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Newspaper
Hershey Press
Location
Hershey, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Sep 17, 1909
Page
2
The Hershey Press invites articles and items of interest from readers. Advertising columns open at regular rates. Published every Friday September 17 1909.
The report jokes that upon reaching the North Pole Peary discovered the feat had been cooked. It satirically questions the authenticity of the polar claim through a pun on cooking.
The writer questions prophesied rain cessation tied to Hershey Park remaining open. A heavy downpour validates the weather, while the piece mocks ongoing predictions from self styled prophets and asserts that thousands will still enjoy Hershey Park after their forecasts fail.
In Hershey, a group of boys caused chaos when an park employee relinquished control. They overturned tables and benches, scattered garbage, and threw paper about, highlighting the need for parental guidance.
A boy asks his father if his mother loves him and if she married him for love. The exchange reveals affection and approval, ending with the boy noting his mother’s current near sightedness.
Hockersville traveled to Union Deposit on Saturday for a baseball game and lost 11 to 8. Union Deposit’s battery featured H Peiffer and Eisenhauer while Hockersville was keyed by Yordy and Hoover. Sources say Hershey manager Klein had a scout at the game eyeing potential players for next season.
Mark Twain, then a struggling San Francisco journalist, carries a cigar box and explains he is moving again when a acquaintance notes his smoking habit. The anecdote highlights his frequent relocations early in his career.
The annual Harvest Home services are set for Sunday forenoon at 10 o clock in the United Brethren Church at this place and a similar service will follow at Grave Hill in the evening at 7 30. Both churches will be decorated with fruits and vegetables and a cordial invitation is extended to all to attend.
A reflective saying notes that many men gain wealth by focusing on their own affairs rather than meddling in others. The line emphasizes diligence and restraint as paths to prosperity.
A summer day, a colored man and his family, reliant on the town, travel in fine clothes with bags of goods. A benefactor asks their destination. Sam replies the circus has come to town and they cannot afford to attend, having sold the heating stove to prepare for winter while the circus arrives.
A compact list shows prices for glycerine soap at five cents, butter milk soap at ten cents, and three packages of wheat berries at twenty five cents.
Paul Krause a Hershey Chocolate plant employee in the German Longitudinal Chocolate machines project suffered a severe foot injury when his right foot struck a hooked ladder. Dr M L Hershey treated the wound. Russell Putt another carpenter on the new plant addition narrowly escaped death when a heavy beam fell from above crushing his left foot. Dr. Hershey treated that injury as well.
A lecturer declares marriage duty at twenty two, provoking a sharp reply from a thirty year old woman who tells him to address the man, not the woman. The exchange highlights social expectations in relationships.
Mr. Wm Curtis organized a postal card shower for Walter Ingram formerly with Hershey Chocolate Company who resigned due to ill health and moved to his parents in Lancaster. Readers may give cards to Curtis for mailing. Don’t rejoice too much or mourn too long.
A boy asks to leave work for his aunt’s funeral on a sunny spring afternoon. The employer declines, stating he won’t be missed, noting the previous funeral drew about fifteen thousand attendees.
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