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Newspaper
Hershey Press
Location
Hershey, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Nov 25, 1915
Page
6
German committees report on shrinking birth rates caused by war deaths and economic strain. They urge school instruction from ages 14 15 stressing family as state basis and promote marriage motherhood. Proposals include higher pay for married parents and tax incentives to encourage larger families.
The excerpt urges end to conditional job ads targeting single men and bans newspapers from publishing such offers. It claims employers must prioritize Germany’s need for babies over convenience, warning against discriminatory recruitment practices.
A London Times article on Playing with Children drew a front line reply from a front officer. He sent verses by his ten year old daughter addressed to Dad Mobilized. The simple child’s poem speaks of a private sea voyage shared with Dad with lines about loyalty and imagination offering solace amid the war.
Cleveland schools were briefly closed to allow twenty five thousand children to attend a city flower show after Mr Rockefeller funded the event. The Public Ledger says fifty thousand more were expected over the next two days.
French rose growers advocate renaming varieties with German names as patriotism peaks during wartime. Leading grower Jules Gauvereaux has already degermanized many varieties by giving each a number and plans reclassification after the war under non German names.
A brief, fragmented snippet from the Philadelphia Evening Ledger shows a dialogue about suitable work for a brother, with a playful remark that he could become a hind at a moving picture theater.
Fragmentary quotation discusses a magnate and aging con in his own affairs and hints at potential wage increases. It reflects tensions over labor costs, profitability, and consumer pricing. The source text appears garbled and lacks coherent facts or identifiable individuals.
Mrs. Frank M. Roessing notes about 710000 votes cast on the suffrage amendment with 330000 in favor shows wide support. Thirty three counties backed the measure including Allegheny Luzerne Lackawanna and Westmoreland with Philadelphia opposed. Roessing thanks the 300000 men who voted yes and pledges renewed effort in five years.
A nostalgic verse from the Detroit Free Press celebrates canning season. The speaker describes spices, fruit slices, spoons and jars, a busy kitchen, smiling helpers, and the joy of preserving abundance, while lamenting those missing the ritual heat and hiss of juice and ladles.
A fragment from a runic exchange hints at seasonal study and a joke about gasoline. The line references a son in college and a speaker's clever misinterpretation of a plan.
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