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Newspaper
Hershey Press
Location
Hershey, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Mar 09, 1922
Page
3
An advertising notice offers assorted patterns oil cloths, linen toweling, lace, handkerchiefs, caps, ribbons, wool dress materials, voile ginghams, gloves, and manicure sets. Bundles priced at four yards for $1.00 or two yards for $1.00, with individual items ranging from 13c to 49c per yard and up to $2.90 for gloves.
Mr and Mrs Charles Lehr of Harrisburg announce the birth of a son Mrs Lehr formerly Miss Irene Gerber. Many residents and visitors are mentioned including Mrs Reider, Mrs Ettele, Clayton Keller and others visiting relatives. The Mite Society prepares for a food and apron sale with an oyster supper on March 11. Debaters from Hummelstown High beat Oberlin High in a lower Dauphin County series. Girl Scout Rally held with plans for a sale April 15 to fund a summer camping trip at Camp South Mountains. Community activities include church society meetings, youth groups, and voter registration details for the borough during March 14 and 16.
Local grains and farm activity notes detail Gingrich Bros selling 85 fat cattle to eastern markets last week. Community visits include Reading visitors, York County trips, and Easter church plans at Trinity Lutheran near Colebrook. Housekeeping changes and hospital recoveries are also noted along with farm visits and local business trips.
The compact Philadelphia area rail worker known as Roxy Swoyer recalls his circus days and a long rail career now serving as candy butcher and magazine pusher on the Reading lines. He began in 1877 with a basket of magazines on the Harrisburg to Luray run and later sold them on the Main Line before continuing on the Philadelphia to Harrisburg schedule.
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