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Newspaper
Hershey Press
Location
Hershey, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Mar 30, 1916
Page
6
The New York Herald reports the House vote to retain the sugar tariff after May 1 to fund defense and income tax needs. Cuban growers dominate supply, refineries oversell, and prices climb from five to seven cents per pound. Retailers push higher costs to cover margins.
The article explains that cloth durability relies on fibre length. Long curling fibres create a strong, elastic weave that resists cracking and keeps shape. Short fibres wear poorly. lasting clothes require fabric woven from long fibres for minimal pressing and better longevity.
An economical method for fancy ice cream is described by a girl who, with a tight budget, used Disque dee cream, melon mold, and a homemade mix of Duta cherries elron and fresh fracta. She refreezes the mixture in the original ice to serve a stylish yet affordable dessert.
A garbled OCR fragment presents a mistranscribed dialogue about a doctor and a Mrs Perkins. The text shows misplaced names and quotes, making the underlying event unclear and the source unreadable. No clear persons actions locations dates or organizations are identifiable.
Al len D Albert of Minneapolis spoke to Harrisburg leaders urging a modern building code and a strong planning commission. He praised the park system but warned growth requires better housing, a westward expansion, and a community center to improve happiness and reduce poverty.
The State Grange legislative committee calls for more rural school funding and expanded vocational education, a Grange style road bill with no new bonds, and tax reform including capital stock, coal, oil, and inheritance taxes. It also urges tighter government spending, anti bribery rules, and national prohibition while criticizing dirt road appropriations and county election costs.
Moscow chemist Ostromisslewski develops a process using vodka derived alcohol to create synthetic rubber from vegetable oils. The Russian Ministry of Finance funds an experimental plant beside a wine warehouse as rubber shortages and spirits disposal are solved.
Lancaster reports the New Process Steel Company will raise capital to one million dollars and expand its plant by ten acres after acquiring ground. The Hyatt Roller Bearing Company may join the venture, with a May meeting to decide a name change, and an agreement on file to equip a mill for 50000 dollars.
An Austrian booksellers journal uses a playful war conjugation to urge readers to settle debts quickly to keep money circulating. The ad lists lines I do not pay Thou dost not pay He does not pay and I have paid Thou hast paid He has paid You have paid We have paid Everybody has Money.
A Kodak Bulletin item recounts a woman in bed after an accident tied to escaping gas and a lighted match. Her husband says she should not have used a match near gas. She replies she attempted to be careful but used a safety match.
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