Education in everyday economics urged for 20 million youths
The Hershey Press reports a Philadelphia North American view that schools must teach practical economics to all students. In Hershey, the Industrial School already trains boys on real tasks while Consolidated School shows movement toward applied learning. The paper urges directors to plan for fall and push waste prevention and intelligent work as education evolves.
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Hershey
Philadelphia
Doctor Eliot
Harvard
Industrial School
Consolidated School
Work Worth While Promotes Dignified Household Labor
Dr. Harvey W. Wiley argues that no work is menial when approached with proper spirit. He praises homemaking as noble, notes machines aid cooking yet personal touch remains essential, and cites rural wives as best cooks and judges of food value.
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Harvey W. Wiley
New York
Hershey Volunteer Fire Company Seeks New Members
Citizens urged to join Hershey Volunteer Fire Company to improve apparatus and safety. Campaign promotes larger membership ahead of May fair and the town’s lively future with fellowship and community work.
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Hershey Volunteer Fire Company
Hershey
March Weather Sets Records Across the Nation
March proves exceptionally cold with record lows and strong winds, delivering hardship for coal supplies and late spring clothing. Yet the Lebanon Valley enjoys clear beauty and mountain views, while residents note overall good health despite the harsh conditions.
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Lebanon
March
Hershey Pennsylvania Growth Era Described in 1915 Overview
A detailed account outlines Hershey in Derry Township as a thriving industrial and residential hub. It notes a 30,000 to 40,000 crowd size, a massive milk intake, a high daily visitor rate, and extensive facilities including a large chocolate factory, farms, stores, schools, library, park, theatre, and tram lines.
The Home Town Poem Glorying Local Ties
A reflective verse celebrates the home town over distant places. The speaker praises familiar faces and familiar skies, arguing that townspersons’ kindness and shared memories outshine money and fame found elsewhere. The piece contrasts strangers’ scorn with local charm and loyalty.
What Is Your Make
A survey of Lancaster county car sales shows Ford Buick Hudson Studebaker Overland Maxwell Rees Jeffreys and many others with total sales around 360 000 plus 140 000 in misc brands. Five hundred thousand dollars in six months and a further hundred thousand in county sales are noted. Gasoline consumption and prices are cited with 780000 gallons sold in 1915 costing about 156000 at twenty cents a gallon. War shortages affect fabrics and dyestuffs as well.
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Hershey
Lancaster Intelligencer
Lancaster
Lancaster County
Studebakers
Overlands
Maxwells
Rees
Jeffreys
Dodge Bros
Packard
Chevrolet
Saxon
Grant
Sacobite
Chalmers
Auburn
Bell
Paige
Regal
Cadillac
Oakland
Vim
Metz
Lancaster City
Reading's New President Agnew T Dice Elected Rail Chief
Agnew T Dice was elected president of the Philadelphia and Reading Railway at a special directors meeting succeeding Theodore Voorhees. Dice, a Reading resident born November 2 1862 in Scotland Pa, rose from flagman at the Pennsylvania Railroad in 1881 to high executive roles including superintendent general manager and vice president and general manager with the Reading system. He has three children A T Dice Jr William Lann Prizer and Randolph Stauffer and belongs to several clubs. His wife is Margaret Boome of St Claire Pa.
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Agnew T. Dice
Philadelphia and Reading Railway
Theodore Voorhees
Dice
Reading
Margaret Boome
St. Claire
A. T. Dice, Jr
William Lann Prizer
Philadelphia
Randolph Stauffer
Union League
Rittenhouse Club
Engineers’ Club
New York Railway Club
Berkshire County Club
Seaview Golf Club
Scotland
Pennsylvania Railroad
Altoona
New York Central and
Hudson River Railroad
Atlantic City Railroad
Cured Patient Ponders New Life After Doctor's News
A patient declares he feels ready to start life anew after a doctor tells him he is cured. The remark highlights irony as the patient weighs personal losses and the chance for a fresh start.
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Lehigh Burr
Detailed Trolley Schedule for Hershey Area Transit
Comprehensive timetable lists first cars, transfer points, and last cars for Hershey, Harrisburg, Lebanon, Elizabethtown, Palmyra, and connected routes. Includes Sunday schedules, connections at Elizabethtown and Palmyra, cafe hours, employment and information bureaus, and post office hours.
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Hummelstown
Harrisburg
Hershey
Lebanon
Elizabethtown
Palmyra
Tummelstown
T Hershey
Ummelstown
Eizabethtown
Conestoga ‘Traction Company
Mount Joy
Lancaster
Charstiey
Jpilanbethtown
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West Chocolate Ave
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