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Newspaper
Hershey Press
Location
Hershey, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Oct 29, 1914
Page
8
Mr and Mrs W F R Murrie and son Malcolm visited Philadelphia. Numerous people from Hummelstown Hershey and surrounding areas spent weekends with relatives in Lancaster Palmyra Harrisburg Linglestown and other towns. Attendance at services and social calls featured throughout the region.
Secretary Sobotika of the Austrian embassy in Washington notes the proper pronunciation of "Shimensel Prazemyal 8" as "Schl m d n Aqel" amid war dispatch discussions.
The Indian Runner Drum Corps of Middletown performed in front of business places in Hummelstown on Saturday evening. Their outing was well received and the lads were pleased with the reception. Refreshments for the group were provided at the Keystone hotel, including sandwiches chewing gum and candy.
Haverstick and Mowrer lead crews to plant forty thousand bulbs over the Hershey mansion grounds and the Hershey Chocolate Company lawns during the next two weeks. The work continues the beautification begun last summer and fall.
Hockersville Pa October 28 Nelson Schey returns home to Perry county after summer with Cyrus Hitz John Fishburn of Abilene Kansas visiting old friends in town thirty years ago he lived here Mrs Joseph Clark and Mrs Jacob Steck visited Harrisburg Ross Walter of Harrisburg guests of Elmer Erb John Peffrey of Delaware and Lackawanna Railroad Co at home Ammon ONeal shows new automobile George Blough given a fine watch Squirrel hunters active few squirrels shot Aldus Wirth Hershey, four fine ones last week
A humorous exchange notes Miss Rawler complains about too much leisure. The reply suggests productive use by taking up others' time, implying social pressure to fill free hours with activities. The quip reflects attitudes toward idleness and social expectations in leisure.
A sequence of obituaries notes Sara H. Hoffer 49 of Round Top Mill sister of H. H. Hoffer dies of pneumonia at her sister Mrs. S. M. Baum home. Emma Shelly of Palmyra dies at home survived by husband and children. services at U. B. Church and at Kimmerling cemetery. Elizabeth Emerich of Union Deposit dies at 76 with debility. funeral from her residence to Union Deposit cemetery. Mary Zuver dies at 73 10 months in Mt Vern on paralysis. funeral at Palmyra and Palmyra Cemetery. Surviving children and spouses listed for several.
The total apple production for last year reached 210000000 bushels with New York leading at 36000000. Pennsylvania and several states such as Virginia Michigan Missouri Ohio and West Virginia each produce over 10000000 bushels. Washington California North Carolina Kentucky Tennessee and Maine exceed 5000000 bushels annually. No fruit in the North Temperate Zone rivals the apple for usefulness and reliability.
The beggars in China are taxed and systematically assigned to locations by the authorities. This official program labels and distributes beggars to specific areas as part of city governance and social control.
Union Deposit notes activities on October 28 including Jno M Baker and family visiting Jonestown relatives. Jos Etter completes cellar digging with masons working on foundation walls for a new house. A new porch is built at the Lutheran parsonage and Geo H Seibert erects a fence on Main Street. The Lutheran and Reformed Sunday School Men’s Bible Class plans a concrete walk in front of the new church. Rev Kuhns conducts evangelical work near Philadelphia. Harry Plank and family from Pen Brook visit M Gingrich. Chas B Whitmeyer north of town to sell farm stock and implements on Thanksgiving Day.
The Young Women's Christian Association glee club directed by Miss Blanche Wingert meets Mondays at 6:30. It includes Palmyra members Miss Foltz Miss Ream and Miss Kennedy and welcomes girls from Hershey and beyond. Sixteen members now participate with two musicals planned this year.
A valuable farm property in Derry township Dauphin county about 24 miles south of Hummelstown 4 miles from Middletown and 4 miles from Hershey. Bounded by the lairds of R J Walton Boyd Jacob Grubb D K Stauffer and Martin Espenshade. Dated 10 29 41 Samuel Shope.
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