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Newspaper
Hershey Press
Location
Hershey, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Oct 14, 1915
Page
3
A Palmyra Citizen report notes the local fire company lacks interest and an up to date engine house. It cites H G Newgard resigning to avoid reelection and urges improvements seen at nearby Elizabethtown and Paradise church area progress.
Swatara Station reports a Bible class dedication preparation and an upcoming oyster supper. The Italian section sees more homes under construction and quarry improvements include an electric inclined elevator by Col. Walter T Bradley with plans for six additional tracks. N A Zeigler of Dalmatia drills deep quarry holes for blasts. A large frost damaged flowers while residents attended Palmyra school dedication with Governor Brumbaugh Henry Couck and Dr N C Shaffer speakers.
Center County Pa Pomona Grange held its forty second annual fair near Center Hall with about two thousand visitors in the tent colony of 800. Fine stock and farm produce were shown. State Master McSparian spoke along with Anti Saloon League and woman suffrage advocates.
His Mule Was Different reports a courtroom exchange where Wirham Johnson defends cruelty to animals by arguing he spoke gently to the mule and would need to use an unusual method to communicate, insisting the animal cannot hear in the normal way.
Sunday services held at the U E church by Rev. F B Boyer. Residents and visitors include Miss Hattie Shiffer of Annville in Ono and Miss Helen Wentling, Mrs J W Mease at Lebanon, Miss Mabel Ulrich with grandparents, and Miss Jane Mease visiting parents. Several trips and calls among local families noted, including Samuel Peiffer’s sickness rest at home and visits by Mrs Henry Olspach, Mrs J W Mease, and others.
Bindnagles Church held communion services. Mrs. Behm’s brother’s funeral was in Steelton. Enos Robb may move to Hershey farm. Palmyra visitors and local visits abound. The Bomgardner estate sold for 1700 to Aaron Shuey. Coal hauling by M B Farling and autumn drives round Harrisburg.
Farmers in Bachmanville work hard at shocking corn and other tasks. Miss Lena Brubaker of Chicago visited Mr. and Mrs. W. P. Yetter. Peter Gruber is ill. Miss Emma Yetter visits Hershey relatives. John Gundreman shipped bologna to R. M. Kaylor. Harrison D. Brandt of Philadelphia visited his family. Ben Grubb got a new Overland touring car. Amy Brandt and Emma Bachman visited Digabethtown. Ira Trefat of Lebanon staying with David Keller family. Bachmanville school enrollment reaches forty. John MecCorker and family toured Blue Mountains for chestnuts. George Bronoman named champion sweat potato grower. Simon Smith of Annville visited tatters parents.
Indignant old gentleman accuses Brown of praise to his face while secretly striking behind his back in a sharp quotation from IMt-Bila.
Paul, a Philadelphia landscape architect born September 28, 1877, died Tuesday in a Boston hospital after an operation attempt failed. He contributed to Fairmount Park projects and Was involved in Hershey estate work including Mansion Grounds and Highland Park plans, with memberships in Merion Cricket Club and Philadelphia Club.
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