Officer Bongartz Dies In Gettysburg Hotel Shooting
Henry D. Bongartz a 42 year old enforcement officer for the State Liquor Control board was found dead in his Gettysburg hotel room with a .38 pistol in hand. Coroner Dr. Miller ruled death likely instantaneous from a self inflicted gunshot after Bongartz wrecked his car earlier the same night and appeared despondent over several months.
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Henry D. Bongartz
State Liquor Control Board
Gettysburg
Edgar A. Miller
Adams County
Thomas L. Casey
Bongartz
Pinkerton
Pittsburgh
Philadelphia
Casey
Annex
Ray E. Oberheim
Bongart2
Victira
Oberheim
Brushtown
Gettysburg- Hanover
Western Maryland Railroad
Gettysburg Academy
Liquor Control Board
State Board
Newark
Pinkerton Agency
Navy
Medical
Merchant Marine
H. B. Bender and Son
Jersey City
Harrisburg
Mahlon J. McIntyre
Milk Control Board
Hanover Road
McIntyre
Warner Hospital
Karman Strang
North Second Street
Strang
Banker Cooch to Direct Homestead Farm Near Dillsburg
Francis Allyn Cooch, longtime vice president of Equitable Trust of Wilmington, will assume active leadership of his 176 acre Homestead farm near Dillsburg after a forty two year bank career. The property has tenants Clyde and Mrs Kimmel, and the barn recently rebuilt after a fire. Cooch is brother of Delaware Lieutenant Governor Edward W. Cooch.
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Francis ‘Allyn Cooch
Equitable Trust Company
Wilmington
Delaware
Dillsburg
Cooch
Edward W. Cooch
Benders Green Cold Capsules Advertised at Cut Rate Store
The notice promotes Bender's Green Cold Capsules sold at Bender's Cut Rate Store located at 16 Balto Street in Gettysburg. The short sales copy emphasizes affordability and availability.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bender
Balto. St
Gettysburg
Banker Plays Role of Santa in Sioux City Mystery
Ed T. Kearney a real estate man and banker who funded anonymous Christmas gifts to prisons and missions signed as Mickey Finn. The sleuthing revealed his identity during a 1937 hospital stay and papers showed letters sent to sheriffs and bankers nationwide.
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Sioux City
Iowa
Santa Claus
Ed T. Kearney
Yuletide
Mickey Finn
Kearney
Cook County
Ill
cHicaGo
Mr. Kearney
Jackson
Neb
Two 13-Year-Old Runaway Youths Return Home
Two youths from the South Mountain sanatorium ran away Thursday morning at about 8 30 and appeared at the Gettysburg state police substation at 1 30 that afternoon saying they had changed their minds and would not run away.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Children's Hospital
South Mountain
Gettysburg
State Motor Police
Eyes Examined Glasses Fitted Rimless Frames Sale
The ad offers complete rimless glasses at affordable prices after eye exams. It highlights affordable spectacle options and invites customers to visit for fitting and selection.
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Pric
Two youths Found Near Harrisburg Return to Sanatorium
The youths said they had been within 20 miles of Harrisburg when they turned back stopping at Gettysburg to ask police to help them return to the hospital. Officers took the boys back to the sanatorium. The youths identified themselves as David Smith Harrisburg and George Montgomery McKeesport.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harrisburg
Gettysburg
David Smith
George Montgomery
McKeesport
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