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Newspaper
Hershey Press
Location
Hershey, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Oct 29, 1925
Page
2
A long list of Hummelstown sales shows West Main Street and surrounding addresses changing hands with buyers moving nearby. Community events include church classes, masques, a concert series, a lodge anniversary banquet, and Halloween activities. Local births, anniversaries, and renovations are noted, along with upcoming excursions and a bread-making invention.
Palmyra voters are urged to turn out for the November 3 election as officials note the need to end split tickets and ensure neighbors vote. Local notes report a new shirt factory project, barn fire, weddings, retirements, school events, and community visits across Palmyra and nearby towns.
The State and county donate three hundred books to the Elizabeth town Public Library in Harrisburg’s program. Miss Johns. consulting librarian, advised local library work, with Miss Umble aiding as county librarian. Other items include society activities, neighborhood improvements, births, and community gatherings in town events.
Campbelltown items include Harry Stump building an addition to his garage and Harry Stump moving into town this week. Wm Wealand's sale drew many despite bad weather. 35 Knights of Progress banquet at Moyer’s with Prof. Inkel delivering the address. Myrl Smith and assistants provided music. Several residents moved or planted new homes and businesses. A barn and crops worth about 20000 dollars burned near Aaron Grubb’s farm. origin unknown. Clarence Fox bought a Chevrolet touring. Gingrich installed a vapor heating system at his paint shop. The Fire Company plans a Monday meeting. New births and local hires noted in Hershey and Conant areas.
A test acre on the Northside Parasol estate near Silver Spring produced 360 bushels of potatoes by weight last week. Bashore, who last year planted eleven acres and produced around 500 bushels, expects higher yields this year due to fertilizer and repeated spraying and cultivation.
Dauphin County farms show improved living conditions from septic tank installations per the County Agricultural Extension Association survey. It notes lower costs for building a septic system and cites three farm examples Byron Leaders near Midas C G Kertig Dauphin and N J Basehore Hummentown RD 2. It also reports that more divorces are granted during the fourth year of marriage.
A preliminary farm census by the Department of Commerce shows Pennsylvania with 200,420 farms, down 1,830 from 1920. The national total is 6,372,608 farms, a five year drop of 74,735, with losses in New York 4,433 and Pennsylvania 1,830 while Maine New Hampshire Massachusetts Connecticut gain.
Dr. Albert Cook Meyers of the Pennsylvania Historical Commission announced at Edelman’s Mill near Kreidersville that the Walking Purchase deed was not forged. He cited a Philadelphia meeting on August 24, 1737 and a later September 19, 1737 walk led by Edward Marshall and associates Yates and Jennings from Durham Bucks County, marking a pivotal episode in state history.
The article notes Marshall and associates following old routes to Hoken dauqua seven miles north of Allentown where they later encountered the marker site. It mentions Benjamin Eastburn surveying the Walking Purchase line in 1737 and references historical travel along a Durham Road to an Indian path.
In the Court of Common Pleas of Dauphin County the assignee for Cyrus A. Hitz offers at public sale three plots in Derry Township on November 21, 1925. Tract 3 and 4 cover halves of a double frame dwelling, Tract 5 a single frame dwelling. Titles trace to Henry H. Hoffer deed dated 1915. sale free of liens with 10 percent down, 15 percent at confirmation January 11 1926, balance February 1 1926. Assignee and attorneys listed.
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