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Newspaper
New Oxford Item
Location
New Oxford, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Dec 23, 1920
Page
9
The Item notes George Lawrence of Irishtown sent a Christmas gift for a missing relative. It reports two hogs killed by a local man weighing 496 and 542 pounds. The piece also crops up local names and varied short notices about births deaths and community events.
The author states he married an up-to-date New York State widow living in high style and retired, describing a relaxed life in retirement.
John E. Himes of near Hanover rents the Dicks farm near Hampton after Samuel Sipe vacates the property.
Adams county poor directors deny conditions at the almshouse after a special meeting and inmate interviews. The Times reports worse conditions, citing Dr Dalbey and warnings of serious consequences, while noting signed inmate statements and a former Hampton resident, Herbert Huffman.
Miss Jodna Bower of Lincoln flour mill is confined at home with pleurisy. William Noel near town suffers typhoid fever. Aug Stough of New Chester is bedridden with lumbago. Mrs John Stitt of New Chester and Mrs John Heck of Hanover are ill. Dr R H Lindaman of Littlestown is bedridden. Mrs Susan Hershey and Mrs Harriet Hyster of Arendtsville are ill. Professor George Rice is on the sick list. Elmer Crawford of Maple Grove is convalescing from pneumonia. Mrs A D Spangler of York, formerly East Berlin, is critically ill after a stroke. Mrs Emma Miller visited Spangler over the weekend. Ray Sheely of McSherrystown is threatened with pneumonia. Charles F Smith of McSherrystown improves after indigestion.
A weekend report shows Annie M. Warner hospital endowment fund drive raising 1117.37. Donors include Sarah E. Sell 500 from East Berlin through East Berlin State Bank Moritz's school Miss Little 15 Mt Olivet Sunday school 18 York Springs Lutheran Sunday school 32 Adams county employees via Robert C. Miller 225 Highway Department workers in Adams county 227.37 and Rev. Charles C. Brown 100 from West Berlin.
Mr and Mrs Edw Hippensteen of Bittingers welcome a daughter. Prof and Mrs Earl B Stavely of State College announce a son. Stavely is son of Mr and Mrs Chas Stavely of Littlestown. Mr and Mrs Ralph B Myers of Reading township welcome a son. Mr and Mrs Earl Beaver of White Run report twin daughters. Mr and Mrs Edward Hildebrand of McSherrystown announce a son. Mr and Mrs John W Klunk of Mercersburg? Mer Sherrystown welcome a son.
David Trimmer of New Chester was arrested by Chief Crabbs and Detective Wilson on Tuesday and charged with breaking into the Hanover Red Men cottage along Conewago near the Forks. He is held in Adams County jail awaiting a hearing before Justice Rice as investigations continue into earlier November robberies.
Jacob C. Schriver of East High Street died Wednesday at 7 30 after a year long illness from complications. A lifelong Oxford Township resident, he farmed and burned lime, moved to New Oxford four years ago. Survived by wife Ellen L. Unger and children Mrs Samuel Baker, Mrs Emory Gobrecht, Lucy K Janet ta G Smily R, William on Cross Keys farm, Clarence G USMC New York, sister Amanda of New Oxford. Funeral at Lutheran church New Oxford Sunday 1 PM Rev W M Allison officiating Burial New Oxford Cemetery.
J L Burgard of East Berlin buys a stone house from H J March to raze for materials for a new bungalow. J B Moody sells the Stonesifer property in Littlestown to Edw Dehoff and then resells the Dehoff property to Holman Sell.
The editor thanks Mrs C T Hersh for several pounds of home made scumage and George D Sheely for a quart of sorghum. The molasses was made from sugar cane grown by Mr Sheely. We anticipate buckwheat cakes and sausage.
Jacob F. Sharrer of Greenmount Maryland was struck while alighting from a truck on Saturday evening by a passing automobile. He died Sunday afternoon in a Baltimore hospital. Survived by his wife two sons and three brothers, including David H. Sharrer who attended the funeral at Greenmount.
Mrs. Israel Crouse of Littlestown remains in critical condition as New Oxford Foundry employees begin a two weeks vacation.
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