Waynesboro Soldier Dies of Wounds in France
George Rossman 19, youngest son of John Rossman near Shady Grove and former Frick Company foreman, died in France from battle wounds after serving as bugler in Company E, 9th Infantry. He enlisted in March, went to France last summer, was wounded in trenches, hospitalized eleven weeks, and did not recover. Mrs. Christian Minnick, of Waynesboro, received word of the death.
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Waynesboro
Christian Minnick
George Rossman
United States
France
John Rossman
Shady Grove
Frick Company
Rossman
United States Army
9Th Infantry
Minnick
Greencastle Girl Weds Army Sergeant at Home
Greencastle Pa December 18 Miss Mary Elizabeth Brendle longtime resident marries Sergeant A Neil Brumbaugh quartermaster department stationed Camp Belvoir Washington The ceremony in the bride’s parlor followed by a breakfast Then the couple left for Washington where the bride will report to duty Monday
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Greencastle
Mary Elizabeth Brendle
A. Neil Brumbaugh
Quartermaster’s Department
Camp Belvoir
Washington
I. N. Peghtel
Grace Reformed Church
War Service Changes In Adams County Schools
War service reshapes Adams County schools as several educators enlist in the Army. John M. Crist fills East Berlin post, Miss Helen Neely takes Biglerville, Frank Brame moves to Hanover, and Miss Belle Neeley goes to McSherrystown. Other resignations noted with no fills yet, and health issues prompt retirements in Sand Hill and Belmont.
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Gettysburg
Sunderland
Gettysburg High School
Warren Cocklin
East Berlin
Levi F. Gilbert
Biglerville
John M. Crist
Helen Neely
Fairfield
Frank Brame
McSherrystown
Hanover
Belle Neeley
New Chester
Esther Baugher
Sand Hill
Menallen Township
Alva Stonesifer
Belmont
Cumberland Township
Moody burial held for Dily area resident
James Moody died Friday at Harrisburg Hospital after a year long liver ailment. The 50 year old Warrington township local was buried today from his home, with services by Rev. C F Coffelt at the Friends Meeting House Cemetery. He is survived by two brothers and four sisters.
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Mes Moody
Dily
James Moody
Harrisburg Hospital
Warrington Township
Moody
Friends’ Meeting House
C. F. Coffelt
Rossville Lutheran Church
Ice harvest begins as icemen fill Liverpool icehouses
Liverpool Pa Dec 18 nine to twelve inch ice is being harvested. Icemen take advantage of the early harvest and many icehouses are already filled. Also from Liverpool Pa Dec 18 Mrs B F Blattenberger recovering from operation at Hartman Hospital Harrisburg and expected home today.
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Liverpool
B. F. Blattenberger
Hl Hartman Hospital
Harrisburg
Do Your Bit Donate Books to Public Library for Soldiers
Citizens are urged to donate usable books and magazines to the public library to support soldiers in army camps, fronts, and hospitals. Preferred topics include War, Travel, History, Biography, and general interest fiction such as Short Stories, Detective Stories, Sea and Adventure, to suit diverse tastes.
Yankees Left Without A Bit Of Tobacco
American expeditionary forces in France smoke two varieties of cigarettes named by soldiers as Boche smokes. One bears a Berlin firm name, the other from a Sarajevo company. The French turned over the supply after capturing the cigarettes early in the war and stored them in a warehouse as the American supply ran short.
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Berlin
Sarajevo
Local Red Cross to Collect Books for Soldiers
The Red Cross Society will collect books magazines and periodicals and forward them to soldiers in trenches and camps. A large table will be set in the Fager building for this effort along with shipments from the Free Library Commission and State Library. A basket at 8 8 Kresge on Market Street invites workers to place books magazines music and comforts for the soldiers.
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Red Cross Society
Fager
Free Library Commission
Kresge
Market Street
Kresge Komrade Klub
Reception At YMCA For Boy Scouts And Lectures
A YMCA reception planned Friday hosts the Boy Scouts with a special program featuring Troop 7 Scouts orchestra. Arch H Dinsmore spoke to Penn school pupils on Glacier National Park, presenting a $10 YW fund certificate and delivering another $10 to girl pupils. New gym equipment arrived, including a hydraulic rowing machine, horse, buck, parallel bars and more. Dr George Preston Mains will give the final lecture in the New Testament series on Authority at the YMC A this evening, drawing strong attendance.
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Association
Scouts’ Orchestra
Arch H. Dinsmore
Penn
Glacier National Park
Dinsmore
C. W. Miller
George Preston Mains
Perry Contingent Bound for Camp Meade from Perry County
Perry county sends its fourth contingent for Camp Meade Admiral Maryland with about thirty one men. Twenty percent of the county quota has left or is set to depart. Harry W Westfall and Blain Barshinger are notified to report reaching New Bloomfield December 20. Also notes war relief activities in Enola and aviation corps enlistment of Eldon Snyder. Dr S H Gilliland named major in U S Army Veterinary Corps.
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Marysville
Perry County
Camp Meade
Admiral
Harry W. Westfall
Blain Barshinger
New Bloomfield
Enola
Women’s War Relief
Pennsylvania Railroad Company
Harrisburg
Philadelphia
Eldon Snyder
Liverpool
Williamsport
Aviation Corps
Fort Slocum
New York
Snyder
Liverpool High School
Lock Haven State Normal
Marietta, Pa
8. H. Gilliland
Gilliland Laboratories
Marietta and
Ambler
Veterinary Corps
United States Army
Flurrie Baby Born in Dauphin County
Mr and Mrs Claud A Flurrie announce the birth of a daughter in Dauphin Pennsylvania on Saturday December 15 1917.
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Dauphin, Pa
Claud A. Flurrie
Churchill warns Britain faces danger as calls for peace rise
Winston Spencer Churchill declares in Bedford that the country and the allied cause are in serious danger. He says the empire and democratic civilization hang in the balance for a long period and condemns politicians who urge a premature peace with the Hun.
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Winston Spencer Churchill
Bedford
Churchill
Col. Churchill
Martina A Rhine Dies of Spinal Meningitis At Home
Martina A Rhine age 4 died yesterday from spinal meningitis at 322 South Fifteenth Street. She was the daughter of Mr and Mrs George C Rhine. Funeral services will be held Thursday at 9 am from the late residence with Rev J B Murphy of St Francis Church officiating. Burial will be in Mount Calvary Cemetery.
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G. W. Swigert
Newville
Parsonage Street
Swigert
Big Spring
Phillep
McKhenny
St. Paul, Minn
William Swigert
Leeton
J. Clyde
I. Barr Swigert
Presbyterian Graveyard
J. G. Sweyer
Main Street
Zion Lutheran Church
Shippensburg
Martina A, Rhine
Martina A. Rhine
South Fifteenth Street
George C. Rhine
J. B. Murphy
St. Francis’ Church
Mount Calvary Cemetery
Enola P. A. R. Y. M. C. A. tree plans for Christmas
Final arrangements were made by the Enola Public Playground League for the annual community Christmas tree celebration to be held Friday evening December 25. Christmas carols and recitations will be given along with addresses by town ministers. Committee members will retrieve the tree on Friday.
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Enola Enola
Enola P. A. R. Y. M. C. A. Public Playground League
Victrola Club Meets in Enola YMCA Association Rooms
A special meeting of the Victrola Club of the Enola P R Y M C A is set for tomorrow evening in the association rooms. Final business for the year will be transacted with R E Johns, president, presiding.
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Victrola Oclub
Enola
Victrola Club
R. E. Johns
Gingerole Relief Promises Fast Pain Banishing Rub
A period advertisement extols GINGEROLE as quick relief for coughs colds backaches sore throat and rheumatic pains. It claims rapid action without blistering, benefits for sprains and cramps, and urges purchase in a 25 cent box from local dealers with a money back plan.
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Sloan
Firstcra
How Weak Delicate Folks May Get Strong and Sturdy
Dr Boudousquie of New Orleans cites three causes of weakness and thinness and recommends blood iron salts as a restorative. Two 5-grain tablets after meals recommended. one tablet if only strength is desired. Sold by George A Gorgas C M Fodney and other druggists.
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Boudousquie
New Orleans
France
Italy
Austria
George A. Gorgas
C. M. Fodney
Woman Weighing Nearly 400 Pounds Thrown Into Snowbank
York, Pa. Dec. 18. Mrs. Frank Bowman, weighing nearly four hundred pounds, was thrown head first from her sleigh after an accident near Red Lion. She remained helpless in a snow bank until a neighboring resident summoned aid. Rescuers helped her to her feet after getting a chair from a nearby house.
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York
Red Lion
Nere
Frank Bowman
Mrs Bowman Lifts into Sleigh in Notable Feat
The press notes Mrs Bowman as the heaviest woman in this state section, and the act of raising her into the sleigh is described as a notable display of effort and assistance.
Bar members plan three Harrisburg legal aid hubs
May call entire bar to men’s aid as legal advisers prepare to staff three district headquarters at 1509 State Street 1646 North Third Street and from the Harrisburg bar to aid men with the government questionnaire. Advisors will cover day and evening hours to address anxious perplexed applicants and ensure proper handling of cases.
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Son Stamm
Paul G. Smith
John Fox Weiss
Charles C. Stroh
James O. Hatz
Robert Rosenberg
State Street
North Third Street
George Kunkle
J. Armstrong Herman
Frederick M. Ott
Harrisburg
High Class Efficiency Heads-Conclave Locations
Three headquarters are likely to be set at the addresses indicated, though certainty remains uncertain. The plan hinges on final confirmations and potential adjustments to the listed sites.
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Cumberland Valley
Q. M
SIOAN
Gorgas 16 N. 3Rd St. Penna. Station
Adams
Henry S. Rohrer
Marietta
Paradise Township
Auto Hagerstown
Charles R. Kline
Charles P. Kline
Benevola
Kline
Kodaks
Air
Keen-Kutter
Firearms and Ammunition
Cohen’s Sporting Goods Store
Subway
Cohen
Yankees
Associated Press
The
American Expeditionary Forces
Y.M.C. A
Perry
Winston Spencer Churchilly
South Africa
Grove
Florida
Special
Baltimore
Jacksonville
W. A. Huber
Mechanicsburg
Trans. Co
Juniata
Cence
Mechanceburg
W. P. Turner
M. T. Co
Doutrichs
Doutrich
Manhattan
In ‘Alle
Harrisburg, PA
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