Hershey as a Modern Industrial Town in 1910s
Hershey in Derry Township, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, grew from farmland to a thriving industrial town with a 1915 record crowd of 40,000. The community features a massive chocolate factory, 8,500 acres of farms, 28 dairies, a model town with 150 homes, a 34 department department store, transit lines, a central theatre, school, library, and a large park system across 300 acres, plus the Hershey Trust Company and an expanding public life.
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M. D
Hershey Consolidated Public School
Derry Township
New
Hershey Park
Schedules in Hershey Trolleys Trains and Mail
Details transit times for Hershey Hummelstown Harrisburg Lebanon Palmyra Elizabethtown and Elkerstown with first cars at 6 a m Sundays 6 15 a m from Palmyra to Hershey and connections to Mount Joy and Lancaster Trains east and west listed with multiple stops and Sunday variations Cafes Employment Bureau and Information Bureau hours noted Open 6 30 a m to 11 p m for some services Sunday closures listed
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Afershey Transit Company
Lancaster County
Hummelstown
Harrieburg
Hershey
Lebanon
Laat
Hirat
Elizabethtown
Firat
Palmyra
Harrisburg
Conestoga Traction Company
Mount Joy
Lancaster
Ellershey
Lerehey
Oil's Rise From Drake to Modern Industry
A historical overview traces oil's growth from Edwin Drake's 1858 Pennsylvania discovery of 2000 barrels to 1912 annual production of 222,538,604 barrels valued at 164 million dollars. It notes US output totaling over 2.82 billion barrels since 1858 and highlights the oil industry's spread from Pennsylvania to Ohio West Virginia Indiana Kentucky Illinois Colorado Kansas.
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Pennsylvania i
Colonel Drake
Pennsylvania
United States
Ohio
West Virginia
Indiana
Kentucky
Illinois
Colorado
Kansas
Oil producing territories hint at future regional growth
Five states Texas Louisiana Wyoming Oklahoma and California appear to signal how oil development may expand across the region in the years ahead, suggesting broader output and influence for the industry.
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Texas
Louisiana
Wyoming
Oklahoma
California
Emperor praises Dewey as Yankee blood shows veteran spirit
Berlin reports to the German Foreign Office that the Emperor praised the American squadron at Manila. He compared its armaments with Spanish ships, noted Commodore Dewey's bold attack in Cavite, and said Yankee fighters fought like veterans.
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Manila
Berlin
United States
Dewey
Cavite
OLEOMARGARINE Production Rises in United States
The Federal Commissioner of Internal Revenue reports 152 million pounds of oleomargarine produced in the United States for the year ended June 30, a rise of 5.65 million pounds from the previous year. The National Provisioner notes rising consumer acceptance despite competition and regulatory pressures.
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Federal Commissioner of Internal Revenue
United States
Farmers Discuss Food Supply and Labor Plans
E S Bayard editors the Stockman argues for action over talk under the National Defense Council. He cites Ohio’s quick mobilization, urges agricultural students and volunteers to work, criticizes drafts of unproductive labor, and supports temporary price controls and national prohibition to conserve grain.
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The
Stockman
Hershey
Pennsylvania
Agricultural Council
Council of National’ Defense
Congress
Ohio
Council of National Defense
Houston
Also Mentioned on This Page
Dauphin County
Lebanon Valley
Philadelphia
New York
Hershey Trust Company
Central Theatre
Philadelphia and Reading Railroad
Western Union
Telegraph
American Express
Hershey Free Public Library
Hershey Industrial School
Highland Park
America
Hershey Cafe
Hershey Inn
Y. W.C. A. Fire
Hershey Press
Chocolate and
Park Avenues
Scranton
Wilkes-Barre
Wilkes-Barra
Information Bureau
Kaiser
Robert Lee Baseler
Dorothy Johnstone Baseler
David M. Steele
Philadelphia Ledger
Bessie E. Poorman
Boris
Carter
Bell Telephone
Locust ‘Street
E. G. Hoover
North Third Street
Harrisburg, Pa
Fred B. Harry
H. C. Dodge
Bogar’s
York, PA
S. C. Stecher
Palmyra, Pa
John C. Moyer
Park Avenue
P.m. Ands
P. G. Diener
Jeweler
J. C. Hess
Park Avenue and
Derry Road
Ford and Studebaker Automobiles
R. G. Laudermilch Custom Tailor
Palmyr, PA
Hershey Laundry Company
Hershey, Penna
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