New Oxford Item publication details and subscription terms
New Oxford Item announces weekly Thursday publication from New Oxford Item Company. Officers Herbert L. Grimm secretary John D. Keith treasurer editor manager. Subscriptions: $1.00 per year in advance, $1.50 if unpaid within year. Out of county $1.80 in advance, $2.00 if unpaid. Advertisements at reasonable rates. Continuous publication contingent on arrears and publisher option.
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New Oxford Item Company
Reakdent
Cccessecsee
Herbert L. Grimm Retary
John D. Keith Reanurer
A Weal Enly J
Circle walks authority approved by committee
Thirty years ago the committee on circle walks was given authority to lay out walks. Several local properties changed hands with farms selling at sixty four dollars per acre. Local sports saw New Oxford and Spring Grove wins while notable accidents and fires occurred. Notable deaths and changes included Mrs. Gallagher and Mr. Forney taking posts, and parish activities hosting events.
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T. L. B. Gallagher
Hanover
Waynesboro
Gabrella Smith
Kel Yer
Conewago Township
Wm. Menges
Lilly
Mt. Pleasant Township
L. Johns
Spangler Hetrick
James Robinson
Robinson
John Melhorn
Local Grand and Petit Jurors Listed Along With Miscellaneous News
Grand jurors named Geo Stone and others from Conewago Berwick Reading and nearby areas. Petit jurors include Henry Klunk John Hersh John Geiselman and more from multiple towns. Bonnanneau ville picnic netted 301 dollars. Several injuries and accidents reported from Hendrix station Abbotts town and McSherrystown. Rubber hose theft noted in McSherrystown. Barbara Haines 67 died at Hampton on August 4.
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Geo. Stoneaster
Wm. Menges
Conewago
Philip Beamer
Mr. Pleasant
Jacob Fissel
Berwick
M. Harbold
Reading
Henry Klunk
McSherrystown
John N. Hersh
New Oxford
John Geiselman
Gitt
Jacob Geesey
Jos. Colgan
Oxford
Jas. Shanebrook
John J. Small
John Stallsmith
E A. Feeser
Jere D. Small
Hedrix Station
John Zortman
Hendrix's
John Berkheimer
Abbottstown
Annie Rudisill
O. F
Ingan Oj Blovee
John Miller
Hendrix’s
Miller's
Latimer Hoke
Barbara Haines
Hampton
McCadden Anticipates Short Walkout After Short Illness
Forty five years ago M I McCadden expects to be able to walk out in a few days. Strawberry and vanilla ice cream at Trimmers on Saturday evening. The Democratic county convention nominated Francis Cole and Dr J Brown for Legislature Dist A T OC S Dragan was named District Attorney.
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M. ‘I. McCadden
Trimmer’s
Francis Cole
Dr. J. Brown
Atty
S. Dragan
Fatal Electric Fence Incident Kills York County Farmer
George B. Livingston, 33, a farmer from near East Berlin in York County, died minutes after contacting a high voltage fence during a storm in Adams County. Also reported are a court appearance in Hanover for Elsie Moul on assault charges, Republican picnic planning near Gettysburg, and local postings involving Shriver's canning, an arrest in Hanover, and a Hanover hospital transfer.
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Adams County
George B. Livingston
York County
East Berlin- Dillsburg
East Berlin
H. B. Geiselman
Harry A. Parr
S. L. Baltzley
L. W. Wagam
Republian
Gettysburg
John H. Knickerbocker
Hunterstown Tops Gettysburg Old Timers In Baseball
Hunterstown defeated Gettysburg Old Timers 5 14 Friday evening in Hunterstown baseball action. Local social notes list visits and stays by Mary Ford Thurmont Patsy Strine and children Marguerite Labin York Jacob Thomas Hanover George Basett Toledo Kathryn Bream Ralph Milchimes Brinkerhoff Edward Taraghinhbaugh with trips to Washington D C.
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Hunterstown
Gettysburg
Ohio
Brinkerhoffs
Kathryn Bream
Ralph Milchimes
Edward Taraghinbaugh
Washington, D. C
Gettysburg dairymen decline Capital City Producers link
About 30 dairy farmers from Adams county meeting in Gettysburg courthouse decided not to join the Capital City Producers association. They will not align with striking farmers and will continue trying to route milk to Pennsylvania Milk Products in Harrisburg via pickets on roads to the capital. Robert Durboran served as temporary chairman and a Keystone Dairy representative from Hanover spoke.
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Adams County
Pennsylvania Milk Products Company
Harrisburg
Capital City Producers Association
Court House
Gettysburg
Robert Durboran
Keystone Dairy
Hanover
Local notices and minor incidents in Conewago region
Reports list public figures like Poor Director John Deardorff and Jury Commissioner Jacob Keefauver with notes on counts and duties. Items include picnic proceeds near $900, a hen egg size, fish nabbed from Lilly's dam, a fuschia stalk with 225 flowers, delegates chosen for a county convention, and a Hampton band picnic. Also noted are robbers taking cigars, stolen coats, damaged saddle, and injuries from a horse fall.
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John Deardorff
Jacob Keefauver
John G. Brinkerhoff
G. L. Rice
Geo. Hershey
Hanover
Lilly's
A. J. Stallsmith
Granite
G. C. Sheely
F. Steffy
Hampton Band
John Dicks
Chas. A. Diehl
A. W. Himes
Daniel Geisselman
Tauphinbaugh
New Chester
Hanover Street
Jonas Trummer
Abbotstown
Sunday Visitors From York Springs and Nearby Areas
A long list of family and friends from York Springs Abbottstown Hanover East Berlin and Harrisburg visited various households this Sunday. Guests included Mr and Mrs Charles Ogden and family Mr and Mrs Lloyd Hartman and sons Eugene and Robert and George Raffensperger and family among others. Local church services featured Lutheran rites and a Ford touring car deal was reported.
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Charles W. Ogden
Billy
Nancy
Lloyd Hartman
Eugene
Robert
George T. Raffensperger
Gettysburg
J. R. Hartman
Helen Spoter
Thomas Monk
Esta Wampler
York
Charlotte
Laura Miller
Dorothy Myers
Lena Coulson
Carl Neidick
Frank Smith
Wenksville
Willis Eppleman
Elva
Asspers
Carvin Ke
Dale March
H. B. Garver
Middletown
W. E. Thomas
Carl Walter and
John
Dickie
Harrisburg
Henry Gutse
Hillary Kennedy
York Springs
Houck
Shultz
Hanover
Bertha Ellis
Boston
Massachusetts
Maye Thomas
Frances Johnston
Mercersburg
Richard Kline
Nellie
John Smith
Harry Albert
Annie Kline
Guernsey
Wesley Garvick
George
Betty
A. Milton Myers
P. P. Lerew
East Berlin
R. E. Johnson
Shenandoah
Virginia
H. E. Duncan
Horace Palmer
Guy Shelleman
Goodfellow
Effie Lou Bucher
Charles Griest
John Yohn
Mary Crist
Alice Noel
Cecelia
A. B. Myers
Milldetown
Carl Fair
Eugene Griest
John Griest
Charles
Forest Park
Raymond Stock
Sue Howe
Abbottstown
Frank Beamer
S. W. Stock
Roy Miller
Keyser
West Virginia
Lewis Linard
Edgar King
Martha King
Leslie and
Anna Bollinger
Glenville
York County
Kings
King
Old Forge Farm
Spring Grove
Phoebe Bosserman
Victory
Lena Hartzell
Mary Riley
Latimore Township
Anna
Betty Deatrick
Hayden Deatrick
Ervin
W. Manchey
McClour
Red Lion
Arthur Bubb
Hylene
Nevin Decker
Aikens
Thomasville
Ellen Klinehinst
G. Marion Stambaugh
Allan R. Mehring
G Marion Stambaugh
Charles Ogden
H. B. Ogden
Bendersville
Darius Shull
Young People Missionary Circle Meets August 14
The Green Springs group will hold its next meeting Monday evening August 14 on the Wolf home lawn. Members will bring a box lunch.
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Young People’s Missionary Circle
John Wolf
New Chester Families Share Sunday Visits Across Towns
A long list of Sunday visits highlights the area with George Deatrick and family visiting Robert Dellinger in New Oxford. many others from Hanover, York, Littlestown, Hunterstown and beyond spent the day with relatives. The Rev J Harold Little returns from eye surgery in Philadelphia as the annual Old Home picnic at The Pines is announced for August 12.
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George Deatrick
Robert Dellinger
New Oxford
Gordon Shank
Howard Anderson
Bethlehem
Luther Shank
York
N. F. Shank
Alvin Mummert
Hanover
D. H. Sharrer
Ervin Strock
Asa Schaeffer
Newville
Einkr Stitt
Hunterstown
Clarence Stitt
Littlestown
Susanna Stitt
Delbert Brown
Dorothy Emlet
Cranberry
Belle Emlet
Famely
Ralph
Curtis James Miller
Victor Emlet
York Springs
Jacob Emlet
Olivia Withers
Waynesboro
Joseph Withers
Charles Furman
Uniontown
Maryland
J. Harold Little
Philadelphia
Old Home
Carroll County Fair features Pat's Society Circus
The Carroll County fair in Taneytown Maryland runs August 15 to 18 featuring Pat's Society Circus with four acts led by Captain Northington and Uncle Hezekiah. Marion Sisters perform, plus a horse and pony show with 100 horses, multiple races, and cash prizes. The event includes Jersey Guernsey and Holstein Freesian cattle displays, 4 H projects, and Kiwanis sponsorship. The Kling family reunion at Lititz Springs Park reported 250 attendees with Roy H. Kling elected vice president.
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Pat's Society Circus
Taneytown
Captain Northington
Uncle Hezekiah
Dynamite
Texas Jon
Pat
Marion Sisters
Horse and Pony Show Committee
Fair Ground
Jersey
Guernsey
Carroll
Poland
Maryland
Kiwanis Club
Westminster
McSherrystown Area News Recap and Local Outings
Nelson Smith returns from illness. McSherrystown firemen parade in Hampstead, Maryland for a carnival event. Curtis Smith hospitalized in Hanover after a leg infection from a game injury. McSherrystown Juniors beat Edge Grove Juniors on Edge Grove ground. Carroll Lawrence rejects a position in York freight office. Firemen extinguish a chimney fire at H. J. Harrison home with no damage. St Pauls Lutheran Sunday School members enjoy Forest Park outing in Hanover. Harley motorcycle stolen near Brushtown bridge. PA license 2652. police probe. Knights of Columbus Fourth Degree Assembly held its annual outing at Casey Country Club, with 200 attendees. Jacqueline Louise Hemier baptized at St Marys. sponsors P F Smith and Angela C Sn grandfather and aunt involved. Elizabeth Ann Weaver baptized at St Marys. Rev Kane presiding. Elmer Weaver uncle sponsor. Canon factory workers take a Willow Grove outing by company buses with lunch and activities.
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Nelson Smith
Leo Smith
McSherrystown Fire Company
Hampstead
Maryland
Curtis Smith
Edge Grove
Hanover Hospital
McSherrystown
Carroll Lawrence
Pennsylvania
York
Midway
H. J. Harrison
St. Paul's’ Lutheran Sunday School
Forest Park
Hanover
Justin V. Smith
Gettysburg
Brushtown
Assembly of York Council
Knights of Columbus
Casey Country Club
Conewago Creek
Centennial
St. Mary's Cath Church
P F. Smith
Angela C
Elizabeth Ann
Fant Daugher
J. Weaver
St. Mary’s Church
Elmer Weaver
Thomas Kane
Canon Factory
Willow Grove
Ams Transit
Cattle Trading Ad At Old Stock Yards
Buyer offers to purchase fat cows and tested stock at the old Stock Yards located on North 8th Street. William B. Sell of Hanover lists contact phone 153-x for exchanges and purchases.
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Old Stock Yards
North
Reverend Hafer Elected National Delegate for P O S of A
The Rev L B Hafer of Gettysburg was chosen as a national delegate to the P O S of A camp by Maryland state camp at its annual Baltimore meeting. Hafer is a past Maryland state camp president.
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L. B. Hafer
Gettysburg
Maryland
Baltimore
Hafer
Coffman-Fisher Company Applies for Authority in Gettysburg
The Coffman-Fisher Company seeks a certificate of authority as a foreign corporation with the Pennsylvania secretary of state on August 31, 1933. The West Virginia formed firm will run a retail clothing shoe and dry goods business on Center Square Gettysburg PA.
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Commonwealth of the State of Pennsylvania
Coffman-Fisher Company
Fairfield Woman Reappointed to Adams County Mothers Aid Board
Mrs. G. M. Neely of Fairfield is reappointed to the Adams county Mothers' assistance fund board by Governor Pinchot on Friday.
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G. M. Neely
Fairfield
of the Mothers
Adams County
Gover Pinchot
Public Sale in New Oxford for Household Goods
A sale at Pie Street New Oxford lists bedroom suite chest of drawers carpet kitchen items rugs furniture and fixtures including chairs rockers lamps dining ware silverware and tools. Auctioneers Charles Rinehart and Calvin Mille oversee the sale starting at 1 o'clock with many more articles to name.
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Pie Street
New Oxford
Rogers
Calvin Mille
Charles Rinehart
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East
J. W. Winand
Lutheran Mite Society
Hesse
Frank Naylor
Reading Township
Willis A. Witter
Qualityville
Harvest Home
John L. Staubb
Gertrude Lingg
Emory W. Rahn
St. Louis
Father McIlhenny
Fr. Milner
Lebanon
Peter Resh
B. M. Miller
Hendrix Farm
Lawrence B. Fink
Shriver’s Canning Company
Farley
Richard Crowl
Crabbs
Pauline Wagner
Justice Witmer
Merle Trostle
Dairymen
John Kerrpan
Pleasant D
Jos. Shult
Hartlaub
Robt. Black
Straban
Green Springs
Ralph Kapman
George Milchimes
Jacob Winand
William Nell
Frank March
Katie Weaver
Heldlersburg
St. John’s Reformed Church
Pauline Hoffman
Edwin Snyder
Charles Stock
Aspers
Peter Miller
Roy Stock
Simon Redding
Harry Smith
Annie Spangler
Charles Hippensteel
Alvin Parts
George Cramer
Charles Girand
Edward Hippensteel
Bittinger
Paul Senders
Mary
Helen
Robert Senders
William Hippensteel
Joe Gross
David Trimmer
Howerd and
Vernon
Ira Klepper
Mary Trimmer
Wesley Laughman
Nevin Shank
A. W. Frymyer
Lilian Dennis
Emory Cassatt
Earl
John Kime
Luther Melhorn
Carroll, County Fair
Kling
Lititz Springs Park
Lititz
Reunion Association
Roy H. Kling
O. E. Markel, Porters
Sideling
Trcbu
Theo. Heverley
McClear's
Guiden's Station
Sons of Veterans Reserve
P. C. Brown
Frederick St
Carbon Paper
Co. L. Eicholtz
Lincolnway
Superior
Chester
H. M. Carpenter
Pleasant St
Tradein Furniture Exchange
W. Clarke Ave
Rear National Hotel
Farmers & Merchants’ Bank
Bank, Farmers’ and Merchants’ Bank
Baker's Battery Service
Post Office
O. C. Bond
Terrace Ave
Hanover, Pa
H. B. Trostle
H. B. Bender & Son
Gettysburg, PA
Reading Township School Board
Hampton, Penna
Charles S. Mumper
Star
Buick
Hudson
Duco
Minute Motor Co
S. George St. York
NATEX
Johnson’s
Bender
Baltimore St
Jacob Newman Ridge
Ave
Iver Johnson
Shelby
Colson
Columbia
GOGDE
THE
Bicycle Man
We Gilbert’s Press Shop Dry Cleaning — Tailoring
Chambersburg St
Fairview Vine Mile
Lincoln Highway
South Mountaineers
Washhboard
R. E. Shriver
Hanover Hardware Co
Cor
Carlisle & Chestnut Sts
GAS
Sunoco Gill
Atisfactoryervice
Sunoco
Lincolnway West
New
Oxford, Pa
Ala Carte Service
John Frech
Carlisle and
Chestnut Sts
Adams Counties
Auto Tops
Hankle Auto Top & Body
Broadway Hanover
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