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Newspaper
Hershey Press
Location
Hershey, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Sep 03, 1914
Page
4
The Hershey Press promotes its role as a modern city publication serving Hershey and surrounding towns. It highlights telegraph and trolley connections, local business appeal, and advertising rates for merchants, manufacturers, and auto trades, noting it is mailed as second class matter from Hershey, Pennsylvania, on Sept. 3, 1914.
Sir William Ramsey notes that in air alone there are 31 quintillion molecules, while human history spans vast events from Sodom and Gomorrah to Lisbon. He contrasts microscopic counts with planetary scales and the enormous current world population in a reflection on war’s place in a vast universe.
The piece argues that wartime reporting is biased and that German and Allied actions both produce horrors. It notes German bombing of undefended cities as atrocity and admits Allies do not fight with kid gloves. It concludes both sides share guilt in the brutal realities of war.
The article laments tariff legislation that hurt farmers and caused a drop in sugar cane output. It notes a 138000 ton reduction in sugar beets and predicts a 92000 ton fall in Louisiana's cane crop, urging stronger support for farming and domestic supply. It cites Daniel Wob as promoting agriculture as a national priority.
The passage argues that agriculture underpins civilization and national security. It states farming offers stability and the best path to a good living, asserting that the future of a country hinges on its soil and cultivation. It emphasizes farming as a permanent safeguard amid wars and societal changes.
A column contrasts American spending and travel in Europe with home pleasures citing a 150 million annual outflow. It jokes about May Kilma and a prize Guernsey, notes population growth in Pennsylvania, and mocks sugar shortages, wartime economics, farming, and women as miracle workers. It ends with a quip on citizen usefulness.
A fragment from the Baltimore Sun extols a cheerful heart as creed and remedy. The verses praise daily joy to heal wounds, lift despair, and sustain the weary through toil and shadows with hopeful, rhythmic lines.
Review of Hershey Theatre shows highlights Morse and Hill, Nolan and Nolan, John Devlin, Rosalie Girls, and Kline Abe and Nicholson. Lebanon Academy promises higher class productions in September including The Girl of My Dreams and Annette Kellermann Neptune’s Daughter and High Jinks with Arthur Hammerstein.
Brandt Brothers completed frescoing at Dory Presbyterian church soon to be finished with carpeting. Services are planned for this coming Sunday at the church.
Announcement notes the marriage of Miss Mabelle Bowers and Watson Nagle, both of Tamsbury, with the wedding held in the capital. Mrs Bowers was employed at the Wor Shey Store in Marshey and enjoyed a wide circle of friends.
Sunday service at 9 30 a m and morning worship at 10 80 a m. Evening worship at 7 30 p m with theme Christ Among the Doctors a Christian Endeavor at 6 45 p m. Prayer meeting Wednesday at 7 p m theme The Two Sons.
The Union Circuit announces a harvest home service at Fishburn's Church on Sunday forenoon at 10.80 with fruit and vegetable decorations and an appropriate sermon by the pastor. In the evening at 7.30 the pastor will preach at Union Depot. All are invited.
Evangelical Lutheran parish Bible School at 1.30 p m with evening harvest service. Diakonia meeting Thursday Sept 3. Palm Congregation Palmyra Y holds Bible School 9.00 a m and harvest service 10.15 a m. Brethren Church elder J H Longenecker leads Sunday School 9.15 a m and church at 10.30 a m with German preaching by John Z Zug.
English Lutheran Church Union Deposit announces harvest church services at 10:15 a m and 7:30 p m preaching at Sand Hill at 2 p m. A lawn supper for the Ladies Lutheran Missionary Society will be held Saturday September 12 at the church lawn.
Campbelltown residents report visits by Sue Lebo and Rosa Hummel to Mrs. M S Long. Peter Longenecker sprained his ankle when a scaffold collapsed. Mrs. Sue Bowman recovering from a badly sprained foot. John Wolfersberger and family moved to the tenant house east of town. Church services listed with Sunday School at nine and preaching by Rev Frantz. Harvest Home supper drew about three hundred attendees. Public school to reopen Monday.
New books joined the Hershey Public Library collection will circulate in about ten days. Titles include Women’s Library of the World’s Best Literature 46 volumes The Book of Knowledge 22 volumes The American Encyclopedia The Catholic Encyclopedia 16 volumes The New Century Dictionary 12 volumes and Webster’s New International Dictionary.
A violent altercation occurred Tuesday near Horahey Station when one fighter struck the other with a shovel. Dr Harshoy treated the wound on the scene.
This afternoon at 3 o clock Reading and Trenton basketball teams will play on the Lebanon grounds. A great game is expected with teams and players described, and the crowd is promised strong play from the two sides.
Notice is hereby given that letters of administration have been granted to the undersigned in Dauphin County Pennsylvania. All persons indebted to the estate should pay promptly and those with claims must present them for payment to SAMUEL H. SLUSSHR Administrator of Lizzie Q. Slosser deceased. The notice hints at a concrete formwork product and rapid advance of a building material.
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