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Newspaper
Hershey Press
Location
Hershey, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Sep 23, 1915
Page
2
Hershey Press promotes Hershey as a model city with modern homes and garages as a prime market. It urges merchants and manufacturers to use its advertising columns for first class household supplies and automobiles with accessories. Rates on application. Published in Hershey Pennsylvania since 1915.
The notice lists transit times for Hershey Hummelstown Harrisburg Lebanon Palmyra and Palmyra services with first and last cars and trains on Sundays plus bakery cafes banks libraries and post office hours. It covers hourly and half hour intervals from early morning to late evening and notes Sunday exceptions and service closures.
The piece argues for introducing agriculture in public schools while noting early efforts are rough and partly driven by publishers agendas. It emphasizes building a foundation of reading writing spelling and arithmetic and cautions against overreaching tangents in curriculums.
The speaker urges grounding students in core fundamentals to build agriculture and all vocations. He argues teaching to think yields a rooted plant and criticizes public school agriculture as overdone with flawed textbooks and uninformed teachers.
A reflective piece extols autumn beauty in the Lebanon Valley and Hershey. It contrasts local prosperity with global hunger, urging appreciation for peaceful livelihoods, schools, and blessings while questioning gratitude for generous gifts.
A critic notes Americans spend nearly a million daily on films, excluding reels and venues, and suggests the moving picture must improve beyond cheap melodrama. It should reflect real life, inspire virtue, and reflect character in producers and actors.
In a Derlin cafe Harold Frederick a noted American newspaper correspondent hung his plug hat on a rack. A German lieutenant brushed past knocked the hat to the floor and left. Frederick returned and ordered the officer to pick up the hat which the officer finally did.
A Whitcomb Riley tribute banquet is announced for October 7 inviting leading literary and public figures from across the country. The piece recalls Riley's universal appeal, his early life, and years on the lyceum stage, including anecdotes with Mark Twain and William Dean Howells.
A man who buys books reflects on a poor choice and regrets the deal. A collector arrives for payment, while the seller could tell a humorous tale, highlighting contrasting skills between buyer and seller.
Rev George Snavely Rentz leads services Friday 745 p m preparatory for Vice Sunday School at 980 a m morning worship 1030 a m sacrament of the Lord s Supper administered Christian Endeavor 645 p m evening worship 730 p m theme Making Shipwreck of Faith Web 730 p m Prayer Meeting Hebrews 6
The Evangelical Lutheran Parish invites worshippers to Bible School at 9.15 a.m. and the chief service at 10.30 a.m. Rev Prof J D M Brown of Muhlenberg College will give the sermon. Choir practice is Friday at 7.30 p.m.
Pastor Rev. N. L. Linebaugh leads Bible School at 9:15. Children’s Hour at 2:00. Christian Endeavor at 6:30. Communion services at 10:15 and 7:80. Prayer meeting Wednesday at 7:30. Choir meeting Friday at 8:00.
Rev John F Frantz pastor Palmyra Erte and Dank Fest at 10 15 Harvest Home service at 7 30 p m forms part of the evening program at the Campbelltown charge following recent reform events.
Obituaries report the deaths of Dr. Daniel K. Light in Benton Harbor Michigan at sixty, Daniel Emerich near Hershey at seventy five, and Elizabeth Detweiler widow of Jacob Detweiler in Palmyra at about eighty. Surviving relatives include spouses children and in laws, with burial details at local churches and farms.
A party from the Lower End of Lancaster County traveled to Hershey in seven autos. Participants included John Herr and family, Harry Herr and family, George Warfel and family, A L Herr and family, Jerome Rhoads and family, S Lee Conner and family, and Daniel Stoner with accompanying guests. The group gathered in Lancaster before the trip.
A courtroom remark quotes a judge describing the girl as intellectual in appearance and notes her father’s wealth arrived after her education. The exchange highlights class and succession themes in the hearing.
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