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Newspaper
Hershey Press
Location
Hershey, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Mar 21, 1912
Page
2
Community items list visits and events around Hummelstown Manheim Hershey Union Deposit and West Point with mentions of a bread route posting Easter shop call Omar Hommel Menswear and a Dorcas Society Easter sale at U S church basement.
At the Farmers Bank regular directors meeting on March 18 Harry Horst was elected cashier replacing the late W H Ulrich. The board and staff wish him success in the new role and responsibilities.
Elmer E Oakum of East Main street and Miss Tacey Sanders of Lebanon wed in Reading last Friday, officiated by Rev H H Marvinshell. They will live at John Oakum’s East Main street home until spring when they plan to establish housekeeping.
Romanus C Grove starts a wallpaper store in the Star Theatre building on West Main Street.
Real estate dealer R. B. Earnest leased the southwest corner of Main and Hanover to CG. Ober who will operate a restaurant ice cream and soda parlor on the first floor for J. M. Murray.
The Zion Lutheran Church building and property were dedicated last Sunday free of debt after remodeling and improvements costing 19000 dollars. Six thousand five hundred dollars had been pledged before the dedication, with additional pledges during the day covering the balance. The event featured multiple clergy leaders and successive services throughout the day.
A commuter aboard a Pullman complains to a porter about a tan shoe and a black shoe from two earlier incidents that morning. The porter reacts with a puzzled joke about growing carelessness as the exchange ends in light humor.
Campbelltown March 20 announcements list C F Gruber to sell a car load of Virginia horses at his farm south of town on March 25 the earlier date of March 18 was an error.
Miss Mae Gruber spent weeks with grandparents Mr and Mrs Isaac Meckley at Bachmansville. Charles Horstick suffers a boil on his nose with health noted but no further details.
A surprise party honoring George M. Hocker of Union Deposit was held last Saturday evening by friends and neighbors. The event included music, speeches by A. L. Landis and George M. Hocker, and a shared dining room feast with many attendees listed, all wishing him many more happy birthdays.
Advertisement from Hershey Trust Company of Hershey Pennsylvania urges savers to keep surplus funds on deposit. It advertises 3 percent interest if the money remains six months or longer.
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