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Newspaper
Hershey Press
Location
Hershey, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
May 06, 1926
Page
2
The Citizens Fire Company in Palmyra has installed a Sterling Siren Code Fire Alarm System that is temporarily connected and performing satisfactorily. The system is expected to be a major borough improvement once permanently installed.
Public notice in Palmyra Borough warns no one may pass over newly paved street area for 21 ace dae cums if covered ith AAW. Penalty for violation is ten dollars. Several sale notices follow for Baby coach 33a W Main, 4 burner range, and a Chevrolet touring car offered by local residents.
Elizabethtown marks Boy's Week with an opening service at Christ Reformed Church led by Rev. L. C. T. Miller on May 6. A school grounds sports day follows, featuring a marble tournament and prizes for winners.
The Department reports a drop in farm population in 1926 with an estimated 30,666,000 people on farms as of January 1, 1926, down from 31,134,000 on January 1, 1925.
Hummelstown residents gather at Star Theatre on Tuesday May 11 to discuss plans for a community building. Rev Wm Swope of Trinity Lutheran Church Camp Hill will lead the meeting with a special program and music.
Campbelltown Arnold Page three year old son of Mr and Mrs J E Page died Wednesday funeral held Saturday Rev Waltz and Rev Hostetter officiating interment in Hummelstown cemetery. U C cemetery directors plan improvements. H A Alger attended Ohio funeral of his brother. Mother's Day observed at Salem Reformed Church. Mrs Samuel Moyer visited Florin. Miss Grundrum held last day of school picnic with pupils. A son Richard Henry born to Rev and Mrs H J Aulenbach. U C conference held at Bright Hills Church. Grubb and Miller agency for Star car. Ira Basehore hired at Campbelltown bank. Clarence and George Gingrich visited Philadelphia. Found ladies gray glove at Wolfersberger's Store. Lost bushel of seed potatoes notify A M Brandt.
County Extension data show high producing cows eat more feed but deliver enough milk and butterfat to outweigh the extra cost. A 3000-pound cow needs $79.82 in feed, a 10,000-pound milker $131.37, but the larger cow yields 3.33 times more milk with only $51.55 more feed, cutting milk cost from $5.26 to $2.50 per hundredweight. At milk price $3, the 3000-pound cow grosses $90 while the 10,000-pound cow nets $300. The Bible is described as the world’s best seller with 9,069,120 copies sold last year.
A long account recounts a supposed letter written by Christ and signed by the Angel Gabriel. It warned that publishing the letter would bring blessings and that withholding it would bring misfortune, detailing Sabbath, fasting, church attendance, and charity commands. The tale follows a lineage across centuries and multiple towns, with several families allegedly suffering until a 1891 newspaper publication in Rome Georgia and subsequent reprints in Dalton Georgia and Marion Indiana.
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