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Newspaper
Hershey Press
Location
Hershey, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Sep 30, 1915
Page
2
The Hershey Press describes Hershey as a modern home city with garages and a strong motoring culture. It promotes the paper as an exceptional medium for merchants and manufacturers selling household supplies automobiles and accessories. Rates on application. September 30 1915 Hershey Pennsylvania.
Detailed timetable for Hershey and surrounding towns including Hummelstown Harrisburg Lebanon Palmyra and Palmyra Hershey routes with first and last cars times Sundays and connection notes. Train and bus patterns cover east and west bound trains with stop notes plus service of cafes banks stores libraries and post office hours and Sunday closures.
Hershey’s dairy program highlights scientific herd management on eight thousand acres. High grade cows are cleaned and milked in sanitary conditions, milk cooled promptly and bottled under an all over protective cap. The product undergoes continuous testing to ensure safety for local patrons.
In Hershey milk is sold at seven cents a quart, well below the world price of ten cents. The Hershey idea benefits residents and travelers, with a round barn offering glasses of milk and a convenient stop for motor parties already using the service.
The Hershey Press previews bold plans shaping the era including Mr. McCormick's unusual Harrisburg address and a Gary originated public education scheme. The article urges readers to lift their eyes beyond routine and consider the sweeping changes in development and reform guiding the future.
Over a score of organizations in Hershey are urged to unite their members for a busy winter. Local talent should lead with star entertainment and homegrown shows to benefit the general population, while bringing in quality performances from outside.
Women in Hershey prepare for a suffrage march and speeches hoping to boost support for a constitutional amendment. The article notes varied local sentiment and outlines that in this state the amendment must pass one legislature, gain public endorsement, and then be ratified. It cites national totals and upcoming votes in New Jersey, Pennsylvania, New York, and Massachusetts.
The New York constitutional convention adjourned after five months and a $500,000 cost. Elihu Root led the group and urged a simpler government with a short ballot. The draft will be put to voters for approval or rejection. The plan calls for Governors appointing most State officers while voters choose only a few top posts.
The article argues lack of exercise harms the muscular system breathing heart action and digestion and increases illness risk. It cites atrophy from disuse and urges ten minute daily home drills to strengthen the body and lengthen life.
Reverend George Snavely Rentz leads Sunday School at 9 30 a m with morning worship at 10 30 a m on the theme A Stand for the Lamp. Christian Endeavor at 6 45 p m and evening worship at 7 30 p m with theme Our Father. Prayer Meeting at 7 45 p m on Hebrews 6.
The Sacrament of The Lord's Supper will be held Sunday evening. Preparatory service starts at 7 30. Bible School is at 9 15 a.m. Choir rehearsal Friday evening at 7 30.
Reverend N L Linebaugh announces no preaching all day Sunday due to conference attendance. Bible School at 9 15 Children Hour at 2 00 Christian Endeavor at 6 30 and Wednesday Prayer Meeting at 7 30 are kept.
Campbelltown notices list Rev. John F. Frantz pastor with Sunday School at 9:00 a.m. and services at 10:15 a.m. Palmyra Heidelberg League at 6:30 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. Rev. Robert A. Bausch leads Union Deposit Reformed Church. Rev. A. C. Forscht heads Reform Mennonites English Lutheran Church. J. H. Longenecker presides Church of the Brethren. Union Circuit is led by Rev. George W. Hallman.
A varied summary notes Spanish aviation bomb tactics in Morocco, ancient Egyptian timekeeping, California grape production by type, Japan knitting industry size in Osaka, West Virginia officials, U S motor vehicle expenditures and motorists, U S drivers, and China's rail reach with miles under construction.
J. B. and W. B. Leithiser purchased 159 head of choice steers at the Lancaster stock yards last week. The cattle were shipped to Hershey and will be fed on Hershey farms before slaughter at the Hershey abattoir.
Punch quips about a convalescent tale of ptomaine poisoning and delirium tremens as a major laments the modern eating and drinking perils. The exchange pairs a jovial, antiquated tone with a wary joke about illness and appetite.
The New York Sun reports a World’s Fair selection of twenty striking advances including the diesel engine transcontinental telephone and audion amplifier nitrates from air color photography cure for hookworm motor trucks aeroplanes oxy acetylene, vocational teaching, steam locomotion, telegraphone wireless telegraphy and telephone, synthetic camphor mesotherium radi um derivatives, submarine, ampere hour motors dyes from coal tar, pure food movement and notes many other significant but unwritten breakthroughs across industries, administration and labor.
A Ram's Horn quip recalls a passenger claiming a broken arm from patting oneself on the back. The exchange highlights a sharp darndest humor about self-inflicted misfortune during travel.
In a fragmentary report a mother rushes to the nursery after loud yells. She consoles a baby named Billy who is tugging at curls, claiming the child does not yet know how to hurt. An hour later more cries prompt another visit to check on the boy.
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