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Oxford
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Hanoverburgess winner and regional notices span Central Pa
George Schott of Littlestown marked a birthday. Howard G. Slagle won the Hanover burgess post with a $275.02 expenditure. Samuel W. Kline bagged a large six pronged buck. Paul Strausberg injured at W. M. freight station in Hoover from a heavy barrel strike. Trooper Bugbee succeeds Frutchey at Gettysburg substation. Adams County sees more divorces than marriages in 1924. Court appoints Charles Thomas to Conewago Independent district. Eggs drop 28 cents. Clyde Plank sidelined by old arm injury. Jacob Wildasin injured by auto in Ballville. November readers list names at Fickes school. Rev J R Murphy silver jubilee in Harrisburg. Biggers takes Jacob Frommeyer farm near Gettysburg. Rev G William Millar to St Pauls Annville. Local postmaster Guy Hollinger ill. Dettysburg Academy student home ill with pleuro-pneumonia. Hanover schools to make care package steering for soldiers hospitals. New flagpole to replace downed one in Abbottstown funded by motorist George W Welsh, last Civil War veteran in York County, dies at 89.
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George Schott
Littlestown
Howard G. Slagle
Hanover
Samuel W. Kline
Paul Strausberg
W. M
Hoover
Henry W. Bugbee
Samuel S. Mollenhof
Gettysburg
State Police
R. W. Frutchey
Manheim
Bugbee
State
D. P. McPherson
Adamsf
Fulton
Uniontown
Faycette County
Adams
Pennsylvania
Frank A. Bond
Charles Thomas
Conewago Independent School District
Clyde Plank
Table Rock
Ohio State
Jacob Wildasin
Blooming Grove
York Hospital
Ballville
Fissel
Wildasin
Fickes School
Huntington Township
Miriam Carr
Helen Hoff
Mary Hoff
Lena Klinedinst
Ellen As
J. R. Murphy
St. Francis’ Church
Harrisburg
St. Mary’s McSherrystown
St. Vincent’s
Midway
T. R. Biggers
Stark County
Ohio
Jacob Frommeyer
Biggers
G. William Millar
St. Paul's Evangelical
C. H. Simpson
Garfield Slaybaugh
Robesonia
Reading
Guy Hollinger
Fred Altland
Myr
Charles R. Altland
Abbottstown
Dettysburg Academy
George W. Welsh
Yourk County
Welsh
Spring Crave
B&b. G. Smith Cigar
Pofst
Milton J. Bowman
Fort Washington
Infantry
Washington, D. C
St. Luke's Aid Society
John Stavely
William Mc
Curtis R. Fissel
Barlow
Neanie” Toddes
Adams County
Toddes
McPherson
Stahle
J. L. Butt
Harry M. Stahle
Charles FE. Stahle
Hanover-Spring Grove
York St
Batesville
Mummert
York Springs
R. D
Warner Hospital
Harold Shetter
Johnn Shetter
East Berlin
Lincoln Highway
Clinton F. Null
Milton Heiges
Squire Sell
York County
Charles Williams
Jefferson Camp
Mt. Carmel
Williams
Ira Henderson
Fairfield
Charles Groft
Kingsdale
William Abel
George W. Howe
John C. Shearer
Amos H. Kuhn
A. Ruth
Robert C. Berkhefmey
Harry FE. Anthony
S. J. Diehl
Adams County News Briefs Reflect Local Events and Legal Notices
Adams county reports two ton litter figures from County Agent Underwood with 1924 data and lists 1926 litter men. State cautions on unlawful private timber cutting under a new April 1926 act with fines. Seizures of Latimore and Braybill farms, firehouse site changes, and business dissolutions follow. Hunters’ catches noted. deer and elk inquiries appear. Community meetings, church, school, and farm bureau activities documented with local officials named.
Deaths in Adams County Community Prompt Mourning
A series of obituaries from New Oxford and surrounding towns notes Mervin Wolford 37 of New Oxford dies after two weeks of influenza. Other deaths include Miss Mary Bream 74 at Tyrone Township and Mrs Ellen Heathcote of Hanover, with multiple survivors named and funeral details. Additional notices cover Isaac Myers 56 of Porters, Mrs Sarah Leibenight 92 of York, Mrs Sarah Baker 89 of East Berlin, Francis Bauserman 86 of Hanover, Mrs Vincent Storm 76 of York, Al Carper 67 of Winchester, Ida Smiley 59 of Lemoyne, Henry Beard 88 of Fairfield, James Mickley 78 of Iron Springs, and children and relatives across Adams County regions. Funeral arrangements and interments are listed for several, with churches, cemeteries, and undertakers specified.
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Mervin Wolford
New Oxford
Pleasant Street
Livingston
May
Aline
BH Wolford
John
Marks Wolford
Charles Little
Littlestown
George Shaffer
Lutheran Church
Chas. Sadler
Harry Wetkert
Warvey Bollinger
Denton Fair
Lester Hensel
Chester Bower
Mary Bream
Chestnut Hill
Miss Bream
Tyrone Townsship
Emma Bream
Ira Bream
Rierstown
Ground Oak Church
Dill Gochenour
Hiram Trimmer
Willis Harmon
John Studebaker
Wilbur Rupp
Charles Rupp
Ellen BE. Heathcote
Raymond Gass
Hanover
Blanche Allard
Woodbury
N. J
Frank ii. Heindel
Glen Rock
Isaac R. Myers
Paul D. Frey
Myers
Jacob Myers
George Myers
Thomasville
Maria
Abbottstown
Sarah Leibenight
Samuel Leibbenght
Charles King
York
Charles Altland
Mazie King
Bigmount
Eli Altland
Alice Anthony
Franklintown
Altland
Bizmount
J. Bowser
Church of the Brethren
Sarah M. Baker
Huntsdale
John M. Wolf
Samuel Baker
Albertstown
R. D
John D. Baker
Franklin Grove
Ill
C. L. Baker
East Berlin
Franklin Eisenhart
William Wolf
Francis C Bauserman
Vincent G. Storm
Harrisburg Hospital
Jerry Storm
Storm
Lewis
Co. I
Gettysburg
John Weaver
George Martz
Brushtown
Susan Hofe
Bruceville
Carroll County
Emma Weaver
Weaver
al Carper
Winchester
Carper
Jennie Owler
Adams County
Ida S. Smiley
L. Cc. Smiley
A. B
Lemoyne
Presbyterian Church
Shermansdale
Perry County
Henry ‘J. Beard
Fairfield
Myr. Beard
Mr. Beard
Harry B. Beard
James Beard
George G. Beard
Rinestead
Iowa
Jolhn J. Beard
Grove City
Minn
James Izer
James Eck
Iron Springs
Jas. Peters
Spring Grove
John Herring
Walter
William Weaver
Bonneauville
James C. Mickley
188Th Regiment
Pennsylvania
Daniel
Ralph Miller
Kate Y. Poorman
Henry Poorman
E. M. Sando
Lebanon
Mary Haggerty
Baltimore
Marriage Licenses Granted in Gettysburg
Raymond JL Young and Bessie B Starner of Gettysburg secured a marriage license, filing in the local courthouse. The couple’s registration marks a planned union in the community records.
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Raymond JL. Young and
Bessie B. Starner
Gettysburg
Daring County Hold-Up Tale Doubted by Police
New York City man I C Arendt claims he was held up by four men near Biglerville and robbed of 1 5 cash a diamond ring and a travel coupon. Police doubt the tale noting late reporting and inconsistencies while Carlisle and Gettysburg officials broadcast alerts for a Maryland licensed touring car and its occupants.
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Gettysburg
I. C. Arendt
New York City
Biglerville
Arendt
Maryland
Carlisle
New York
Elks’ Lodge
Justice of the Peace
Joseph A. Appler
Appler
Stakred
Brother Elk
S. S. Mollenkof
Vvced
Business Opportunities Wanted for 8 to 10 Operators
Employers seek 8 to 10 experienced operators for steady year round work at Glatfelter Sewing Factory. No monthly waiting. work guaranteed every weekday. Apply at 12 10 1f Berlin Ave New Oxford.
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Glatfelter
Berlin Ave
New Oxford
For Sale and Wanted Classified Notes
Multiple items listed in 1920s style classified ads. Items include a 1924 Ford Coupe and Star Coupe plus a 1924 Chevrolet with screen body, various sedans, a 5-tube Splitdorf radio set for dealers, and rental land near New Oxford. Contacts: Miss Alice Reese R2 New Oxford. C M Lehigh Hanover Pa. Gettysburg Sales & Service Gettysburg Pa. O H Lucas York Pa.
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Alice Reese
New Oxford
Gettysburg
York St
Chas. M. Schwab
O. H. Lucas
York, Pa
Local Classifieds Declaring Goods and Services for Hanover Area
WANTED several hundred Christmas trees white pine spruce and cedar state size and kind in your first letter apply to P I WENTZ 12 10 31 Local Phone 251 7 231 Baltimore St Hanover Pa BEEF HIDES WANTED Highest cash prices paid CGG SHEELY Lincolnway E New Oxford 12 3 31 WANTED A housekeeper young or middle aged in family of three Apply to GEO P ARD 139 Carlisle St 12 3 31 Hanover FOR RENT A portion of the Holtz homestead on Lincolnway W New Oxford formerly occupied by Jos R Carbaugh Immediate possession Apply to S T BASTIAN JOHN H DUTTERA 12 3 11 Executors APPLES FOR SALE Jonathans 50c a bu Staymans 2nd 75c a bu Pari Bans 2nd 75c a bu York Imperials 1 a bu Picked Staymans Picked 1 50 a bu I will be at your service every Tuesday and Friday from 1 o clock till 4 o clock pm on my fruit farm D B BROWN Also fodder for sale at 4c a bundle D B BROWN 12 3 81 East Berlin Rt BROOMS Made to order in any quantity at a reasonable cost also brooms on sale at all times 12 10 BH F MELHORN Factory in rear of West End Grocery New Oxford
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P. I. Wentz
Baltimore St. Hanover
GEO. P. Ard
Carlisle St
Hanover
Holtz
Lincolnway
New Oxford
Jos. R. Carbaugh
S. T. Bastian
John H. Duttera
Jonathans
Staymans
Pari- Bans
York Imperials
Stayman's
D. B. Brown
D. BE. Brown
East Berlin
F. Melhorn
West End
Merry Christmas the Big Policeman's Wish
A Christmas day encounter with a humane policeman changes a gloomy outlook. The speaker recalls a city scene where a uniformed officer smiles and says Merry Christmas, turning the day from despair to a moment of happiness and a personal symbol of humanity. The memory centers on connection over street life.
Christmas Wish Brings Mistletoe Hair Gifting Prompt
Poem lines describe a wish for simple festive affection. The speaker asks for mistletoe to be placed in the hair and mentions a solitaire as a follow up gift. The tone is intimate and seasonal with a focus on small, meaningful gestures.
Painful Experiment With Christmas Sign Prank
Harry Simpkins altered a road sign to amuse, turning “Go Slow School Ahead” into “Go Slow To School Ahead” causing mild confusion. G Hazard notes the gag drew a cautious lesson from teachers on wording.
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Harry Simpkins
Harry
O. G. Hazard
The Piper in the Subway
A Western Newspaper Sulun vignette describes a blind street musician in a dark subway. The aged piper, famed for lifting travelers with his tune, replies modestly when thanked and reflects on his quiet influence despite a life of hardship.
Local Classifieds Include Dairy Feed and Fur Buyers
Full line of Wonder Dairy hog and poultry feed for sale plus home made middlings cok bran at my residence priced right Nathanel Miller Lincolnway W New Oxford Also wanted raw furs of all kinds as well as live skunks will pay highest price Ralph Teel Along N Chester Road N Oxford Ré4 Wanted 1000 chickens for dinners and waffles phone or write Altland House Abbottstown Pa
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Nathaniel Miller
Lincolnway
W. New Oxford
Ralph Teel
Chester Road
Oxford
Altland House
Abbottstown
New Oxford by J. H. Dutter a heat $1.72
New Oxford item by J. H. Dutter notes a heat related cost of 1.72 dollars. The short notice mentions a price or charge tied to New Oxford in the period context.
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New Oxford
J. H. Dutter
Wheat and feed offers at Lincoln Buffalo Flour Mills
Local notice promotes selling wheat and buying feed at Lincoln Buffalo Flour Mills in New Onnford Pennsylvania with a stated wheat price of 1.72 dollars. The brief emphasizes a nearby agricultural commerce opportunity for farmers and traders seeking grain and feed supplies.
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Lincoln-Buffalo Flour Mills
New Onnford, Pa
The Reason of Reindeer Joke Quips
A brief Christmas quip from Mary and her mother features a playful pun about rein deer and Christmas trees on heads. The lighthearted exchange captures holiday humor in a family moment.
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Santa Claus
Little Mary
M. B. Thomas
Local weddings feature many Adams county unions
A string of marriage announcements from Hanover Littlestown York Haven and nearby towns lists couples including Gertrude Baublitz and L A Mobley of Hanover at Rev W J Sheaffer and others such as Anna Hoover and George Springer of New Cumberland and York Haven as well as Pauline Aulthouse and C Nevin Smith in Hagerstown. The notices name venues dates and next steps like housekeeping in Gettysburg and Florida.
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Gertrude E. Baublitz
L. A. Mobley
Hanover
W. J. Sheaffer
George W. Springer
New Cumberland
Anna Hoover
York Haven
Littlestown
J. I. Hummer
Benjamin Hoke
Frank Hoke
California
Carroll L. Moorehead
York
Estella Givens
St. Matthew's Lutheran Church
William E. Brown
C. Nevin Smith
A. H. Smith
Hoffman Orphanage
Pauline Aulthouse
Samuel Aulthouse
Hagerstown
Scott R. Wagner
Smith
Gettysburg
Arthur Abel
Frederick
Anna Corbin
M. E
Carl Maxwell
Edna Peters
Preston Peters
Bendersville
Claire Hartzell
Benjamin Hartzell
Flora Dale
C. D. Coble
Florida
Larue Worley
Walter Crouse
Charles Crouse
Silver Run
Luther K. King
Emmanuel King
Lockport
New York
Adams County
Edith R. Stall
Buffalo
Stewart M. Robinson
Abbottstown Notes Highlight Travel Plans and Local Events
The Rev Dr M W Lau leaves Abbottstown for Florida as Mrs Lau heads to Detroit, then plans a two year round the world trip via California Hawaii Japan China Holy Lands and Europe. Longtime resident Mrs Jane Morrison 95 recovers from injuries and visits Abbottstown relatives. The Ladies Aid meets at Elmer Market and Abbottstown fire company schedules a December 17 Fair planning. Local clergy canvass Abbottstown Lutheran church and Owl and Nightingale Club with Gettysburg College performs The Third Degree in Brua Chapel.
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M. W. Lau
Abbottstown
Florida
Lau
Detroit
Mich
California
Hawaii
Japan
China
Holy Lands
Europe
Jane Morrison
Davidsburg
J. Israel Crim
Fored Church
Ladies’ Aid Society
John B. Wildasin
Geo. Wildasin
Maple Grove
Ralph Bond
Hagerstown
T. C. Miller
Anne Baker
Owl and Nightingale Dramatic Club
Gettysburg College
Brua Chapel
Abbottstown Fire Company
Bonn
Paul Kitzmiller
Hershey’s Hill
Berwick Township
Ruth Kinneman
Miseracordia Hospital
Philadelphia
J. A. Kinneman
Local health notes report several illnesses across towns
The column lists residents from Irishtown to Littlestown and McSherrystown affected by influenza, bronchitis, adenoids, pleurisy, indigestion, and other ailments. Notable entries include Mrs. George Lawrence recovering at Irishtown with her daughter, and R. M. Krumpe returning to work after quinsy.
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George Lawrence
Joseph Kkemler
York
Irishtown
Leo Poist
W. High Sr
Billy Bievenour
J. Linus Bievenour
Mabel Shetter
Kohlers
Paul Neiderer
Rock
Wm. Albright
R. M. Krumpe
Lincolnway
Monay
Mervin Wolford
Pleasant Sr
Eli Wolford
Linecolnway
Harry Badders
Littlestown
Lancaster
Nathan Yohe
Columbia
Lancaster Hospital
Oliva Crouse
Andrew Halter
White Hall
Henry Felix
McSherrystown
Xavier Rice
Violet Rice
Ldn. Breighner
R. C. Mackley
Brogueville
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Underwood
J. B. Horner
Harney
P. B. P. Breed
Earl IR
Biderville
P. B
Shearer
Acrte
Latimore
M. J. Kraybill
Virgete Kraybill
Braytown
Braybills
Dorsey L. Robert
Joseph H. Hardman
City Garage
Mr. Hardman
Joseph Krepps
Augustus I. Miller
Main
Third
McSherrystown Fire Company
Harry J. Wagaman
Wagaman
St. Mary’s Hall
Almanda
Charles Leese
L. C. Surrick
Alderman May
Eugene Schroeder
Department of Agriculture
Harvey W. Haines
Freysville
Guy Wengert
Mary Jane Inn
Blessed Virgin Sodality
St. Mary’s Church
Sodality
Phelan
Hershey
Emory Sheads
Mr. Sheads
Harry Troxell
Milton V. Fugitt
Caledonia
Latimore Meeting House
Robert Bream
South Mountains
Albert Holman
Harland Sowers
William Harbold
Nicholas Schuchart
J. Harold Mumper
J. I. Mumner
St. John’s Lutheran Church
Westville
Mount Bernon
Catherine Baker
Ruth Hofe
Marian Manahan
Norma Manahan
Rosie McMaster
Gladys Rudisin
Stella Wagaman
Florence Wagaman
Helen Zimmerman
Francis Darhog
Glenn Hofe
Harry Jeffcoat
Foster Zimmerman
Harry Zimmerman
William Winter
H. Milton Roth
Adams County Farm Bureau
Grand Theatre
McSherryston
Columbus
V. Kasel
Thirty-First District
William McSherry
X. Colgan
M. J.brennan
Pius Staub
Brook Yantis
J. M. Staub
J. Preston Smith
Leon Niederer
Ethel Cleaver
Margaretta Cleaver
Helen Hisenhart
Kathryn Golden
Ruth Golden
Kathryn Leer
Kedna Spangler
Grace Spangler
Dorothy Smith
Robert Asper
Wayne Asper
Claire Bowers
Merl Bowers
Eleanor Chronister
Ralph Chronister
Ross Eisenhart
Robert Eisenhart
George Gulden
Chester Helman
Melvin Leer
Kenneth Leer
Harold Multer
Claude Prosser
Loretta M Suck
H. K. Pfaltzgraff
Allen Weaver
Burgess Kernan
William Fair
Taneytown
Torough
Maurice G Coulson
William S. Trimmer
Quief
C. M. Lehigh
CGG Sheely
Lincolnway E
Ethel Cook Eliot
Western Newspaper Union
the Kindly Star
Mr. Frost
Christopher GQ
Hazard
ORG
Sulun
Christopher G. Mazerd
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