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Newspaper
Hershey Press
Location
Hershey, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
May 27, 1910
Page
7
The Hershey Press informs readers that its columns are open to all articles and items of interest and its advertising columns accept standard rates. The paper is entered at the Hershey post office as second class quarter and is published by M S Hershey with J R Snavely as editor.
A feature on James Eads Howe grandson of the engineer James Eads. Howe renounced his vast inheritance to aid the poor, living as a laborer and organizing annual conventions with hoboes and unemployed workers. His aim is to push government action for urban employment and colonize poor families in cheap lands. His example echoes Tolstoy in peasant work.
The last car to Campbelltown will depart Hershey at 11 10 p m on Decoration Day. Local residents and visitors are noted throughout the week with several family updates. Sunday services at the Reformed church include school at 1 15 pm and a missionary anniversary. Mrs W H Ulrich visits in town, Katie Boltz stays with parents at Fairview, Miriam Brunner launches a gasoline powered farm outfit, Mrs Jas Baker dies aged 65, John Gundraman seen in town, Irwin Good works on cementing walks.
A fragment praises a man who helps others, noting his modest demeanor and Christlike ideals. It compares his four years of living by his beliefs to religious vows, citing Saint Francis and James Eads to urge fellow believers to follow sincere, poverty-affirming ideals.
The aged mother of Rev. Paul J. Dundore died at North Heidelberg and was buried there on Tuesday. John Longenecker installed a concrete floor in the Rising Sun hotel this week. A local quip warns against moving furniture at night suggesting daytime hauling for the welfare of neighbors.
A Louisville Times recounts a hot Kansas day where a mule refuses work. The master ties the stubborn animal in a corncrib full of popcorn. The mule kicks, setting the crib alight. the fire pops corn as the beast supposedly calms, ending the incident with a curious twist.
A parish meeting in a well known Scotch village to fund repairs of the church saw the wealthy but stingy laird chairing. He contributes nine games toward the cost when a plaster chunk falls and he quips the church does need repairs, prompting an oldlady to cry for another blow.
The Forth Bridge in Scotland holds the world’s longest cantilever span. It features two cantilever shore arms and two main spans totaling 1,710 feet. Construction began in 1883 and the second stage completed in 1807.
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