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Newspaper
New Oxford Item
Location
New Oxford, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Dec 01, 1927
Page
6
About forty people from McSherrys town and Vicinity journeyed to the Paradise Protectory near Abbottstown Sunday and gladdened the hearts of the one hundred twelve orphan boys and Sisters of the institution. This is an annual affair with the boys receiving a Thanksgiving luncheon served at 1 30 o'clock.
Old letters and envelopes dating 1845 to 1865 can fetch fortunes. Harold C. Brooks buys old envelopes bearing stamps, not loose stamps, and pays thousands for rare issues on original envelopes. Send for appraisal by registered or insured mail to Box 347 Marshall Michigan.
Spencer Wise, owner of large dairy interests in Washington DC, is held under a $25,000 bond after a coroner’s inquest in Martinsburg linked him to the death of Leo Livers, prominent Martinsburg lumber dealer who died last week. Two Martinsburg witnesses testified that Livers and Wise fought during a card game at a Martinsburg hotel, with injuries believed to have caused the death.
A tender obituary tribute recalls the deaths of Mr G R Haverstick on July 18 and Mrs G R Haverstick on June 2. It notes six months since their passings, reflecting on their patience, kindness, and the family’s grief. The son Harry signs the remembrance.
At a Sunday service St Matthew s Lutheran church in Hanover unanimously extended a call to Rev Harry H Beidleman of Calvary Lutheran Baltimore as pastor. The vacancy followed the death of Rev Livers after an earlier encounter, with Livers formerly from Gettysburg. Wise faces trial in February after a WV bond ruling. inquest testimony was refused. Rev Beidleman, a Gettysburg native and Harrisburg graduate, is 33 1/2 years old with ties to Edward M Beidleman. Mrs Beidleman is recovering from appendicitis in Baltimore العامة.
St Marys Mc Sherrystown team opened the basketball season with a 63 to 21 victory over Good Luck of York. W H Hardman sold a Delco Lite unit to Mt Tabor church.
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