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Newspaper
Hershey Press
Location
Hershey, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Sep 10, 1909
Page
2
The Hershey Press invites articles and items of interest for publication and offers advertising space at regular rates. Friday September 10 1909.
The message urges residents to recognize Hershey's growing potential and invest early. It warns that land values will rise as the town expands and those who acted ahead will reap rewards.
The article by Leo Donnelly in the last issue of the Press is praised as witty though quippy and musty in style. The writer jokes about Donnelly’s return from Philadelphia and his move into acting, noting his attempt to hit back with a pen and his muddy reception among locals.
Elbert Hubbard recounts a Harrisburg visit with Speaker Cox and remarks on the Capitol scene and Barnard sculpture. He shares two stories about grafting a Divine Spirit and a Hessian ancestor, then an Engineer story at the Engineers' Club. He notes Friday the thirteenth and plans to bring a rabbit foot on his next trip.
Prices include breakfast food ten cents per package and mackerel six cents per pound. Pepper twelve cents per pound, matches three cents per box for three packs. Wheat berries twenty five to three five cents per dozen boxes. Best pure lard sixteen cents per pound. Peas seven cents per can, macaroni seven cents per pound.
The United Brethren Sunday School held its annual election naming H. F. Imboden as Superintendent A. W. Snavely as Assistant Superintendent J. F Moyer as Secretary Miss Karyn Garman as Assistant Secretary Peter Paint as Treasurer Miss Viola Boyer as Organist Miss Mary Painter as Assistant Organist Frank Garman as Librarian Miss Catherine Heshey as Librarian and Miss Catherine Mum as Chorister The school is in flourishing condition.
One of the last events of the season the United Brethren Sunday School at this place will hold their annual picnic in Hershey Park. Attendees expect a pleasant afternoon with friends and fellow parishioners on the Saturday afternoon outing.
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