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Newspaper
New Oxford Item
Location
New Oxford, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Dec 06, 1917
Page
20
East Berlin Milling ships flour every other day. Bulls, deer and buck sightings around Hanover and Orrtanna mark hunting season closing. Local crimes, saleroom moves, and Christmas parcel guidance fill the page with community notices, accidents, and civic events in Adams County.
Henry Taylor, a farmer near Bendersville, was struck in the neck by a bullet from a hunter’s gun during the deer season on First Piney Mountain. The ball narrowly missed the spine, entering the neck's fleshy part. A Harrisburg man with first aid expertise aided Taylor until his son, Clarence, finished the ride home.
The Forty Hours devotion begins with a High Mass of Exposition next Sunday at 10 a.m. in the Immaculate Conception church and ends after two days of evening exercises at 7 p.m. Confessions run 3 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. and after evening services. Rev. Fr. Malachy OSSF of Abbottstown preaches the evening sermons. Rev. Mark I. Stock, the late pastor, will assist.
On a Saturday evening Mr. Keller of Paradise York County drove from Gettysburg and misjudged an iron culvert crossing Lincoln Way. His Ford touring car crashed into a telephone pole near the M. E. church. The radiator and front axle were damaged but the occupants escaped serious injury. Repair work was done at New Oxford Garage and the party continued home.
Jacob Schriver of East High street was badly injured while helping his son William on a farm at the cross pikes. A colt kicked him in the face breaking the left cheek bone and bruised his face and head. He was knocked down and trampled suffering a bruised left leg and brief unconsciousness. A local surgeon attended.
The Church of the Prince of Peace Get tysburg will suspend services for weeks as rector Rev. William B. Hooper recovers after an automobile collision in Philadelphia. He has been hospitalized, then brought home, and is recuperating at his daughter Mrs. Kepner's home in Charlottesville Virginia.
At a Monday meeting the New Oxford School Board reelected Geo A Klinger as president and J M Bream as vice president. New members J M Bream and H E Lough replace W D Himes and Id T Auker. board now includes Geo A Klingel president, J M Bream vice president, R M Baughers secretary, H B Fair treasurer, and H KE Lough.
A Gettysburg class of the Reformed church will convene within two weeks to consider plans from the Missionary and Stewardship committee for benevolence in the churches. Clarence Heilman, foreman at Strausbaugh planing mill, Orrtanna, moved his family to Gettysburg on Tuesday. E K Walker of Center Mills suffered a serious hand injury while cutting wood recently.
George Green or Brown, wanted for stealing Paul Winebrenner’s seven passenger Buick in Hanover on August 9, escaped from York County Almshouse hospital ward after a visitor aided his disappearance. The suspect, once injured in a Lewistown crash, had been held at Frederick hospital before transfer to York, where authorities secured a warrant and recovered the car. Green or Brown reportedly fled with a small party, including a woman, and has not been heard from since leaving the almshouse.
The body of John Bair 71 a former Littlestown resident was found Monday evening floating in the Delaware River at Penn Treaty Park Philadelphia Bair had been missing since October 27 from his daughter Mrs J C Mayers home in Philadelphia His cane was found along the river bank and the body recovered after three days of dragging He likely drowned after slipping into the dark river He moved to Littlestown from Kumps Station and was a former council man Survived by children Mrs H Se Slagen Lancaster Mrs J C Mayers Philadelphia Mrs J L Currens Charleston W Va S E Bair Perryville Md Edw Bair Littlestown R H Bair Woodsboro Md
Meryl Patterson near Hogstown Paradise township, about 21, lost the first and second fingers of his left hand when a dog jumped on him and tripped the trigger of his double barrel shotgun while he was cleaning it after a shot. The hand injury was severe and treated by Dr. Ugin of East Berlin.
On Tuesday night after a dance in McSherrys town, Charles Miller Cloyd Miller David Sheely Ben Robinson and taxi driver Channel Sheely were forced to walk home from Red Hill when the bus could not climb the grade. They reached home about 1 AM. the driver returned later after securing gas and letting the engine cool.
William Sawyer of Cashtown area was badly hurt while operating a circular saw on Thursday evening. He slipped while dusting and his leg was caught in the teeth, causing a deep gash needing five stitches and a broken leg bone.
Due to freight car scarcity the mills Hanover Milling Co W J Young Co Littlestown Milling Co Reindollar Co Taneytown A L Menges Bro Menges Mills J H Duttera New Oxford will not buy wheat for ten days. This action affects Hanover Littlestown Taneytown and New Oxford milling houses amid ongoing supply constraints.
Miss Belle Bream of Gettysburg informs Hanover school board she cannot accept the high school position after already holding a contract with Columbia schools where she serves as a high school teacher. The Columbia board is not understood to release her. Rev. W K Fleck of Littlestown gave the principal address at St Lukes church services near White Hall on Tuesday evening.
Samuel Stevens died of pneumonia at Darlington Maryland aged 74 after two years in Gettysburg living with sister Mrs H T Weaver He leaves two sisters Mrs H T Weaver Gettysburg and Mrs D K Slouck New York City Nathaniel Nickey a retired butcher died at East Berlin after a week of pneumonia aged 72 years 10 months Three sons Jacob Hanover Ilmer at home and Allen York Survives one sister Mrs Henry Lisenhart York and one brother Abraham Nickey Washington Township Funeral held Saturday morning with interment at Holzswam church
Jacob E. Shanabrough died at York hospital on Thursday at 2 10 pm from burns suffered in the Schmidt and Ault Paper plant boiler explosion on Tuesday. He was 61, survived by his wife and four children Harry Fred Samuel Shanabrough and Mrs Jacob Keener of York, plus a brother William and others in Hanover. Also listed is infant Raymond Fo Utz, son of Mr and Mrs Clinton Utz of Hanover, who died Wednesday morning after a short illness of spasms aged months and 16 days.
James Biehl of near Bonneauville died Thursday morning at 2 30 of organic heart trouble. He was 89 years 8 months and 6 days old. Survived by children Harry Biehl and Mrs. John Bixler of near Bonneauville and Katharine at home. Services held Monday at 9 at St Luke's church. Interment in Christ church cemetery.
Paul H Denser died at his home near Bendersville on Wednesday from heart trouble aged 47 years 11 months and 5 days He is survived by his wife and a brother Oscar Denser of New York
Daniel Koontz died at his Idaville home Tuesday morning after a brief illness from pneumonia. He was 73 years old and survived by daughters Liszie Carbaugh of Philadelphia, Clara Koontz of Philadelphia, and several Idaville relatives, including John Lee and George Koontz, Mrs. John Group, and Mrs. Edward Group, plus a brother Andrew Joontz and two sisters Mrs. Samuel Rupp and Mrs. Adam Rupp.
The infant son of Prof and Mrs Harry Bream aged three days died Sunday morning and was interred at Pines church at four in the afternoon. Prof Bream teaches at the local intermediate school.
David L Miller died at his Berwick township home on Saturday afternoon from complications of diseases at 67. A day laborer, he had not worked for four years due to ill health. He is survived by his wife and children Mrs. Charles Warnick, Mrs. Frank Warnick of Bittinger, Paul, Eugene, Maurice, Mildred Miller at home. Surviving brothers and sisters include Jacob Miller of Kansas, James of Littlestown, John of Bittinger, Henry W. of Hanover, Mrs. Anna Hombeck of California, and Mrs. Julia Nary of Hanover. The funeral was at 1 30 p m Tuesday, Abbottstown Reformed cemetery.
Andrew J. Altland died at his Admire home from Brights disease at age 16 years 4 months 10 days. Survived by wife a daughter a son five sisters including Mrs Wm Spangler of East Berlin and a brother. Mary I McClain died at her daughter Mrs Frank Browning home Hanover after a prolonged illness aged 61 years 6 months 27 days. Surviving husband a daughter Mrs Browning step-daughter Mrs I P Sheets two brothers Augustus Harner Hugh Harner and sister Mrs Lewis Bowers. Interment at St Johns church near Littlestown Tuesday. McClain family former New Oxford residents.
Jeanne Morrison aged 1 year 2 months 18 days died at home in Bendersville from pneumonia. Ladine Schuyler of Orrtanna died November 20 and Pauline Schuyler died December 2. the children were born November 25. Jesse Peters died at his Butler township home Tuesday morning from infirmi- ties.
ties aged 92 years. He leaves the following sons and daughters: Wm. H. Peters of Biglerville, Z. J Peters of Guernsey, Jacob Peters of Tyrone township, Howard Peters of Wyoming, George Peters of Bendersville, Hanson Peters of Aspers, and Lida Peters at home.
The weekly notices report multiple residents ill with various diseases including typhoid fever scarlet fever grippe and rheumatism. Quarantine was ordered at the Myers home in Gettysburg while several others show signs of improvement or critical condition among Leipzig area families and local workers.
William Timmins, once of Gettysburg and missing since April 25 from his Pittsburgh home, was tentatively identified in a Baltimore paper that published a photo of an ambulance unit bearing a striking resemblance. Also reported, Mrs. Aaron Spangler of McSherrystown fractured her left knee after a Sunday kitchen fall, and Donovan Frock of McSherrystown began work as a stenographer for York Manufacturing Co.
W A Diehl of Lincoln Way West offers private sale of twenty eight well bred steers at his farm. Steers weigh about 900 pounds and are of excellent quality. prospective buyers may call at the Hotel Oxford to arrange purchase.
On Thanksgiving Day a carrier pigeon arrived at Mrs. Sheileman’s home on West High Street bearing numbers 7640 and 3535. The owner may claim by calling Mrs. Sheileman and paying for this notice.
For rent store room on Hanover Street. For particulars inquire by call or address I', 3S. Smith, in same building.
Haul your scrap iron to the New Oxford Foundry and Mfg Co. They pay more than anyone else. Bell phone 10-R 2.
Yard removal and modern conveniences offered in a six room house on West High Street recently vacated by L. H. Little who moved to Westminster. M. D. Feiser handles the rental details in New Oxford.
A garbled notice mentions John HL Dulteka of New Oxford and references a no wet or damp notice. Details are unclear but name and place are readable.
Market notes from New Oxford list prices for wheat rye barley oats corn and shelled corn. The brief item provides figures in an apeteaeane style with several garbled spellings but preserves core commodities and location for traders.
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