Late News Of Cumberland Guard Action Sparks Town Turmoil
Gettysburg December reports say military police and orders led to harsh criticism and anger as guards tried to stop liquor in the camp. Roadblocks delayed traffic, rail ties and stones were used against trains, and a Pierce Arrow suffered rear damage after a knife incident. J. Plank’s family narrowly escaped injury as a soldier fired a knife into the car, while Jere Nitrauer was badly hurt by a freight train near Krumelstown and taken to Harrisburg Hospital.
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Ifere
Kummelstown
Jereph Nitrauer
Hiladelphia and
Reading Railroad
Ken
Harrisburg
Cuticura Soap and Ointment Help Eczema Sufferer
Mrs Herbert mith of Dover Pennsylvania reports her son’s eczema on the face with red inflamed cheeks and pimples. After applying Cuticura Soap and Ointment, the condition healed in about a month and a free sample was received. Free sample by return post card from Cuticura Boston. Soup 25c Ointment 25c and 50c.
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Herbertmith
Dover
Cuticura
H. Boston
Gettysburg Faces Town Debt and Bond Plan at Year End
Gettysburg under $40 cash and over $1,600 in November bills prompts council to authorize bonds valued at $3,000 to ease floating debt of $9,050. Adams County Fruit Growers hold their 13th annual convention at Bendersville with horticulturists and speakers on insect control peach canker and food production.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Adams County
C. A. Griest
J. G. Sanders
Farm Bureau
H. F. Hershey
Donald Reddick
New York State College of Agriculture
Ithaca
N. Y
C. H. Hadley, Jr
Dr. Reddick
Connecticut
A. T. Henry
Wallingford
Conn
E. L. Nixon
State College
H. C. Culbertson
United States Food Administration
Washington, D. C
Kate L. Bear
Extension Department
of State College
Mrs Mary Mumma Mumper Dies at Mechanicsburg
Mrs Mary Ellen Mumma Mumper wife of Harry A Mumper aged about 45 died after a prolonged illness on a Saturday afternoon. She was active in St Luke's Episcopal Church and a member of the Woman's Club. Survived by husband and children Matilda Robert Elizabeth Mary Ann Josephine Louise and other relatives. Funeral at her parents home tomorrow at 1 pm then in St Luke's with burial in Mechanicsburg Cemetery.
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Mechanicsburg
Mary Ellen Mumma Mumper
Harry A. Mumper
West Main Street
St. Luke's Episcopal Church
Woman's Club
Miss Matilda Mumper
Robert Mumper
Carlisle
Elizabeth
Mary Ann
Josephine
Louise Mumper
Martin Mumma
Elizabeth Neiswanger
Willamette, Ill
Milton Mumma
Silver Spring Township
Clara Mumma
Jacob S. Mumma
William M. Mumma
T. J. Ferguson
Barlow
Mechanicsburg Cemetery
Sadler resigns public safety post in Cumberland County
Carlisle and Mount Union items report Lewis S. Sadler resigns as Cumberland County Public Safety Committee chairman due to workload with the State Committee. Samuel M. Goodyear of Carlisle elected to fill the post and serve in an executive capacity. War Saving Certificate drive remains main focus. DA George E. Lloyd returns from Philadelphia with updates. Mount Union teachers vote to offer services to the governor for wartime mobilization.
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Carlisle
Lewis S. Sadler
Cumberland County
Public Safety Committee
Samuel M. Goodyear
Sadler
Goodyear
Masons
George E. Lloyd
Philadelphia
Mount Union
Columbia Minister Recalls Camp Evangels in War Work
The Rev. Dr. Edgar Grim Miller, pastor of the First English Lutheran Church, spoke to the Woman's Club about a two months evangelistic tour in Army camps and Naval stations. He described experiences while away and the work supported by the Y M C A War Fund.
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Columbia
Pal
Edgar Grim Miller
First English Lutheran Church
Woman's Club
Y. M. Cc. A. War Fund
Last Civil War Soldier Dies in Lancaster Memory
Benjamin Sherwood aged 77 a Civil War veteran who served with the One Hundred Twenty second Regiment and was wounded in battle died Saturday night at St Josephs Hospital Lancaster He was a member of the Grand Army and the last of his company
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Marietta
Benjamin ¥. Sherwood
One Hundred Twenty-second Regiment
St. Joseph's Hospital
Lancaster
Grand Army
Levi Myers Paralyzed After Buggy Fall in Perry County
Levi Myers a 72 year old Thompsontown resident was found semiconscious after falling from a buggy he was driving along Western Union telegraph lines in Howe township Perry county His right side is fully paralyzed Lineman John Wharton Port Royal left him to meet elsewhere prompting a search for Myers and his condition was reported from Newport Pa on December 10 1920.
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Newport
Levi Myers
Thompsontown
Howe Township
Western Union
Perry County
John Wharton
Port Royal
Myers
Seventy Five Men In Service Display At Refractories Brick
Mount Union Pa December 10 The Refractories Brick Company will display a flag showing seventy five men from their plant in the service to date.
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Mount Union
Refractories Brick Company
Ministers and Sons Serve in the Army Across Pennsylvania
Sons of ten Methodist Episcopal ministers in Perry County and surrounding towns have enlisted in various U S military branches. The list compiled by H. E. Sheibley names Lieut Ash in the Medical Corps, Paul Aller in the Signal Corps, a Weeks son in the Seventh Cavalry, James B Stein Jr in Engineers, Paul Hartzell in the Ambulance Corps, First Lt Baker in the Medical Corps, McKinley Stevens in Seventh Infantry, Joseph Mosser in a University of Pennsylvania unit, Naphtali Womer at Columbus Camp, and C Harold Fasick in the Ordnance Department.
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H. E. Ash
Newton Hamilton
New Bloomfield
United States Medical Corps
Paul Aller
E. M. Aller
Dillsburg
Marysville
Signal, Corps
J. E. Weeks
Altoona
Duncannon
Seventh Cavalry
Texas
James B. Stein, Jr
James B. Stein
Sunbury
First Regiment Engineers
France
Dr. Stein
New Bloomfield Academy
Carson Long Institute
Paul Hartzell
C. V. Hartzell
Muncy
Allentown
Baker
E. G. Baker
Newport
McKinley Stevens
W. H. Stevens
Duncansville
Seventh United States Infantry
Joseph Mosser
B. H. Mosser
University of Pennsylvania
Naphtali Womer
George
Womer
Huntingdon
Columbus
C. Harold Fasick
A.S. Fasick
Tyrone
Ordnance Department
Washington
Eby Elected President of Newport Germania Band
John S. Eby, Perry county representative, has been elected president of the reorganized Newport Germania Band in Newport Pennsylvania. Other officers include John Kough as vice president C P Keim as treasurer Wiley Davis as secretary William H Kough as leader and Frank Demaree Jr as assistant leader.
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Newport
John S. Eby
Perry County
Pennsylvania House of Representatives
Newport Germania Band
John &. Kough
C. P. Keim
Wiley Davis
William H. Kough
Frank Demaree Jr
Dig-In Practice For Camp Meade Boys
Camp Meade Md Dec 10 The boys begin digging real dugouts forty feet deep to house a regiment at a time and live underground for days. They learn gas defense and other warfare, while camouflaged hills hide entrance to trenches with three lines of fighting trenches and simulated battles to prepare for life over there.
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Camp Meade
Admiral
No Man's Land
Autocrat
Signal Corps
Former Pastor Returns to Columbia Lutheran Church
The Rev. A. M. Mehrkam, Ph. D., former pastor of St. John's Lutheran Church in Columbia, returns to lead the church after twenty one years away. He arrives with Mrs Mehrkam and will occupy the Walnut Street parsonage. He succeeds Rev. George W. Genszler, who moved to Milwaukee.
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Columbia
A. M. Mehrkam
Grace Lutheran Church
Rochester
St. John’s Lutheran Church
Mehrkam
Mount Airy Seminary
Trinity Church
Lancaster
St. John's Mission
East Columbia
Walnut Street
Meirkam
St. John's
George W. Genszler
Milwaukee
Wis
U S Explores Munitions Storage Site in Conewago Valley
An unofficial report says the United States may take over 3 000 to 4 000 acres in the Conewago Valley for munition storage plants. Army officers surveyed a broad area along the Lebanon division and near Colebrook to Conewago, with a decision expected among six candidate sites.
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U. S
Conewago Valley
Lebanon
United States
United States Army
Monaghan
Quartermasters’ Department
William J. Rose
Harrisburg
Pennsylvania Railroad
A. D. Smith
Cornwall and
Local Notes Across Town Include Visits and Plays
Suburban Notes report Mrs E C Miller and son Clayton visiting Philadelphia for medical reasons. The home talent play The Merry Travelers drew crowds and benefited the Red Cross. Various residents travel to Harrisburg Shamokin and Middletown for visits work or enlistment. Local churches plan cantata and Christmas programs as the Newport Red Cross receives gifts.
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W. W. Watkins
Millersburg
Merry Travelers
William Jones
Wiconisco
Patrick McGill
Wilkes-Barre
Annie Darby
Minersville
Red Cross
Sara, Raudenbush
Wilmer Raudenbush
Fees Springs Hospital
Ashand
William Bottomley
West Virginia
Muskrat Flesh Proposed as Meat Substitute
MN trappers urge the National Food Administration to accept muskrat flesh as a meat substitute. A Winona report claims about a million pounds go to waste annually in the Upper Mississippi Valley and notes muskrat meat, prepared properly, resembles chicken. Average carcass about one pound. sale price 5 to 7 cents per pound in Winona.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Minnesota
Food Administration
Winona, Minn
National Food Administration
Winona
Crossed Wires Cause a Fire at Fourth Street Building
A three story brick corner building at Fourth and Woodbine in the 2157 block burned from a basement origin. It caused about 11000 in damage with stock and fixtures on the first floor destroyed and insurance covering part of the loss. The store will operate from 1201 Mulberry Street Hill Store.
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Fourth
Woodbine Streets
Fourth Street
W. A. Gernert
8. E. Miller
Gernert
Hill
Mulberry Street
Kinsinger
Soldier Hurt In Game At Camp Hancock
Corporal Herbert A. Wolf of Company D 112th Infantry in this city sustained serious injuries while playing football at Camp Hancock Georgia. His wife at 97 North Seventeenth street learned of the accident yesterday.
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Herbert A. Wolf
Camp Hancock
Wolf
One Hundred and Twelfth Infantry
North Seventeenth Street
Harrisburg Real Estate Board to Meet This Evening
The Harrisburg Real Estate Board will meet in the Chamber of Commerce rooms at 8 o'clock this evening. Recommendations from the last meeting will be taken up during the session.
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Harrisburg Real Estate Board
Chamber of Commerce
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East Salem
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Marketville
Clarence Bure
J. K. Lupier
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Connally Mills
Philip Fickes
Newport Red Cross Society
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A. H. Ulsh
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C.ross Boas
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Carter
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