Deaths in Adams County Adams County resident dies at 72
Berkeley Buhrman aged 72 years and 7 days died at his Rouzerville home at 8 15 p m Wednesday after a long illness of pneumonia and heart disease He was born in Mt Zion Maryland and lived in Fountaindale Waynesboro South Waynesboro and Rouzerville Survived by his widow three daughters Mrs C S Young Rouzerville Mrs J T Barton Fountaindale and Mrs D Kelly Gettysburg Funeral arrangements list services in Rouzerville and Fountaindale with interment at Fountaindale cemetery and a separate service at Orrianna Fairfield for other family members
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Berkeley Buhrman
Adams County
Rouzerville
Mt. Zion
Frederick county
Jacob
Nancy Buhrman
Fountaindale
Anna Forgisson
William Forgisson
Waynesboro
Young
J. T. Barton
D. Kelly
Gettysburg
Methodist Episcopal church
F. F. Bahner
D. D
W. B. Keeley
Routerville
fountaindale cemetery
John Spencer dies of tuberculosis at County Home
John Spencer a colored former Gettysburg resident aged 66 died this morning at the County Home from tuberculosis. Interment will be in the Colored Cemetery.
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John Spencer
Gettysburg
Miss Martha J Bell Dies on Christmas Morning
Miss Martha J. Bell died Christmas morning at 1:30 from Typhoid Fever at her Hunterstown home aged 48. She was a trained nurse, daughter of the late Major and Mrs Bell. Survived by J S Bell W W Bell Mrs Taughinbaugh Miss Fannie Bell Burt Bell Grant Bell and Mrs aA Reist Butt. Funeral held Sunday at 10:30 a.m. at the Hunters town church with Rev Baker officiating.
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Martha J. Bell
Hunterstown
Major
Bell
J S. Bell
W. W. Bell
Taughinbaugh
Fannie Bell
Burt Bell
Grant Bell
Dakota
aA. Reist Butt
Milton
Mr. Baker
Mrs Joshua Sease Passes Away at Home at Sixty Seven
Mrs Joshua Sease died Sunday morning at seven o clock at her home in Oirtanen aged about seventy two. She is survived by the following persons unnamed in the fragment.
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Joshua Sease
Oirtanen seed
sue
Social gathering at Charles Wherler’s near Bennevigle
A Christmas day social at Charles Wherley’s near Bennevigle included Mr and Mrs Charles Wherley, Mr and Mrs G W Spansler, Mr and Mrs Henry Wheerles, Mr and Mrs Ervin Black, Misses Maud Wherley Mary Spangler Annie Wheres Bertha Wherley and others. Guests dined on roast goose and chicken with festive fare and were entertained by organ music performed by young ladies.
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Charles Wherler
Bennevigle
Charles Wherley
G. W. Spansler
Henry Wheerles
Ervin Black
Marry Spanselier
Maud Wherley
Mary Spangler
Annie Wheres
Bertha Wherley
Pam Spangler
Maurice Wherley
Simon Beard
Mark Spangler
Arthur Spangler
George Sponseller
Allen Wherley
Lester Spangler
Harry
Spanseller
Henry Utz
Coons Captured After Bear Mountain Hunt
Harry Rautgahn and Ira Schlosser captured a large raccoon on Bear Mountain Wednesday night. The animal was presented to Mr Hoover of the Elk Horn Hotel who will serve it for supper Saturday evening. Nieweray Hive.
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Bendersville dan
Harry Rautgahn
Ira Schlosser
Bear Mountain
Mr. Hoover
Elk Horn
Nieweray HIVE
Joseph Markle Dies at 77 in Paradise Township Funeral Held
Joseph Markle a farmer died at his home in Paradise Township York County near Abbottstown Friday evening at 6 15 in ill health aged 77 years 10 months and 19 days Funeral Monday Dec 28 at 9 am Services in the Lutheran Church Abbottstown and interment in the burial ground adjoining Rev A C Forscht officiating
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Joseph Markle
Paradise Township
York County
Abbottstown
A. C. Forscht
Bright child dies of diphtheria at Harrisburg orphanage
Mary Hemler daughter of Harry P. Hemler of Mountpleasant Township died suddenly at Sylvan Heights Home for Orphan Girls Harrisburg on Wednesday night December 28 from diphtheria aged 5 years 4 months 14 days. Due to contagion the burial was at the institution Friday afternoon.
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Mary
Harry P. Hemler
Brush Run
Mountpleasant Township
Sylvan Heights
Harrisburg
Mrs Mary A Young Dies After Brief Illness At 76
Mrs Mary A Young widow of William Young died Saturday at 8 45 p m after a short illness. She leaves a daughter Miss Rebecca J two brothers Patrick Ditlon and John Dillon a sister Mrs Catharine Kirkpatrick of Cambria County and two grandchildren Joseph I and Miss Marie Barkey of Buchanan Valley. A high mass of requiem was sung at St Ignatius Church Rev F C Noel officiating and interment followed at St Ignatius Cemetery beside her husband. Pallbearers were James Kimple John Brady James Shepard and Henry Kimple. She was a devout Catholic and well regarded by neighbors and friends. A large funeral attended by her relatives and neighbors marked her passing.
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Mary A. Young
William Young
Rebecca J
Patrick Ditlon
John Dillon
Catharine Kirkpatrick
Cambria county
Joseph l
Marie Barkey
Buchanan Valley
St. Ignatius Church
F.C. Noel
St. Ignatius Cemetery
Willian Young
James Kimple
John Brady
James Shepard
Henry Kimple
Ars
Juke
Pye poina Medam
Kirk
Hanmer
Rebecca Yours
Barrsbore
John Wimple
Little Friends Entertain At Steinwell Avenue
Five year old Aisan C Long hosted a tea party at her home on Steinwell avenue Tuesday afternoon. Guests ranged from four to six years old and included Elsie Long Ruth Hamilton Marian Taylor Margaret Taylor Evelyn Toot Helen Sefton Anna Sefton Dorothy Bream Anna Bream Belle Miller Mary Wissinger Louise Bender Mary Wolf Edith Smiley.
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M. E. Long
Steinwell avenue
Aisan C. Long
Elsie
Elsie Long
Ruth Hamilton
Marian
Margaret Taylor
Evelyn Toot
Helen
Anna Sefton
Dorothy
Anna Bream
Belle Miller
Mary Wissinger
Louise Bender
Mary Wolf
Edith Smiley
Thieves Strike Local Farm in Reading Township
Elias B. Sowers of Reading Township reports multiple thefts from his holdings in East Berlin. The losses include chickens, corn, and plank. He holds suspicions about the culprits and says he intends to punish those responsible.
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Berlin
Elias B. Sowers
Reading Township
Sportsmen Organize To Back New State Fishing Bill
Wednesday evening the local United Sportsmen of Pennsylvania elected officers led by President Charles Hoclzworth and moved to enforce laws in Adams County. They will lobby Senator Martin and Representative Cole to push a bill altering fish laws, including redefining carp and removing catch limits, nets rules, and appeal rights, while expanding hatchery fry policy and ending gigging. Miss Ella Brinkerhoff visits Baltimore.
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United Sportsmen of Pennsylvania
Charles Hoclzworth
Charles Myers
C. K. Gilbert
Adams County
Martin
Cole
Fisheries Department
Commissioner of Fisheries
fto
Local Italians in Gettysburg Fear Horrific Italy Earthquake
Italian residents in Gettysburg and the county react to news of a disaster in Southern Italy. Antonio Gregglio, a local worker, receives word that his entire immediate family was killed by the earthquake and tidal wave near the Strait of Messina. He quits his job, withdraws savings, and heads to New York to sail for Italy.
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Italy
Gettysburg
Antonio Gregglio
White Hill
Naples
Ctregglio
New York
Revolver theft rocks Beck and Benedict store in Waynesboro
Robbers entered the Beck and Benedict hardware store in Waynesboro by boring five holes in a rear panel and removing items from the store room. Eight revolvers and 5000 cartridges vanished. Loss estimated at 35 to 40 dollars, with no leads. Weatherman Brothers on route 4 were cutting wood on Thursday.
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Waynesboro
Beck & Benedict
Gettysburg Rural Route Happenings
Gettysburg area notes many family visits and local events across routes 1 through 13. Residents from Waynesboro New Oxford York Taneytown and Harrisburg exchange calls gifts and enjoy Christmas Week gatherings while farmers report hog butchering shooting matches and new farm improvements.
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Hand of the Reaper
BURKELEY BUHRMAN
Charles
Missouri
Orrianna
John
Traxwell
Joshua
Henrietta
Hannah
Anna
Mr. Keely
Fairfield
MRS
Ella Brinkerhoff
Baltimore
Weatherman Brothers
route 4
Adams County News
Carlisle St
Belle Strickhouser
Bennett Rinehart
G. W. Bender
Catherine Diehl
New Oxford
E. J. Diehl
Lancaster
Miriam and
Esther Diehl
York
Isabella McKinney
Taneytown
Anna Weaver
Harry Little
Charles Rudisill
route 1
Charles Emory Coshonn
route 2
J. Carey Smith
Ida Rebecca Scott
Camden
N. J
Freedom township
Moritz
George Thomas
Pottsville
A. J. Wenschoff
Knox
Altoona
H. ip. Bigham
Joseph Felix
Fairplay
Ida Sheads
Virginia Mills
John, W. Eppley
Ephraim Herr
Annie Herr
Lloyd Troxel
Bruce
Detroit
Garfield Jacobs
Carrie
E. Troxel
Will Boyd
George Jacobs
Troxel
Quincy Jacobs
Messrs
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William Brean i
C.d. Weaner
E. Shindledecker
Teter Sease
Charles Togger and son
fence 6
Hanover
T. G. Hall
Philadelphia
George Plinty
portesi Gaia
Dearrick
Woodstork
W. H. Weikert
Charles Toper
Mr. LocKlunk
Fairplay school house
J. B. Haverstock
Francis Sneeringer
Mount St. Joseph's College
F. J. Sneeringer
Willow Brook Farm
George Knipple
Eli Hess
G. H. Fiddler
T. C. Grove
route 7
John McIlhenny
Prof
E. S. Bream
Pottstown
L. Noel
William Gulden
Mr. Foutz
George C. Plank
Charles E. Weikert
Daniel Stoops
Plank
Margaret Horner
Knoxyn
Helen Scott
Shippensburg
Clinton Rife
George Grove
Mary Deardorff
Chester
Mills
carrier Tate
Mary Kime
Jacob Boyd
George
Barlow
Lloyd Bream
Miss Boyd
Russel Boyd
Carrie Cromer
Maurice Sharretts
Dorothy Sharretts
Paul Beaver
route 13
Linwood
Maryland
George Schriver
Harney
A. S. Mills
Ollie May Thomas
Seven Stars
Mary Wenchoff
H. E. Rothhaupt
Lave
J. GC. Nary
Orrtanna
Harvey L. Trostle
E. L. Gulden
J. Walter Leas
Tyoute
Léas
Tefferson
Mass Adalishel
Mer
Maraster
Char Lotte Dioward
W. Storvick
Nina Sturrick
Tlarry Creek
Hugh Melhenny
W. A. McUhenany
rocate
John W. Tate
kta M. Benner
Mr. M. C. Benner
George Starner
Shepherdstown
C. F. Starner
Galt Weaver
Albert Solt
Williamsport
J. A. Clapsaddle
route 6
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