Mountain Tragedy Ends Berry Picking Tour
Daniel Baker 66 years old, formerly of near East Berlin, died during a berry gathering trip in the mountains near Boiling Springs Cumberland county. He was found collapsed from an apparent apoplexy while returning with neighbors. Interment followed at Mummert's Meeting House. He leaves three daughters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Daniel Baker
Near East Berlin
Elsworth Warner
Boiling Springs
Cumberland County
Baker
Mummert’s
Two Priests Hurt in Runaway near McSherrystown
Last Wednesday evening Rev. Charles Y Galligan of St Marys Church McSherrystown and visiting priest Rev McWleary were injured when a horse and wagon bolted at Bonneauville. Galligan sustained a ruptured hip capsule and ligaments with bruises while McCleary avoided fracture after removal to St Marys rectory.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Y Gallizan
St. Mary’s Church
McSherrvystown
McWleary
Bonneauville
Lewis Cramer
A. W. Rice
P. P. Hemler
Father Galligan
G Land
C. Rice
Father McCleary
Bonnenuville
St. Mary’s Rectory
McSherrystown
Mystery surrounds Miss Lillie Schrum injury incident
Miss Lillie Schrum of East Berlin was found unconscious with a deep head wound near her home after an incident involving Israel Stambaugh. She cannot recall how the injury occurred, with theories including an axe striking her head during cutting kindling or a fall in heat.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lillie Schrum
Israel Stambaugh
East Berlin
F. C. Wolf
Prisoner injured in jail yard ball game collision
Leander Martin of Gettysburg now jailed for assault and highway robbery collided with fellow prisoner é ram Reitinger during a make shift ball game in the jail yard. Martin's jaw was dislocated and broken in the impact as they both fell.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leander Martin
Gettysburg
John Smith
John the Ditcher
Martin
Éram Reitinger
Reitinger
Furce
Dlastin
Fatal Accident at Altoona Molds a Hanover Youth
Bernard Wagner aged 19, a moulder at Altoona Foundry, died after being struck by a train near Ninth Avenue on the Holidaysburg branch. Companion Claude Forney was injured but survived, while Harry Ohm escaped unharmed. Wagner, a Hanover resident, lived with James Haines and was a Catholic with kin in Hanover.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Altoona Morning Times
Bernard Wagner
Nicholas Wagener
Nanover
Holidaysburg
Ninth Avenue
Beragner
Claude Forney
Harry Ohm
Hanover
Altoona Foundry and Machine Company
James Haines
Chestnut Avenue
Ohm
Wagner
Forney
25c Bundle Sale Announcement
The Wen'z Co announces a 25c Bundle Sale on Friday August 7. Each bundle contains 25 cents worth of goods and some bundles include tickets with numbers for extra goods. Sale take place at 33 Baltimore Street Hanover below Post Office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore Street
Hanover
Post Office
Judge Rules Home Door Lock Defends Against Service
An opinion by Judge Jacobs of Dauphin County Court holds a man may lock his door and prevent service of process while at home. The ruling addresses the tension between home privacy and legal enforcement in a prosecution against Mr. Farling for resisting service by a sheriff.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jacobs
Dauphin County Court
Farling
Sher- WY
New Chester Social Notes and Corrections
New Chester items list residents visiting relatives in York, Middleburg, Harrisburg and Philadelphia. The item corrects a prior gossip post and warns against further injudicious reporting, suggesting Pennypacker’s press muzzles if needed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ernest Pottorff
York
E. C. Norris
Mary
Middleburg
C. E. Winand
Edward Eppley
Harrisburg
E. Taughinbaugh
Sarah Rice
Philadelphia
F. Miller
Penn Grove
Chester Creager
Clarence Thoman
Mummasburg
Geo. Hulick
Howard Tieman
New Jersey
New Chester
Pennypacker
Muzzels. H
Old allegorical scene contrasts heedless risk with safety choice
An old allegorical picture shows a girl fearing a grasshopper while stepping on a snake, likened to a man who spends on a cyclone cellar yet neglects a bottle of Chamberlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy for family protection. Randolph Wehler sells the remedy. A gang foreman in Bendersville badly mashed his foot when a green chestnut pole fell onto it while loading a cart.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chamberlain
Randolph Wehler
Bendersville
German Syrup Promises Cure for Consumption and Cough
A promotional notice touts Bochee's German Syrup as the universal remedy for consumption and lung troubles. It claims superiority over ordinary cough medicines for severe coughs, bronchitis, and croup, noting the 25 cent size and a regular 75 cent bottle at Randolph Wehler's drug store.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bochee
Randolph Wehler
Church Notices for Sunday Services and Activities
Sunday schedules listed for First Evangelical Lutheran, St Paul Reformed, Methodist Episcopal, and Immaculate Conception churches. Include service times 7 p m and 10 a m, Sunday School 9 a m, youth groups and societies, midweek prayer, and Mass with liturgical events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First Evangelical Lutheran Church
Ferpignano Hesse
St Paul Reformed Church
Methodist Episcopal Church
Epworth League
Vavanua T. Rue
Immaculate Conception Catholic Church
Younge People's Sodality
L. Augustus Revdter
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Mountain
Carlisle St
Altoona
THE
Wen'z Co
Nace’s
Harry Myers
Myers’ Mill
Harney
Mr. Myers
Justice Potter
Waynesboro
Harry Pepple
Fairfield
Charles Lively
Brooks Avenue
Blue Ridge Summit
Hakky
Giveerz’s
Chester
P. Mauger
Register's
Orphan's Court
Adams County
Caroline E. Routsong
Harry W. Routsong
Jacob B. Routsong
Samuel Welzle
Hannah M. Lubaugh
Menallen Township
L’a
D. H. Myers
Benjamin Myers
Reading Township
Peter Wehler
Jacob Wehler
Hamilton Township
David M. Wolf
Levi Starner
Vincent P. Little
William H. Weaver
Borough of
WH. H. Fowler
Arch
Arch McClean
Penna
Iti
More Street
Court House
Bireet
Irmw
Betis
NEW Oxford
Thc Ib
Carlisle Street
New Oxford, PA
Tos Ib
D. F. Slentz
Grocer
West End Grocery
Ind
I. W. Livingston
West End Grocer
Gettysburg Pike
Oatharine A
DIEHL
George F. Smith
Mountpleasant Township
Paalompe
Brush’ Rangehool House
Mt. Rock
Geusme Klunk
David C. Smith
Lewis Shorb
Purcoacer
V. Staub
Kentucky
Gall
H. A. Smith
Hanover, Pa
Joseph Shutt
High Street
Admar
H. K. Schnell
Adm
C. Gilsext
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