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Newspaper
Hershey Press
Location
Hershey, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
May 11, 1916
Page
2
An article urges Hershey residents to participate in a Saturday clean-up and fly extermination campaign. It emphasizes community cooperation to improve streets yards and gardens, aiming to make Hershey the healthiest and happiest town in America. The piece contrasts Hershey with other towns and cites the need for collective effort to uphold promises.
In this wartime dispatch the stalemate at Verdun continues while global tensions rise. The piece notes American border actions in Mexico and Ireland unrest, then asserts Germany backs down as US ships face submarine threats and calls for de-escalation.
Hershey in Dauphin County Pennsylvania balances a booming factory town image with a stable population of about 1600 locals and thousands of daily visitors. The plant processes 76000 quarts of milk daily and ships 70 to 100 carloads weekly. The Model Town district adds 160 new homes in four years as a modern commerce hub includes a 32 department department store with farm and home goods and an 800 seat Central Theatre. A vast farm area sustains 8500 acres with 1500 high grade cows and a fully integrated improvement company. The town reports no saloons poverty or disorder amid rapid growth and expanding transportation links including Hershey Transit with 36 miles of track.
A Pennsylvania study estimates about a million dogs in the state, near eight dogs per person, with broader speculation that the U S could hold as many as twelve and a half million. It notes stray dogs tax avoidance, enforcement failures, and sheep losses while criticizing societal reluctance to euthanize, suggesting dog overpopulation persists until attitudes change.
Evening shadows fall as birds and violets herald spring. The poem paints blooms fragrant breezes and waking scenery, with people moved to joy as nature ushers a season of beauty and renewal.
A public health advisory warns travelers to avoid unknown waters during vacation season. Boil water for ten to fifteen minutes and rely on personally carried supplies to prevent typhoid fever and waterborne illness.
The Victoria Cross awarded to Lance Corporal Richard Cotter recounts his acts under fire when he lost a leg and was wounded in both arms. He moved unaided fifty yards to a crater, steadied the team, ordered dispositions, and repelled a counter attack for two hours. He remained at his post fourteen hours longer, encouraging all who came by.
A Kansas City Journal quotation questions how Flabdib can afford a car. The speaker states he cannot afford one, but wonders how certain people like him obtain autos.
Fragmentary line from Browning's Magazine describing a child seeking paternal discipline after breaking a plate.
A Yonkers Statesman snippet notes a character named Patience has a speaking role in a new play and does not need to think, highlighting a simple, direct part rather than a thoughtful one.
Seventy two carpenters began at 4 30 AM to construct a five room house with bath in Toledo as a wedding gift from the Real Estate Board and contractors. Over 200 workers aided the project while Mrs Emma Plessner McCann served tea in the finished home valued at 4000 dollars.
A compact verse on facing life with courage and embracing beauty. The dialogue and lines reflect a lighthearted exchange about life, hope, and perception of world’s vastness.
Schedule details for trolleys serving Hummelstown Harrisburg Lebanon Elizabethtown and Palmyra with first and last car times and connections. Includes cafe hours employment bureau information factory and store hours theater and post office operations notes Sunday changes and service connections to Hershey Mount Joy Lancaster and New York Philadelphia and Wilkes Barre routes.
Frequent trains operate east and west on Philadelphia and Reading. Western Union Telegraph and American Express services. The M S Hershey Consolidated Public School of Derry Township opened in 1914 costing 120 000 with capacity 850 pupils and a 16 member faculty. Hershey Free Public Library has 1400 members and large daily distribution. Industrial School spans 800 acres with 12 buildings. Hershey Park offers 300 acres of picnic and pleasure grounds with a Band of 40 pieces, Theatre seating 1 500, a large zoo, and dozens of attractions. Highland Park overlooks the heights near Hershey and hosts 1 000 000 gallon reservoirs, pagodas, walks and fountains with views across three mountain ranges and seven counties. The Hershey Convention Hall, stone and steel, seats over 6 000, with Hershey Cafe and two other cafes nearby. Hershey Inn has 96 rooms, plus a golf course and three baseball diamonds. A new water supply with filtration plant and reservoirs on Highland Park provides 1 000 000 gallons. Great Power Plant and Telephone System support community life with churches, YMCA YWCA, forestry department, and numerous departments. A new home for the Hershey Press will be one of America’s finest printing plants.
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