Simon J. Eby Celebrates 83rd Birthday at Hershey
Special to The Telegraph Simon J. Eby marks his eighty third birthday in Hershey Pa residing with his daughter Mrs Frank B Snavely He is esteemed for his friendly disposition and Christian character and remains mentally sharp He attends United Brethren Church and is Otterbein Bible class oldest member Friends send greetings from Lancaster and beyond.
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Hershey, Pa
Simon J. Eby
Frank B. Snavely
Ely
Mr. Eby
United Brethren Church
Otterbein Men’s Bible
Harrisburg
Eby
Lancaster
Franklin county residents share estate in Dismal Swamp
A group from Franklin County will share in a 26000 acre estate in Dismal Swamp North Carolina left by William Cathcart who died years ago. Named heirs include Bruce Poe near Greenvillage Harry Poe Guilford Station near Chambersburg Mrs Jeremiah George near Altenwald and Mrs David Beam Altenwald all relatives of the late Edward Poe Guilord.
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Waynesboro
Franklin County
N. C
William Cathcart
Bruce Poe
Greenvillage
Harry Poe
Guilford Station
Chambersburg
Jeremiah George
Altenwald
David Beam
Pelaren
Edward Poe
Guilord
Princeton Man Called to Succeed Deposed Minister
The Rev. Arthur Llewellyn of Princeton New Jersey has been named pastor of Northumberland Presbyterian Church which has been vacant since the deposing of Rev. William D. Grant for heresy three years ago. Grant’s trial at Atlantic City led to his removal and his congregation largely moved to other churches. In Waynesboro Pennsylvania on June 8 a luncheon honored 75 members of the hook and ladder and Mechanics Fire Companies for their role in protecting the Central Hotel and Funk’s storehouse and stables during a Saturday night fire.
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Sunbury
Arthur Llewellyn
Princeton
N. J
Northumberland Presbyterian Church
William D. Grant
Grant
Atlantic City
Waynesboro
Hook and Ladder Company
Mechanics Fire Company
Central Hotel
Harry F. Wolfensberger
A. Funk
Funk
Long Hike for Pleasure From Wilmington to Blain
Donald Cloward of Wilmington Delaware hiked 135 miles to Blain Pennsylvania in just over four days. He traveled to meet a friend and spend a vacation of several weeks. He stopped overnight four times at Philadelphia Lancaster Middletown and Sterretts Gap Inn.
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Blain, Pa
Donald Cloward
Wilmington
Del
Blain
Mr. Cloward
Philadelphia
Lancaster
Middletown
Sterretts Gap Inn
Curfew Adopted in Annville for Youth Tonight
Annville township commissioners approve a curfew act to take effect July 1. Children under 16 must be off streets by 9 30 p m from April 1 to October 1 unless with an adult. during winter months the curfew is 9 00 p m.
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Annville
Cuban Vice-President Tours Gettysburg Battlefield
Dr. Domingo Mendez Capote, vice-president of Cuba and Cuban senate presiding officer, visited Gettysburg with his secretary and son as guest of Mercersburg Academy. He praised the field saying Magnificent while touring the historic site with educator William Mann Irvine.
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Gettysburg
Domingo Mendez Capote
Cuba
Senate
Spain
Southern Republic
Capote
Juan Carlos Andrew Y del Zunco
William Mann Irvine
Mercersburg Academy
Young Capote
Boy Burned at Janson Works in Columbia
Eleven year old William Wickenheiser was burned at the Janson iron works when his clothes caught fire while delivering dinner to workers at the plant in Columbia. He was hospitalized with severe burns to his legs after a flash of fire ignited his clothing and could not be quickly extinguished.
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Columbia
William Wickenheiser
Columbia Hospital
Janson Iron Works
Cumberland Valley Tel Co Takes Over Eastern Perry
The Cumberland Valley Telephone Company becomes manager of the Eastern Perry Telephone and Telegraph Company starting this month. Subscribers on Harrisburg and Steelton exchanges will receive free service with standard rates beginning July 1.
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Marysville
Cumberland Valley Telephone Company
Eastern Perry Telephone and Telegraph Company
Harrisburg
Steelton
Stomach tonic targets atonic dyspepsia and thin blood
Advertisement explains atonic dyspepsia as lack of tone in stomach nerves and glands. It links thin blood to indigestion and promises relief from better appetite and energy with Dr Williams Pink Pills. A free diet book offer and pharmacy availability are noted from the Dr Williams Medicine Co.
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Dr. Williams
Dr. Williams Medicine Co
Schenectady
N. Y
Robbery at Blue Ridge in Waynesboro Pa
Thieves broke into the Blue Ridge Summit building housed by Bruce Crawford as a restaurant and ice cream parlor and by W L Maurer as a cigar and pool room. Special to The Telegraph from Dillsburg Pa June 8. On Saturday the home of Mr and Mrs John Smith Wellsville hosted a birthday surprise party for their son Gurney Smith turning eighteen with music games and supper?
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Marysville
Charles Steel
Leroy Steel
Valley Street
New Cumberland
Russel Fisher
Market Street
Jason Byers
Harold
Martha Byers
J. H. Young
John Shearer
Harrisburg
Waynesboro
Blue Ridge Summit
Bruce Crawford
W. L. Maurer
Dillsburg
John Smith
Wellsville
Gurney Smith
Columbia
Woman Suffrage Party
Lancaster County
William H. Hager
Lancaster
Clarence D. Stoner
Funeral of F Mes Sarah Annie Sheaffer
Blain Pa June article notes funeral services for Mrs Sarah Annie Sheaffer 77 widow of Daniel Sheaffer held in Madison township with burial at St Pauls Cemetery. Also Dr J B Rendall president of Lincoln University preached the baccalaureate at Wilson College with Falling Spring and Central Presbyterian Churches taking part in Thompson Hall service.
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Blain
Sarah Annie Sheaffer
Madison Township
St. Paul's Cemetery
Chambersburg
J. B. Rendall
Lincoln University
Wilson College
Thompson Hall
Falling Spring
Central Presbyterian
Loucks Family Reunion Draws Wide Attendance
The Loucks family reunion at Brookside Park in Marietta Pennsylvania drew relatives from Pennsylvania New York Ohio Maryland and other states. Rev Moses Loucks D D of Sugar Grove Ohio delivered the family history. The event was very largely attended.
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Telegraph
Marietta
Loucks
Pennsylvania
New York
Ohio
Maryland
Brookside Park
Moses Loucks
Sugar Grove
York Springs License Revoked in Adams County Hotel
Gettysburg Pa June 8 The liquor license of one of the two York Springs hotels was revoked by the court and the place closed after a court action that has lingered since March in Adams county.
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Gettysburg
York Springs
Adams County
Burglars Blow Safe In Hanover Railroad Office
Burglars blew open the Hanover railroad office safe early yesterday and escaped amid a running gunfight with police, taking about 100 dollars. In Kleinfeltersville Lebanon county Isaac Lape, an elderly, blind resident, died after stumbling on a stone step last week and succumbing to a fractured skull.
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Hanover
Lebanon
Isaac Lape
Kleinfeltersville
Lape
Tragic Hanover Collision_claims Hanover resident
Matthias Mummert aged 68 of Hanover was struck by a passenger train while walking on the railroad after his wife warned him. The incident occurred Saturday night in Hanover.
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York
Matthias Mummert
Hanover
Coatesville
Warren Stewart
Weatherly
Acey
Walter Savage
Tamaqua
Circle Finishes Work in United States Study
In Annville the Home Study Circle completed a two year study of the United States with a meeting at Mrs. Mary Rigler’s home. Mrs. C V Henry delivered a paper titled Our Protection. Next year the group will study Germany. In Halifax a group of townsmen work on an improved automobile tire and filed for the Prenzel Sectional Pneumatic Tire Company charter with $25,000 capital.
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Annville
Home Study Circle
United States
Mary Rigler
C. V. Henry
Germany
Halifax
A. H. Prenzel
L. W. Ryan
Sewer Pipe Laying in Halifax Borough Streets
Halifax Pa June 8 Borough council has a force of men at work laying pipe to carry away surplus water from Third street and streets above in the alley between Market and Rise streets. Water formerly drained onto the surface of the alley.
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Halifax
Third Street
Market
Rise
Barnes Build Two New Barns In Dillsburg Area
On Friday June 8, contractors raised the frame of a new barn for Irvin Lerew in Monaghan township and the frame of a barn on the Kuntz Estate farm in Carroll township near Beavertown. Both barns were destroyed by fire earlier in March.
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Dillsburg
Henry Gerber
Irvin Lerew
Monaghan Township
Cyrus Yohn
Kuntz
Carrol Township
Beavertown
Friedman Leaves Carlisle After Indian School Term
Ex superintendent Moses Friedman and Mrs Friedman departed Carlisle on Saturday for Philadelphia for a brief vacation before taking on new work. Practically all representative townspeople paid their respects to the departing Indian school head.
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Carlisle
Moses Friedman
Carlisle Indian School
Indian Service
Sermon to Graduates at Lebanon Valley College
In Annville Pennsylvania on June 8 the senior class processed from the Conservatory of Music to the United Brethren Church where Rev W M Weekly bishop preached the baccalaureate sermon. The address focused on life's problems and best solutions as President G D Gossard delivered a brief farewell remarks.
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Annville
G. D. Gossard
Lebanon Valley College
Conservatory of Music
United Brethren Church
Main Street
W. M
D. D
United Brethren Church of
Pennsylvania
Virginia
Market Dull for Fattened Cattle in Blain Pa
Blain Pennsylvania reports a weak cattle market with only about half the usual number fattened for spring. Top price for winter fed cattle is 18 dollars per hundred. Drover G W Moul of York shipped three carloads from Blain, purchasing from local sellers Dromgold Brothers F W Dimm John H Bistline and Jacob Seager.
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Blain
G. W. Moul
York
Dromgold Brothers
F. W. Dimm
John H. Bistline
Jacob Séager
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Penbrook Church
Penbrook
H. M. Miller
Professor King
State Armory
Edna Cecelia Frank
Mary Catharine Shomier
Lloyd B. King
H. W. Dodd
Mary Y. Welsh
West Shore News
Marysville, Pa
George Ensminger
A. G. Eppley
Mervin L. Wise
Dahlien Street
Harrisburg Hospital
Fred Coover
Kirk Shelley
Seidel Brothers
South Main Street
Tribe of Improved Order of Red Men
Junior League of the Methodist Church
New Market
Blue Ridge
Sarah Sheaff
Wilson
Qhell
Schleisner’s
Children’s Department
N. Third St
Ffrage
Post
Central
Barnes
Friedman
Cattehe Market
Shakespeare
Warrisburg
Great Authors Library
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