Personal notes from Hershey area residents and events
Local item bundle reports on Sam the boorblack and porter at Hershey Moon's Club admitting a mistaken illness claim, a draft visit with Dr Missley, and influenza among Hershey families. It notes the Hershey Police Reserve marksman Wm Curtis, upcoming Surprise Day October 25, rent notices, Liberty Bond appeals, Christmas chocolate shipments, and various sicknesses and travel notices among Hershey Store staff and Hershey Industrial School personnel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sam
Hershey Moon
Dr. Missley
Ezra F. Hershey
Kathryne
Betty
Ezra
Wm. Curtis
Hershey Police
Wiliam
Lebanon
Dauphin County
Fred
Russel Clark Visedther
LP. Williams
Ness Hilda Christ
Hershey
Hershey Farm Office
Hershey Trust Co
Herry Kelchner
Pneumona
the Sea
Harry Stine
Drygoods
Church Notices And Household Sale Classified
Church services postponed by Board of Health until further notice. Names of clergy and trustees listed. Also a hoard of sale items including a roll top desk, chairs, furniture, lamp, ice cream freezer, and invalid chair wheels. Sale details provided at 44 Caracas Ave Hershey Pa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Health
S. S. Garnes
R R. Butterwick
R H. Taylor
Father Phelan
J. H. Longenecker
War prices and postwar talk at the club
A club forum last night featured a long speech by Young Gabber about war time costs and their aftermath. The crowd sought meaning as the speaker did not specify details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gabber
War Baptism Sparks Long Name Debacle
A minister at a baptism asks for the baby’s name, and a long chain of names follows. The sexton interjects for more water as the name unfolds into a complex string ending with a mix of surnames and military echoes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Jeslico
Douglas Haig Lloyd
Sexton
Mr. Jones
Kaiser’s Last Word Quip Sparks War Talk
Arthur Train, a New York novelist, dismisses a German paper at the Century Club and jokes that Germany will speak the last word in the war, adding the word Kamerad as a punchline in a witty exchange noted by the Washington Star.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur Train
Century Club
New York
Germany
Washington Star
Also Mentioned on This Page
Aretha Street
Morford Mays
Catherine Rohrer
Ezra F. Hersher
Her
Fourth Liberty Loan
Elis Hoffer
John Ebersole
Employment
Paul Gray
Henry Gordon
Wm. Parsons
Alwine
Harry Kieffer
Walter Leibfried
Jno
F. Snavely
Harrisburg
Lewis Cassady
Philadelphia
Wm. Skivington
Camp Pill
Wm. F. R. Murrie
Washington
Amos Stiles
Hershey Industrial School
Ray
Frank Goodman
Hershey Dairies
Geo. Copp
Hershey Farms
Samuel J. Feesf
Caracas Ave
Hershey, Penna
United States
American Protective Association
Marry Pickford
Jim
Slong
Paterson
New Jersey
Press- Guardian
Stear
Stearn
Drug Department
Hershey Dept. Store
the Hun
His Mark BloutOut
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