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Franklin County News in Brief from the Era and Beyond
Obituaries note Joseph Winters aged 104 longtime Franklin County resident dies at his daughter’s home. Details recount his Leesburg birth, free status, Indian heritage, mechanic skill and a ladder truck invention, plus ties to Frederick Douglass and John Brown. Other items: Elmer Watson alias Eddie Wilson at 50 arrested in Gettysburg on a serious charge. Jerome D Greenebaum praises Wilson’s reelection letter from President Wilson. state highway warns no 1917 automobile licenses without tags. misc injuries and deaths including Henry Dee trik fall and Clifford Markley death in Chester area.
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Joseph Winters
Franklin County
Chambersburg
Leesburg
Froderick Douglas
John Brown
Wintera
Elmer Watson
Eddie Wilson
Shippensburg
Gettysburg
Wilson
Bentty
Cumberland County
Carlisle
Shippenaburg
Automobile Division
State Highway Department
Henry Deetrik
Clarence Copp
Newberry Township
York County
Oliver Hershey
New Freedom