Lively Days in the Big Hershey Chocolate Plant
A 14 hundred employee Hershey chocolate plant runs at full tilt to meet steady orders from across America. The facility boasts top line equipment including 200 longitudinal grinding machines and owns a sugar refinery and large almond purchases. Domestic demand drives expansion as foreign contracts surface but are not pursued unless favorable. Wages are good and steady, with opportunities for workers over 16, reflecting healthy working conditions.
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America
Hershey Chocolate Company
Hershey
Hershey Company
Europe
Union services begin Nov 26 in Hershey Central Theatre
The first Sunday afternoon Union Service will be held November 26 at 3 o'clock in the Hershey Central Theatre with Bishop Cyrus J. Kephart as speaker. Crowds are expected from Hershey and nearby towns as the event, free of charge, aims to make Hershey a regional cultural center under the Men's Club direction.
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Hershey Central Theatre
Cyrus J. Kephart
United States
Hershey
Dr. Haas
Lutheran Church
Bishop Bell
United Brethren Church
Ross Stevenson
Presbyterian
Kephart
Butterwick
Klemhey
Wahaa
Lebanon Valley
Town Parade Celebrates Democrat Victory in Hershey
A large Democratic victory parade in Hershey drew nearly two hundred marchers led by William F. R. Murrie with James Murray and Joseph Hills. Bands from Hershey and Palmyra played as flags and banners celebrated President Wilson and four years more of prosperity along Chocolate Avenue and surrounding streets.
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Hershey
Hughes
Fairbanks
James Murray
Thomas
Black
William F. R. Murrie
Lebanon Valley
Feese
Palmyra
Frank Crist
Uncle Sam
Herman Schneers
Wilson
Mr. Murrie
Joseph Hills
Planing Mill
Chocolate Avenue
Cocoa
Areba
Homestead Avenue
Caracas
Java
Ceylon
Chocolate
Park Avenue
Derry Road
Derry
Glynn
H. A. Newton
Hills
Marshal Murrie
Zinner Organ Show Draws Crowds In Hershey
Frantz Zinner played the organ at the Hershey post office from noon to four on Saturday. Frank Zentmeyer decorated the organ with pro Wilson slogans and a bet payoff placard. A hospital benefit raised forty dollars as bystanders enjoyed the event and a Harrisburg Patriot illustration.
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Hershey
Frantz Zinner
Frank Zentmeyer
Wilson
Zentmeyer
Zinner
Harrisburg
Harrisburg Patriot
Local hunter claims season title amid rabbit and quail haul
Terbert Straub reports 16 rabbits from 19 shells with three misses on day one and says he now uses one-shot kills. Jehan and John Daniel also have strong seasons with multiple catches including quail and large cotton tails. Ralph Iore hunted last week with four rabbits and two quail.
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Terbert Straub
Mr. Straub
Jehan
John Daniel
Ralph Iore
Reform Mennonites to Hold Advices in Derry Church
The Reformed Mennonites will hold advices at their meeting house in Derry Church this coming Sunday morning November 19.
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Derry Church
Hikers Return from Hershey YMCA Visit Led by Mrs Weirick
Lebanon group of girls chaperoned by Mrs Charles D Weirick hiked 30 miles to Hershey and back two days. They stayed at the YWCA with Mrs Chase and Miss Hornsby and enjoyed gymnasium and social programs before returning home with notes urging Lebanon to establish a YWCA. The report details a ghost scare on the trail and a full schedule of winter classes and activities for the Hershey association.
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Charles D. Weirick
Lebanon
Hershey
Young Women’s Christian Association
Young Men’s Christian Association
Werrick
Hershey Young Women’s Christian Association
M. L. Hershey
Lloyd
Hauck
Hershey High School
Bacastow
Catherine Mumma
Weirick
Lebanon News
Swatara
Annville
Palmyra
Chase
Guardian
Marion Zellers
Elvira Ward
Miriam Bowman
Blanche Berger
Nancy Hammond
Roxie Phillips
Josephine Mack
Margaret Ward
Edith Stager
Elizabeth Evans
Katherine Funck
Margaret Matthews
Mothers Meeting Tuesday At Hershey School
The Mothers' Club meets next Tuesday evening November 2 in the kindergarten room at M S Hershey Consolidated School Derry Township. Attractive speakers discuss The Training of Fathers. Hostesses are Mrs Thomas L McHeffy and Mrs Linn W Hawbecker. All ladies invited.
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Mothers’ Club
M. S. Hershey Consolidated School
Derry Township
Thomas L. McHeffy
Linn WH. Hawbecker
Hershey Chocolate Factory Job Openings For Teens And Men
The Hershey Chocolate Company factory seeks men and boys and girls over 16 for desirable work with good wages. Employment is steady in healthy cheerful surroundings. Apply by letter or in person to the Hershey Employment Bureau.
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Hershey Chocolate Company
Hershey Employment Bureau
Hershey Lays Out Tropical Dependence and Trade Growth
The Hershey Press reviews Department of Commerce figures showing rising cocoa and sugar imports, with 1916 tropical product value at $1,060,850,416. Raw silk, coffee, cotton, and cocoa lead a list of major tropical imports and notable gains from 1915 to 1916.
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Hershey
Department of Commerce
Washington
Hershey Press
Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce
United States
India
Porto Rico
Hawaii
United
Mr Diehm's New Car Delights Dauphin County Trip
Mr and Mrs John B Diehm spent Saturday touring the upper part of Dauphin county in their new Cloverleaf Elgin car bought last week.
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John B. Diehm
Dauphin County
Chandler Six Cylinder Car Sold Through Marrieburg Agency
George J. Copenhavver of the Hershey Industrial School bought a late model Chandler six cylinder car last week. The purchase was made through an agency in Marrieburg.
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George J. Copenhavver
Hershey Industrial School
Marrleburg
New Machines Sold In Hershey Area
J C Mens reports sales of a King eight and a Ford touring car last week. The King was bought by Ira J Bacastow of Hershey while the Ford went to a party at Swatara Station.
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J. C. Mens
Ira J. Bacastow
Hershey
Swatara Station
Delivery costs shift burden to shoppers
Merchants urge fair delivery practices as prices rise. The Hershey Store aims to curb special trips, arguing delivery costs are embedded in prices and customers ultimately pay. Cases of excessive delivery requests are cited, with managers calling for public fairness and understanding of store expenses.
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Hershey
Department Store
America
The
Journal of Commerce
180Th Street
Lutheran Delegation Attends Harrisburg Meeting for Reformation Quadricentennial
Luthran delegation Bom gardner Mumma Heilman and Meels from Trinity Lutheran attended Zion Lutheran Harrisb urg last week. An organization will form to observe the Quadricentennial of the Reformation in Harrisburg area churches.
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L. Bomgardner
H. G. Mumma
A. I’. Heilman
John J. Meels
Maly Trinity Lutheran Church
Zion Lutheran Church
Harrieburg
Harrisburg
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Cyrus K. Kephart
Democrats
Zinner Plays the Organ
Mothers’ Meeting
Hershey Chocolate Factory
MR. Diehm
MR. Copenhaver's
Chandler
Lutheran
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