30 Jun 1917
Page 8
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Newspaper
Adams County News
Location
Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jun 30, 1917
Page
8
Local brief items from adjacent counties reveal community updates, events, and notable happenings. Readers will find concise notices on local governance, school activities, and public interest occurrences shaping the region.
York County motor plant at Scranton halted by order of the United States district court. Over 250 workers laid off Wednesday night for 20 to 30 days while a foreman and helper per department stay to wind up remaining work. Office staff cut in half. Receivers had sought sale to National Products Company of Newark, N J, but were balked by District Attorney Harvey A. Gross for creditors. Plant and assets to be auctioned to the highest bidder.
A four member committee of strikers conferred with Superintendent Whiteley and shop foremen at the Dentists' Supply company plant about the return to work. Foreman opinions differed on whether the strikers should come back as a group or as individuals, with no agreement reached. Time alone may reveal the final outcome.
Six inmates from York criminal court were moved at 6:43 am Thursday by Sheriff William D Hass and six deputies to the Eastern Penitentiary. The group includes Jacob Parr and nephew Nevin Hale serving one to two years for farm chicken theft, George Fisher for robbing a summer home in Monaghan township, James Kentz with three to five years for sodomy, Otis Herbert for incest with five to ten years, and Benjamin Cooper for three to five years for a June 16 hold up in Hanover.
Charles Harris a vagrant from anywhere was found lying on a heap of chaff two days and nights at Sponseller farm along the ridge east of Carlisle. Constable John T McCoy and Park er McCoy removed him to the county home where he is too weak to talk or move. Harris faced jail in Coltisle as a vagrant, with recovery hoped at the county home.
Clarence Hummelbaugh of Mt. Holly Springs was injured in a collision in Harrisburg while riding a bicycle to work for the Reading Railroad. He sustained a broken leg and a severe arm injury. Local family details are noted with his father J. M. Hummelbaugh.
David Watts of Mechanicburg oversees a youth knitting group for children aged seven to fourteen who meet Wednesdays 2:30 to 4:00 at Mrs Watts home. They knit washcloths then scarves and sweaters for sailors, closing each session with patriotic songs.
The body of Harvey T Johns son of Patrolman Rush Johns arrived in Chambersburg from Dun cannon after dying Tuesday night from cramps while swimming. Doctors reported the lungs were free of water and the cramps attacked the heart. A military funeral for Co C followed at 2:30 pm with Co CG members in uniform at the armory.
Red Cross work shows little activity as county residents delay church and bank gifts for Sunday total rises. Totals to date reach 5529.80 with many individuals listed and a nine o clock update reporting 114000000 pledged nationally, aided by possible 20000000 from corporate dividends. Henry P. Davison states nationwide support and local chapters retain twenty five percent for their own work. The overall tone celebrates wide geographic generosity and unprecedented voluntary giving.
Buenos Aires reports Argentina is close to breaking neutrality policy between Germany and the United States after the sinking of the Argentine boat Toro. Public sentiment favors siding with the United States, following Brazil, with a decision expected within hours.
In Cashtown Fairfield Bendersville Conewago York Springs Wenksville Biglerville Mt Hope Mt Calvary Trinity St Ignatius Arendtsville Biglerville Fairfield Aspers Fairfield Lutheran Christ Lutheran Trinity Reform St Pauls AMEZ gather for Sunday School preaching and special patriotic memorial services July 1 8 and surrounding dates with confirmations laying of corner stones and soldier related sermons and ceremonies. clergy include Rev A W Law Rev Paul Reid Pontius Rev Dr Wallace Rev Dancy and others.
First Lieutenant Keller E. Rockey, a Gettysburg College graduate and long-time Get tysburg figure, joins the Fifth Overseas Marine Corps Regiment sailing for France. His home shifted from Waynesboro to Cape Harbor New Jersey. he married Frances Masury of Norfolk last summer. Brother Ordean Rockey is Rhodes Scholar and Gettysburg College graduate. another brother attends college and serves in a military unit.
A York County constable, al M Reichard, aged about 31, was arrested by Det Eisenhart for cruelly beating and kicking his twelve year old son. He allegedly struck the boy with a cherry limb, leaving open wounds. The arrest followed actions urged by the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children and others. The boy is in the care of his mother.
War Department shifts plans to dispatch National Guard units directly to southern camps after July 15 25 and an anticipated August 5 call. The move suggests keeping militia in the United States through winter and sending them south to avoid cold climate conditions.
Harrisburg June 29 Governor Srumbaurd refused to approve the Strauss bill taxing residents of second class townships to light highways. Objections cited include taxing only property owners and belief that existing laws already cover the issue.
Wartime guidance urges wheatless meals to share with allies, reduction in meat and fats, avoiding waste, using fish potatoes and vegetables, and conserving transportation. Citizens should prepare smaller portions and ensure nothing edible goes to waste while promoting the clean plate ethos.
A 1920s call argues for women forming organizations to standardize servant wages and enforce efficiency in domestic work. It likens home management to industry, urging wage scales, discipline, and a recommendation system to curb servant revolts and avert autocratic control.
A dubious quotation stresses serving from the test side and affirming belief in this approach. The lines include garbled phrases suggesting emphasis on context and a misheard or misspelled reference to a broader rule, indicating unclear practical guidance.
New York State College of Agriculture urges year round use of cold frames for crops such as radishes beets carrots and cucumbers. After harvest, beds are reset and soils leveled to allow successive crops with hardening off for outdoor adaptation and potential off season yields at low cost. Ithaca NY publication details how to obtain for free.
Anecdotes from a Kansas City Journal snippet feature Tommy learning the hard way to return evil for evil, a boy named Josephus in a city play misreading warnings about poison, and a wary remark on women shopping habits as society shifts. The pieces read like a collection of humor and cautionary vignettes from a bygone era.
Daily corrected market listing from Gettysburg warehouse with figures for oats flour cement feed and bran. Prices shown include New Oxford Dairy at 1.65 and various grain and supply items such as corn oats and hay.
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