Live Bird Shoot Highlighted by Hummelstown Event
Central Pennsylvania towns report a Christmas Day live-bird shoot by the Hummelstown Shooting association north of town. Local residents including Prof. and Mrs. W. A. Geesey hosted Dartmouth College student Edgar Hachen and numerous holiday visitors from Harrisburg Allentown and Philadelphia amid festive gatherings and social arrivals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. A. Geesey
Dartmouth College
Elizabethville to Host Mummers Parade on New Year
Elizabethville Pa December 30 preparations are underway for a Mummers parade on New Year’s Day with several bands and many floats planned. Local residents and visiting families join in the festive turnout as the public square draws crowds each evening to admire the municipal Christmas tree.
New Year Parade in Millersburg Canceled
Millersburg Pa December 30 There will be no mummers parade in Millersburg on New Year Day. A committee meeting cited lack of time due to factory reopenings and holiday observance as the reason for canceling the annual pageant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Millersburg
Nether Wagner
Edward Remberger
Mussleman
Lutheran Church
Philadelphia
Bud" Watts
Dauphin Residents Share Christmas Holiday Visits
Dauphin and nearby towns report a long list of visitors and hosts during Christmas. Residents including Rev. and Mrs. Stirling, Miss Coffrade, Max Long, Mrs. Spensler, Mrs. Fite, Miss Shaffer, Thomas Hawthorne, Miss Hoffman, and many others spent holidays with relatives across Dauphin, Harrisburg, York, Mechanicsburg, and Philadelphia.
Students From Wiconisco Homes Over Christmas Vacation
A list of local and visiting students spending Christmas in Wiconisco includes Ira F. Kinter of Philadelphia Dental College Roy D. Aealey of Temple University Robert Minnich and John A M Keen of Dickinson College Carlisle Mary Byerly Jennie Seip and Margaret Lewis of Shippensburg Normal School Hilda Buckley and Alice Studholme of West Chester Normal School Albert Foster of Bloomsbury Normal School and more residents visiting or traveling during the holidays.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wiconisco
Ira F. Kinter
Philadelphia Dental College
Roy D. Aealey
Temple University
Robert Minnich
John A. M. Keen
Dickinson College
Carlisle
Mary Byerly
Jennie Seip
Margaret Lewis
Shippensbury Normal School
Hilda Buckley
Alice Studholme
West Chester Normal School
Albert Foster
Bloomsbury Normal School
Hannah Thompson
Sunbury
Laura Buckley
Walter Schoffstall
Hazel Schoffstall
Philadelphia
Alva E. Powell
Norristown
Chester J. Powell
S. J. Powell
Harper Wiest
Harrisburg
William KE. Dimmick
Carrie
Bay City
Mich
John
Hoboken
N. J
Harry Witmer
John Dodd
Margaret
Rochester
N. Y
Thomas Dodd
Harold Higgins
Frank Smeitzer
James Orr
Samuel Mark
Ethel Johnson
John H. Seip
Pauline Kissinger
Lititz
Mary Diefenderfer
State College
Bart Messner
Allentown
Lewis Stuppy
Ella Michaels
Brother Frank
Miss Erma Love Engagement Announced in MiMintown
Mrs. El mer McMeen entertained friends with cards and announced the engagement of Miss Erma Love to Clinton Rodgers. The item notes numerous local visitors and holiday travels among towns including Belleville Harrisburg and Brooklyn, with many relatives visiting.
New Postmaster in Charge at Mount Joy Office
Mount Joy Pennsylvania December 30 J Willis Freed begins duties as postmaster succeeding J Fred Fenstermacher The Mount Joy office becomes a second class post office and the postmaster salary has been increased.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mount Joy
J. Willis Freed
J. Fred Fenstermacher
Christmas Goose Dinner Draws Guests in Mechanicsburg
A Christmas Day goose dinner at M. Grant Mohler’s East Main street home drew many guests from Harrisburg Camp Hill and nearby towns including H S Mohler Geary Brenner L A Hollar R R Stowell Thomas Baldwin and Helen Mohler. Notable events include a January 7 cantata at First United Brethren Church and a January 12 Woman's Club gathering at Mrs Gertrude Bentzel’s Harrisburg home.
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Mechanicsburg
M. Grant Mohler
East Main Street
Rs. H. S. Mohler
Geary Brenner
L. A. Hollar
Harrisburg
R. R. Stowell
Thomas Baldwin
Camp Hill
M. Grant
Manetta Kilms
Childre Seashore House
Chelsea
N. J
J. A. Kilmore
West Main Street
T. C. McCarrell
Middletown
Wedding Reception in Honor New Union Sunday School
Linglestown union Sunday school forms an organized group and plans a strong push. Next meeting set for 2 PM at Union chapel with Rev. Theodore Hastings to preach at United Brethren church tonight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Union Sunday School
William Long
Bride
Linglestown
Personal News Items From Central Pennsylvania Towns
Local notes list dozens of visitors and seasonal travel across Halifax, Millerstown, Yeagertown, and nearby towns. Residents such as Mrs. Bowman, Miss Alter, Mr. Etter, and many families exchange holiday visits, relocations, and hospital shuffles including appendicitis surgery in Philadelphia and Christmas gatherings in Harrisburg.
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Pennsylvania
Holiday Excursion Trains Run on Midland Railroad
Holiday visitors used Midland railroad trains with several excursions daily saving trips to Elizabethville. Notable guests included Lizzie Weaver Edge Hill Lawrence Hartman Chicago Harry Hartman Harrisburg Marl Snyder Wormlesdorf Roscoe and Joseph C Daniel Philadelphia John Daniel Hershey Long family Millersburg Emory Shoop Seattle Waldren Lebo New York Ammon Kitzmiller Philadelphia Jonas Schreiner Albright College Paul Lehman Ursinus College.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berrysburg
Midland Railroad
Elizabethville
Lizzie Weaver
Edge Hill
Lawrence Hartman
Chicago
Harry Hartman
Harrisburg
Marl Snyder
Wormlesdorf
Roscoe
Joseph C. Daniel
Philadelphia
John Daniel
Hershey
Long
Millersburg
Emory Shoop
Seattle
Wash
Waldren Lebo
New York
Ammon Kitzmiller
Jonas Schrei Ner
Albright College
Paul Lehman
Ursinus College
I. Ienry Howe
Burg
Clayton
Fern
Prof. Hopton
Columbia
Pauline Dere
Hampstead
Neb
Daniel
Midland
Good Prizes Offered For Duncannon Mummers Parade
Duncannon Pa Dec 30 A Mummers parade will be held New Year s afternoon at 2 o clock A large turnout is expected and prizes will be awarded to successful contestants Prof and Mrs E W Taylor of Girardville were guests of the latter s parents Mr and Mrs W W Smith during the week Mr and Mrs James M Walter of Chester are spending the week as guests of Mr and Mrs Harry Sommers the parents of Mrs Waller The Christmas exercises by the several Sunday schools were entertaining and largely attended The community Christmas tree will be left standing in the square until after New Year s It is a beauty and attracts much attention Mr and Mrs Lester Himes of Highspire spent Christmas as the guests of the latter s parents Mr and Mrs William Owen Mr and Mrs Samuel Vogel are visiting relatives at Wilmington Del Mrs Ida Lepperd is visiting relatives at Javona Ill Mr and Mrs Herbert Marravil and two children he returned from a visit to relatives at ck Haven
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Hummelstown
D. Burt Smith
Easton
R. J Walton
W. A. Geesey
Edgar Hachiien
Dartmouth College
Robert Shoemaker
Allentown
Shoemaker
William Shoemaker
Elmer McCormick
Harrisburg
New York City
George Fox
Barr Potts
Roy L. Fox
Richard
Bradley Christie
Philadelphia
William Long
Union Deposit
Rosa Swope
Harry Swope
United Brethren Parsonage
Arthur
Lehman
Washington
DC. C
Herbert S. Garnes
Garnes
S. E. Garnes
Dickinson
Alice Haehnsen
New York
S. P. Haehnsen
Charles Shope
Lizzie Baer
Clare Stecher
University of Pennsylvania
S. C. Stecher
Edgar Haehnsen
C. P. Haehnsen
Russell Hummell
United States Steel Corporation
Wilkinsburg
David Hummell
Russell Hoffer
Pennsylvania State College
George A. Larsen
Caroline Nissley
Catharine
Smith College
Elizabethville
J. K. Butsfield
Howard
Arletta Collier
W. L. Stevenson
McVey
J. Reynolds Naylor
W. E. Naylor
Bolton Rubber Works
Collier
Sarah Snyder
Charles
Hmar
C. B. Stroup
Miles
I. N. Bonowitz
H. A. Lehman
R. L. Marie
Millersburg
Blanche Fogelman
Millerstown
Joseph J. Horwitz
Lock Haven
Beula Shutt
Johnsonbure
C. H. Gardimier
Millersville
D. M. Stine
Harry Sommers
Waller
Lester Himes
Highspire
William Owen
Samuel Vogel
Wilmington
Del
Ida Lepperd
Javona
Ill
Herbert Marravil
Ck Haven
Cure Deafness With Constitutional Remedies Claims
An advertisement asserts deafness cannot be cured by focal treatments and blames inflammation of the Eustachian tube for hearing loss. It promises $100 for any deafness from catarrh that Hall's Catarrh Cure cannot cure, and invites readers to send for free circulars from F J Cheney & Co Toledo Ohio.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hall
F. J. Cheney & CO
Toledo
Free To Asthma Sufferers Offer Of A New Cure
An advertisement promises a free trial of a new asthma treatment at the advertiser's expense. It targets all sufferers including chronic cases and those who failed with inhalers and other remedies. The offer urges immediate action by mailing a coupon and beginning the method today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frontier Asthma CO
Niagara and Hudson
Buffalo, N. Y
Fort Wayne
Hutzell
West Main St
Ind
Married 59 Years Christmas Day Celebration Noted
Greencastle Pa December 30 friends noted the fifty ninth wedding anniversary of Mr and Mrs L Schaff though no public celebration occurred. Local social items report travelers camped at Spring Road, a Dickens study by the Travelers Club, hostesses and house parties, visits from relatives, and regional residents in town during the holiday period.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mrs. J. F. Schaff
Greencastle
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D. W. Day
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Dauphin Homes
Dauphin
Robert Fulton Stirling
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Cora Coffrade
Max Long
Gettysburg College
T. Lane Long
Sara Spensler
Frederick Schneider
York
Hardrode
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Edward Fite
Trenton
Anne Shaffer
Pennsylvania Hospital
Charles Shaffer
Thomas Hawthorne
J. W. Hawthorne
William Gell Chirk
William P. Clark
Carrie Hoffman
Frank E. Williams
Milan Pishbaugh
Grace Fishbaugh
Vishbaugh
William Ege
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Peter Bent
William Irvin
L. K. Stager
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Dorothy Ross
Esther Shaffer
Paul Worcester
Worcester
Eleanor Emmett
York Springs
Mary 8. Poffenberger
Miriam Gillespie
Carrie EB. Gerberich
Ethel R. Forney
Martha Louise Cresswell
Helen Louise Wallis
William Lyter
Conrad
Myrtle Bailets
Maud Bailets
W Harrisbure
Charles Lyter
Charles Dewalt and Son
Penbrook
Thompsontown
I. G. Jones
Merrill Jones
Harry Moyer
Middleburg
D. Samuel Leonard
John Leonard
F. W. Watts, Jr
Bradford Leonard
Ed. Himes
Lewistown
MiMintown
Elmer MccMeen
Erma Love
Clinton
Jack Rodgers
Elizabeth North
Pierce's Business College
Joseph Goldsmith
Brooklyn
Freda Schott
B. F. Junkin
Louise Jackman
John Watts
Belleville
Elmer Schott
Emil
James Kulp
Mildred
Harry Sieber
Carl Rasmussen
Newville
J. T. Seibert
Herman Howe
M. P. Crawford
Wil
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Bettye Mayer
Annapolis
George Mayer
Lima
Ohio
Southard Mayer
Springfield
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Charles W. Mayer
Malta
Lincoln Underkoffler
Harry
Mary Grimm
Kay
Witmer
Franklin, and
Marshall College
Jonathan M. Engle
RE. D. Witmer
Jamie L. Witmer
Elias Kebach
Susan
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Charles W. Zerben
Harry Agnew
Collinswood
H. ¢C. Witmer
Faye Grimm
J. L. Grimm
C. E. Dreibelbis
J. M. Schroyer
Robert Showers
Tusday
Wilmerding
First United Brethren Choir
Woman's Club
Robert Fish
Santa Claus
Jennie Hummel
Martin Nissley
Murray H. Spahr
M. H. Spahr
Elizabeth Rupp
Connellsville
Irs
B. Rupp
Fred Jerber
H. Mercer
William M. Long
Esther Miller
Palmyra
Omer Poorman
Hagerstown
Edna Lentz
Union Eposit
Harry Crum
Violet March
Viola March
Dover
Andrew Kreiser
Harvey Kaufman
Royalton
Elias Kaufman
Emma Landis
Elizabeth Town
Levi Hershey
Emma Ferry
Annville
C. Groff
United Brethren Church
George W. Hallman
Clarence Brighthill
Samuel Gelsinger
Musser
C. A. Landis
Emanuel Kline
Martha
Hoernerstown
Samuel Shifter
Harvey Durdon
Chester
Union Chapel
Theodore Hastings
Lebanon Valley College
Church of God
H. Whitaker
Wenrich
Harry Shaner
Rebecca Baker
Cloyd Holland
J. F. Hicks
Roger Care
Steelton
C. B. Care and Family
Ellen Levan
Carrie Peeser
Norman Feeser
Mary Feeser
Andrew Buck
John Buck
Ruth
Annie Buck
Paul Kreiser
Simon Harper
Frank Kreiser
Harry Koons
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Wiliam Harrison
Jessie Leaker
Myrna Speas
Harry Hicks, Jr
Marion Smith
Emma Stuckey
David Felty
Herndon
Leslie Shope
Staunton
C. R
G. M. Smith
F. C. Smith
Irvin Lebo
Little Son
North Street
John Harman
George Warfel
Enola
A. M. Hoffman
Warfel
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Henry Smith
E. Moore
New Bloomfield
Blanche Fogsleman
Ruth Shenk
Roscoe Hall
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J. C. Hall
Edward Rumple
Harold
Cardiff
Ella Tyson
William Bollinger
W. S. Snyder
J. G. Parson
Port Royal
William Kipp
Harry Beacham
Jefferson Hospital
Charles Shellenberger
Tennessee
John Ritazman
Emma Ball
Lillian Nankivell
Thomas Nankivell
Lena Talor
M. Taylors
Edgar Ulsh
Addison Ulsh
Yeagertown
Letterman
Ruth Mertz
Newtown
Marilla Wear
Orbisonia
Wendall
William Wear
Edgar Herbster
James Herbster
William Dasher
Edward Porter
Annie Eastwood
Helen Bantle
Lewis Musser
Dell Orth
Robert Bantle
Jay Sager and Sons
Petersburg
Packard Landis
Willis Buffington
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Frank Benner
McAllisterville
Roy
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Ralph Moore
Lower Mann
Duncannon Mummers
Mrs. W. R. Davidson
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Hollinger
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Ralph Brendle
McKeesport
T. W. Brendle
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Ansonia
Conn
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Chambersburg Hospital
Marion Clark
Steubenville
Sue Craig
Mexico
Albany, N. Y
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Bell-Ans
George H. Sourrier
North _Third Street
Hutzell, R. P
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Post Office
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Troup Bldg
S. Market Sq
Bell Phone
Automatio
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