This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
This newspaper page contains 20 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
Hershey Press
Location
Hershey, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Nov 30, 1916
Page
4
The Hershey Press artifact urges readers to avoid overeating and waste, noting high prices and thanking readers as Thanksgiving approaches. It also advises early Christmas shopping and moderation in gift giving to prevent excess. The piece frames consumption as a moral issue and a call for sensible values.
The piece explains that farm values form over a quarter of U.S. wealth and that agricultural appropriations are small compared with overall federal spending. It notes tariff shifts lowering duties on corn and wheat, small oats duties, and argues farmers pay high local taxes yet receive little protection, calling recent gains only a beginning.
Statewide quarantine enacted by Dr. C J Marshall effective midnight to block unloading of Nebraska and Kansas City yard livestock after Kansas City cattle show hoof and mouth symptoms. Marshall notes no local cases in over a year and none in the country for six months. Union Stockyards also imposes movement ban on cattle horses sheep and swine from Kansas Missouri Nebraska.
For twenty years Mrs. M L Hershey has overseen donation bags for Harrisburg Hospital. The north side of Spring Creek was assigned to her, while the south side work was overlooked leading to missing bags this year. Hershey sent a $40 contribution collected by Frantz Zinner at the post office.
OCR text fragment shows a personal remark about a wife giving a $50 bar for a den, with unclear full context and no identifiable people or events to ground a proper news summary.
A Hershey Men’s Club gathering features a speaker condemning selfish motives behind wars, urging Christian global unity and internationalism. The event includes hymns, prayers, and a welcome by James Millard, with Rev Dr Butterwick leading services and plans for a December 10 sermon by Rev Dr Jacobs.
The fragment appears to show a casual dialogue about cream in coffee with a personal address. No distinct event, person, or organization is clearly identifiable for a fuller summary.
In 1903 Hershey transformed from farmland to a modern industrial town in Dauphin County Pennsylvania. By 1915 a record crowd of 40,000 attended events at Hershey Park as the Paice Factory and 8,500 acres of Hershey farms supported 2,000 local employees and a growing town with 150 homes and a full commercial district.
Help wanted notices from Hershey Pa list farm hands dairy milkers track repairers and outside labor plus daytime and evening shifts. Women required for telephone operator and waitressing with ages 18 to 36. delivery driver and arable work for experienced workers. family washing at home and general labor available.
Timetables detail trolley runs from Hershey to Hummelstown Harrisburg Lebanon Elizabethtown Palmyra and connections with the Conestoga Traction Company for Mount Joy and Lancaster. Sunday first cars vary by origin. trains list east and westbound departures with connection notes. Employment ads and cafe hours accompany the transit page. A lost gray fur neck piece is to be returned.
For further particulars call or address Reulen Myers about a double dwelling frame house offering bath and hot and cold water with a garage for three machines.
At a November 23 board meeting Hershey Trust Company declared a five percent semi annual dividend payable December 1 1916. Checks will be mailed. This marks the tenth 5 percent dividend issued by the institution and represents 62500.00 returned to stockholders from one half of original capital since organization twelve years ago.
Rev. R. H. Taylor announces Sunday School at 9 30 A M preaching at 10 30 A M and 7 30 P M Christian Endeavor at 6 40 P M Prayer meeting Wednesday at 7 30 P M followed by choir rehearsal Rev. John H Reed of Lebanon will preach at the morning service and the pastor in the evening Full attendance urged at all services.
Rev. John Irwin Meek leads the congregation as 1st Sunday in Advent features Bible School at 9 15 A M Worship and Sermon at 10 30 A M Holy Communion reception of members Luther League devotional at 6 45 P M choir practice Thursday 8 P M preparatory service Friday 7 30 P M all are invited to attend.
Reverend Butterwick leads Sunday School at 9:15 A M and preaching at 10:15 A M on The Treasure of the Good Man. Junior Endeavor meets at 2:00 P M and Senior Endeavor at 6:30 P M with a 7:30 P M sermon on The Day of Reckoning.
Letters of Administration granted to Harry P Boyer for the estate of Francia C Cassel late of Derry Township Dauphin County Pennsylvania. Creditors and claimants must notify and present claims promptly. P O Address Swatara Station Pa
Prayer meeting Thursday at 7 80 PM and Thanksgiving service Thursday at 9 30 AM. Sunday School at 40 AM, Christian Workers' Meeting at 6 30, Preaching Service at 7 30 PM.
A fragment shows a character estimating a mine’s fortune while another doubts the odds. The exchange hints at plans or risk in prospecting, echoing a shared ambition and skepticism within a rough, dialogue driven scene.
Fiehburma Church hosts Sunday School at 9 30 A M Christian Endeavor at 6 30 A M Revival Service at 7 30 P M Union Depot Preaching at 10 30 A M Christian Endeavor at 6 30 P M
The Commonwealth Trust Company of Harrisburg acting for George J. Eppley will sell by public sale on December 2, 1916 at 2 PM the Hershey real estate on Chocolate Avenue with a 60 by 150 foot lot and an eight room frame house plus an autos garage. Eight shares of Hershey Trust Company stock will also be auctioned at the same time and place with terms announced by the committee.
We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.
People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!
You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!
Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.
Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.
Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.