New Home of Hershey Press On the Way to Completion
Work resumes on the Hershey Press site at Chocolate and Park Avenues. John Wickersham leads a 30 man advance force under Albert Craft to rapidly raise a two-building complex along Park and Chocolate, with rail access for shipping and plans for a four story block facing the railroad. The project aims to create the nation’s finest printing plant in a new steel brick and glass facility.
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Hershey Press
Chocolate and
Park Avenues
John Wickersham
Albert Craft
Chocolate Avenue
Park Avenue
Hershey
America
Hershey Printing Company
I'l’ Front
Hershey Improvement Company Sees Growth in Year
Hershey Improvement Company expects its busiest year yet with General Manager James B. Leithiser fielding inquiries. A major project is the tabernacle, awaiting April steel delivery. Dwellings last year are mostly sold or rented as Leithiser moves to expand with new builds on East Areba Street and lot sales on Cocoa Avenue.
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Hershey Improvement Company
James B. Leithiser
Tabernacle
Hershey
Leithiser
Brethren Prepare for World Conference in Horshay
Church members expect the June gathering to be the largest in history with about two hundred thousand attendees. Horshay is ready for delegates Thorn and others from around the world, as work on a grand tabernacle and auditorium progresses. Delegates elected at Spring Council include F S Carper and Milton Bandora for the annual conference, while George Hang Hareleen Gloo and George Hoffer were chosen for the District Meeting at Wiizahbathtown.
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Church of the Brethren
Horshay
Thorn
Tershey
Carper
Milton Bandora
George Hang
Hareleen Gloo
George Hoffer
Wiizahbathtown
Bibi the Comedy of Toys at Hershey promises dazzling spectacle
The Hershey presentation features a French doll named Bibi and a large cast of performers. The Young Women's Christian Association and volunteers stage a three act musical with dolls, dozens of dancers, tableaux, and intricate stage feats to enchant audiences.
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Bibi
Hershey
Young Women’s Christian Association
Hershey Store Spring Opening Sets Bigger Event in Lebanon Valley
The Hershey Store announces a Spring Opening exhibition featuring a wide selection from leading city jobbing houses. Manager 8 D Clark touts growth, broader patronage, and metropolitan service at low prices. Miss Alva E Shearer of Harrisburg and C M Jones of Hershey are announced engagements.
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Hershey
D. Clark
Lebanon Valley
Alva E, Shearer
Harrisburg
C. M. Jones
Hershey Campaign Aims to Make Town Flyless
The Hershey community considers a Cleveland style anti fly campaign led by Dr Jean Dawson. Read how Cleveland reduced horse manure breeding and engaged school children and inspectors to kill overwinter flies.
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Hershey
Cleveland
Jean Dawson
Dawson
Cleveland Public Schools
Dr. Dawson
Hershey Central Theater
William F. R. Murrie
Notable Lectures At Union Sunday Afternoon Draw Large Crowd
The article highlights Dr. Stanley L. Krebs and his Sermon on the Trinity as the promised centerpiece of Sunday services at the union. It notes Krebs’s prestige, extensive lecturing, affiliations, and praise from prominent figures, with a strong expectation of the largest turnout of the year. It also mentions Frank B. Snavely leading last Sunday and J. Lorenzo Zwickey’s art lecture alongside influential music selections.
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Stanley L. Krebs
Stanley L.krebs
Dr. Krebs
William Crookes
Samuel Fallows
Newell Dwight Hills
William Jennings Bryan
Krebs
London Society of Arts
American Academy of Political and Social Science
Academy of Political Science
National Geographical Society
Medico-Legal Society
Phi Beta Kappa
Frank B
Myr. Snavely
High School Debate on Neutrality Proclamation Questioned
The Literary Society of the High School held a debate on whether the 1794 Proclamation of Neutrality contradicted the 1778 French Alliance. Sophomores and juniors argued for and against with Nisslay Imboden Harman Sanders Myrtle Kane supporting the affirmative. The negative side led by Ray Koller Ruth Landis and Arthur Wagner narrowly lost 2 to 1.
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Literary Society
United States
Dauphin County
Europe
Nisslay Imboden
Harman Sanders
Myrtle Kane
Ray Koller
Ruth Landis
Arthur Wagner
Tha
Jasuad
Big New Church in Hershey Needed by United Brethren
The United Brethren congregation in Hershey seeks a new large Bible School building after outgrowing the current church. Two-year growth has pushed membership to 212 with 400 in Sunday School. location is debated as 80 percent live south of the railroad. A historic Gathering Day saw 60 new members and 28 baptisms among 2056 communicants, despite heavy snow.
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Hershey
United Brethren
First Church of the United Brethren
Spring Creek
N. L. Linebaugh
Simeon Knoll
Bible School
Harry Witmeyer
Palmyra
Eva Runkle
Ina Carpenter
Jesus
Poor Bill the Frat Horse Dies After Decade of Service
Bill the Frat horse, bought eleven years ago at Palmyra diad, served Mr. Norshoy and stable workers in Hershey. under care of Thomas Blott Bill helped with factory excavations and garbage wagons and even performed on the Park theater stage. He remained a favorite despite aging and inability to work.
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Bil
Norshoy
Palmyra
Park
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Clark
Mr. Zwickey
Bill
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