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Newspaper

Hershey Press

Location

Hershey, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Date

Oct 21, 1920

Page

5

Hummelstown Community News Highlights Local Life

Hummelstown residents host a miscellaneous shower for Mrs. J Paul Hummel at 241 West Main. Funeral rites held for Elizabeth E Strickler, lifelong borough resident and descendant of Hummel founder. Reports cover local visits, theatre and movie outings, political meetings, jury duty, and Memorial plans. Armistice Day services planned with a noted Dickinson College figure addressing Swatara Post 265. Notices include property sale, lost purse, and marriage license news.

J. Paul Hummel F. J. Bolton West Main Street Hummelstown Walter Ebersole Town Mabel Gongloff Chamber Hill A. Moyer Hummel Mary Nissley Mary Kreider Anna Brenneman Elizabeth E. Strickler South Rosanna Street Louis M. Strickler H. S. Garnes Zion Lutheran Church Lillie B. Wise Williamstown Institute Harrisburg A. R. King Emily Cummings Florence Huber Marion Walter Anna Casse Irvin Keller Clarence Orpheum Annie B. Nye Annie Burkholder Miss Price Myrtle Garrett Chestnut Street Franklin Zeider South Railroad Street Dauphin County Mabel Dronise Jones A.S. Cooper Charles Pass Charles Whitman New York State Lillian Russell E. E. Beidelman Pennsylvania William C. Sproul Ritchie Burgess R. F. Swabb Philadelphia Delaware Swabb Harry S. Harvey Charles Glass Chemical Fire Company Father's Association David C. Hummel J. Earl Brighthill Beatrice Nissley Mary Buch Elizabethtown Albert FE. Burridge Olcey & Burridge H. A. Hoff India Wolfe H. M. Wolfe Lloyd Zimmerman Hagerstown Penbrook Timothy Green Aubrey Garnet Waltonville Frank B. Wickersham Green Methodist Howard S. Mervin Dickinson College Bishop Henderson M. E. Church South Water Street Harry J. Straub Hershey Sadie Snavely John H. Cassel Mary A. Blatt Briggs Street F. J. Schaffner Robert M. Baer Arias Bloom United States District Court Middle District Sunbury J. Landis Strickler Frank S. Strickler Kilmer Swatara Post American Legion Legion Star Theatre League of Nations Ladies’ Bible Class Reformed Sunday School Reformed Church P. R. Laucks Hi. M. Wolf Guaker Valley Esther Mary Bomgardeer Wilson Mabel Rupert Rupert William Faeckler Melvin Katherine Allentown Seeger Clarence Conrad James Barclay Marjorie Nissley New Bloomfield Helen Blessing Irene Haynes Pardeton Irene Burns Walter A. Geesey Fred G. McCall Blomestead Carnegie John H. Gay Gertrude Lee Mary Fox Gay Miss Fox George Edward Reed L.L.D Reed George D. Blackburn Newark

Fooling the boss with a busy day on the ladder

Dooley jokes with Casey that he has carried the same hod all day while pretending to work. The boss believes he is laboring hard, unaware the effort is a ruse to fool him. A humorous exchange highlights workplace storytelling and ribbing.

Casey Dooley Manny

What's in a Name A Swede seeks whiskey in a dry era

A Swede enters a corner drug store and asks for whiskey. The clerk notes the country is dry and suggests a saloon option. Across the street a proprietor offers squirrel whiskey and the Swede replies he wants not to fly but to jump around a while.

He Who Would Not Lend Money In A Flatly Told Tale

A vivid dialogue exposes a loan dispute with sharp refusals and taunts about Ponzi schemes. The exchange centers on trust, repayment, and snubbing of a creditor in street language. The speaker challenges the lender and refuses immediate repayment while offering a future six bits.

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