Warns of Schemes by Strangers Across the County
District Attorney J Francis Yake warned Gettysburg residents about rackets run by outsiders posing as church or fraternal groups to raise money. A man and woman are in the county jail awaiting investigation after a scheme involving stamps and a 50 percent profit share. Citizens who bought the $1 sheets of 100 stamps are urged to report details to the district attorney.
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J. Francis Yake
Yake
Dis
Trict
Gettysburg
Wake
District Attorney’s Office
Justice of the Peace
John H Basehore
Arthur Gore
Uncertain Ages Reported for Two Indiana County Residents
Anna Houck of Indiana Pa and Carl Pitterell of Ernest Indiana county are both described as about 35 years old. The note provides limited personal details beyond their names and locations.
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Anna Houck
Indiana
Carl Pitterell
Ernest
Indiana County
Samuel Ehrhart and wife celebrate 63 years of marriage
Mr and Mrs Samuel Ehrhart marked sixty three years of marriage with a family dinner at their home. The couple wed December 9 1877 in Glenville and later lived in Laughmans Town Pigeon Hills and Abbottstown. They have two daughters seven grandchildren and fourteen great grandchildren. He is 83 she 87 and both attend church regularly.
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Bechtel
Ehrhart
Glenville
Paul Ketterman
Laughmanstown
Pigeon Hills
Abbottstown
C. C. Stough
Washington, D. C
Trucker Hurt After Car Collision Near Gettysburg
Clarence A Sprigg of Gettysburg R 1 suffered cuts and bruises when his truck struck a tree after a collision with a car on the Gettysburg Littlestown road around 4 25 Tuesday afternoon. Driver DD Rudisill Littlestown Rey 2 was completing a U turn when the crash occurred. Damages to both vehicles totaled about 175 dollars. Sprigg received treatment at Baltimore street from Dr James B Goyne for wounds to the right hand knee and eye and bruises. The truck belonged to John S Teeter and Sons. State police Private George J Evanko investigated.
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Clarence A. Sprigg
Gettysburg
Littlestown
DD. C. Rudisill
Rey 2
Sprigg
James B. Goyne
Baltimore Street
John S. Teeter and Sons
George J. Evanko
State Motor Police
Truck Hits Tree Damaging Vehicle on Hanover Carlisle Road
A truck owned by the American Stores Company skidded on the Hanover Carlisle highway early Thursday, crossed to the west side, and struck a tree. The vehicle was towed from the scene that afternoon and no injuries were reported.
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American Stores Company
Hanover- Carlisle
Start Plans to Improve Jail in Adams County
Adams county commissioners at their weekly meeting voted to hire an architect to discuss placing the county jail in first class condition. The architect is not yet chosen. The grand jury report urged immediate steps to set up a fund for a new jail when finances permit.
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Adams County
Grand Jury
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