Vandalism hits Gettysburg monuments on battlefield
A vandal damaged nine Civil War monuments on Gettysburg’s Round Top and Valley of Death Tuesday evening. The targets included the 5th Corps Headquarters and the 37th Massachusetts, with the 6th Maine and Grant's Brigade memorials among the most affected. Police and park officials doubled guards, offered a $100 reward, and urged witnesses to come forward as investigators map the damage and possible motive.
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Gettysburg
Round Top
Valley of Death
5th Corps
37th
Massachusetts
49th
96th
Pennsylvania
Grant
Vermont
40th
New York
Maine
St. Wisconsin
New Jersey
11th Corps
Sedgewick avenue
Rosenstee’a
Plum Run
Wheat Field road
40th New York
96th Pennsylvania
Grant Brigade
Wright avenue
Big Round Top
Wisconsin
Howe avenue
Taneytown road
Rosensteel
Theodore Robinson
Col. E. B. Cope
Baltimore street
National Park Commission
Sedgwick
Rosenwheel’s
Sedgwick monument
Park Commission
Nicholson
commission
Baltimore American
Gettysburg to tax tourist autos and horse-drawn hack vehicles
Supreme Court ruling clears Gettysburg to enact an ordinance taxing hack business and automobiles used for hack purposes. Council plans passage before summer. expected annual revenue of 600 to 1000 dollars, replacing a weak prior measure that yielded little revenue in 1912.
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Supreme Court
Gettysburg
Burgess Hollaworth
t he
Superior Court
Burgess Holtzworth
Vandals damage Oakwood School in Reading township
Vandals broke into Oakwood School in Reading township near Hampton between Saturday evening and Monday morning. Eleven panes of glass were smashed and plaster torn from the ceiling, leaving the room in a sorry state on Monday. The Reading township school board offers a $50 reward for the arrest and conviction of the guilty parties.
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Oakwood School
Reading township
Hampton
school board of
Wheels Off Track On Western Maryland Passenger Train 4
Main Line Passenger Train No 4 bound for Baltimore narrowly escaped a mishap at the Horseshoe curve in Sabillasville Md at about 2 30 p m when the front wheels of the rear tender jumped the track The train ran about a mile before a postal clerk noticed the difficulty and notified the engineer The train was stopped at once Witnesses said ballast was thrown as high as the cars by the wheels
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Maryland
Baltimore
Sabillasville
Farm Sale Near York Springs Sealed at 7700
Calvin Davis of Latimore township has bought the Anthony Deardorff farm adjoining York Springs for 7700 dollars. The transaction secures the farm acreage and marks a local property transfer in the Latimore and York Springs area.
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Calvin Davis
Latimore township
Anthony Deardorff
York Springs
No Bond Issue Say Farmers
At Strahan Grange meeting in Hunterstown this week members debated a proposed constitutional amendment to allow the Legislature to issue state bonds totaling 50 million dollars for road building. They favored improving highways but preferred funding by broader taxation over bonds, fearing graft and unequal burdens on corporations. A near unanimous vote opposed the amendment, with a continuation set for Monday March 17.
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Strahan Grange
Hunterstown
Pennsylvania
Jacob Winters Dies at 61 in Midway Foreman at Quarry
Jacob Winters died Tuesday at 4 16 a m at his brother in law Jacob Myers home in Midway aged 61 years 7 months and 3 days He was foreman in the C D Smith stone quarry near McSherrystown for 20 years resigning due to ill health He is survived by five sisters and two brothers Funeral Friday March 7 at 9 30 a m at the house Rev M J Roth of Trinity Reformed Church to officiate Interment in Olivet Cemetery.
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Jacob Winters
Jacob Myers
Midway
C. D. Smith
McSherrystown
Winters
Rebecca Bollinger
Elizabeth Winters
York
Lovina Carmichael
Marysville
George Winters
Hartisburg
Conrad Winters
M. J. Roth
Trinity Reformed church
Olivet cemetery
No Meeting Forces Special Session For Town Council
Only three council members Trostle Butt and Shearer attended the regular March meeting Tuesday evening and no business was transacted. A special meeting is now set for Monday at 7 30 p m to consider the ordinary agenda.
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Messrs. Trostle
Butt
Shearer
Trains Delay Near Hunter's Run Causes Gettysburg Lateness
The 1 45 passenger train on the Reading line arrived about four hours late to Gettysburg due to a derailed freight engine near Hunters Run. The regular 4 o clock departure was two hours late from Gettysburg and the evening train over an hour late.
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Reading
Gettysburg
Hunter’s Run
Berlin Junction brick maker to buy machinery in Chicago and Kansas City
William C. Alwine, a Berlin Junction brick manufacturer, travels to Chicago for the Brick Makers' convention and plans to proceed to Kansas City to purchase machinery for his plant.
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Berlin Junction
William C. Alwine
Chicago
Mr. Alwine
Kansas City
Rex Hewitt wedding in Waynesboro at Methodist church
William G. Rex of Gettysburg and Miss Maud Hewitt of Waynesboro were married Wednesday at the Waynesboro Methodist Episcopal church. Rev. Thos S Wilcox officiated. The ceremony featured ferns and Loh engrin music. A reception followed at the Rex home in Waynesboro. The couple will reside at 49 Steinwehr Ave Gettysburg after April 15.
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William G. Rex
Gettysburg
Maud Hewitt
Waynesboro
Methodist Episcopal church
Thos. S. Wilcox
D. D
W. B. Stottlemyer
Jane Waynant
Harry Himes
Scott Rex
Wm. E. Bowers
Hugh Davis
Emanuel S. Wolf
Mrs. Rex
Outstanding Crop Prospects Across Pennsylvania this Spring
Deputy Secretary of Agriculture Martin reports no discouraging crop outlooks in 1913. Wheat and rye show strong potential, with fruits like apples pears peaches and plums displaying no damage amid warm weather. Conditions from Cumberland Valley to Lebanon and Berks are splendid, signaling a record wheat crop. poultry is thriving due to farmers institutes and improved methods, boosting overall farm value.
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Martin
Cumberland
Chambersburg
Lebanon
Berks
Pennsylvania
Farmer George Knipple Improves After Leg Injury
George Knipple a farmer near Melrose Maryland is recovering from a leg amputation below the knee after being crushed on February 17 when struck by wagon wheels near Garrett's store. He was en route with farming implements to a farm near Littlestown for spring work, with moving planned in April.
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George Knipple
Melrose
Garrett
Knipple
Littlestown
lee
Burglar Visits P A Miller Home
Mrs Pius A Miller and daughter Mary found their Baltimore Street home entered by a burglar on Wednesday evening. A desk box held remittances and cash though the safe was untouched. Despite a thorough search by Deputy Sheriff Brinkerhoff and Officer Emmnemns, no clue to the intruder was found.
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Pius A. Miller
Mary Miller
Baltimore street
Mr. Miller
Miller
Three Routes for York East Berlin Electric Road
Citizens along the proposed lines meet at an East Berlin church to choose among three route options. Farmers from Taxville to York City reportedly offer right of way land gratis, a strong incentive for the committee. Routes include paths via Bigmount Davidsburg Weiglestown. Swam Admire Taxville. and Swam Admire Weiglestown.
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York- East Berlin
Evangelical church
East Berlin
Taxville
York city
Bigmount
Davidsburg
Weiglestown
Swam
Admire
Death of Infant Richard Staub in Berlin Junction
Richard, infant son of Mr. and Mrs. Leo J. Staub, died at 3 months from a complication of diseases. Funeral held Friday at 2:30 PM, Catholic cemetery in New Oxford. Rosa Weikert of Two Tavern a visiting Mrs. M. Orner on York Street this week.
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Richard
Leo J. Staub
Berlin Junction
New Oxford
Rosa Weikert
Taverna
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Jahan Grange
Smith Quarry
J . Midway
Hunter's Run
WILLIAM REX
MISS HEWITT
P.A. MILLER
East Berlin- York
Richard Staub
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