Hershey Town Placed as Modern Industrial Center in Derry Township
A 1910s promotional description portrays Hershey in Dauphin County PA as a fast-growing industrial town. It notes a 30 000 attendance at its tenth anniversary in 1913, a 40 000 crowd in 1915, and rapid development including a model town, a 34 department department store, a large chocolate factory using 75 000 quarts of milk daily, 8 500 acres of farms, 28 dairies with 1 500 cows, a 6 000 seat convention hall, and a 1 500 seat theatre.
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INO
Schedules in Hershey Time of Trolleys Trains and Mails
Timetables detail trolley to Hershey and connections from Harrisburg Lebanon Elizabethtown Palmyra and Hummelstown with first and last cars on Sundays and weeknights. Train east and west stops listed with note about Philadelphia New York passengers and cafes employment bureau and factory hours. Also notes on cattle market prices and stock movements including Foatey Brothers John Wittaker brand cattle and hog prices.
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Hummelstown Aid
Harrisburg
Hershey
Lebanon
Elizabethtown
Palmyra
Hummelstown
Conestoga Traction
Mount Joy
Lancaster
Traiis
Philadelphia
New York
West
Scranton
Wilkes-Barre
Tate
Chicago
Foatey Brothers
Iowa
Brothera
Cattle Feeding Test Shows Corn and Alfalfa Cheapest Ration
The Nebraska Experiment Station reports corn and alfalfa as the cheapest cattle ration with additions used to improve yields. The Stockman notes thrifty steer gains when hogs are fed to prevent waste, and prospects for the industry appear bright as cattle are watered and prepared for market.
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Nebraska Experiment Station
Aaa
Tomato Season Promises Heavy Shipments and Bright Prospects
The 1916 season saw about 15,000 carloads shipped by rail to distant markets and similar amounts by road for immediate use. Florida led with 6000 annual carloads, followed by Mississippi, New Jersey and Texas, with peak shipments May to July. Can-house tomatoes fetched high prices, and 1917 prospects were strong as packers contract at ten to twelve dollars per ton.
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R. W.de Bann
Florida
Mississippi
New Jersey
Texas
Georgia
Louisiana
Tennessee
Jersey
Illinois
Missouri
Swedesboro
Gloucester County
Long Island
Maryland
Delaware
Italy
England
Farming by Law in North Dakota Aims at Crop Rotation
The Stockman reports North Dakota votes for a farmers party. Lawmakers consider a bill to compel crop rotation arguing it could aid the state while risking individual land rights. Critics say owners must have freedom to plant as they choose even if it harms community or future generations.
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North Dakota
John’ Doe
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Derry’ Township
Dauphin County
Pennsylvania
Lebanon Valley
Hershey Farms
Hershey Trust Company
United States
Hershey Transit Company
Lancaster County
Hershey Central Theatre
Philadelphia and Reading Railroad
Western Union Telegraph
American Express
M. S. Hershey Consolidated Public School
Derry Township
New
Free Public Library
Hershey Industrial School
Hershey Park
Highland Park
America
Hershey Cafe
Hershey Inn
Y. W.C. A. Fire Department
Hershey Preas
Chocolate and
Park Avenues
Information Bureau
Carter
Bell ‘Telephone
Bessie E.poorman
Locust Street
E.G. Hoover
North Third Street
Harrisburg, Pa
Fred B. Harry
H. C. Dodge
Bogar’s
York, PA
S. C. Stecher
Palmyra, Pa
Nan
John C. Moyer
Park Avenue
P. G. Dioner
Javelez
J. C. Hess
Derry Road
Ford and Studebaker Automobiles
R. G. Laudermilch Custom Tailor
Palmyr, PA
Hershey Store Company
West Chocolate
Hershey, PA
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