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Newspaper
Hershey Press
Location
Hershey, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Nov 25, 1915
Page
2
The Hershey Press notes local prosperity tied to munitions production for Europe, though it acknowledges the moral tension and calls Americans to gratitude for health, prosperity, peace, and the comforts of civilization on a day of national thanksgiving.
A brief devotional verse expresses thanks for nature, beauty, and peaceful outdoor scenes invoking a Father in heaven. The author is Ralph Waldo Emerson, reflecting on flowers grass birds streams and the blue sky.
A year of unexampled prosperity ends the month in Hershey with hopeful forecasts for 1916. The town reports no poverty and says its growth raises wealth and living standards in surrounding areas. Several nearby towns are better off because Hershey exists, though some do not appreciate the cause.
In Derry Township Dauphin County Pennsylvania Hershey lies in the Lebanon Valley. Begun in 1903 the town reached a record crowd of 40 000 on June 6 1915 and ships products worldwide. The complex includes a vast chocolate factory 850 pupil public school 1200 member public library a park with 300 acres a hospital forestries and a 6 000 seat convention hall.
A diary fragment from the captain of the steamship France describes a nighttime scene as the vessel shoves off in a whale boat and a submarine appears nearby on the starboard side. The note hints at a perilous encounter during a sinking incident.
A detailed timetable lists Hershey to Harrisburg Hummelstown Lebanon Palmyra and other connections with first and last cars, hourly and half hour services, Sunday variations, and special note on 11.15 p m and 11 p m connections. Trains eastbound and westbound times with special stops and notices to Philadelphia New York passengers. Cafes offices and services hours appear with meal times and shop hours.
An account describes a submarine sinking a ship after firing eight shots into holds and machinery. The crew then approached lifeboats, demanded and received papers, while an operator aboard photographed the scene on a cinema camera as moving pictures report the event.
The piece extols German self sufficiency under Walther Rathenau as a model of resource use. It warns American farms toward stricter economy as war expenses rise, noting large farming systems erode self help and urging home produced repairs and at home work to weather wartime losses.
A dated devotional poem by Louella C Poole thanks God for bounty and deliverance from war. It prays for peace, resilience in sorrow, and enduring faith that universal peace will come, acknowledging human folly yet trusting divine mercy.
A fanciful verse echoes a Thanksgiving mood with a dawning sky and eager faces. The poem personifies a veteran turkey, calling its many offspring to roost among the trees as the season's feast begins.
Rev. George Snavely Rentz leads Sunday School at 9 30 a m Morning worship at 10 30 a m Christian Endeavor at 6 45 p m Evening worship at 7 80 p m Prayer meeting at 7 45 p m in the church schedule.
Rev N L Linebaugh leads Bible School at 9 15 Sermon at 10 15 Children Hour at 2 00 Christian Endeavor at 6 30 Thanksgiving Hour of Song at 7 30 in charge of the choir See full programs on page 1 Prayer service on Wednesday at 7 30 First Study on Personal Work
Evangelical Lutheran Parish Church of the Holy Trinity advertises Bible School at 9.15 a.m. and a sermon at 7.00 p.m. led by John Irwin Meek with a cordial invitation to all to attend.
Campbelltown Charge offers Sunday School at 9 00 a m and morning sermon at 10 15 a m Palmyra Heidelberg League at 6 30 p m and evening service at 7 80 p m Church of the Brethren with J H Longenecker as elder in charge holds prayer meeting Thursday at 7 30 p m and Sunday service at 10 30 a m Union Deposit Reformed Church is led by Rev Robert A Bausch Union Circuit by Rev George W Hallman Reform Mennonites also noted.
Harrisburg Patriot reports that many Carlisle manufacturers may hire single men over married ones once the new workmen compensation act takes effect next January. E C Beetem of Carlisle carpet mills announces he will hire singles, citing higher insurance costs for married employers. Others dismiss this as selfish motive.
A reader recounts high praise for the paper praising its value and town-building impact. The anecdote ends with the reader’s joyful collapse and a comic note on overjoy. The Altoona Tribune quotation emphasizes strong community pride and belief in the paper as a booster.
Local Grand Army veterans hold a reunion and welcome visiting comrades from a neighboring state. Some visitors oppose a bill proposed by the State Assembly as a speaker delivers impassioned remarks prompting an earnest auditor to cry out whether their sacrifices were in vain.
United States Public Health Service reports that pellagra was caused by a protein deficient diet. In Mississippi a prison camp experiment tested protein lacking meals on eleven convicts compared with twenty controls on normal diets. Six of the protein starved group developed pellagra within five months.
The article explains wild onion vitality from two underground bulb types. Deep fall plowing and early spring planting to a clean crop kill both bulb varieties and prevent spread. Thoroughly bury green tops and harrow if growth is heavy. Fall plowing followed by spring oats yields an onion-free crop, but both plowings are best.
A two year old child Narry Alogler of Oll City wears boots crafted from the arm of a seven foot rattlesnake. The maker is Peter Gruber the rattlesnake expert of Rochester.
Arch Stewart of Benvar attended the Welfare Weeloney and Engineering Conference in Harriabury and is credited with manufacturing the flat at clay paving brick in the United States. The note mentions Brady's Run in 1886 as a reference point for the invention.
A brief comic notice from the Boston Transcript recalls a New York paper ad for a bookkeeper and salesman claiming one leg shorter than the other. The anecdote jokes about misreading the clue and telephoning a friend about the opportunity.
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