Local notices and moving life events from Mount Vernon area
W D Myers will teach the Mount Vernon school this fall in Mt. Pleasant township. G Allen Yohe elected to teach Hampton school. Families move houses along Lincoln highway. Dr Lau departs for Michigan. Isaac Grim injures foot at York chain works. George Gebhart buys touring car. Patria sewing factory to move to Baltimore August 14. Births include a baby girl to John Kaiser. deaths of Michael Myers, Anna Slothour. Marriages: Mervin Decker and Lottie Guise. Charles Toa and Pauline McKinney. Several illnesses and farm land sales noted. wheat price listed at $2.25 per bushel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Heilman
Wesley Auchey
Maple Grove
Lau
Lincoln Highway
Michigan
Israel Grim
Abbottstown
York
George Gebhart
Bonneauville
Patria Sewing Factory
F. X. Colgan
McSherrystown
Baltimore
John Kaiser
Oxford Township
Michael Myers
30 Years Ago Widow Receives Conductor Death Claim Voucher
Mrs Katharine Ford of Hanover received a 997 voucher from the Order of Railway Conductors in payment of her husband H E Ford who was killed April 20 at York while a car was being shifted onto a siding. Also notes of local deaths births and property transactions with prices and recent business changes. Wheat quoted 95 cents per bushel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Katharine Ford
H. E. Ford
Hanover
Railway Conductors of America
Ford
York
J. A. Wilt
Hampton
John Dienhaafer
Berlin Avenue
P. J. Noel
Hanover Street
Vernon Wagner
Carlisle Street
Conewago Creek
William Furney
Hamilton Township
HH. B. Lucabaugh
York County
Wm. H. Kohler
Pitt Street
Remarkable Pickle Recipes From Great-Grandma Our Reader Recalls
A reader recalls unusual pickle dishes once made by her great-grandmother featuring nostalgic flavors. The August issue shares these food memories and the kitchen tricks behind the preserved treats.
Proclamation for Adams County Oyer and Terminer Session
Four year old proclamation directs coroners justices of the peace and constables in Adams County to appear with records examinations and remembrances at Gettysburg for the August 1940 Oyer and Terminer and Jail Delivery and Quarter Sessions. The notice is dated July 15 1940 and bears a seal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Adams
W. C. Sheely
Courts of Common Pleas
Fulton
Court of Oyer and Terminer
A. Dale Knouse
John C. Wible
Gettysburg
Local business moves and incidents noted in town and county
Hort operations start a cigar factory on Philadelphia street in the room once used by S J Wolf. M D Diehl leases the Eichelberger building at New Baltimore to open a general store. A brick mishap at St Marys church in McSherrystown injures James C Lawrence. Estate of Forney Rife sells a 247 acre White Hall farm for 3525 to W S Schroeder. Surgeries performed on Mrs Olewine and Mrs Joseph Colgan. F S Smith seriously ill. Jacob Heltzel ill. Benjamin Noel injured when buggy axle breaks near Brush Run. Wheat at 75c a bushel. Elmer C Spangler and Alice Hollinger wed July 31. Mrs Harry Adams bitten by dog.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Horts
S. J. Wolf
Philadelphia
M. D. Diehl
Diehl’s
Eichelberger
New Baltimore
St. Mary's New Church
McSherrystown
James C. Lawrence
W. S. Schroeder
Forney Rife
Mountpleasant Township
White Hall
W. S
Elmer C. Spangler
Paradise Township
Alice Hollinger
Reading Township
Harry Adams
Also Mentioned on This Page
W. D. Myers
Mount Vernon School
Pleasant Township
G. Allen Yohe
Pine Run
Hampton School
Anna Rebecca Slothour
Mervin H. Decker
Lottie N. Guise
Paul Beck
Vincent Little
George Hagerman
Cletus Chronister
Jacob Markle
Irishtown
Charles Dash
Charles C. Toa
Watertown
Pauline H. McKinney
Charles Chronister
East Berlin
H. J. Albert
J. L. Rhodes
Lynnville
John Jacobs
S. E. Waltman
Vitus J. Smith
Brushtown State Road
Waltman
John Stitt
New Chester
Chariles Stough
Hunterstown
Warren Baugher
Carenas
Clark March
Prep
Altman $ Cash Feed Store
Cash St
Penna
Altman
Hak
Te Laaed Pest UK
Stanley B. Stover
Baltast
Littlestown
Pfa
Robert Howe
Swope’s School House
Chauncey
M. G. Colstock
Bertha Weikert
Ambrose Weigle
Qualityville
Geo. T. Himes
Philadelphia Street
York School of Business
Sarah L. Sneeringer
Anna L. Storm
Mary Cc. Klunk
Edna G. Reilly
Natalie M. Noel
David Lawrence
Inago John
Riley Sneeringer
Paul Bair
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J.H. Dutter
Oxford, Pa
L. J. Welkert
Billy Mel
Daniel J. Wolff
Geo P. Weaver
Josph Colgan
F. S. Smith
Aug. Feiser
Jacob Heltzel
Benjamin Noel
Brush Run School House
Noel
Kimmel
Nice
Simons
LincolInway East
New Oxford
Udurkos
Frederick ST
Better Foods Service
White Squaw
Carroll County Fair
Taneytown, MD
Jimmie Lynch
Death Dodgers
Richard McAllister
Three Buddies
Wiest Motor Company
Mv Stable
York, PA
Holstein
Guernsey
Geo. W. Wolf
ST. Mary’s Church
S. of V. Armory
Adams County
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Ironrite Ironer
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Gettysburg, PA
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