Hershey Spring Flower Show touted as biggest yet
The Hershey Spring Flower Show runs April 9 to 16 in the Hershey conservatories with free admission and Sunday concerts by the Hershey Band. Visitors will view tropical plants, a Dutch garden, hundreds of bulbs, a zoo display, and a tropical atmosphere across multiple houses and conservatories.
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Hershey
Hershey Conservatories
Lebanon Valley
Hershey Band
Philadelphia
Pennsylvania
America
M. S. Hershey
Park Avenue
Tropics
Hershey Zoo
High Point
Zoo
Park Theater
Lancaster
Elizabethtown
Lebanon
Palmyra
Pun
Sea Harrisburg
Tershey Park
Conservatory
Bershey
Bam
Farmers Haul Stone for Dauphin County Boulevard Extension
Farmers haul stone for the boulevard extension toward Sand Beach Bridge. The project is pitched as the model road for Dauphin County and signals ongoing infrastructure work in the area.
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Sand Beach Bridge
Dauphin County
Huge Sums For Chewing Gum
The chewing gum habit has cost the nation nearly 35 million dollars for chicle in ten years, about five times the Alaska purchase value. Annual imports run around 7 million pounds costing about 2.5 million plus 750 thousand in duties. 1915 imports totaled 6.5 million pounds from Mexico, Canada, British Honduras, Venezuela, Central American republics, and other countries. Chicle is the dried sapodilla tree juice. most gum uses it, not gutta percha.
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Russia
Alaska
Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce
Department of Commerce
Mexico
Canada
British Honduras
Venezuela
Dominion
A Beautiful Sunday Draws Crowds Across Hershey
A sunny balmy Sunday drew many locals and visitors to Hershey. The Hershey Cafe and Quick Lunch saw increased business while the Round Barn reported over a hundred callers. Tourists visited the Zoo Mansion grounds and Hershey Park as church services drew large crowds.
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Hershey Cafe
Round Barn
Highland Park
Hershey Transit Company
Zoo
Mansion Grounds
Hershey Park
Fifty Years Married Celebrate Smith Family Anniversary
Mr and Mrs James K Smith marked their fiftieth wedding anniversary in Shermansdale Perry County joined by Lewis Smith and family James A Smith and family and guests D R Frehn Abraham Smith LeRoy Smith and Heitels of Philadelphia. All but one child attended and the couple remained in good health during the celebration.
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Lewis Smith
James A. Smith
D. R. Frehn
Abraham Smith
LeRoy Smith
Heitel
Philadelphia
Shermansdale
Perry County
Smith
James K. Smith
Spring Movings Bring New Residents to Hershey Farms
Spring moves sweep the area with many relocations this week and several newcomers settling on Hershey farms. The seasonal turnover highlights a busy period for farm life as families begin new chapters.
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Hershey
Snavely Transfers Farms to Gro More Holdings Near Hershey
F B Snavely and family move from East Hershey to Fox Croft farm near Hummelstown renaming their holdings Gro More farms. James Fox takes Overcash farm. John Longenecker relocates to Vian. Snavely residence to Reinhold family as Snavely shifts to manage new operations.
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F. B. Snavely
East Hershey
James Fox
Hummelstown
Mr. Snavely
Mr. Fox
Overcash
John Longenecker
Vian
Snavely
Hershey
Lutheran Church Grows as New Pastor Delivers Sermon
Rev. John Meek’s first service after election at the Lutheran Church drew a large Hershey congregation. He praised real ministration and service, noting Sunday School attendance at 128 with a goal of 150 and then 200. The sermon energized the town as the church expands.
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John
Meek
Lutheran Church
Theological Seminary
Hershey
Beverly Entertainers Delight Hershey Audience
The four young ladies known as the Beverly Entertainers pleased Hershey last Friday night. An hour and a half of clean clever captivating entertainment followed by excellent moving pictures, marking a fitting climax to the Young Men's Club lyceum course.
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Beverly
Hershey
Young Men's Club
Gingrich Family Increases Lebanon Bank Shares
Jacob M. Gingrich attended a Lebanon sale and bought ten shares at 160 dollars each, raising his total to ninety shares. His sister Annie Gingrich bought six shares, boosting family holdings in Lebanon National Bank.
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Jacob M. Gingrich
Lebanon
Mr. Gingrich
Lebanon National Bank Glocs
Annie Gingrich
Milk Praise and Diet Tips From Elmer Klippinger
Elmer Klippinger of the Hershey dairies extols milk as America’s best food and urges greater consumption. He lauds mush and milk, notes milk’s digestibility and balanced nutrients, and argues higher milk use could lower living costs and improve health. Cream, butter, and even sour milk are praised for value and digestibility.
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Elmer Klippinger
Hershey, Dairies
America
Spring Cantata by Y W C A Glee Club Set for April
Club activities progress with the Y W C A Glee Club announcing a spring cantata on April 11. Miss Canan leads strong work and the event is expected to be delightful. The Up-To-Date Club reports ten new members since Jubilee and 19 pledged to Forward Club. Ayuda Club studies Christian Standards in Action and Industrial Girls Ideals. Banner Club plans a market food sale on Saturday April 1 to fund dresses for the Pageant of the Sunshine Club. Sunshine Club will host a noon gathering with games and gym.
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Y. W. C. A. Glee Club
Canan
Ayuda Club
Banner Club
Sunshine Club
Pennsylvania Chocolate Industry Becomes War Aid Center
The Public Ledger notes Pennsylvania leads in chocolate and cocoa manufacture as wartime demand rises. From 1914 to 1915 imports jumped, and the state shows rapid growth with Hershey and Philadelphia expanding plants, warehouses, and distribution amid rising production and wages.
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Pennsylvania
Europe
Public Ledger
United States
Philadelphia
Pittsburgh
Lancaster
Hershey
Dauphin County
Hershey Company
North America
Cuba
Bureau of Statistics and Information
States Department of Labor and Industry
Commissioner of Labor and Industry
Dorchester
Mass
Iead Aan
Linebaugh Preaches Progress for Hershey Church
Rev N L Linebaugh urges First United Brethren Church members to support and fund a new Hershey church on Chocolate Avenue. He tribes calls for action as official board opposition grows. The sermon stresses duty to future generations and spiritual welfare amid changes in church leadership and music staff.
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N.L. Linebaugh
First United
Brethren Church
Hershey
Chocolate’ Avenue
Linebaugh
Hezekiah
Moving Picture Program and Stage Stars
The program lists films for April including The White Sister on Saturday with Exsanay Company reels and Richard C. Travers in attendance. A Little Brother of the Rich follows on Monday with Hobart Bosworth in five acts. Beatrice Michelena stars in Salomy Jane on an upcoming western, and Digby Bell headlines Education of Mr. Pipp on Thursday noted as particularly good with no barrooms or vice elements.
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Exsanay Company
Richard C. Travers
Hobart Bosworth
Salomy Jane
Beatrice Michelena
Mr. Pipp
Digby Bell
Junior Bible Class at Lutheran Church Meeting
The junior Bible class met at L. Bomgardner’s home with students Charles Copp Harold Cain Melville Kieffer Marvin Kieffer Howard Page Joseph Hills William Letthfach John Henry Bomgardner Mark Shelley Theodore Lieb Lee Plumador and William A. Wouseworth. After prayers and readings the class planned refreshments and a future meeting at William Leichiser’s home to decide the class name.
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Lutheran Church
William B. Leichiser
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South America
Gro-More Farms
Lutheran Church Growing
The
Young Woman's Christian Association
Rev. Linebaugh
H. G. Witmeyer
Viola Boyer
Mary Painter
Ruth Runkle
Ina Capenter
Moving Picture
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