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Newspaper
Hershey Press
Location
Hershey, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Sep 16, 1915
Page
2
The Hershey Press describes Hershey as a model city of modern homes with garages and a thriving motor country. It promotes the paper as an ideal medium for merchants and manufacturers of household goods, autos, and accessories, inviting legitimate business.
Timetable details for Hershey travel from Hummelstown Harrisburg Lebanon Palmyra with first and last cars and hourly frequencies. Train times eastbound and westbound listed with Sundays schedules. Local services include breakfast lunch dinner hours and bank and store hours. Post office operations note no Sunday mail.
Harrisburg, Hershey’s largest suburb, pledges a three day celebration next week to showcase the city’s new beauty and outskirts. The piece praises municipal regeneration, riverfront pride, and the spirit behind the improved urban landscape.
The city and its surrounding towns are set for rapid population increase over the next two decades. The piece urges communities to emulate Harrisburg by funding development, pointing to the state capital’s success from a few loans and the tenfold return on investment.
A passage decries the rush for advancement and efficiency in America. It contrasts the drive to be productive with the longing for spiritual and human fullness, urging a return to old virtues and richer aspirations beyond becoming perfect machines. The author favors balance over mechanization.
Leading newspapers compile a list of six top novels with Vanity Fair by Thackeray first and a six way tie for the sixth among options including Tom Jones, David Copperfield, The Scarlet Letter, Robinson Crusoe, Ivanhoe, Lorna Doone, Tess of the d Urbervilles, and Tristram Shandy. Readers urged to choose clean reads that aid mental development, avoiding trash or sensational stories.
The piece praises new indexed publications like New York’s Bulletin 70 "The Vegetable Industry in New York State" for its 860 pages, illustrated content, and a complete index enabling quick topic lookup for crops such as cabbage. It argues every farm bulletin should include strong indexes for busy farmers.
The Derry Street Choir of Harrisburg hosted a banquet in Hershey on Thursday night. Five church car donations brought the singers at 8 PM. speeches from Earle E. Renn and Rev J A Lyter highlighted the event with music and a remark on church cooperation.
Dr. Samuel G. Dixon announces statewide enforcement of the new health act regulating hotel and restaurant workers. It bans workers with contagious diseases and requires regular biannual medical inspections plus strict cleaning of dishes and towels. Violations carry fines or jail, with local boards to inspect at least monthly.
Rev. George Snavely Rentz leads Sunday School at 9.80 a.m. and morning worship at 10.30 a.m. with a Harvest Home Service. Christian Endeavor meets at 6.45 p.m. Evening worship at 7.30 p.m. discusses millennial dawnism. Prayer meeting follows at 7.45 p.m. with Hebrews 5 theme.
Bible School at 9.15 a.m. Chief service at 7.30 p.m. Sermon by Rev. Prof. J. D. M. Brown of Muhlenberg College. Choir practice Friday at 7.30 p.m.
Rev N L Linebaugh leads Bible School at 9 15 with annual officer elections. Sermon at 10 15 by Prof A E B Shroyer from Lebanon Valley College. Children hour at 2.00. Christian Endeavor at 6 30. Evening sermon at 7 30 by the pastor. Prayer meeting Wednesday 7 30. Choir practice Friday 8 00.
Reverend Robert A. Bausch leads Sunday School at 9:00 a.m. and Harvest Home service at 10:00 a.m. in Union Deposit. Local church announces schedule for worship and education this Sunday.
English Lutheran Church announces Rev. A C Forscht PhD as pastor with services. Church of the Brethren led by elder J H Longenecker. Prayer meeting Thursday at 7 30 pm. Preaching service at 10 30 am.
Derry Presbyterian Church schedules two Sunday services with Rally Day attendance drives and Harvest Home decorations. Special music, a sermon on The Husbandmans Right to the First Fruits, and a Millennial Dawn study in the evening will be featured.
A sermon argues against the belief that the system has little error. It emphasizes that the talk focuses on the teachings themselves rather than the founder’s morality or methods.
A compilation of varied statements includes population estimates for Europe and Australia, early warfare notes on battleship costs and balloon use, ancient honey coating of oysters, a pianist prodigy Paderewski, salmon speed, U S tax revenue, petroleum production, and other 19th to 20th century trivia.
Readers are asked to write clearly and fully with ideas on a Kopricite slot addressed to Harsimy Bureau Hershey Pa. Include department name and do not sign. If no acknowledgment arrives, mail a duplicate suggestion and keep its number for inquiries.
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