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Newspaper
Hershey Press
Location
Hershey, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Oct 21, 1915
Page
2
Notice for long distance connections to Hershey Bell 2112 and Western Union Teredrara. General articles and news items invited. Entered at Hershey post office as second class mail matter.
Detailed timetable for Hershey and surrounding towns outlining bus and train departures to Hershey, with first and last cars from Hummelstown Harrisburg Lebanon Palmyra and Sundays. Includes train eastbound and westbound hourly connections, cafe hours, bank, store, library, lunch and dinner hours, post office hours and mail service notes.
A historical overview praises Pennsylvania as a leading agricultural state with rich soils and rising farm prices. Lancaster, Lebanon, and Dauphin counties are highlighted, Hershey area cited for uplift, and a new state agriculture department commission is being formed but operating slowly.
No discernible event, person, or organization to summarize. The fragment discusses a caution against mixing agriculture and politics and references potential failure.
Americans are the world’s top candy and gum users spending around half a billion dollars yearly. The piece links sugar intake and health, notes high candy consumption amid dry territory, and warns against cheap candy harming health and children.
The piece extols small towns as incubators of business and political leaders. It notes few illnesses, low crime, and strong education and faith as benefits while urging locals to invest in opportunities for youth and to preserve town loyalty. It ends with a Hebrew proverb about not casting dirt on one’s fountain.
Fragmented verse describes a woman who gave pure love and faith without marriage. She endured others’ fickleness while remaining devoted to one love. Her life passes quietly as time and seasons renew around her.
An Life magazine editorial excerpt criticizes Henry Ford's 10 million dollars for promoting peace through war warning that endless preparation fuels conflict. It argues the daily cost of war dwarfs Ford's proposal and that true courage to die for beliefs defines civilization over mere comfort.
Readers are invited to enjoy the Susquehanna’s rocks, glens, and island shores from Washington Borough to Bald Friar. The piece highlights Chickies Rock Cutter’s Farm Sicily Oldham Barnes Island and Indian relics. It notes botanist James Galen and Amos Noll praised Alla’s botanical beauty and urges a two month autumnal viewing from Harrisburg to Port Deposit.
Bible School at 9.15 a.m. Sermon at 10.30 a.m. Everyone is invited. Choir rehearsal Friday evening at 7.30.
Rev. John F. Frantz presides at Sunday School at 9.00 a.m. Palmyra Holy Communion at 10.15 a.m. Heidelberg League at 6.80 p.m. Holy Communion at 7.30 p.m. Friday Oct 22 preparatory service at 7.30 p.m.
The notice names Rev. Robert A. Bausch as minister at Derry Presbyterian Church and Union Deposit Reformed Church, with Rev. A. C. Porscht, Ph. D., as pastor of English Lutheran Church.
A Lancaster County observer recalls a year of travel from the Stevens House in Lancaster to Pequea and Port Deposit. He praises the Susquehanna’s varied natural beauty, surpassing the Rhine in scenery. Lancaster and York residents are building riverside bungalows and finding affordable recreation.
A playful meditation on October mornings and dancing waves invites the reader to wander. The speaker mixes hopeful feelings with nature images of brown leaves and sunlight, urging openness to joy, love, and the glow of life.
A short dialogue shows a child asking to ask the bishop to baptize new kittens while the mother warns the children to stay quiet and not mortify her when the bishop visits. The scene captures domestic humor and religious courtesy.
Vance Thompson cites National Magazine figures showing moderate drinkers aged to risk 466,943 years with 8,911 expected deaths but 8,947 actual deaths, while abstements show 7,898,010 years, 6,899 expected deaths and 5,124 actual deaths. The gap implies 21.6 percent excess mortality among drinkers and suggests years lost.
A chaperon warns a Bayswater girl about trust in love while cryptic dialogue unfolds. The scene hints at flirtation, deception, and social expectations, touching on minor league failure and mistaken intentions in a crowded, noisy conversation.
The report notes Germany occupying about 8000 square miles of French land and holding 800 square miles of German territory in return. Alsace Lorraine shows Germany controlling most of Belgium aside from 800 square miles, with large gains from Poland and the Soviet front. Italy holds small Austrian Tyrol portions, and the Gallipoli front remains contested among French British and Belgian positions.
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