Be careful where you deal and what you get for your money
The Hershey Press warns shoppers about two ways of cheating by short measure and substitutes. It notes a state chemist finding seven fertilizer samples from seven counties deficient in nitrogen and phosphoric acid and warns dealers to use only registered Pennsylvania brands. Twenty two fall inspection cases involve unregistered brands, with seventeen from out-of-state firms and five from Pennsylvania manufacturers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Department of Agriculture
Lancaster
Luzerne
Bucks
Erie
Susquehanna
Chester
Dauphin
Pennsylvania
Hershey Chocolate Denies Big Allied Order
An official of the Hershey Chocolate Company denies reports of a million dollar Allied cocoa and chocolate order. He says the firm is fully occupied with domestic orders and its plant in the United States runs at full blast as American policy dominates operations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hershey Chocolate Company
United States
America
The Big Outdoors Promotes Walking and Scenic Town Trails
An article extols Hershey as a town with extensive pavements and scenic walks. It highlights routes to Highland Park Palmyra Hummelstown and the Swatara and Union Canal areas praising walking as the best exercise and advising sensible pace and avoiding overexertion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hershey
Highland Park
America
Union Canal
Palmyra
Hummelstown
Farmers urged to adopt better methods for higher profits
Government figures show the average gross income of U S farmers is 1236 for 6 362 000 producers, but this underestimates typical earnings. Western regions lag, yet the piece urges smarter practices, modern facilities, and sound advice to boost farm finances without debt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Mississippi Basin
Implement and Tractor Trade Journal
Worthless Fertilizers Probed by Secretary Actions
The secretary of agriculture ordered twenty two prosecutions for selling unregistered commercial fertilizers and seven prosecutions for selling fertilizers not meeting the manufacturer’s guarantee on an analysis of 936 fertilizer samples.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Secretary of Agriculture
Hobe Light Star of Pennsylvnia Elevens
Hobe Light from Lebanon High School gained early fame in Pennsylvania papers for his football feats with the University of Pennsylvania. He starred for the Penn Freshmen and later played varsity, moving to fullback after Berry injury. Light tallied 12 of Penn’s 19 points as they defeated Lafayette in the final period, drawing admiration from Hershey observers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hobe Light
Philadelphia
University of Pennsylvania
Lafayette
Lebanon High School
Light
Penn
Berry
Hershey
Lutheran Teams at Work Unique Thanksgiving Service
A Thanksgiving Service at Holy Trinity Lutheran Church in Hershey will hear reports from canvassing teams sent out the previous Sunday. The teams aim to boost church attendance and invite friends to worship, including members such as John Shay Norman Stahle Elias L John Daniel S Stahle and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Holy Trinity of Hershey
Holy Trinity Lutheran Church
Community of
John Shay
Norman Stahle
Elias L. John
Daniel S. Stahle
Elias L. Bomgardner
John Schlepfer
Daniel S. Graeff
Herbert Scott
A. T. Heilman
William C. Brinker
George Copenhaver
H. G. Mumma
Wilson Rhoads
Ralph Maulfair
Anna Lloyd
Miss Boyer's Class Hosts Sunday Evening
Miss Viola Boyer entertained her Sunday School class at her parents home last Friday with games and music. Refreshments were served. Attendees included Myrtle Hershey, Vernon Stuckey, Ruth Runkle, Edna Carpenter, Minnie Detweiler, Vanetta Cooper, Carrie Smith, Martha Keeney, Hilda Christ, Carolyn Sattazahn, Pauline Edris, and Mary Howell.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Viola Boyer
Cyrus Boyer
Myrtle Hershey
Vernon Stuckey
Ruth Runkle
Edna Carpenter
Minnie Detweiler
Vandetta Cooper
Carrie Smith
Martha Keeney
Hilda Christ
Carolyn Sattazahn
Pauline Edris
Mary Howell
Public Sale of Household Goods by Mrs McSherry
Mrs P McSherry will hold a public sale of household goods at 47 Aretha Street on Saturday November 11. Items include tables chairs beds carpets dining room furniture kitchen utensils and other articles. Sale begins at 1 o clock with Hess as auctioneer.
Union Circuit Sunday Schedule Services Morning Study
Union Deposit announces Sunday program with Sunday School at 9 30 A M preaching at 10 30 A M and Senior Christian Endeavor at 6 30 P M highlighting church activities and time for fellowship.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Union Deposit
Christian Iindeavor
Hershey Towns Growth Fueled by Modern Industry in 1916
Hershey in Derry Township Dauphin County Pennsylvania sits 12 miles from Harrisburg and Lebanon and 99 miles from Philadelphia. Begun in 1903 the town shows rapid growth with a 1915 record crowd of 40 000 at Hershey Park. The complex includes a 75 000 quart milk dairy a model town 150 homes built in four years a 32 department department store and a 1 500 cow dairy network. The Hershey Trust Company Hershey Transit Hershey Central Theatre a 800 seat venue and a zoo with new 1916 buildings anchor a sprawling industrial and residential community centered on the chocolate factory and farm operations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Derry Township
Dauphin County
Pennsylvania
Lebanon Valley
Harrisburg
Lebanon
Philadelphia
New York
Hershey Park
Help Wanted at Hershey Employment Bureau Listings
Farm hands needed year round with steady work and good pay. Milkers, track repairmen, private secretaries and stenographers sought by Hershey Employment Bureau in Hershey Pa. Positions include laboring, typist, cleaning at Industrial School, telephone operator, and office boy with training opportunities.
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Hershey Employment Bureau
Hershey, Pa
Hershey Employment, Bureau
Hershey
Fishburns Church Sunday Schedule and Local Notices
Fishburns Church announces Sunday School at 9 30 A M Christian Endeavor at 630 P M Revival Services at 780 P M Found a pair of black kid gloves near Presbyterian Church owner may claim by paying this advertisement For rent one side of a new dwelling house in West Caracas avenue nine rooms hot water furnace cookery bath wide vacant November 1 Apply to H W Tinney Hershey Pa Wanted Young men for Hershey Chocolate Company extra work on trolley lines Apply at Superintendent's office
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Presbyterian Church
West
Caracas Avenue
H. W. Tinney
Hershey
Hershey Chocolate Company
Schedules for Hershey Trolleys and Trains in Harrisburg Area
Timetables show trolley service from Hershey to Hummelstown Harrisburg Lebanon Elizabethtown Palmyra with first cars between 5 a.m. and 6 a.m. and hourly or half hour frequencies through late evening. Sunday start times vary. connections via Conestoga Traction Company and Harrisburg trains listed. Cafes, quick lunch, employment and information bureaus hours noted.
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Hummelstown
Harrisburg
Hershey
Lebanon
Elizabethtown
Palmyra
Conestoga Traction Company
Mount Joy
Lancaster
Help Wanted Bounty From Hershey Employment Bureau
Help wanted ads from Hershey area list dairy farm duties cream separator bottle milk boiler care and strong wage offers. Positions include night telephone operator at Hershey Exchange ages over 16 with shift hours, house cleaning, waiters for dining hall, corn cutters, factory workers, and experienced dairyman for 129 acre farm near Lebanon with 40 head of mill cows. Applications to Hershey Employment Bureau or John H. Louser in Lebanon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hershey Employment Bureau
Hershey, Pa
Hershey Exchange
Fair Penman
Clear Voice
Hershey
John H. Louser
Cumberland Street
Lebanon
Brethren Communion Service Set for Saturday Afternoon
The Church of the Brethren announces a communion service on Saturday afternoon at 00 o'clock. All are welcome to attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Church of the Brethren
Lutheran Church announces quadricentennial offering drive
The Lutheran Church of the Holy Trinity led by Rev. John Irwin Meek schedules Bible School for those 16 and older at 9 15 A M Luther League Devotional at 6 45 P M with the topic Next Year s Quadricentennial Jubilee Offering Thanksgiving Service at 7 30 P M All reports from teams at the canvass service Choir practice Thursday 8 PM All are invited
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Luther League
Derry Presbyterian Church Weekly Schedule
Sunday School for all above sixteen at 9 30 a m Preaching service at 10 30 a m Christian Endeavor at 6 45 p m Evening Worship at 7 30 p m Morning Theme Our Soul at Church Evening Theme The Light of the World Prayer Meeting Wednesday at 7 30 p m Choir practice follows Joint meeting of Guild and Missionary Society with Mrs Richard Hull Thursday at 8 00 p m John Elder Men's Bible Clans meets with the pastor Monday evening November 13 at eight o'clock
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Christian Endeavor
Guild and Missionary Society
Richard Hull
John Elder Men's Bible Clans
Otterbein Guild Woman's Day at United Brethren Church
The Otterbein Guild observes Woman's Day with a 10 6 service in Allentown. Mrs J A Keiper of Allentown will deliver the address. Senior Christian Endeavor at 6 30 and preaching at 7 30 follow. Thenter Thy Kingdom Come.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Otterbein Guild
Mra
J. A. Keiper
Allentown
Penna
Jendeavor
Church Notices Prayer Meeting and Services Schedule
Church of the Brethren lists prayer meeting Thursday at 7 30 P M Sunday School at 9 30 A M preaching at 10 80 A M Christian Workers Meeting at 6 30 P M and preaching at 10 0 0 A M.
Public sale of Hershey property and Hershey Trust stock
The Commonwealth Trust Company of Harrisburg acting for George J. Eppley a lunatic will expose to public sale on November 18, 1916 at 2 PM the Hershey real estate on Chocolate avenue Hershey including a 2 1 2 story house and garage. Also to be sold are ten shares of Hershey Trust Company stock with terms to be announced at sale.
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The
Commonwealth Trust Company
Harrisburg
Pennsylvania
George J. Eppley
Court of Common Pleas
Dauphin County
Hershey
Chocolate Avenue
Christian Maulfair
Jacob Gingrich
Hershey Trust Company
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Union Circuit
Hershey Farms
Hershey Transit Company
Lancaster County
Hershey Central Theatre
Philadelphia and Reading Railroad
Western Union Telegraph
American Express
M. S. Hershey Consolidated Public School
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Young Men's Business Institute
Front and
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Information Bureau
Brethren Communion
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S. C
Stecher
Hershey Trust Co
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Lutheran
Church OF Holy Trinity
John Irwin Meek
Derry Presbyterian Church
R. H. Taylor
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R. R. Butterwick
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Dr. M. L. Hershey
Hershey, Penna
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