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Hershey Briefs Chronicle Local Happenings
Mrs E Black visited Harrisburg on Sunday. The ladies guild at the Presbyterian Church met to sew for the heathen. Rev C B Segelken and wife preached in Dillsburg. Miss Bertha Leibhardt visited Harrisburg. Master Herold Cain returned from Harrisburg with his father Ew ing Cain after a few days. Newton Silks, of Hershey, crushed an index finger at work and required amputation. Henry Miller and Frank Long reported for Union Deposit work. Swatara creek surged, workers crossed by boat with Frank using a sledge hammer as a buoy. Jim Pott helps care for the deer in Hershey Park and shot a dog to protect them. William Lappin fusses over Adam Knocker in a show with Trish, planned to continue. Winfield Scott Long welcomed a fourteenth baby, twelve boys and two girls. Frank Snavely visited Harrisburg on business. George Copenhaver, Homestead farm manager, attended the Erb sale. a cow he looked at died when struck by a Lebannon trolley car. Elis Hoffer visited Reading and Philadelphia. Rev C W Stinespring of Baltimore visited Rev O G Romig. Photographer Luther G Harper of Lebanon took country views. Kathryn Mumma delivered a missionary address in Harrisburg. For sale: registered Shetland pony six years old with runabout wagon and harness. For rent: furnished rooms on Chocolate Avenue. Sol Keefer of Sand Beach welcomed a daughter. he would have named a boy Sol. Dining-room girl wanted at Hershey Restaurant. Mrs J R Kreider of Lancaster visited. Misses Lillie, Mary, Katheryne Garman and Katheryne Yingst attended Mrs Jesse Conrad’s funeral in Reading. Harry Herr was in Reading on business.