Local residents aboard and visiting kin in towns near Abbottstown
Miss Nina Gitt travels to Akron Ohio to visit friends while Beary A Waltman and family visit Rev Charles A Waltman in Millerstown. Many locals host relatives and friends from Philadelphia Baltimore New Haven and Camp Meade during furloughs and vacations. Capt John W Sheetz of Camp Zachary Taylor sails for overseas soon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nina Gitt
Abbottstown
Akron
Ohio
Beary A. Waltman
York Hospital School For Nursing
Red Cross
New York City
Daniel Wagner
Carlisle Street
Stock
Harry Bowers
Littlestown
Auker
W. D. Himes
National Army
Boston
Mass
Lincoln Way
Taat
Chronister
Harles
Diller
Camp Meade
Margaret Allison
Chicago
Issiah* Diller
East
Baltimore
N M. Dicks
West
Paul Swamley
Swamley
West High Street
G. W Herman
Joseph Hoover
New Cumberland
W. Shearer
Kobler
Charles Shultz
Kobler's
Cleveland
Walter B. Crowl
Camp Colt
Gettysburg
Mary Staub
Hanover
R. L. Staub
Green Ridge
G. A. Staub
Pine Run
James L. Staub
Norman Berkheimer
Johna Deastrich
Deatrich
Bete
Helen Weaver
Kershey
Paul Bish
Bessie Null
Westminster
Lohr
Near Town
Jarvisburg
Hershey
J. C. Stock
New Oxford Milling Co
Delaware Water Gap
Annie Noel
F. L. Weaver
Hich Street
Ida Freed
Hershel Alwine
Berlin Avenue
Harry Haar
Hanover Strcet
Geo. Otto
Boiling Springs
Lewis Breighner
W. High Street
Paradise
Pius Robinson
York
A. F. Robinson
J. W. Staulb
Robinson
Maurice Wehler
Hageratown
Ed. L. Wehler
Lincoln Way Eaft
Arthur J. Cashman
Mauis Deal
Lottie Cushman
Hanover Street
Columbus
John W. Shesta
Camp
Zachariah
Hospital Patients Involving Local Residents
Reports note Michael Hoffheins of Tincoln Way West improving at York Hospital after a rheumatic attack and lumbago. Minnie Cassatt of Gettysburg Route 4 discharged from York Hospital post surgery. John Price family near Hanover informed of Marsh Run accident with left leg fracture requiring Narri sburg hospital care. Mrs Edgar Leer near Round Hill improves at Mont Alto Sanatorium. A G Rice took 15 month old for club foot operation at Mercy Hospital Baltimore. Mrs Roy Diehl home after appendectomy at West Side Sanatorium York. Lightning damaged Robert Less’s chimney in Wenover during storm. Oxford township supervisors plan a concrete culvert over a stream on Littlestown road near Clem Linge farm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Michael Hoffheins
Tincoln Way
West
York Hospital
G. E B. Spotz
Hampton
Helfheing
Minnie Cassatt
Gettysburg
Route 4
John Kime
New Chester
Round Hill
Hunterstown
A G. Rice
Joseph Brady
McSherrystown
Mercy Hospital
Baltimore
Roy L. Diehl
West Side Sanatorium
York
Hanover Street
Robert Less
Wenover
Oxford Township
Clem Linge
Littiestown
Adams County Class Yields 84 Subject to Call
The 1915 Adams County draft shows 254 registrants with 34.2 percent qualified for general military service. Class I includes 39 not liable due to fitness and 21 disqualified for defects. 42 placed in Class C on farm labor claims. 35 married before May 18, 1917.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Adams County
Borough Council Reinstates Policeman John Sanders
John Sanders was reinstated as a policeman at a borough council meeting on Monday after being expelled weeks earlier by Burgess Cashman. The water department was instructed to cut off supply for pavement washing during restricted hours and ban garden use. Street repairs require six barrels of spit and a $70.31 bill plus a $450 bank note.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Sanders
Mr. Sanders
Burgess Cashman
Melhorn
Local rosters note enlistments and civic notices in Adams County
Adams County residents enter military service with Father Feeser and Rev George L Rice reporting for chaplain duties. Red Cross nurse Perrl Krichten and others enlist or relocate. county officials attend Pittsburgh convention. legal actions include a divorce in Hanover. Paradise picnic draws large attendance and success.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pather Feeser
Mbt
Alte Sanatorium
Father Feeser
John Feeser
Bonneauville
Geo. L. Rice
Sacred Heart Church
Morrisburg
Gen. L. Rice
McSherrystown
Saa
Pottsville Company Loses 33 in French Action
The War Department reports 33 casualties from Pottsville area Company D engineers at Lotts Villy. Dead include Amos Morris Minersville John Beiton Schuylkill Haven and Frank Kutch Pottsville. Casualties occurred July 15 and 16 during Maine bridge construction under fire.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pottsville
Lotts Villy
Washington
Amos Morris
Minersvile
John Beiton
Schuylkill Haven
Frank Kutch
Curicl
Maine
France
U S Soldier Encounters Brother on French Front
Private Prank Tormac, a Kenosha, Wisconsin native serving in France, faced his Austrian brother in arms during a trench assault. In a dramatic moment the two men met, each prepared to bayonet the other before recognizing kinship and surrendering together.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S
Prank Tormac
France
Kenosha
Wis
Youer
Canlive
Hormac
Kenosh
Mormac
Thad
Austen
Moe
Urgent Call For Nurses To Enlist For Army Nurse Corps
Surgeon General Gorgas issued an urgent call for 10 nurses a week for two months to serve with the Army Nurse Corps as American forces expand overseas. The appeal stresses immediate duty and a growing need for nursing support as the war effort intensifies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amherican Red Cross
Army Nurse Corps
Gorgas
British hospital ship sunk by torpedo in wartime loss
A British hospital ship was torpedoed and sunk with about 400 patients aboard. Survivors were cared for by British organizations and the American Red Cross. several crew members and.medical staff were reported killed or missing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brive
Yeter
T24
Delat
Queen Mary's
Taliowes
Uieuth
Mfe
American Red Cross
General Crowder Presses Quick Passage of Draft Bill
General Crowder urges rapid passage of the new draft law with urgent registration for 18 to 32 year olds and potential callups through October. Estimates project 19 million eligible ages 18 to 45, with net effective figures around 1.8 million for the upper group and 100,000 remaining for later calls after July and August.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Crowder
Congress
Chess
Cosplancos Uni
Croweer
Crawdor
Tre
Corner Crowder
Baker Sees War Dept Plan For Kept Camps In U.S.
Secretary Baker stated the War Department will maintain camps in the United States to hold about 1.7 million men as long as the war lasts. He rejected plans to invade deferred classifications and said extending the draft age would supply needed manpower. He cautioned against over optimism about the Marne battle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baker
Lanvenworth Ret
War Time
War Department
United States
Baker Sid Tt
Chiss
Dsno- Marne
Min Baker
Saloon Robbed of 1700 and More at Lyemouth Wilkes-Barre
Saloonkeeper Alexander Revinski of Lyemouth near Wilkes-Barre reports his saloon was robbed of 4750 dollars in cash plus insurance policies and other papers. The safe behind the bar was left unlocked and the money vanished within minutes after he left the building.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alexander Revinski
Lymouth
Wilkes-Tarre
Revinski
Ife
Huns Stiffen Resistance Amid Allied River Crossing
Allied forces pressed across the Wise German lines along the Vesle and Seine fronts as German defenses held firm on both river flanks. Two bridgeheads west of Fismes and east of Fismes remained firmly in Allied control while French units held the Seine approaches near Reims. Frontline artillery duels persisted with strong German positions to the north and east as German withdrawal appeared likely but not imminent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bacheres
Fismes
Jonehery
Illes
Pismes
Rheims
Alsie
Vesle
Arciilery
Aml
Rhe “Dey
Gert Traep Cene
Rheims Aml
Suisseans
Erite
Soisseons
Touris
Ae Combal
Pena
Germans Resist River Defense Near Aisne and Vesle Fronts
Reports describe stubborn German resistance along the Aisne and Vesle rivers near Mulhouse and Rheims. Heavy machine gun fire, aerial activity, and artillery bombardments mark the fighting as troops clash across flooded, cratered terrain with sustained enemy and Allied efforts fronting strong counterfire.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rivera
Corman
Aisne
Veste
Mulzon
Germain
Thames 1Lied Infantry
Tinichine Pas
Yanks Capture Fismes Amid Bitter Street Fighting
Allies report taking Fismes after intense mano a mano fighting in the streets. Casualties and flanking actions around the Vesle area disrupted German positions as booty includes hundreds of TransNmeter guns and millions in shells. General Mnansin’s French corps led a pivotal seizure with over 500 guns captured in a single army, amid the broader July offensives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aimeviedts
Fisties
Hint Gore
Dean Ather
Vesle
Mnansin
German Peace Plea Revealed in Officer Diary
British possession of key German documents shows a high command mood of low morale. An officer’s diary entry dated before the Marne drive states troops favored immediate peace or an immediate decisive battle, signaling a critical wartime disposition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manus
Moss
Tie
Une
Marne
San Bieno Mine Strike Clears San Diego Crew
A naval court of inquiry finds the armored cruiser San Diego struck a mine off the American coast, sinking weeks ago. The loss was not due to negligence or inefficiency by the captain or crew, Secretary Daniels announced.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Bieno
San Diego
Secretary of the Navy
Daniels
Naval Court of Inquiry
Also Mentioned on This Page
Robert Mickley
Andrew Mickley
Albert Falkler
James J. Falkler
P F McGee
Mont Alto Sanatorium
United States Army
Zachariah Taylor, Ky
L. C. Myers
Bouneauville
Simon
Charles Bucher
Charles
J. J. Staub
Jota
Wm. F. Minter
Charles Minter
Nicholas Wagner
Hanlover
Harry Wagner
Raymond
John
Paul Wagner
Camp Dix
Wrightstown
N. J
A. P. Wagner
Charles Arentz
Midway
Lewes
Delaware
Naval ‘Training School
Paul E. Law
Kelly Field
San Antonio
Texas
Aviation Corps
George D Walter
Biglerville
Wll
HW. Little
Naval Medical School
Washington, D.C
John Stambaugh
Elvira Stambaugh
Camp Lee
John DP. Rice
G. L. Rice
Syreuse
Co.6
Syracuse
Bower
PARR
Philadelphia
Myrtle Albright
George Albright
Camp Jackson
Clumbia
58Th Infantry
59Th Infantry
Gsi Ees Tis Eae
Council Proceedings
Thomas Myrick
Adama County
Pennsylvani
Center Square
W.J. Miller
Wm. C. Herman
WW. J. Miller
Aater
John W. Dubs
Hanover Opera House
Marl Steinour
John N. Miller
Miller
St. Paul’s Lutheran Church
W. M. Allison
George F. Rheinhold
Calvin A. Carbaugh
Reinhold
W. Er. Bangs
New Oxford
Public Service Commission
Walter Melhorn
Charles Wagaman
Marehall Wagaman
Sabillanville
Raymond Wortz
Blaine Laird
Alpine
York County
Warren
Martin Emig
Linccoln Highway
Thomlgeville
Ladies’ Aid Society
St. Paul's Reformed Church
Mykes
Lincoln Highway
Thomasville
Carry Slagle
H. J. Mateh
EC. Keefer
G. Allen Yohe
Pittsburgh
County Commissioners of
Pennsylvania
Pius T. Long
Henry KE. Emlet
Berlin Road
Same
Perrl Krichten
John W. Greenaway
Hanover Cordage
Irma M. Wirt
Robert C. Wirt
New York
Stephen Bonsal
Army Signal Corps
Howard P. Culver
Champagne
Marnesin
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