New Oxford Item Company Subscription Terms
Sven Oxturaltic publishes weekly at New Oxford with annual rates of $1.00 in advance or $1.50 after. Subscriptions remain until publisher discontinues and arrears paid. Out of county rate $1.50 in advance or $2.00 if overdue. Advertisements charged at reasonable rates with year-long reductions. Job printing offered from labels to posters. Neutral in politics. The American Press Association is foreign rep. Post Office second class matter at New Oxford. Hampton items continue with local social notes and school reexaminations.
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NEW Oxford Item Company
Policics
American Press Association
East Berlin News Highlights and Local Sales Notices
East Berlin items include public sales of two farms in Washington township on August 22 and Carman H Myers stock sale on August 15. Adams Transit buys Gettysburg Caledonia bus line with final PSC action pending. Local car trades listed from East Berlin dealers with many new and used Chevrolet, Ford and other makes.
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N. O
Jacob Eisenhart
Washington Township
Adams Transit Company
Taughinbaugh & Hamilton
Gettysburg
Caledonia
Public Service Commission
Chambersburg
Thos. Straley
Berlin
Carman H. Myers
Tyrone
George Mummert
Latimore Valley Fair
Irwin S. Ditzler
Carlisle
East Berlin
Union
Wirtpark
Hanover
C. E. Butt
Ruth Butt
Dale Walker
York Hospital
Charles A. Leib
Cleveland
James A
Wm. W. Resser
Paul Glatfelter
Frayer
Harry Caslow
Spring Grove
James Stoner
Union Cemetery
Wm. Krout
York
Krout
Miriam Elsesser
Garate
Chevrolet
E. M. Gruver
George Myers
Thomasville
Chas. C. Nagle
Abbottstown
Cameron Spangler
Emory Laughman
Charles Swope
Elsworth Heimer
Jas. Wilt
U. S
Charles Geisler
New Oxford
J. E. Richter
Clarence Schenberger
Dover
Chas. Laughman
Claude Heiner
Eric Heiner
Contenders Form for Adams County Poor Director Seat
A Democrat race shapes up with C W Kint in Mt Pleasant township gathering signatures in Gettysburg while Joseph I Weaver and Emory G Sterner file for the September primary. Local development includes Butt adding a cement block home along the Lincoln highway and a new gas station, and J Arthur Boyd listing upcoming livestock sales near White Hall. The community also notes Mary A Swartz of New Oxford dies at 72 and is mourned by family, church and friends with funeral at the family lot in New Oxford cemetery.
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Adams County
C. W. Kint
Mt. Pleasant Township
Gettysboro
Joseph I. Weaver
Emory G. Sterner
Gettysburg
Hanson W. Taylor
Arendtsville
Butler Township
Taylor
Ralph Butt
Butt
John Starners
Lincoln Highway
Paul R. Hostetter Company
York
Straban
Cumberland
State Highway Department
J. Arthur Boyd
Littlestown
John King
Bradley Shanefelter
Charles M. Weikert
White Hall
Ladies’ Aid Society
Emmanuel Reformed Church
Abbottstown
C. J. Meckley
John Ruhlman
John Newman
York Springs
J. O. Cleaver
H. W. Swartz
Mary A. Swartz
Henry W. Swartz
Lincolnway
East
David and
Amanda (Bucher) Brown
Brown's Mill
Hamilton Township
New Oxford
Mr. Swartz
Methodist Episcopal
Nettie M. Swartz
Marion
N. C
Rhoda Myers
Elwood Myers
Haines B. Dicks
Hampton
Daniel B. Brown
Chas. Brown
Ezra Brown
East Berlin
Vaughn T Rue
J. Www. Mee Morris
Charles H. Seabright
George D. Gitt
Hanover
John Blair
George Klinger
O. B. Flaherty
J. C. Herman
Five Hurt When Auto Dashes Into Run Near Abbottstown
Five people injured at dawn when a Paige sedan traveling west on the Lincoln highway struck construction near a temporary bridge one mile west of Abbottstown. Victims include David Donovan 74 of Virginia with two fractured ribs and bruises and Newton Donovan his son.
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Abbottstown
David Donovan
Virginia
Newton Donovan
G. D. Kleiser
Dover
Henry Quickel
Quickel
Mr. Kleiser
Paige
T. C. Miller
Two Hurt at York Springs Collision Involving Race Horses
A Hudson sedan carrying tourists from Gettysburg to New York collided with a Ford truck carrying two race horses from Priest Park to Baltimore at the Carlisle Harrisburg roads intersection in York Springs. Daniel Langford and J H Miller suffered scalp lacerations and bruises. both the sedan occupants and horses escaped serious harm. The vehicles were damaged and the injured were treated by Dr. E W Cashman.
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Baltimore
Carlisle
Harrisburg
York Springs
Gettysburg
Priest Park
Daniel Langford
J. H. Miller
Chettysburg
New York
E. W. Cashman
Roudebush
Husband Angel Arrested After Alleged Shot at Wife
Winton O Angel Hawover allegedly shot at his wife in the early hours of Sunday but did not strike. Night Officer detained him and a warrant was served Monday. Mrs Annie Angel accuses him of felonious assault and related charges. he awaits hearing in county jail. Real estate transfers listed include multiple parcels in Littlestown Straban and Conewago townships.
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Winton O. Angel
Hawover
Angel
Crabbs
York
Sell Before
Annie Angel
Adams County C E convention fills Fairfield with attendees
The Adams County Christian Endeavor convention held in Fairfield on Wednesday and Thursday drew broad participation from C E workers across the county. Officers for the coming year include Roy Heckenluber as President and a slate of district presidents, secretaries, and superintendents from Gettysburg New Oxford Arendtsville and nearby towns.
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Adams County Christian Endeavor
Fairfield
C. E
Roy Heckenluber
Arendtsville
Lloyd Sharetts
Gettysburg
George Sheffer
New Oxford
Helen A. Sheely
C. C. Culp
Helen McQleaf
German
Ethel Wehler
John Colestock
Vestal Stallsmith
Dorothy March
East Berlin
Ivan G
Naugle
Robert Hoffman
Wilbur Plank
Mary Grave Hoover
Hummer
Littlestown
Edna Hofman
York Springs
Humuuier
Church Services and Absence Notices Across Several Local Churches
Local church announcements list service times and current pauses. St Pauls Reformed Abbotstown Emmanuel Reformed St Marys New Oxford First Lutheran and Methodist lines note pastor Absent until Aug 30 with updated addresses and schedules including Sunday schools and special prayer meetings.
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St. Paul's Reformed Church
New Oxford
A. P. Frantz
Emmanuel Reformed Church
Abbottstown
A. PP. Frantz
St. Mary’s Church
Geo. I. Rice
First Lutheran Church
Geo. I. Sheffer
Methodist Episcopal Charge
Hustontown
6Th St
Harrisburg
Epworth League
Epworth ‘League
Woman's ‘Foreign Missionary Society
Beating Incident in Mt Holly Springs Leads to Arrest
Jim Dougherty is accused of beating Donald Fox, Mt Holly Springs' new officer, on his first duty night. Dougherty menaced the street, shattered store windows, and wrecked a parked sedan before fleeing. He was arrested Tuesday and jailed in Carlisle facing six counts. Two mash barrels and bottles were found near his home. four rifles and a shotgun were recovered.
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Jim Dougherty
Mt. Holly Springs
Donald Fox
Dougherty
Cumberland County
Carlisle
Hospital notes list patients at Warner and Wallarner facilities
Miss Muriel Eckert at West Side sanitorium York for appendicitis. Pauline Hildebrand, formerly New Oxford, sent home after operations in Philadelphia. Admitted to Warner Hospital: John Shetter Gettysburg R Q, Mrs Francis Redding Gettysburg, Mrs Charles McKinney McKnightstown, Mrs John Anderson Gettysburg R D, Mrs J C Kernan McSherrystown. Discharged: Virginia McPherson Gettysburg. Admitted over weekend: Mrs Thomas Sheely Littlestown, Mrs Geo Stall smith Gettysburg, John Peters McKnightstown, Miss Edna Hershey York Springs, Noel Sollenberger Piney Mountain Inn. Discharged: Mrs Ralph Z Oyler and son Gettysburg, Mrs J W Hann Hanover, Glenn Shetter Gettysburg R D. Cecelia Oaster McSherrystown to Wallarner hospital underwent operation. condition serious. Mrs Albert Heiser Cleardale returned home. Milton Null Westminster R D discharged from Warner hospital after skull fracture recovery. John Trimmer York Springs and Mrs Earl Whorley Littlestown discharged.
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Muriel Eckert
Squire E. L. Eckert
Town
West Side
York
Pauline Hildebrand
M. W. Hildebrand
Midway
New Oxford
Hahmnemann Hospital
Philadelphia
Warner Hospital
John Shetter
Gettysburg
R. Q
Francis Redding
Charles McKinney
McKnightstown
John Anderson
Gettysburg R. D
J. C. Kernan
McSherrystown
Virginia McPherson
Thomas Sheely
Littlestown
Geo. W. Stall‘smith
John Peters
Edna Hershey
York Springs
Noel Sollenberger
Piney Mountain Inn
Ralph Z. Oyler
J. W. Hann
Hanover
Glenn Shetter
R. D
Cecelia Oaster
Wallarner Hospital
Earl Whorley
Deaths list in Gettysburg area notes many obituaries
Multiple notices report deaths and funeral plans across York Springs, Aspers, Littlestown, Hanover and surrounding towns. Individuals include Lovina L Peters of York Springs with one son, and 14 others such as Glenn Riley aged 10, Isabelle Deardorff, Elizabeth Mummert, James Miller, and John H Murray, detailing residence and survivor relations.
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Lovina L. Peters
John F. Peters
Hillary R. Kennedy
Wierman's Mill
York Springs
Peters
Cornelius Myers
Lovina Brough Myers
J. Frank Myers
Atlantic City
N. J
Hampton Lutheran Church
Glenn W. Riley
Simon I. Riley
Buttonwood
Huntington Township
Warner Hospital
Isabelle Deardorff
Henry Deardorff
Arendtsville
Elizabeth A. Mummert
Leah Penesyl
Aspersol
Penso
Joan Deardorff
Amanda Mummert
Aspers al
Henry Mummert
Young America
Ind
Mummert
Grant
Jones Older
Harney
Ohler
Ernest Ohler
Littlestown
Walter A. Ohler
Gettysburg
Harry Stambaugh
Paul LeGore
Marie Ohler
James Miller
John
Mary Miller
Hanover
Louisa Nace
Julia Nary
Henry Miller
John Miller
Bittingers Sta
St. Joseph's
Robert
Millard
Zenora Engle
Mary Margaret Slothour
Charles Slothour
Abbottstown
Francis Cole
Narrows
John H. Murray
Carroll ‘County
Murray
Norman
Cumberland Township
William
Russell
Mervin
Frank Two
Local illnesses and a farm sale reported in Union township
A long list of residents from Lincolnway to Abbottstown are noted as ill or recovering, including W F Sheely who had a blood transfusion in Baltimore, Mrs Chas Myers, and Prof John Hale improved after typhoid. Others suffer grip, enteritis, scarlet fever, lumbago, apoplexy, or paralysis. The Mitton Hump farm’s 40 acres in Union township sold for $5,000 to Delphin J Sterner.
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W. F. Sheely
Lincolnway
Baltimore
Rodney Grove
W. High St
Elijah Harman
Guldens
S. Hamm
Gardens
Ida Grunninger
Mt. Rock
Maggie Wierman
McSherrystown
Paul Lockenbill
Abbottstown
Frederick Altland
Pen-Mar
Raymond Weidner
Rock Chapel
John Hale
Warner Hospital
Harry Mummert
Mr. Mummert
Mitton
Union Township
Delphin J. Sterner
Local weddings highlight Beaverdale and surrounding towns
A string of early July marriages is reported from Beaverdale Gettysburg Hanover Elmira and Philadelphia. Miss Hazel G Baker and John K E Neely wed at the bride's parents home with family in attendance. The couple will reside near Beaverdale where Neely will teach next year. Other nuptials include Anna Dillon and Mark Stock in Philadelphia and additional ceremonies across Gettysburg Hanover and Elmira with multiple couples and clergy involved.
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Hazel G. Baker
BH. R. Baker
Beaverdale
John KE. Neely
W. W. Neely
New Chester
J. C. Rupp
Cleo Connor
Altoona
Wimbert Neely
Gettysburg
Otterbein College
Ohio
Shippensburg State Normal School
Neely
Wilmore
Philadelphia
Anna R. Dillon
Mark E. Stock
George A. Stock
Omaha
Neb
Sarah Stock
Edward F Cunnie
St. Peter and Paul's
J'¥ F'Dlon
Anna Wassem
Gettysbore
Naomi S. Thoman
Aaron Thoman
Bursville
Fern J. J. Houck
Ervin G. Houck
Hanover
L. Marie
SK. Marie Woltman
York
G. E. Kauffman
Alice I. Rudisill
David W. Rudisill
Emanuel Leppo
Blooming Grove
Reformed Parsonage
BE. M. Sando
Camille Klunk
John F. Keefer
McSherrystown
A. Edward Yarzobek
St. Joseph
County schools teachers to attend August meetings
Adams County teachers will attend eight sectional meetings in August under County Superintendent W Ray Shank. The meetings aim to solve practical school problems with programs on one room schools registers and certificates, with sessions in Hunterstown Hampton Abbottstown Conewago Gettysburg York Springs Fairfield Wenk's.
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Adams County
W. Raymond Shark
Hunterstown
Straban Township
Shank
Hampton
Reading Township
Abbottstown
Oxford
Berwick
Hamilton
Conewago
Gettysburg
Court House
Butler
Cumberland
Franklin
Mt. Joy
Mt. Pleasant
York Springs
Huntington
Latinore
Tyrone
Fairfield
Freedom
Local League Scores and Standings Highlight Weekend Games
Gettysburg beat Littlestown 8 to 4 and Arendtsville 2 to 1 while New Oxford fell 1 to 13 in a nine inning stretch. Midway swept Biglerville 13 to 8 McSherrystown won 5 to 1 and Bendersville 1. Standings show Gettysburg 10 7 .470 and New Oxford 12 6 .667 with Arendtsville 10 8 .556 and Midway 10 9 .556 in the W L PC league. Saturday slate includes Gettysburg at Littlestown Arendtsville at New Oxford Bendersville at McSherrystown Midway at Biglerville. Errors in 10th inning let Arendtsville score winning run at New Oxford on mountain diamond.
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Gettysburg
Littlestown
Arendtsville
New Oxford
Midway
Biglerville
McSherrystown
Bendersville
Mountain Diamond
Stork News Includes Multiple Newborns Across Towns
The notice lists several local births: a son for Mr. and Mrs John Weaver of McSherrystown. a son for Mr. and Mrs. James Miller of McSherrystown. a daughter for Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Klunk of McSherrystown. a daughter for Mr. and Mrs. Earl G Krepps of McSherrystown. a daughter Mildred Grace for Mr. and Mrs. Evan Appler of Littlestown. a daughter for Mr. and Mrs. Chas Kraft of Maple Grove. and Prof and Mrs C C Muehe of Napoli New York, formerly of Biglerville, noted as a separation.
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Naplea
N.Y
Biglerville
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