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Newspaper
Hershey Press
Location
Hershey, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
May 06, 1915
Page
4
Hershey post office lists telegraph and long distance connections with Western Union services and notes general articles and news items are welcome. It is registered as second class mail matter for the Hershey area.
Transit schedules cover Hershey Harrisburg Hummelstown Lebanon Palmyra routes with half hour service to 11.30 p m and specific Sunday start times. Train and cafe hours listed for Eastbound Westbound trains, along with post office hours and closures Sunday.
In a discussion on overreaching laws, the piece cites bee and bullfrog bills as cautionary examples and praises moderation. It notes Pennsylvania’s cooperative agricultural extension program, with twelve counties using it and eight more organizing bureaus, though a zealous regulator sought to amend the act.
A statewide plan to compel counties to establish a bureau upon petition of 300 voters and a college request was defeated 27 to 129 after farmers argued against mandatory action. The old law remains optional, showing farming leaders’ prudence and taxpayer concern.
David Lloyd George declares drink a greater threat than Germany and urges root and branch reform. The King joins the movement as England battles alcohol to save the war effort and improve the nation’s future.
The piece promotes travel as a sound investment for American farmers, urging railroad trips and Pacific Coast fairs as top attractions. It encourages exploring state markets and consumer links, noting recreation and practical learning can translate into future profits. It ends with the idea that everyone lives by selling something.
A poem recounts a mother’s enduring, unseen struggle as the bravest battle. It honors a woman’s steadfast courage from child to grave, fighting with silent, dignity rather than weapons or loud praise. The speaker urges women to return to God with pure virtue, while praising inner strength.
Governor Brumbaugh issues a statewide Good Roads Day proclamation designating May 26, 1915. Township supervisors, citizens, and organizations urged to mobilize labor, funds, and volunteers to improve highways with state support and cooperation.
The Exchange of the Young Women's Christian Association plans its summer program and solicits donations of articles for a June conference. It will sell fancy work and other items, and take commissions on goods sold for others. Proceeds support YWCA work.
A playful jumble of yesterday today and tomorrow explores how tense shifts blur meaning. The fragment lists shifting references to days and events, ending with a tangled note on yesterday.
Rev George Snavely Rentz leads Mother's Day observance at Derry Presbyterian Church with Sunday School at 9 30 a m Morning worship at 10 30 a m Sermon theme Mothers of Men Evening worship at 7 30 p m Christian Endeavor at 6 45 p m Prayer Meeting at 7 45 p m Readers should note the service themes The schedule reflects a traditional church program with the pastor and the Women’s Day focus.
Rev N L Linebaugh presides with Bible School at 9 15 a m and services at 10 15 a m and 7 30 p m Theme Significance of Mother's Day and No Longer Fishers of Men Junior Hour at 2 00 p m Senior Christian Endeavor at 6 30 p m Prayer meeting Wednesday at 7 45
J. H. Longenecker leads a prayer meeting Thursday at 7 30 p m Sunday School begins at 9 30 a m and a preaching service is scheduled for 7 30 p m.
Pastor Rev A C Forscht leads Hoernerstown Lutheran Church on May 9 at 10 am and 7 30 pm with the sermon The Poorest People in the World Read Revelation 3d chapter. May 16 union services at Deposit Lutheran 10 am and 7 30 pm sermon for men featuring the Male Quartet. Also Sand Hill Lutheran Church holds a 2 pm service.
The Otterbein Guild of First United Brethren Church held its monthly meeting in the Park Young Women’s Christian Association rooms to mark its first anniversary. Miss Mary Leeb organized the group a year ago and the program featured word pictures from Mrs. Ann Judson’s life, as recounted from Ethel Daniels Hubbard’s Ann of Ava.
Mrs Elizabeth Wheeler widow of the late George Wheeler died Monday at her son Frank G Wheeler's home in Hummelstown after a long illness. She aged 84, survived by her son and daughter Mrs Kramer of Harrisburg. Funeral from the late home this afternoon Thursday at 2 30. Interment in Hummelstown cemetery.
An Abilene woman wrote to Union Pacific depot agent G. W. Mills admitting she and her daughter cheated a weighing machine in the Kansas City depot over a year ago. The daughter placed a penny on the scale, the mother stepped on last and weighed free, troubling her conscience.
Two weeks from tonight May 20 the Fourth Annual May Hop will be held in the Hershey Dancing Pavilion from 8 to 11. Continuous music by the Hershey Band and Orchestra will accompany the event with the pavilion handsomely decorated and special trolley service arranged for attendees.
The Meeting House of The Church of the Brethren east of Hershey is being improved with a new state roof and a second roof added to the janitor's quarters.
Poem fragment references a sign in a garden noting belief in God’s presence within nature. The speaker contrasts a garden’s peace with spiritual certainty, asserting a personal sign of divinity accompanying the scene.
Notice is given that letters of Administration have been granted in the estate of Elizabeth Behm late of Derry Township Dauphin County Pennsylvania deceased. All debts should be paid and claims presented to Jacob S. Behm administrator at 6027 Pine Street Philadelphia Pa or to his attorney M Warawdy Mor shay Pa.
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