Hummelstown Happenings Roundup and Local Visits
Mrs K A Springer of Royersford and Miss Esther Hummel visited in town and Lebanon friends. The Hershey Chocolate sales manager P N Kasson moved from Hershey to town. Several residents and students from U of P and F and M College spent weekends with family and friends. Hummelstown High School baseball lost to Annville 4 to 3 and to Lebanon 16 to 1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
K. A. Springer
Royersford
Shope
Esther Hummel
Lebanon
Mark Seni
Earl Boyer
Eugene Whitaker
Mechanicsburg
P. N. Kasson
Hershey Chocolate Company
Hershey
Larene Hummel
Philadelphia
Lloyd Wise
Carrol Hummel
Emmett Gherst
William Rudy
J. H Wise
Herbert Schaffner
F and M. College
G. Hammel
Frances Lundy
J. Mary’s Hospital
James Lundy
Annville
Hummelstown Wins First Baseball Game of 1912
The Hummelstown Athletic Association defeated St. Ann's Club of Steelton on Saturday May 4 1912 to earn its first baseball victory.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hummelstown
St. Ann’s
Hummelstown Athletic Assoiation
St. Ann’s Club
Steelton
Real Estate Sold on Main Streets in Local Transfer
Real estate agent Richard B. Earnest sold a two story frame dwelling on the south side of East Main street to Minnie F. Horner and a lot on West Main street from Harry Wit meer to Joseph N. Ober.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard B.earnest
Charles A. Rhoads
East Main Street
Minnie F. Horner
West Main Street
Harry Witmeer
Joseph N. Ober
Seminary Students From Mt Airy Visit Salem Church Lebanon
Sixteen graduates from Mt Airy Lutheran theological seminary in Philadelphia visit Salem Lutheran Church in Lebanon. They arrive at 3 57 pm by Reading railroad and tour historic Evangelical Lutheran churches. A supper at Hotel Wallace follows at 7 90 pm. They lead Sunday services and a German service at 9 30 am with their organist on the bench.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Church Council
Salem Lutheran Church of Lebanon
Mt Airy Lutheran Theological Seminary
Philadelphia
Reading
Salem Church Council
Wallace
Salem Church
Salem Choir
T. E. Schmank
Three-Button Westminster Overcoat Prompts Customer Confidence
The latest English model features soft roll lapels and a distinguished look. Sales emphasis centers on customer trust as the best advertisement for this premium garment.
Something Good and a Duke in a Train Tale
A humorous composite of clipped vignettes and jokes. A wife asks for something good for dinner and ends with the minister as the punchline. A girl contemplates marriage to a Duke amid parental chatter about manners and floorwalking. A railroad anecdote follows with John Sharp Williams commenting on a slow train and a conductor’s blunt reply.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Sharp Williams
Mr. Williams
Sail On to the New Love as Old Bonds Sink
Poetic line highlights moving past old loves and friends toward new adventures. It proclaims progress over nostalgia and asserts stronger affection than death or decay. The speaker dismisses old devotion and untrue friendships, urging forward motion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ella Wheeler Wilcox
Convincing Indeed Friend Was Your Play a Success
A note from Puck remarks that the play was a success as the audience reacted strongly, many women leaving in tears and returning home with their true complexions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur
Puck
Wanted a Wife Miss Antique
Miss Antique urges marriage to Mr. Oldchapp who longs for a wife. He imagines a wife with a sewing machine and an oil can to oil his squeaky office chair, revealing a humorous rural comic tone.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miss Antique
Mr. Oldchapp
Also Mentioned on This Page
Roy Fox
Harrisburg
George Fox
Brunston Ganuse
Jacob Gause
Harry Devore
Harry Snyder
Elmer Witmer
Grove-C. Buser
Joseph Grass
Sarah Henderson
Minnie Stecher
Edward
Earl Brighthill
U. of P
Brighthill
J. M. Bright II
David W. Cassel
Palmerston
MT. Airy Theological Seminary
Satur
Westminster
Clothing Department
Omar L. Hummel
Hummelstown, Pa
Goodman’s Millinery
Rosina Street
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