Gettysburg post office marks 24 years of carrier service
Three Gettysburg P O employees celebrated 24 years in service under Postmaster McIlhenny. Norton Miller and F Mark Bream served as carriers the entire period, Gilbert started as a carrier then moved to clerk. The pair logged an estimated 208 664 miles, about eight Earth circumferences, during their tenure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gettysburg
Post Office
Uncle Sam
Whoater
Norton C. Miller
F. Mark Bream
Calvin K. Gilbert
Itta
Wm. B. MccIlhenny
Hunterstown
Miller, Bream
Gilbert
Christmas Seal Sale Underway in Adams County
The 18th annual Christmas seal sale opens in Adams County with $2,000 in seals and $250 in health bonds available. Quota not yet met, but organizers expect oversubscription like last year and aim to top prior totals. Seals cost a penny each, health bonds four dollars, proceeds support tuberculosis work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Adams County
Red Cross Drives On In Adams County After Roll Call End
Adams county Red Cross continues soliciting in hopes of surpassing last year’s tally. Honors go to Glenn M Musselman, Mrs Musselman, and George M Carbaugh of Gritanna for early September gifts. Gettysburg sub station funding debated with Adams county and Gettysburg sharing $156 yearly, while boroughs cover $30 monthly quarters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Astams County
Red Cross
Glenn M. Musselman
George M. Carbaugh
Gritanna KR D
Red Cross Officials Stated. Both Mr. Musselman
Mr. Carbaugh
Adams County
Gettysburg
Major Adams
Grettysburg
Marriages Fill Thanksgiving Week Across York Area
A string of weddings takes place in churches and parsonages around York and surrounding towns. Notable unions include Mark Blevenour and Helen Heffren in Philadelphia area vows, with plans to live in Elizabeth, New Jersey, and Guy F Kepner and Nellie Durkholder tying the knot in Abbottstown. Additional ceremonies occur in York Springs Elizabethtown Hanover Glenville and York, with couples leaving for honeymoons in cities like Philadelphia and Washington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mark Blevenour
Joseph Blevenour
Kohlers
Philadelphia
Wee
Church of Gesue
McLaughlin
Misa Helen Heffren
Blevenour
Elizabeth
N. J
Guy F. Kepner
Joseph Kezner
Abbottstown
Nellie R. Durkholder
Oscar Burkneider
New Oxford
A. P. Frantz
Ernest Hein
York
Misa Marie A. Klunk
Mirs
James L. Klunk
Edna C Hershey
Clara V. Hershey
York Springs
Harold A. Smith
Harry D. Smith
Elizabethtown
H. K. Ober
Elizabethtown College
Elmwood
Carlisle
Ervin Ritzler
Emmanuel Reformed Church
Dorothy Vwvuus
Deaths in York and nearby towns mark a week of losses
Samuel Johns of York died after a paralytic stroke suffered while helping push a stalled auto near the Hockensmith home. Ed J Hockensmith hosts noted residents, including Johns’ brothers and friends. Also reported are obituaries for Mrs. Sneah E. Taughinbaugh of Gettysburg and others, detailing survivors and funeral plans in Adams and York counties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Samuel Johns
Edward J
Artepheater
York
Edward J. Hockensmith
Centennial
Mr. Johns
Hockensmith
William Johns
Baltimore
Sneah E. (Deardorff) Taughinbaugh
St. Taughinbaugh
Gettysburg
Taughinbaugh
Straban Township
the Pines Church
Christian D. Taughinbaugh
Annie C
William A
Charles G. Tauughinbaugh
S. Emory Taughinbaugh
Harvey J. Taughinbaugh
New Oxford
Ida M. Appler
Philadelphia
Alice Lakin
Harrisburg
John Zinn
Bittingers
Susan H. Keagy
McSherrystown
Martin W
Elizabeth (Herr) Damhach
John C. Bollinger
Sells Station
Ida V. Entrekin
Abraham G Keagy
Edgegrove
John A. Brown
Sells Sta
Lottie Keagy
Keagy
Oxford Township
Elija W. Shank
Peter D Shank
New Baltimore
Mummasbure
George E Hartman
Dormont
Sarah C. Stahley
Adams County
Buchanan Valley Bay
William M. Shearer
Josephine C. Storm
Vincent G. Storm
William
James
Mary A. Thomas
Samuel
Lost check mystery cleared in Littlestown case
A forged check found by a Hanover area woman led to an investigation in which she admitted forging and cashing the check after finding it between Littlestown and a school near Gettysburg road. The store indorsed the check to J H Crouse and Esther M Crouse. The guilty woman, age about 38, was not pressed by the store owner if the amount was paid. her brother settled the debt and the case ended. Funeral notices and local obituaries follow for Allison Mummasburg and others in Littlestown and Adams County.
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Ladies’ Aid Society
Emmanuel Reformed Church
Abbottstown
Japan
Ireland
Germany
Iceland
America
Sons of Union
New Oxford
Pennsylvania
York
Edward Asper
York Springs
S. K. Linah
Jean
Hugh
Emma
Esther Slaybaugh
Charles Slaybaugh
Alten Spangler
Roy Asper
Hanover
Capt. Coles
Salvation Army
Paul Hartlaub
Claude Wagner
George Mon
South Mountains
Caledonia
Werner
Moul’s
Lester Sell
Littlestown
Williamsport
William Ebler
William H. Snyder
Sell
Bermudian
Ground Oak
Atwater Kent
Nace
Gettysburg
Chloe B. Asper
Abbottstown Lutheran Church
EB. Cranmer
Earl Rodgers
George H. Benton
Charles Auchey
Edward Kellenberger
John A. Brady
Cumberland Valley Light and Power Company
Ulysses Grant Shuler
William M. Smith
Conewago Hills
Strinestown
Littlestown High School
Francis F. Elder
Jacob R. Haar
A. Nagle
Oscar Whitsombh
Harvey Lerew
Bhick Skunk
H. R. Griest
St Lucie
Florida
Mary FE. Weikert
Littlestoma
Baltimore
Wilbur M. Allison
Mt. Carmel
Jacob Peterman
W. F. Spangler
Mt. Pleasant
Helen Luckenbaugh
I. H. Crouse
J. H. Crouse
Esther M. Crouse
Crabbe
Stanley M. Eckard
Adelia Eckard
William Eckard
Tyrone
Charlotte
Wilbur Clapsaddle
Haney
Classified Ads Mix for Sale and Services in New Oxford
A dense New Oxford classified page lists sale ads for a Chuni stove, farm produce, and farm supplies, plus rentals and job inquiries. Notable entries include Emma Strausbaugh selling a stove, Henry Noel offering a lost money reward, and multiple wants for corn cribs, hay, and a housekeeper. Also present are livestock needs, orchard fruit prices, furs and raw furs buyers, broom makers, and oil and tire promotions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emma Strausbaugh
Hanover St
New Oxford
New Oxford Markets Report Wheat and Meat Prices
A brief market note from New Oxford by J A Duttera reports on current wheat and meat price trends. Traders monitor supply shifts and demand changes as local markets respond to seasonal factors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Holtz
Lincolnway
New Oxford
Jos. R. Carbaugh
ST. Bastian
John H. Duttera
J. A. Duttera
Public sale to quit farming at Walter Leaf farm near Gettysburg
A public sale at the Walter Leaf farm in Straban township near the Lincoln highway will dispose of 8 horses including bay and Belgian mares, 3 cows with calves due January 10, a 60 to 90 lb pig stock, assorted farming implements such as a Deering binder and mower, wagons, plows, fencing, harness and household goods. Sale starts at 1 pm with terms announced by Co. 1 Snyder Thompson Auet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter Leaf
Straban Township
Lincoln Highway
Gettysburg
Guernsey
Syracuse
Snyder, Thompson, Auet
Doan’s Pills Claim Kidney Recovery for Mrs Little
An advertisement touts Doan’s Pills as a kidney tonic. Testimony from Mrs Ells Little of Gettysburg describes relief from backache dizziness and fatigue after using the product, with price listed as 60 cents at dealers. Fiester Milburn & Co Buffalo N Y is named as the manufacturers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dian
Doan
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American Press Association
Hanover Camp
P.O S. of A
William H. Long
Starry
Lake Springs
P.O
Sox
Golf Sox
Naugle’s
Naugle
the Quality Shop
Penna
Henry Noel
West High St
C. G. Sheely
Lincolnway E
Hale
GEO. P. Ard
Carlisle St
Jonathans
Staymans
Parigans
York Imperials
Stayman's
Truit
E Brown
D. BE. Brown
East Berlin
E. C. Humeston
Dept. M
Union St
Newark
New York St
Moore & Company
New York
E. F. Melhorn
West End
Nathaniel Miller
W. New Oxford
Atlantic
Mobile
Haviland
Algo
H. G. Myers Garage
West King St
William Shetter
Ralph Teed
Chester Road
Oxford
Altland Houss
Abbottstown, Pa
Rine Deedes E Ses Flour Mills
New Oxford, Pa
Hall
F. J. Cheney & Co
Toledo
Ohia
Iver
E. H. Walter
York St. - Hanover
LEE Reineberg & Son
S. George St
York, PA
Browns Garage
United States
Overland
Willys-Knight
Brougham Prices
Linus Kubo
Ringneck
Vicks
Musson
Stromberg
Frank A. Duff Automotive Electrician
West Market St
North Duke St
Guy W. Albright
Royal Sweepers
Igainaday
Zenith Radio
Cozy Glow
Lightolier and Riddle
E. J. J. Gobrecht
E. ChestNut Sr
Hanover C. V
Eagle Home Association
Eagle’s
Hanover, PA
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