Lincoln Way Gets Bumped By Senate Action
The Lincoln memorial project suffered a major setback as the Senate favored a report on a bill to create a Lincoln memorial commission. The plan seeks a Washington memorial costing up to 2 million dollars with a 100 thousand dollar immediate appropriation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senate Committee
Senate
Washington
Root
Library Committee
Abraham Lincoln
Congress
Lincoln
Culiom
Cullom
Taft
Wetmore
Money
McCall
Champ Clark
Commission on Fine Arts
Secretary of War
old
Naval Observatory
Cannon
Inois
House
flats
Runaway Team Dashes Through Gettysburg Streets
Mrs. J Emery Bair and driver Johnson escaped injury after a two horse sleigh ran away near Hotel Gettysburg on Carlisle street. The sleigh overturned when a runner snagged on an obstruction. both horses fled toward York street before being halted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J Emery Bair
Hotel Gettysburg
Carlisle street
Johnson
York street
York pike
Reverend Amos Sell III's Sufferings Noted in Letter
A letter from Rev. Amos Sell of Galion Ohio formerly with the Mountain Mission at Cold Springs near Fountain Dale reports four months of sciatic rheumatism leaving him helpless and seeking remembrances from acquaintances in Adams and York Counties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amos Sell
Galion, Oho
Cold Springs
Fountain Dale
Adams
York Counties
Royal Slave Production Advertised as Repanee by Walters
Advertised as a repanee of Sarpy Mearea the Royal Slave production is noted with Walters as the promoter. Audience turnout appears to have grown slightly, with activity centered around the Tuesday session and added performances by 4 companies boosting the program.
Swope Reinecke Wedding Held At Jersey City Home
Miss Hazel Ruth Reinecke of Jersey City and J Donald Swope of this place wed Tuesday evening at the bride’s home with Rev A C McCrea officiating. The ceremony featured a white satin gown, orange blossoms, and a string orchestra, followed by a reception and plans for a Bermuda honeymoon and a new Broadway home. Swope, Gettysburg College 1902 graduate, is Adams County Bar member and Republican county chairman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J Monald Swope, Esq
Hazel Ruth Reinecke
Jersey City
New Jersey
J. Donald Swope
A. C. McCrea
Emory Methodist church
Marion Tuthill
Amy Swope
Florence Reinecke
C. B Gladfelter
F. Ruppert
Broadway
O. G. Reinecke
Swope
McC. Swope
Gettysburg College
Adams County
Republican County
Death notices for Gottlieb Fackler in California
Dr. L H Fackler of York received a telegram announcing the death of his uncle Gottlieb Fackler at Red Land California. He was eighty five and had visited York sixty years ago with his daughters Mary and Ella Fackler and a son in Cincinnati.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. H. Fackler
York
East Berlin
Gottlieb Fackler
Red Land
California
Fle
Dr. Fackler
Mary
Ella Fackler
Cincinnati
Four Generations Attend Levi Coulson Funeral
At Levi Coulson's funeral in East Berlin on Tuesday four generations were represented including Mrs. Levi Coulson widow of the deceased, Mrs John Jacobs daughter, Mrs HL D Grove granddaughter, and Miss E Catherine Grove great granddaughter of the deceased.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Levi Coulson
East Berlin
John Jacobs
HL D Grove
Casover
E. Catherine Grove
Senator Charles El Quail Dies Sudden in Harris County
Former Senator Charles El Quail of Auburn Schaytkill county and member of the Pennsylvania Gettystig Monument Commission died after a short illness. Official cause reported by the surgeon general’s office is not clear in the fragment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles EL Quail
Auburn
Schaytkill county
Pennsylvania Gettystig Monument Commission
Guy atfermaen
Dy Geng Bohiahle
Runaway horse in Gettysburg collides with freight engine
Mrs Anger Snyder of Strahan township loses control of her horse at Peoples Cash Store. The horse dashs through the Square and Carlisle street, collides with a Western Maryland freight engine, flagman David Myers knocked from a box car. Horse escapes unharmed, but buggy damaged. Hugh M reckon captures the animal at Seminary. Crowd gathers, eggs, oranges, and gifts scattered. Mrs Snyder later replaces buggy shafts and drives home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gettysburg
Anger J. Snyder
Strahan — township
Peoples Cash Store
Carlisle street
Maryland
David Myers
Chambersburg street
Springs avenue
Hugh Mellbenny
Seminary
Mrs Ernest Mann Dies After Brief Illness at Littlestown
Mrs Emma Mann died Monday in Littlestown at 4 80 p m after a two month illness. She was about 35, wife of Ernest Mann of Jersey City and daughter of A L Slangenhaupt. Survived by infant Louis Albert and three brothers Prof Heard Slangenhaupt Norman and Raymond. Funeral Thursday at 1 p m with services at the house Rev Dr Butz officiating Mt Carmel cemetery Littlestown.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emma Mann
A. L. Slangenhaupt
Littlestown
Ernest Mann
Dr. Mann
Jersey City
N. J
Louis Albert
Heard Slangenhampt
Franklin and Marshall College
Lancaster
Norman
Trenton
Raymond
Butz
Redeemer’s Reformed church
Mt Carmel
College Days musical to entertain at Walter's Theatre
Grace Cunard of Three Twins and Harry DeWolf lead a 35 member company in a new musical comedy featuring up to date songs and dances. The show opens at Walter's Theatre on January 4th with popular tunes and lively entertainment promised.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grace Cunard
Iate
Harry DeWolf
Red Mill Company
Walter's
Water Famine Hits Dillsburg After Burst Pipe
A large water pipe burst at the brick plant in Dillsburg depleting the reservoir and leaving the town without water for 48 hours before the break was found. The brick plant had not operated recently, delaying discovery of the leak.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dillsburg
Property Sold on Tanestoan Rand to Chad Hoffman
Beninh Cassatt sold property on the Tanestoan Rand to Chad des Hoffman for private terms. The seller plans to move to another location after the sale.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beninh Cassatt hae
Chad des Hoffman
Siro Cassatt Motends
ta tose ay phat pting
aimade throat aa ad' ii dip Taos
GAVE MANAGER ATURNEY
Employees of the electric house presented Gene Aberger Peruer with a hefty pound take.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ATURNEY
the
electric Hower howse
Gene Aberger Peruer
John Doe Arrested for Common Nuisance in Town
A drunken man, identified as John Doe, was arrested Wednesday evening by T P Turner after causing trouble in public. Turner took him to the fire engine house, where Constable Wilson and Sheriff Fissel later joined to handle the case, the charge noted as common nuisance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T. P. Turner
Wilson
Fissel
turner
Fisse
Unusual marriage license aided by local official
In Cumberland County this week Edna J Perele formerly of the county and Zacharias Miller of Enola sought a marriage license. The girl was under twenty one with no guardian and dead parents, so Samuel Bextz a Carlisle clerk aided by becoming her guardian and securing the license.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edna J. Reigle
Cumberland County
Carlisle
Enola
Samuel Bextz
Edna J. Perele
county
Zacharias Miller
Pennsylvania railroad
Emmitsburg Hotel Proprietor James Slagle Dies
James Slagle owner of an Emmitsburg hotel died Monday from a complication of diseases at about eighty. He leaves a widow who was the widow of Lewis Mondorff, a step daughter, his mother Mrs. Mary Slagle, sister Miss Mary Slagle, and brothers Robert in New York John in Baltimore and Joseph in McSherrystown.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Slagle
Emmitsburg
Lewis Mondorff
Mary Slagle
Robert Slagle
New York
John
Baltimore
Joseph
McSherrystown
Produce deal yields 40 turkeys at twenty cents a pound
Robert and Waltman, dealers, purchased from William Bringman of Straban township. They bought 40 live weight turkeys at 20 cents per pound, paying $109.80 total to Bringman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert and
Waltman
William Bringman
Straban township
Bringman
Patterson Yealy Marriage and Move Planned in Spring
Annie E Yealy and George P Patterson wed on Wednesday December 21 officiated by Rev E Stocks. The couple will relocate to Jonathan Allison's farm on Taneytown road in spring.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Annie E. Yealy
George P. Patterson
E. Stocks
Mt day
Hotel Oxford Sold to Mt Grove Proprietor
Mrs Flushman confirms the sale of Hotel Oxford on Patt Street New Oxford to GF Grove proprietor of Latterre Howse Mt dos teabeaster commis Sid ado.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
FLL
Flushman
Hotel
Osford
Patt street
New Osford
GF Grove
Mt dos
teabeaster commis
Sid
ado
Rew Bank Director William Prades Elected for National Council
William Prades was elected director of the Gatryshary Nathwal Lhuk, marking a milestone for the bank and the national body. The formal victory reflects Prades’s leadership and the institution’s direction.
Greceries Close The Cigarette Retail of the Town
Readable text notes the closure of cigarette retail in the town on Monday. No additional details available.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
tigaretts
Swindler Targets Gettysburg Dressmakers and Milliner
Two Gettysburg dressmakers and a milliner fell for an artful solicitor posing as J R Cranston selling magazines from the International Fashion and Fabric Co of New York. Victims paid about $14 in total before investigators found the company had no existence at 775 Broadway and the suspect vanished.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gettysburg
J R. Cranston
Thoman
International Fashion and Fabric Company
Broadway
New York
thi
Brumbaugh Secured as 1910 Gettysburg Captain
Roy T. Brumbaugh known as Braummy was unanimously elected captain of Gettysburg College's 1910 football team at a Tuesday meeting. A varsity player since 1909 he previously starred at North East Manual and Lehigh before joining Gettysburg, where he also captained the basketball team in 1907 and 1908.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roy T. Brumbaugh
Braummy
Varsity
North East Manual
Lehigh
Gettysburg
Christmas Services Held at Alms House
Tuesday evening special services were held at the Alms House by College students led by J. G Wickey. The Christmas address was delivered by Mr. Allison before the students could not attend later in the week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. G Wickey
Allison
Inas
Miller Homan Wedding Ties Altouna Couple to Gettysburg Roots
At noon on Wednesday F Orville Miller of Altouna married Elsie May Homan daughter of James Homan also of Altouna. The couple, formerly of Gettysburg, are visiting the groom's parents Captain and Mrs Charles G Miller on York street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. Orville Miller
Altouna
Mises Elsie May Homan
James Homan
Gettysburg
Charles G. Miller
York street
Teachers To Attend State Industrial Association Meeting
Adams County teachers plan to attend the State Industrial Association gathering in Harrisburg during the week. Superintendent Roth will also attend to oversee county enrollment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Adems County
State
Iduestional Association
Harrisburg
Roth
Warehouses to Close as Action Shifts to Sion
Wartime style notice announces warehouses to close in the area around Sion. Officials plan shutdown of storage sites affecting workers and local commerce with phased closures and possible relief measures.
Reiche and Pave Hire Tie Hogs in Tragic Accident
A fatal incident leaves HGGS Reiche and Crome Pave injured as workers engage in a hazardous operation. Investigators assess equipment and safety practices while the affected company rues the loss.
State Commission Sets Gettysburg Anniversary Plans
The Pennsylvania State Commission overseeing the 30th Gettysburg anniversary met at the Union League in Philadelphia this week. It received nationwide communications praising the project and offering help, with details not yet disclosed. A special committee will notify each state legislature to participate, meeting General Louis Wagner in Philadelphia on Friday, December 20.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pennsylvania State Commission
Gettysburg
Union League
Philadelphia
Louis Wagner
Rural Notes Chronicle Local Visits and Travel
Rural notes record A S Mills of Barlow buying Christmas candies in Baltimore for Mt Joy Sunday School. Belle Rinehart of Table Rock visits Hanover and York. A T Myers and wife return to Route 5 from Hanover. A social gathering at J Jere Plank’s home includes Miss Sara Rife and others from York and Orrtanna. Miss Grace Dubbs visits town. Miss Mary Scott returns to Stratton Street. Margaret Bercaw visits Carlisle and Harrisburg.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. S. Mills
Barlow
Baltimore
Mt. Joy Sunday School
Witherow
Sbryock
Hoffman orphanage
Belle Rinehart
Table Rock
Hanover
York
A. T. Myers
route 5
J. Jere Plank
William Morten
Sara Rife
F. Starner
Charles Baumgardner
Orrtanna
Clarence
Gay Keller
Arendtsville
Grace Dubbs
route 4
Mary Scott
Stratton street
Margaret Bercaw
Carlisle
Harrisburg
Party at Stoops Home In Virginia Mills Noted Guests
A December 15 gathering at Mr and Mrs Samuel Stoops home in Virginia Mills drew many attendees. Guests included Milton Reaser, Esther Herring, Jennie Wilkison, Myrtle Stoops, Maurice Mangle, Isaac Metz, Clyde Shindledecker, Roy Chapman and others in a lengthy guest list.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Samuel Stoops
Virginia Mills
Milton Reaser
the Stranshasty
Esther Herring
slceker
Esther Reaser
Gladys Mewy
uth Lauver
Jennie Wilkison
Myrtle Stoups
Maurice Mangle
Isaac Metz
Clyde Shindledecker
Roy Chapman
Philip King
William Shindledecker
Samuel Kump
Curtis Chapman
Howard Baker
Ira Smith
Barry Kint
Charles Strausbaugh
Amos Baker
Walter Kint
Charles Shindledecker
Frank Kump
Howard Strausbaugh
Harry Watson
Robert Kump
Harry Baker
Cletus Herring
Officiers Elected for Gardners United Brethren 1911
The Gardners United Brethren Christian Endeavor society names officers for 1911 including President H W Sowers and Miss Anna Hoppert as corresponding secretary. Chestnut Grove Sunday School also lists 1911 officers with Superintendent H Ho starry and other posts filled by Grace Coulson and Abram Muller among others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Gardners
United Brethren Christian Endeavor society
H. W. Sowers
Maggie Lerew
A. W. Gardner
Anna Hoppert
E. E. Hoffman
H. H. Starry
Florence Gardner
Chestnut Grove
H. Ho. starry
J. D. Ernst
Bendersville Ex a Rendervidls Tie At Satya Event
A garbled local sports blurb reports a tied result at a recent event with players named Rendervidls and Satya. Details are unclear due to text quality but indicate a close finish and competitive play.
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AMOS SELL III
MHETRIWE
RSE
JOHN DOE
John Dee
PATTERSON
YEALY
HOTEL OXFORD
REW BANK DIRECTER
GRECERIES TE CLOSE
LOGAL PEOPLE
BRUMBAUGH
PARTY
BENDERSVELLE
Rendervidls
Der Cresco
Yyothe
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