Hershey the Modern Industrial Town of Derry Township
Hershey in 1903 was farmland. by 1915 it stood as a bustling industrial town in Derry Township Dauphin County Pennsylvania. It hosts a 30 000 to 40 000 crowd events with a growing population and a thriving chocolate factory. The town features farms dairies a model town plan a department store a large theater and park attractions. Major institutions include Hershey Trust Company Hershey Transit Company public school library industrial school and a sprawling park complex with hotels cafes and a large convention hall.
Schedules In Hershey Time of Trolleys Trains And Malia
Schedules list trolley service for Hummelstown Harrisburg Lebanon Elizabethtown and Palmyra. Trolleys begin early morning with first cars around 5 to 6 am and run at hourly or half hour intervals until late evening. Sundays show adjusted start times.
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Hummelstown
Harrisburg
Hershey
Lebanon
Elizabethtown
Palmyra
Hummel
Ummelstown
Lancaster
PLEA FOR SAFETY IN OUR FACTORIES
Safety in Pennsylvania industries is urged as vital for wartime readiness. The appeal cites 291 deaths and 23 037 injuries in March plus 750 deaths since January 1 1917, with a total of 64 328 in the first quarter. It warns of massive wartime costs and calls for a vigorous safety campaign from employers and workers.
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Pennsylvania
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
Workmen’s Compensation Bureau
Department of Labor and Industry
Banquet Guest Delivers Biggest After-Dinner Tale
The banquet proved unsatisfactory yet hopeful as Professor Haxworth, introduced by the toastmaster, stands to share his biggest and best after-dinner stories. He opens with praise for the host and jokes about his enjoyment of the banquet.
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Haxworth
Professor Haxworth
Red Tape Plants Seeds for Soup in State
A congressman received ten pea seed applications from one constituent. Upon the eleventh request he asked why so many seeds were needed. The reply explained they were not for planting the state but for soup.
Cottage Cheese Making From Skim Milk Instructions
USDA dairy experts outline a method to turn skim milk into cottage cheese by clabbering at about 75 degrees, cutting curd, gradually heating to 100 degrees, draining in a cheesebag, then pressing to a smooth mashed-potato texture. Salt and optional sour or sweet cream finish flavor.
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United States Department of Agriculture
Remembrance of a Fusilier’s farewell under a pale star
A young man joining the Fusiliers bids farewell to his beloved and asks her to gaze at a star each night. She promises to remember him by that star, noting it looks pale in the morning, a small wartime gesture of affection.
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Derry Township
Dauphin County
Lebanon Valley
Philadelphia
New York
Hershey Trust Company
United States
Hershey Transit Company
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Hershey Central Theatre
Philadelphia and Reading Railroad
Western Union Telegraph
American Express
M. S. Hershey
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Hershey Free Public Library
Hershey Industrial School
Hershey Park
Highland Park
America
Hershey Cafe
Hershey Inn
Y. W.C. A. Fire Department
Hershey Press
Chocolate and
Park Avenues
Malia
John Price Jackson
Pennsylvania Department of Labor and Industry
Travis
Scranton
Wilkes-Barre
Wilks-Barre
Information Bureau
Bessie E. Poorman
Carter
Bell Telephone
Locust Street
E.G. Hoover
North Third Street
Harrisburg, Pa
Fred B. Harry
Dodge
York, PA
S. C. Stecher
iZershey Trust Company
Palmyra, Pa
Beth
John C. Moyer
Park Avenue
P. G. Diener
Jewsfer
J. C. Hess
Derry Road
Headiganxters Ford and Studebaker Automobiles
R. G. Laudermilch Custom Tailor
Palmyr, PA
Hershey Laundry Company
Hershey, Penna
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