Hoffman, Tilly Booser, Sarah Forman, S S Basbaugh, Elizabeth Meclay, A E Hess, May Hershey, Edna Erb, May Moyer, Martha Hocker.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Derry Township
F. D. Kelbock
Kelbock
Hershey High School
Oliver P. Butterwick
Lebanon
Grammer
Edith N. Freed
Marjorie Halloway
Gingrich
L. H. Hollingsworth
Rockridge
Geo. B. Evans
Palmyra
Marian J. Beane
Waltonville
Mabel T. Hoffman
Tilly Booser
Forman
Sarah Forman
Sunnyside
S. S Basbaugh
Stoverdale
Elizabeth Meclay
Gravel Hill
A. E. Hess
Hershey
May Hershey
Edna ©. Erb
May Moyer
Martha Hocker
In class a child redefines unaware in playful ruse
A teacher asks for the meaning of unaware. A small girl shyly suggests the word refers to taking off the last thing before putting on a nightgown.
Filing System Boosts Merchant’s Busy Day
A humorous exchange shows a merchant praising a new filing system that is said to have transformed business. The agent notices the delighted reaction as they rib the concept of pausing work to focus on organization.
New Dog Tax Law Stipulates Deadlines and Penalties
The act requires tax collectors to notify neglecting dog owners to pay the tax and fit collars and tags or have the dog killed within 10 days. Officials receive 25 cents per notice. collectors face $2 penalties for neglect. If owners fail, district constables kill the dog and are paid $1. further noncompliance incurs $2 penalties. Dogs without collars are public nuisances and may be killed. owners have no legal recourse.
Hershey Trust Company Promotes Absolute Security
A Hershey Pennsylvania banking notice emphasizes absolute security as the prime essential of the savings institution and its conservative methods to warrant depositor confidence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hershey Trust Company
Hershey, PA
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Wmn. R. McKely
Philadelphia
Omar L. Hummel
Dillman Blackburn
Y. QO. Yingst
Athletic Park
Suy Krause
Enola
Adam LaRoss
Camden
N. J
F. G. Wheeler
Wm. Ricker
Ricker
Geo. T. Ricker
Geo. Fox
Helen Fox
Suy Fox
Baird Roths
Silvia Guhl
Carrie Stauffer
Ethel
Carrie
Mary Hicks
Prof
Stuart
Carlisle
Guy Fox
Gao
Carl Irvin
Mary Grave
Y. O. Yingst’s
Reading
Adella Heflinger
Womelsdorf
Miss Pearl Kilmer
George Smith
Annville
Edna Holsberg
Lynn Gingrich
Robert Bordner
Pittsburg
John Bordner
Earl Pennington
Bruce ‘Wickersham
Steelton
Carroll Hommel
Myrtle Garrett
Lebanon Valley College
William Buch
Round Top
Brighthill
Alcohl
Nissley
Swatara Creek
Hershey Park
Holsberg
Fromm
Oliver Butterwick
New High
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