East Berlin and Adams County in Brief 1918
New Oxford item from Lavarspar reports wartime events and local notes. Influenza closures affect East Berlin High School and Hanover teachers. Local donations include $50 for Elizabethtown church college. Murder hearings held. defendants bound for court. Millinery moved in Carlisle street store. East Berlin post office hiring. Christmas trade restrictions eased. Gettysburg saloons reopen. Camp Colt zone closes. Influenza cases surge in Hampton and East Berlin. Draft board reports 548 men sent to camps since the draft law’s start. Local roads, industry, and schools note changes and incidents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hanover
Clarence R. Collins
Charles Tennecker
George J. Bushman
Adams County
A. P. Wagner
Carlisle Street
West Chester
N.S
Elizabeth R. Bream
New Oxford
Roy A. Lady
Mary A. Lady
Arendtsville
C. T. Hersh
Eagle Hotel
Center Square
the Resser
Pennsylvania Commercial School
Lancaster
East Berlin
Council of National Defense
Gettysburg
Five Mile
Teachers Institute
Xavlier
Wagaman Shot by Son in Deer Hunting Accident
Albert L Wagaman a well known Square Corner resident in Mt Pleasant township was shot in the left leg by his son Lewis during a deer hunt. The misfire occurred at Nasvman s field several miles west of Cashtown as they pursued a buck early Monday morning. Wagaman received first aid from Dr Woomer Cashtown and was taken home for care by Dr A C Rice of McSherrystown.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albert L. Wagsman
Square Corner
Mt. Pleasant Township
Lewis Waganon
Lewis
Woomer
Cashtown
A. C. Rice
McSherrystown
Nasvman’s
Edward Roland Sustains Severe Injuries in Wagon Accident
Edward Roland of Lincoln Highway about one mile beyond the cross-pikes suffered many bruises and deep cuts after his two horse team spooked and fell on him while he tried to cross an smooth pike. A wheel passed over his chest and he was left with a gash on the head an almost severed ear. He was tended by a local physician and was slowly improving.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward Roland
Lincoln Highway
Cross-Pikes
Mill
Mr. Roland
Amooth ‘Pike
Roland
Abbottstown
Boy Shot Foot While Exercising At Irishtown
Robert Smith thirteen year old son of Mr and Mrs Joseph J Smith of Irishtown was injured by a rifle ball that passed through his foot. He had not felt well and went out for exercise with a small rifle. The wound showed improvement but bled heavily Friday night requiring a surgeon's intervention.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert
Joseph J Smith
Irishtown
Horse Shies Throwing Rider Near Kouler’s Schoolhouse
Vernon Rife and horse traveling to town along Lincoln Highway shied at Lingg’s mill post. Vehicle shaft broke and wheel crushed. Rife was jolted from the wagon but escaped with minor bruises. The horse was captured near town and the wagon damaged.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dayton
Vernon Rife
M. D. Rife
Kouler
Lincoln Highway
Lingg’s Mill
Rife
Aeroplane Circles Over Town in Thanksgiving Flights
Lieutenant Theodore Morris of Mineola Aviation Corps arrived in Gettysburg in a Curtiss biplane to spend Thanksgiving with his home folks. He flew low over town several times with Lieutenant Shearing, making short hops via Spring Grove and New Oxford, drawing many curious residents to witness the rare sight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mineola
Long Island
Aviation Corps
Theodore’ Morris
Gettyeburg
Spring Grove
Gettysburg
Hanover
Morris
New Oxford
New York
Brother suffers fall injury at York Springs farm
Jacob F. Leer of near York Springs broke his right wrist and tore ligaments in his left arm after a board tipped in the barn overden. He fell about fifteen feet while doing hay chores last Thursday afternoon. His brother Michael Leer, at the York Sulphur Springs farm, was confined to his room with rheumatism.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jacob F. Leer
York Springs
Michael Leer
York Sulphur Springs
Jacob
Hand Injury At Kobler Mill Site
Clarence Laughman recently moved from a tenement near Kobler's mill to the Mauss property along the Lincoln Highway. While cutting wood a heavy timber rolled from 3 block and the jagged end slashed the back of his left hand, leaving a long deep cut and notable bruising.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clarence Laughman
Kobler’s
Mauss
Lincoln Highway
Town
Hand Mangled by Saw in Latimore Township
Hayes Anthony, son of Mr and Mrs Alfred Anthony of Latimore township, suffered a severe hand injury while helping his father saw wood. His left hand was mangled and his thumb nearly severed as his right hand was drawn against a moving circular saw.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hayes Anthony
Alfred Anthony
Latimore Township
Forty Hours Devotion Opens at Immaculate Conception
The Forty Hours Devotion begins next Sunday at Immaculate Conception Church with a 10 o'clock High Mass. Confessions for children and adults are scheduled Saturday including afternoon hours. Weekday Masses run 5 30 in the morning and 7 in the evening with Fr. O Callaghan delivering sermons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Immaculate Conception
Fr. O'Callaghan
O. U. Cap
Local Church Delays Sermon. Other Services Planned
Sickness in the Swope family prevents the Rev. Swope of Lansford from delivering a trial sermon at St. Paul Reformed Church on Sunday. A different minister will preach at 10 a.m. in St. Paul’s Church. Norman Richie sustained severe burns at his Gettsyburg home while tending a furnace and extinguishing a fire. A woodland fire on Pigeon Trails above the Washington Wolf farm damaged about 25 acres of timber in Berwick township but was contained by residents. Rev. J. A. Long of York was elected moderator of the Southern District of the Church of the Brethren at Bermudian churches. The district includes York, Adams, Cumberland, Perry, Juniata and part of Franklin counties. The Southern District also bought an interest in Elizabethtown College, formerly owned by the Middle District, now debt free. Daniel A. Hartman, 78, was killed when a wagon passed over him after he slipped and fell beside a four-horse team near Emmitsburg. He had lived in Franklin township and near Emmitsburg for over four decades. his wife had died 23 years earlier.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Swope
Lansford
St. Paul A Reformed Church
St. Paul's Church
Norman Richie
Gettysburg
William Wagner
Samuel Straly
Washington Wolf Farm
Berwick Township
J. A. Long
York
Church of the Brethren
Adams
Cumberland
Perry
Juniata
Franklin
Elizabethtown College
Middle District
Daniel A. Hartman
Emmiteburg
Mr. Hartman
Franklin Township
Fmmitsburg
Solomon Hartman
Cashtown
Two More Fall Soldiers Wounded In War Reports
Letters from two local men confirm severe wounds and gas exposure. Private Bernard W. Jenkins, son of Mr. and Mrs. Jenkins of Irishtown, was wounded by shrapnel through the abdomen and leg and moved to a base hospital. Corp. Charles H. Noel, son of Mr. and Mrs. John B. Noel of Midway, was gassed and confined to a hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hungas
Bernard W. Jenkins
Mr. B. Jenkins
Jenkins Homestead
Irishtown
Chas. H. Noel
John B. Noel
Midway
Pvt. Jenkins
Eays
Corp
Noel
Sergeant Guy Miller Killed in Action in Urance
Sergeant Guy Miller, 21, son of Mr and Mrs John H Miller of Bonneaville, reported killed in action while serving with the 316th Infantry after leaving home in October 1917 for Camp Meade. He was a carpenter before the war and later promoted to sergeant. He is survived by his parents and two sisters, Mrs Geo Gebhart and Mrs Augustus Hawn, both of Bonneaville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Guy Miller
John H. Miller
Bonneaville
War Department
Miller
Camp Meade
Geo. Gebhart
Augustus Hawn
Banneauville
Trampled by Mules Injures Farmer Near East Berlin
Solomon Richereek, a 76 year old farmer from near Rossville beyond East Berlin, was severely injured in a runaway mule accident while driving with his son Wesley. The four mule team panicked and dashed the road, throwing Richereek and trampling him. he suffered head wounds, a broken rib, and internal injuries as he lay in his saddle mule. His condition was described as critical at his home after a physician was summoned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Solomon Richereek
Rossville
East Berlin
Mr. Richereek
Wesley
Richcreek
Marriages Reported Across Several Towns
A series of marriage announcements from Reading Hanover Idaville and surrounding areas lists Vivian Elizabeth Hershey and Raymond Lochman at Reading on November 28th Pauline Barnes and Harry C F Walter in Hanover Viola Ball and Lawrence A Stover near Areddisville Lloyd M Herman and Edna F Richwine in Idaville Farrell C Galloway and Carrie F Hummer in Idaville Geulah Willet and Edward Bemniller in Union Mills Carrie Gobrecht and Guy S Wentz in Westminster Edgar H Pair and Lillian M Starner in Bendersville Earl A Warley and Irma V Lipy in Hanover Identifies a wagon accident near Center Square with minor damage to the driver’s horses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emory J. Hershey
Reading
New Oxford
Vivian Elizabeth
Raymond Lochman
Night Street
Death notices and obituaries from York and nearby towns
Taken by Death. John B. Riddlemoser died at his home in York from pneumonia after influenza. He was 30 and leaves wife, one son, parents, sister, and grandparents. R. B. Jacobs formerly of York Springs died November 16 leaving wife and two children. Mrs. M. C. Jones of Hanover died of influenza and pneumonia, survived by husband and two children. Joel Butt, 30, of East Berlin, died after influenza. funeral held in East Berlin. Mrs. Elizabeth A. Mummert of Carroll County, Md., died of Chronic Bright's disease leaving husband and several children and siblings. John Robert Rebert, Civil War veteran, died at 80 in Midway, survived by three sons and four daughters. Philip St. Bikle of Gettysburg area died after apoplexy. survived by husband, three sons, step son, and sister. Catherine Adele Valentine of Asbury Park died of heart trouble. survived by parents, two brothers, one sister. Mrs. Lucinda Weikert of Gettysburg area died at 76. survived by children and in‑laws. Mrs. Sara Ernst of Latimore died at 79. survived by son and two brothers. John Laughman, 25, died in Jackson township after influenza. survived by wife and daughter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John B. Riddlemoser
York
Tle
Harry Ki. Riddlemoyer
McInightatown
John Riddlemoser, Jr
J. Allen Dickson
Gettysburg
John P. Butt
McNaightstown
R. B. Jacobs
Abilene, Kansas
York Springs
Sue Worley
Tierbert
W. Kove
Atchison, Kansas
M. C. Jones
Hanover
Hanover Cabinet Company
Joel Butt
Fast Berlin
Charles LE. Butt
George
Philadelphia
Curtis
France
James Melntire
East Berlin
Oscar Rennell
Catherine Butt
East Berlin Union Cemetery
Elizabeth A. Mummert
John D. Mummert
Atyers
Carroll County
Bright
En Ro Mumimert
Charlies Shoemaker
Myers District
Simpgon Munmert
Bonneauville
Worthington
Littlestown
John Muninert
John and
Jesse Millhimes
Littestown
James Millhimes
Pines Church
Edward Millhimer
Granite Station
John Robert
Midway
Louisa Cesselman
Union Township
Samuel
Geornze Robert
Charles Webler
James Plunkett
Germany Township
L. CG. Yuhe
Daniel Rebert
West Manheim
Maurice Roser
Amos
York County
Jouss
Near White Hall
Samuel Rebert
Bertman
George Gitt
Philip St. Bikle
Crittysburg
Paul K. Bikle
Milffinburg
Paul EH. Bikle
Mifflinburg
Philip R. Bikle
Surace W. Bikle
Pittsburgh
Teavea
B. Js. Fucht
Lewinburg
Catherine Adele Valentine
Sterling G. Valentine
Asbury Park
N. J
G. Valentine Jr
William ©. Valentine
Eister
Roy EL. Brumbaugh
Lucinda Lady
William FL. Weikert
Crist Guise
Butler Township
N. James
Charles J
L.L. Spahr
Charles Topper
Robert Weikert
Middletown
Ohio
Sara Ernst
Edward Ernst
Latimore Township
Harry Spanger
Huntington Township
John D. Ernst
Henry Miller
Harrisburg
Noah Miller
John Laughman
Jackson Township
Abbottstown
Mr. Laughman
Joseph Tleighey
Near East Berlin
Parassis
Bees Sie
John
Joel
Avon
Raymond
Cora
Albert
Edas Raiger
Death notices and classifieds from Hanover area
Obituaries for George Allewell Susanna Roser Catherine Kime and Joseph Tleighey noted with ages and survivors. Public notices seek a town council seaty water rent collector and several sale and rental items including Belgian Colts Barkshire pigs and houses for rent in New Oxford.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. Earl H. Caskian
New Chester
New Oxford
Burley Oats and Shelled Corn Market Note
Market note lists commodities including burley tobacco oats and shelled corn with minimal context. The fragmentary line references likely reflect trading terms, product types, and regional pricing cues for agriculture. No clear event or entities beyond commodities are identifiable.
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Lavarspar
Church College
Elizabethtown
Samuel M. Bushman
Edwund Power
Susan Thoman
Abbottatown
W. AJ. Carbaugh
Berlin Junction
B. T. Eckenrode
Mt. Rock
Swift Run Hunting Club
Harper Howe
Merle Sanders
Malcom Stock
William Butler
A. J. Stock
A A. Sanders
Earl Colestack
Hampton
Tilden Young
Crabbs
Justice of the Peace
Witmer
George E. Hull
Hull
Bernard Reding
Apple Storage Company
Keystone Harness Company
Dillsburg
Jacob Trimmer
Carlisle
Harvey Schwartz
Milton Bair
Amos Collins
Adams Vourty
United States Service
William G. Murdock
A. L. Wagaman
New Oxford Hunting Club
Caledonia
R. M. Straley
Wm. R. Snyder
Jacob Menges
John Rinchart
Chas. Small
Daniel Sterner
Harry Miller
L. H. Pottorff
Alvin Porta
Edw. Hippensteel
Paul Neiderer
Chas. Hippensteel
John Strasbaugh
Melvin Staub
Irvin Bishop
Wm. Laughman
Chas
Rinehart
Yeager
Jobn Kinneman
Clarence Kinneman
James Noel
Mervin Zinn
Raymond Fink
Paul Herman
C. W. Herman
N. M Dicks
Army Training Corps
Gettysburg College
Secretary of War
West Pennsylvania
Zion Church
G. Albert Getty
Synod
First Lutheran Church
George E. Meckley
Heidlersburg
Pauline
Viola M. Ball
James N. Ball
Near Seven Stars
Lawrence A. Stover
William Stover
Areddisville
C. Wheller
Lloyd M. Herman
Edna F. Richwine
Hunters Rae
Idaville
G. W. Frey
Farell C. Gallowway
Carrie F. Hummer
Wenksville
Geulah EB. Willet
Edward Willet
D. Edward Bemniller
Union Mills
A. G. Wolf
Carrie Gobrecht
John Gobrecht
Guy 8. Wentz
Philip Wentz
Westminster
C. Walch
Edgar H Pair
H. L. Fair
Benderaville
Lillian M. Starner
Starner’s Station
W. D. Scott
Earl A. Warley
Irma V. Lipy
R. H. Bergstresser
Elizabeth Worley
Near
Wm Lippy
Mountpleasant
Roy Waltman
Lincoln Way
Barnes
George Washington Allewell
Bittingers
Chas. Shaeffer
Anna M. Allewell
Ilanover Schools
Mt. Olivet
Susanna Roser
Leary Roger
White Hall
Eemina Heagy
Barlow
Wm. H. My~ers
Maryland
Jacob Steich
Near New Oxford
Nore Roger
Ailton Riffie
John Palmer
Lanover
Moses Palmer
Catherine Kime
George R. Kime
Goodyear
Poscession Power
Barsain
Care
Oxford
Risnt
L. Piynire
Cryst Theatre
THE
Ford
J. Li, Duttera
Burley
Mackinaw Coates
Costa
New Oxford, Pa
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