Local residents visit relatives and attend events
Mrs Levi Byer and two sons visitLancaster City while Miss Adelaide Chrismer a nurse from Baltimore spends time with her parents in Bonneauville. Families including Hemler Myers Cashman Miller Diehl Hersh share holiday visits and travels as students attend college events and parents host relatives.
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Levi Byer
Berlin Street
Bessie Withers
Lancaster City
Adelaide Chrismer
City Hospital
Baltimore
Wiliam Chrismer
Bonneauville
Harry Hemler
Spearfish
Hemler
Joseph J. Tremler
Mark Miller
Reading
Geo. A. Miller
West High Street
Helen Ruth
Bucknell University
Lewisburg
M.D. Feiser
Philadelphia
Ralph, Russel
Freeman Tanns
Near Town
Harry Janus
Ilanover
Ferdinand Ilesse
Smithsburg
Sarah Diehl
Metzger College
Carlisle
A. C. Diehl
Pitt Street
Elizabeth Hersh
Wilson College
Chambersburg
Battleship Maine Gif on Mys terious Mission
Washington reports the battleship Maine sailed from Hampton Roads under sealed orders toward Venezuelan waters to protect American interests amid rumored plans of unrest against President Castro. Rear Admiral Conway H Arnold commands the vessel as the state department considers a show of force.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Maine
Hampton Roads
Newberry
Venezuelan
Castro
Venezuela
State Department
Conway H. Arnold
Dr King’s New Discovery Heals Coughs and Colds
Mrs A C Williams of Backy credits Dr King’s New Discovery with ending a grave-yard cough after three years marked for death. She regained 58 pounds as her health improved and credits the medicine with preventing pneumonia. Trial bottle free at Ed Auker’s drug store. guaranteed product sold for 5 cents and 1.00.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ed. T. Auker
Marriages in Union Township and Gettysburg Area Churches
Miss Mary L Lohr of Union township wed Clayton G Duttera of Myers District Maryland at Christ church parsonage with Rev F bs Lindaman officiating. Clara Deardorff and Liza Deardorff from Gettysburg and Tillie respectively married at Arendtsville with Rev T C Lesson officiating. Last week Frank Tlanes and Latie Turner from Liberty township joined in marriage at Fairfield Presbyterian parsonage with Rev Charles Dalzell conducting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary L. Lohr
Union Township
Clayton G. Duttera
Myers’ District
Christchurch
F. Bs. Lindaman
Clara Deardorff
Gettysburg
Liza Deardorff
Tillie
Arendtsville
T. C. Lesson
Tlanes
Latie Turner
Liberty Township
Fairfield
Charles Dalzell
Adams County Plans Publicizing Liquor License Signers
Anti liquor interests propose publishing every signer of liquor license papers this year. Names will appear for every town and precinct with hotels, printed in courtly papers and posted on telegraph poles and fences along public highways.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Adams County
Hebron Lodge Annual Banquet Held at Hotel Oxford
After the regular monthly meeting of Hebron Lodge 465 F. and A. M. the annual banquet was held at Hotel Oxford. Normally on St John night December 27 but shifted to the third Monday this year because the date fell on a Sunday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hebron Lodge
Hotel
Oxford
St. John
Estate sells 25 acre York Springs farm for 2314 dollars
Administrators of Geo. W. Keefer estate sold a 25 acre farm near York Springs to J. R. Hantz for 2314 dollars. In a separate note Raymond Iershey and Crawford Warren found a bee hive with 40 pounds of honey while cutting a tree on Abraham Hershey's farm near Tillie in this county.
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Auker's
Geo. W. Keefer
York Springs
J. R. Hantz
Raymond Iershey
Crawford Warren
Abraham Hershey
Tillie
Big Steel Plant Opens in Gary with 25 Million Mills
Hammond Ind Dec 22 The Gary Calumet region begins actual steel production as blast furnace No 12 is blown in. The $25,000,000 mills start active operation and will expand to employ about 25,000 workers in the new giant mills.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gary
Ind
Hammond
Calumet Region
Goat eats curtains. farmer executes pet
Lancaster Pa December 22 H H Kilheffer a dairyman kills his goat after it eats the newly hung curtains from his wagon. The incident highlights the goat as an expensive pet and ends with the animal's death.
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Lancaster
H. H. Kilheffer
Kilheffer
Lisbon Council Uncovers 7 Million Dollar City Fund Scandal
Dec 22 Lisbon reports the newly elected municipal council unearthed a major irregularity in the city accounts. More than 7 million dollars have disappeared. Former monarchic councillors admit irregularities but blame the government for illegally taking the city’s money.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Municipal Council of
Lisbon
Portugal
Lodge Embezzler Receives Two Year Sentence
Randolph K. McDonald aged 45 pleaded guilty before Judge Woods in Lewistown Pennsylvania to embezzling 3000 dollars from Reedsville lodge No 162 Knights of the Golden Eagle. He was sentenced to two years in the western penitentiary. The lodge trusted him as treasurer for ten years before discovery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lewistown
Randolph K. McDonald
Reedsville Lodge
Knights of the Golden Eagle
Woods
Western Penitentiary
McDonald
Cane Home To Die Bishop Michaud Arrives In NY
Rt Rev John S Michaud bishop of Burlington Vermont arrived on the Steamer Amerika from Cherbourg in a dying condition. He was carried to St Vincents hospital after physicians had given up hope of saving him from acute Brights disease. A brief improvement followed by relapse led him to request return to Burlington to die.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Michaud
New York
John S. Michaud
Burlington
Amerika
Cherbourg
St. Vinent's
Michaud
Lourdes
France
Bright
Body found in Delaware river wrapped in burlap bag
A decomposed body, sex undeterminable, was found in the Delaware River near Lambertville New Jersey. The remains were wrapped in a burlap bag containing a leather seat and weighed down with about forty pounds of railroad spikes, causing investigators to classify the discovery as a grim homicide era style scene.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lambertville
N. J
Delaware River
Typhoid Patient Die from Window Jump Injuries
Walter Enders of Highspire died in Harrisburg from injuries after in delirium he jumped through a window while afflicted by typhoid fever. The incident occurred December 22 as he attempted escape.
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Harrisburg
Walter Enders
Highspire
Enders
Bride Dies While Crossing Ocean to Utah Groom
Charles C. Clark of Utah waited years to wed Miss Princilla Hewison of White Haven England after the liner Baltic halted in New York. She contracted peritonitis shortly after departure and died at sea before reaching the home they planned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bride
Ocean
New York
Charles C. Clark
Ureka
Utah
Princilla Hewison
White Haven
England
Baby Cries Save Family From Fire in Sharon
In Sharon Pennsylvania on December 22 a baby’s cries woke Michael Torbori to a blaze. The family fled in night clothes, leaving the grandmother inside. Peter Mackey, a blast furnace worker, ran through flames to rescue the unconscious grandmother. Loss valued at 6000 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sharon
Michael Torbori
Peter Mackey
Couple Slain In Bed In Wilmington Home Obscene Hatchet Murder
Wyconty Florezik aged 38 and Rozlye Florezik 24 were found murdered in their bed at 132 Bird Street Wilmington Del. The crime used a hatchet with their two month old child between the beds in a cradle nearby uninjured. Their two year old daughter was in the adjoining room frightened with blood on the floor. Alexander Florezik, 18, a boarder and half brother, found the bodies and police have detained him.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wyconty Florezik
Rozlye Florezig
Bird Street
Wilmington
Del
Alexander Florezik
Capitol Trimmers Sentenced in Pennsylvania Capitol Case
John H. Sanderson ex-Auditor General William P. Snyder ex-State Treasurer W L Mathues and ex-Superintendent James M Shumaker were sentenced to two years in the penitentiary two hundred dollar five hundred dollar fine and costs for conspiracy to defraud the state of Pennsylvania in the capitol scandal. After seven hours in custody they were released on one hundred thousand dollars bail each. Attorneys appealed and the Superior Court granted a supersedeas. Bail set twenty five thousand dollars each pending the higher court decision.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Penna. Capitol
John H. Sanderson
State
William P. Snyder
W. L. Mathues
James M. Shumaker
Philadelphia
Harrisburg
Tobacco Trust Gets Hard Blow
The final decree in the government suit against the tobacco trust was filed in the U S circuit court in New York. It states that the American Tobacco company, the American Cigar company, the American Snuff company and the McAndrews & Forbes company form a mo- tion toward dissolution and breakup of the trust pending further proceedings.
Tragedy On Train Leaves Italian Man Hanged
Charles Krecar, traveling with his wife and twelve children from Esterhazy to Petersburg, Va., is found hanged near Graham, Va. Police suspect robbery and murder after a large money roll was seen on the train between Cincinnati and Bluefield. Krecar left the train at Bluefield to buy lunch and was unable to rejoin his family. The body shows a small cord around the neck as investigators work the case.
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Hobbers
Esterhazy
Can
Petersburg
Charles Kretcar
Graham
Kretcar
Cincinnati
Bluefield
W. Va
Krefkar
Roanoke
Death of Ik Marvel Author Donald Grant Mitchell
Donald Grant Mitchell eighty four well known author died at his home Maryle bone Edgewood a suburb of New Haven Conn death due to gradual breaking down incident to old age At bedside were his sons Harold and Walter and his daughters Mrs Walter Hart Mrs Mason Hoppin and the Misses Elizabeth Bessie and Harriet Mitchell
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ik Marvel
Donald Grant Mitchell
Marylebone
Edgewood
New Haven
Conn
Mitchell
Mr. Mitchell
Harold
Walter
Walter Hart
Mason Hoppin
Elizabeth
Bessie
Harriet Mitchell
Will of Patrick Monahan Found in Charlestown Washtub
A will of Patrick Monahan a Charlestown Mass grocer valued at 250000 was found in a red envelope nailed to a washtub bottom and offered for probate. He died last September without a prior will and brother John Monahan of Chicago was named administrator. The sub cellar yielded the document.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Patrick Monahan
Charlestown
Mass
Monahan
John Monahan
Chicago
Monument to Governor Stuart Erected in Linglestown
Linglestown seven miles east of Harrisburg Pa plans a monument to Governor Edwin Stuart known as the Good Roads Governor. The town backed the good roads policy after a long fight and now pays tribute for its success with a lasting public tribute.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stuart
Linglestown
Harrisburg
Edwin Stuart
Dying Electrician in Allentown Plant Accident
William Werley, expert electrician at the Allentown Electric Light and Power company, collapsed while aiding in tests. He suffered heart failure and a shock that killed him after signaling the superintendent to cut power.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Allentown
Electric Light and Power Company
William Werley
Worley
Elbert Hubbard Crushed by Falling Tree Near East Aurora
Elbert Hubbard Roycroft author was badly crushed when a tree fell toward him while he aided workers in the woods near East Aurora New York. He will be laid up for some time from the accident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elbert Hubbard
Roycrofter
East Aurora N. Y
Arrest for Selling Colored Milk in Pennsylvania
W A Taylor, a dairyman at Semayne near Harrisburg, was arrested by order of Dairy and Food Commissioner Foust for selling milk artificially colored with yellow annatto. The offense is the first of its kind noted in the state.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. A. Taylor
Semayne
Harrisburg
Dairy and Food Commissioner
Foust
Chestnut Blight Threatens Lancaster County Trees
Farmers in southern Lancaster County Pennsylvania report chestnut blight steadily killing trees. If unchecked, the ravages could wipe out chestnuts entirely.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lancaster County
Turkey stolen from East Donegal man aimed for President
Amos N. Mumma of East Donegal township near Mount Joy Pennsylvania reported his twenty five pound gobbler was stolen Thursday night. The bird was to be sent to President Roosevelt as a Christmas present.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amos N. Mumma
East Donegal Township
Mount Joy
Roosevelt
Mrs Taft Heads Civic Federation Honorary Chairman
Mrs William H Taft was unanimously elected honorary chairman of the women's branch of the National Civic Federation in New York The chairman is Mrs Horace Brock of Lebanon Pa
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Taft
Civic Federation
William H. Taft
National Civic Federation
New York
Horace Brock
Lebanon
Wrens Farmer Duel Ends in Son Killing Father
John Kitchens and his son Monroe, both farmers living in Wrens Georgia, were drinking when they dueled with shotguns. In the exchange Monroe Kitchens killed his father in what authorities described as a fatal duel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Kitchens
Monroe
Wrens
Foreboding December incidents from rogues to reform
A compressed roundup notes Edward Perkins arrest in Chicago for forging about twenty checks totaling 10000 dollars. Rear Admiral Pillsbury retires at sixty two. A Newport hospital apprentice Walter Boldt of Louisville commits suicide. Wilkes Barre hosts a Mystic Shrine temple dedication with Bishop Talbot present. Also reported are a California man Frank Sandoval dying after eight years of torture from a broken back, and a young boy Harold Brouse who shot his sister with a father’s revolver at Selinsgrove. A grand duke Alexis dies intestate with a 30 million fortune. Panama court justice Wesley Owen appointed to fill a vacancy. Roosevelt declines a Wright brothers banquet invite.
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Edward E. Perkins
Chicago
John E. Pillsbury
Naval Bureau of Navigation
Walter Boldt
Louisville
Newport
R. L
Bishop Talbot
Wilkes-Barre
Frank Sandoval
Monrovia
Cal
Harold Brouse
Selinsgrove
Alexis
Paris
Wesley M. Owen
Leroy, III
Supreme Court
Panama
Roosevelt
New York
Aero Club of America
Wright Brothers
Quotations The Latest Closing Prices For Produce and Live Stock
Philadelphia prices for flour rye flour wheat oats hay poultry butter eggs potatoes and sweet potatoes shown with varying grades and conditions. No two sentence rule requires a concise record of items and values with entities such as farms mills and markets. The list includes numbers like 3 75 to 4 0 for flour and 14c for fowls along with several grade descriptors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Win Ours Crear
City Mills
Fancy
Western
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Ny & Ee
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Poas
the Farmers Bank
McSherrystown
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York
H.S. Reigle
Nanambhan
Uby VE Weutinvel
AVVO
W. Bange, N.P
A. Pogeo
Y. Henler
Eport
Ee Sone
Thie— Farmers & Merchants Bank
New Oxford
Banks
Adams
Jas. W Barnitz
Jas. W. Barnitz
R. M. Straley
J. P
Ee F. Sheely
Mo" N. Hersh
J. McClain Gilbert
Daniel B. Straley
Notary Public
Leo F. Zelinski
Gibeon St
Buffalo
Burklen
Elas
Harry H. Starry
Mary FE. Harbold
Latimore
Chauncey Glatfelter
Brillbart’s Station
York County
Flexner
David Stern
Sams Creek
Little Pipe Creek
Union Bridge
Beaver Dam
Catharine Brouse
Pennsy Township
Snyder County
Catharine
Charles Porta
Altoona
Porta
Mies Mame Keating
McCan’s College
Mahanoy City
Cane
Delaware
George E. Work
Internal Revenue
District of West Virginia
Goldsboro
N. C
Berryman Green
Episcpal Theological Seminary of Virginia
Newark
James Jenkins
John Portella
Lee Chung
New Westminster
B. C
James IF. Tracey
Albany
N. Y
Supreme Court of the Philippines
Holloway Exchange Bank
Gibson
Nrd
Indianapolis
Paul Rotkosky
Pennsylvania Railroad
Shamokin
Harriet Armstrong
Good Government League of
San Francisco
Secret Service
Congress
A. B Smith
Ventura
Supreme Court of the United States
William Johnston
Plumbrook
August Winkler
Rev. W. Woodfolk
Dallas
Tex
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