Three Years For Stealing Calves In Perry County
Benjamin Baxter of Saville township was found guilty in Perry county court of stealing several calves from a local farmer. He received a sentence of two to three years in the eastern penitentiary, where he had served before. Baxter had taken the calves to Carlisle to sell to a butcher. one calf was killed but the others were recovered after authorities located them.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Bloomfield
Benjamin Baxter
Saville Township
Perry County
Eastern Penitentiary
Baxter
Carlisle
No More Thin Folks Promotion for Blood Iron Phosphate
An advertising offer promises a three week Blood Iron Phosphate treatment for a weak or underweight person. If the user does not feel stronger, see brighter eyes, steadier nerves, better sleep, or gain several pounds, a money back guarantee applies and the product costs $1.50 per package, with weekly 50 cent installments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Geo. A. Gorgas
Welcome Home Celebration at Dauphin on July 24
Dauphin borough reports $201 and nearby areas $133.45 to the Welcome Home Celebration fund. Speeceville Stony Creek and Heckton reports pending. The committee voted to hold the event Thursday July 24 for returning soldiers. Mrs C S McNeely and Miss Elizabeth Poffenberger named Red Cross Auxiliary committee. Wert Trott and Walter Conrad named American Federation delegates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elizabeth Poffenberger
Red Cross Auxiliary
William Wert
Joseph Trott
Walter Conrad
American Federation
First Class Man Regardless of Age Says Haarlem Oil
A promotional notice claims that sound health comes with proper kidney care and warns against overwork. It touts GOLD MEDAL Haarlem Oil Capsules to keep the body in working order, promising renewed vigor, energy, and capacity for labor. Two capsules daily are advised, with money-back guarantee and three sealed package sizes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Haarlem
Deserter Soldier Charged with Bigamy in Sunbury
Sunbury Pa June 5 a soldier named William B Marshall is jailed awaiting September grand jury on charges he deserted from Company I Fourth Regiment and is a bigamist with two declared wives and a third in England He confessed to the two women present at a hearing Mrs Marshall No 2 seeks annulment while Mrs No 1 expects a child Police notify Camp Dix to verify the desertion claim.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sunbury
United States Army
England
William B. Marshall
Northumberland County
Earl M. Roush
Marshall
Camp Hancock
Mamie Kessler
Danville
Sara Summers
Squire Roush
Marshall No. 1
Stork
Smith
United States
Camp Dix
Marietta Woman Dies as Aunt Is Buried
Marietta June 5 Mrs. Lillian Hoover aged 43 died yesterday while her aunt Mrs Ann Roberts 78 was being buried from the First Methodist Episcopal Church This marks the fourth death in the family in a short period.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marietta
Lillian Hoover
Ann Roberts
First Methodist Episcopal Church
Suburban Notes social event and local visits
A clothes pin social will be held on the Lutheran Church lawn Saturday evening. Numerous residents from Toboyne Township, Center, Lewistown, Port Treverton, and surrounding areas are noted visiting relatives, attending events, or returning from service overseas. Private and corporal soldiers, and others, are mentioned with various homecomings and travels across multiple towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Violet Collins
Toboyne I
Ellen Moyer
Center
Evelyn Schuman
Samuel Cooney
Jackson Township
Lettie Orth
Lewistown
Aileen Neidigh
J. W. Hollenbaugh
Emanuel Sowers
Penbrook
Lizzie Botz
Halifax H
Potter
Uriah D. Corsnitz
Dauphin
Halifax Township
Matamoras High
J. C. Pease
Lulu Etzweiler
Gilberts
J. J. Morrison
Hortens
Dunkle’s
Mary Albright
Butters
Elsie Chubb
Bakers
M. E. Church
Edward F. Miller
Town
Kathryn Biever
Front Street
Elmer Biever
Ten Graduates at Duncannon High School Commencement
Ten members of the Duncannon High School senior class will graduate at the twenty seventh annual commencement in Asbury Methodist Episcopal church. Valedictory by Cora Amelia Lepperd, salutatory by Florence Margaret Gamber, with other readings and musical selections. Diplomas awarded by County Superintendent A D Kline. Class day exercises were held last night in the Photoplay theater.
Soldiers in War Service from Mifflin County Reach Home and Abroad
Lewistown announces sergeant Robert Krepps has been discharged at Camp Dix and returned home. Others remain in France or await discharge, including sergeant Robert Miller and Frank Giles. Charles Mort wed Miss Kuturah Miller after returning from France. Miles Myers is home while Milton Myers was killed in action. Lieutenant Warren Shatzer and Claire Nale, both connected to the 112th and the 28th Division, are noted as discharged or home after wartime service.
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Z. A. Bowman
United States District Court
Scranton
Addie Snyder
Philadelphia
Alfred K. Mills
Newport News
Frederick Frantz
H. Derickson
Penryn Park
F. Daugherty
Daphne Graham
Mount Gretna
G. Zinn Bachman
Zinn's Mill
France
Alice Bachman
Effie Hibs
Ruth Heister
Lena Angel
Lebanon Valley College
Dorothy Engle
Harrisburg
Otter
Newport
D. W. Shiffer
Mildred Shenk
Johnm Deitrick
Lemoyne
Emory Fry
Huldah Knight
Duncannon
B. W. Page
Lewistown
Robert Krepps
Camp Dix
N. J
Robert Miller
Strayer Stine
Western Front
Frank Giles
Charles Mort
One Hundred and Twelfth Regiment
Kuturah Miller
Miles Myers
Milton Myers
William E. Austin
Langley Field
Virginia
Warren Shatzer
Claire Nale
Twenty-eighth Division
Marne River
Body of Unknown Man Found in River at Columbia
The body of an unknown man in an advanced state of decomposition was found on an island in the Susquehanna river below Columbia by Noah Keesey. He appeared to be a farm laborer, about five feet four inches tall, 150 pounds, sandy hair and prominent teeth, with no identifying clothing. Burial was necessary due to condition. DIES AT HOSPITAL Ruth Elizabeth Weiser dies at 26 after infection and blood poisoning. She was a Millersville graduate and public school teacher. Memorial for Soldiers Orion Lodge holds service for Calvin A. Carbaugh and Daniel G Tracey, with Lt Col C N Berntheisel delivering the memorial oration.
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Columbia
Susquehanna River
Noah Keesey
A. Grant Strine
G. P. Taylor
Liverpool
Ruth Elizabeth Weiser
Howard Hospital
Philadelphia
Weiser
J. Holman Weiser
Mary Weiser
Millersville State
Orion Lodge No
Calvin A. Carbaugh
France
Daniel Graver Tracey
Fort Bowie
Texas
C. N. Berntheizel
Twenty-eighth Division
Wanted a Constable in Duncannon Pa
Duncannon citizens seek a man to fill the constable post that has been vacant for months. The June 5 notice calls for applicants and notes the need for someone to serve the town in law enforcement duties.
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Duncannon
Thirty Two Get Diplomas at Gettysburg High School
Gettysburg Pa June 5 The Public schools of town have been closed the last formal act of the year being the commencement exercises of the High school last evening The program was largely class day oriented with prophecy and presentations features The only regular address was by Irvin L Taylor board of education The winning D A R essay was read by Emma Kadel How We Became Indebted to France prize five dollars second prize two fifty Miss Lorene Roth Also prizes for best general average Alumni association first prize five dollars and second prize three dollars Harold Lady was second alumni prize The valedictorian and salutatorian were named Mil ton R Remmel president of the Board presented diplomas to the thirty two graduates
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gettysburg
Irvin L. Taylor
Board of Education
Emma Kadel
France
Lorene Roth
Martha Major
Alumni Association
Harold Lady
Hight Pulpls
Milton R. Remmel
Harrisburg Bay Released by Perry County Court
John Shane of Harrisburg was discharged by President Judge Jeremiah N. Keller in Perry County Court after pleading guilty to involuntary manslaughter for a shooting of a Harrisburg youth last summer at Losh's Run. The judge acted following a probation officer's report on the youth's conduct.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Bloomfield
Harrisburg
Losh
John Shane
Jeremiah N. Keller
Perry County
Keller
George R. Barnett
Youth Pleads Guilty in Camp Accident Case
A youth pleaded guilty at November court session to the charge arising from a camping party accident. Sentence was suspended and he was released on probation after the incident during the camping trip seven months earlier.
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GSS
Pennsylvania
Perry
Fenre
Penn-Harris
Harry C. Hunter
Third & Harris
Benane
J. H. Troup Music House
Troup Building
S .Market Sq
Blain
Annville
Gertrude Zeigler
A. M. Shuler
Evelyn Snyder
P. CO
Owens
Martha Blosser
Millersburg
Mary E. Shuler
Laura Coffman
Northumberland
Charles Fritz
Howard Feezer
Mildred
N. J. Murray's
Charles Favinger
Sue Sharon
Thomas Ulsh
Vernon Glass
A. BH. Ker
Williamstown
Cora Weidel
John Weidel
John Phillips
Williams Valley Hospital
Harrison Watkins
Joseph
Pottsville
William Bond
George Fetterhoff
Thomas Davis
W. W. Watkins
Mark Walkinshaw
Harry Bowman and Son
Mount Carmel
John Turbett
George Boyer
Boyer
Mifflin County
Gettysburg High School
York County
Shrewsbury
Elizabeth McAbee
William Klinefelter
George W. Sechrist
P. G. Hartman
Mary Klinefelter
George Klinefelter
New York
F. G. Hauer
Bloomsfield
Alexus
Baltimore
Columbia Columbia
G. F. Gladdings Hoyt
Marie Stauffer
Grace Stauffer
St. Paul’s Episcopal Church
G. F. Gladding Hoyt
Lititz
Walnut Street
Atlantic City
Puddine
Fruit Puddine Company
Baltimore, Md
Beckley’s Business College
Opp
Senate
Dial
North Third Street
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