New Oxford Item Publication Details and Terms
Public notice outlines second class mail status for New Oxford Item at Lew Osland. It lists staff roles Henry J. Smith editor and terms: $1.00 annual advance, $1.50 if not paid within year, county subscription $1.80,广告 rates and contract discounts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lew Osland
New Oxford Item Company
Vendlerbert L. Diel
Ayeadobn UD
Keith
Tressurer
Munecer
Henry J. Smith
Local notes and marriages from Straban and nearby towns
Forty years ago readers were thanked for a festive cake and wine setup at the Eagle hotel. Local residents visited, married couples wed on December 25, and notable deaths included Andrew Diehl and Mrs. Catharine Shriver. Holiday visitors came from Baltimore Philadelphia Gettysburg and Altoona as students and residents spent winter at home.
Local Notices and Miscellany From the Era
Thirty years ago Fred W Wolf of New Chester sprained his back. David M Cashman Reading two and Hamsh E Mummert Tyrone two were married Dec 23. Elsie Naylor Hampton teaches near Geuixsbure. Joan Nickey Hampton returns from Harrisburg. January grand jurors listed from several towns. Reading and Conewago jurors named. Straban and New Oxford residents noted. Several named individuals listed for civic duties and miscellaneous events. Hog weighed 313 pounds tolled by Mummert for W E Brough. Annie Rudisill taken to Philadelphia hospital for treatment. Banns of matrimony pub lished between Gregory T Smith and Mary N Weaver. Christmas ground covered by three inches of snow. Thomas McCanehy broke his left wrist in a fall on the ice. John Staub Berlin Janet had his left tile Ginger amps.ed after.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred W Wolf
New Chester
David M. Cashman
Reading
Hamsh E. Mummert
Tyrone
Elsie Naylor
Hampton
Geuixsbure
Joan Nickey
Harrisburg
Jes
PF. Strasbaueh
T. J. Eheely
Mr. Pleasant
Frank Schriver
Andrew Criswell
Sanford Greazer
Wm. Little
Grant Beil
Straban
James J. Devine
Conewago
Wm. Deatrick
Terone
Ie. Smail
Conewaro
Geo. W. Smith
Geo. Klineg
New Oxford
John Miller
Haram Kepner
Berwick
G Wilson Herman
Oxford
Francis Miler
John B Wolf
John Dicks
John Bosserman
Gilbert Haverstock
Samui C Jacoby
Harry Hani
Samuel Willer
Geo. M. Livingston
Cyrus Starner
Tyrone Dan
Mummert
E Brough
Annie Rudisill
Phila
Gregory T
Smith
Mary N. Weaver
Thos McCanehy
John Staub
Berlin
Janet
Abbottstown Rural Mail Carrier to Retire After 30 Years
E E Jacobs will retire next September after 30 years serving Abbottstown route patrons. Lutheran congregation narrates two year term officers including Trustee Charles Hellman Elders Paul Wolf and George Hoffheins Deacons Stuart Ruth Curvin Smith Cemetery Board George Lilich Auchey Hoke. Cemetery, Franks F. Elder oversee fishing station for Ernest Wolf. Emory Brevenour confined to home by illness. Aaron Kinneman killed a 487 pound hog and Robert Emig near town killed a 484 pound hog. Mrs Eminia Woll improving slowly. Abbottstown male chorus sang during Maple Grove Christmas exercises at Maple Grove chapel. Blanche Markle ill four months improving slightly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. E. Jacobs
Charles Hellman
Paul F. Wolf
George Hoffheins
Stuart Ruth
Curvin Smith
George W Lilich
Charles Auchey
David Hoke
Francs F. Elder
Blanche
John Markle
Haines backs 3.2 per cent beer bill vote
Congressman Harry L. Haines of the York Adams Franklin district supported the Colliery 3.2 per cent beer measure in the House with remarks about political mandates. The vote passed 230 to 165 and moves to the Senate as advocates hope for future amendments to the Volstead Act.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry L. Haines
York-Adams-Franklin
Congress
House
Senate
Garner
Mrs J L Grimm Found Dead In Spry Home
Mrs Lillie Mae Grimm 67 wife of Rev Dr J Lower Grimm of Spry York county and mother of Herbert Grimm editor of The Gettysburg Times was found dead in bed Tuesday morning at her home after a period of poor health. Her daughter Pauline Newbould of York reported no response to a telephone call and found her mother.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lillie Mae Grimm
J. Lower Grimm
Spry
York County
Herbert L. Grimm
Gettysburg Times
Larceny arrest for two Gettysburg youths
Charles Cease and James Barnes, both 19, were arrested by Constable C. A. Fox near Gettysburg on a larceny charge. They allegedly stole cigarettes and candy valued at $1.50 from the Episcopal parish house on December 19, as reported by Clarence W. Dierdorff. After testimony the hearing was continued and the pair were held in default of bail.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Cease
Gettysburg
James Barnes
C. A. Fox
Sons of Union Veterans Reserves
Episcopal Parish
Clarence W. Dierdorff
Qate
Birthday and Fire Headlines From McSherrystown
A series of local incidents includes a chimney fire at Milton Yeager Priday’s home, a fire truck convoy to Irishtown, and two chimneys blazed by the McSherrystown company. A birthday party for Paul Krepps Jr. and a family move are also noted along with a serious burn accident to Evelyn Waddle from a kitchen rag fire. Evelyn's condition is described as painful but not serious, with care at Warner hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milton Yeager
McSherrystown Fire Company
McSherrystown
Irishtown
Paul Krepps
Paul, Jr
Elgin Sanders
Cold Springs Farm
Sanders
Joseph Yingling
S. H. Rhinehardt
Cy Cover
McSherrytown
John Liversberger
Maple Avenue
Midway
Sand Hill
John Wistler
Betty Kuhn
Linus Kuhn
Reginald Rice
San Francisco
California
Mr. Rice
George L. Rice
Evelyn Waddle
Gettysburg
Reuben Waddle
Evelyn Carey
Here
Fancytown Road
Waddle
Evelyn
Miss Carey
Warner
Bus Skids Into Auto And Truck In Gettysburg Crash
A Great Eastern Stage bus bound for Gettysburg crashed into H. T. Maring's truck in front of the Plank and Bell garage. The impact pushed the truck into a gasoline pump. Charles Black was injured and taken to Warner Hospital after a stove toppled from the truck bed. Passengers on the bus were shaken but unharmed. Miss Mildred Eden's parked car and the stove were damaged.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Plank and Bell
Gettysburg
Great Eastern Stage
H. T. Maring
Charles Black
Maring
Raymond Stottler
Stottler
Black
Arthur Phiel
Gettisbore
Eden
Warner Hospital
Multiple Auto Skid Uproots Cars West of Hershey Park
Five cars skidded off the Lincoln highway near Hershey’s Park Wednesday evening with no injuries reported. Walter Swisher and Mr. Shultz were named among drivers. others unnamed. Tow trucks pulled cars from ditches as chains proved insufficient on icy roads west of Marsh Creek bridge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Linccoln
Hershey's Park
Walter Swisher
Hersher's Park
Ics
Mr. Shultz
Hilltown
Marsh Creek Bridge
Hershey Park
Adams County
Merit
Gift Shop to Close in Gettysburg
The Gift Shop, Gettysburg’s largest store of its kind, will close around the start of the year. Proprietor Paul Cessna, assistant mathematics professor at Gettysburg College, cites college duties and slim profits as reasons for closing. The shop opened April 22, 1921, and has long attracted visitors with a large stock and fine gift merchandise.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gettysburg
Paul Cessna
Cessna
Pennsylvania
Gettysburg College
Cleveland Case School
Bonus Checks Distributed at Gettysburg Furniture Plants
Gettysburg's furniture factories closed Friday evening for Christmas, reopening after the new year. M. C. Jones announced the annual holiday recess affecting over 600 workers. Bonus checks were issued to all employees, a practice begun years ago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gettysburg
M. C. Jones
Gettysburg Furniture Factory
Reaser Furniture Factory
Gettysburg Panel Factory
Hanover Cabinet Factory
RILEY
Christmas Gatherings and Local News in Hampton Area
Mrs. Joseph Fitzgerald returns home from Annie M. Warner hospital Gettysburg. Local families share meals visit relatives and attend holiday events across Reading township Hanover and Greenridge. Veterans of Foreign Wars auxiliary adds members and funds. Several residents ill or recuperating and Hampton school closes briefly for illness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph Fitzgerald
Annie M. Warner Hospital
Gettysburg
Paul Chronister
Paul
Glenn
Robert
Car
Dean
Bowlder
Lewis Shelleman
Reading Township
Flora
C. C. Brown
Thomasville
Horace Robinson
Hanover
Hampton Square
Mary Riley
Latimore Township
Beatrice Riley
Mary Crist
Bernice
D. E. Myers
Junior
Crist
Ensor
Harry Fisher
James Nickel
Baltimore
John Boyce
Paul Brown
Minnie
Victory
William Weaver
Bernice Crist
Morris Ensor
William Ensor
Harvey Herman
H. R. Kime
Jesse Albright
Hampton School
E. Maye Thomas
Lester Sterner
Tolbert Sterner
Greenridge
Adams County to have both state senator and assembly member
Adams county will be represented by two legislators in the upcoming Pennsylvania General Assembly as John G. Rice of Arendtsville and Dr. H. M. Hartman of Gettysburg take the oath on January 3. The piece notes Adams has held both seats together four times since 1890 and lists past Adams county lawmakers and sessions. It also reports the 130th session will convene next Tuesday with caucuses to nominate officers and the governor delivering the opening message. In a separate item, William L. Young of York, 72, was fatally struck by a car operated by R Lamar Reisinger of York R D 3.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John G. Rice
Arendtsville
H. M. Hartman
Gettysburg
General Assembly
Adams County
William A. Martin
Adams-Cumberland
Adams-Franklin
Donald F. McPherson
State Senate
C. William Beales
Adams
John R. Bittinger
Robert H. Wilson
Carlos L. Longsdorf
James C. Cole
D. Calvin Rudisill
C. Arthur Grest
Repubiican
House
Senate
Multiple incidents reported in Hanover area news rounds
James Swisher, Roy Rentzel injured when car rolled near Marsh Creek after skidding on the Lincoln highway near Cashtown. Mrs. Mabel Ness ends her life by hanging at home in Jacobus. A barbershop cash register stolen in Hanover with cigarettes missing. entry gained by breaking a rear window. Myrl Slaybaugh sustains compound finger fracture and cuts operating a power saw. Lewis Conrad's Ehrhart-Conrad coupe flips on Littlestownpike. rider escapes injury. Carl Gobrecht in serious medical condition at Hanover Hospital. David Kuntz arrested for non support. bail set with Mrs. Stonesifer alleging care for children. Hanover lodge hosts Christmas party for 1,100 youngsters. Santa visits. Gas price cut to 13.4 cents per gallon plus taxes. 1932 vehicle registrations obsolete after Dec 31. Mrs. Susan Hafer will probate. estate valued at 5000 dollars. Auto inspection periods set for 1933. Second period ends Sept 30.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter Swisher
Gettysburg
Lincon Highway
Cashtown
Marsh Creek
Swisher
Roy Rentzel
Mabel Ness
Charles Ness
Jacobus
Jessiah Kump
Hanover
Myrl Slaybaugh
Gardners
Warner Hospital
Ehr
hart-Conrad Company
Lewis G. Conrad
Claude Gobrecht
Hanover Hospital
David Kuntz
Jesse Crabbs
Justice Witiner
Clara. Stonesifer
Santa Claus
Hanover Lodge
Susan J. Hafer
Luther B. Hafer
Robert E. Fisher
Register and Recorder
Unconscious 162 Days For Manchester Boy in Fall
Jay Milton Weirich five year old of Manchester Route 3 has been unconscious for 162 days after a yard fall that left him struck on concrete. He was admitted July 18 after the accident and has not spoken intelligibly or recognized family, though he continues to grow and is fed by artificial means.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jay Milton Weirich
Crist E. Weirich
Manchester R. 3
York Hospital
Alleged Auto Theft Arrest in Gettysburg Area
Earl Beattie of Gettysburg and former Hanover resident was arrested Tuesday by Constable J C Sanders on charges of larceny of an automobile. The sedan owned by J Rupp of Shiremanstown was reported stolen December 3 and later found in Altoona. Beattie is jailed in Gettysburg awaiting Mechanicsturg authorities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Earl Beattie
Gettysburg
Hanover
J. C. Sanders
Straban Township
J. Rupp
Shiremanstown
J. H. Robertson
Mechanicsturg
Justice of the Peace
Beattie
Rupp
Shiremanseen
Altoona
Owit
County Hones Christmas Spirit Amid Foggy Winter Day
Adams county residents observed Christmas with subdued conditions due to fog and rain. Local firemen distributed oranges and candy to children at several institutions, while Sheriff Wible hosted a turkey dinner for inmates. Welfare groups organized 275 baskets of provisions, with 160 by the Red Cross, plus toys from scouts and clubs. Nearly 300 toys and dolls were prepared for redistribution, and a YWCA program showcased a doll dressmaking prize.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Adams County
Gettysburg
Gettysburg Fre Company
Hoffman Orphanage
Paradise Protectorate
Mont Alto
Warner Hospital
John C. Wible
Calvin R. Smith
Annie M. Warner Hospital
Martha McKay
Red Cross
Rotary Club
Mothers’ Club
Menallen Monthly Meeting
Gettysboro
Gettysburg Boycouts
Albert J. Lentz American Legion Post
Business and Professional Girls’ Club
Homecraft Girls
Annie Danner Club
True Blue Girl
Grace Dodge
Frank Clutz
Prderick
Crane
Anna Muzaper
Mother And Tots Struck By Auto In Hanover
A mother Mrs Sadie Becker and her two children Robert aged three and Dorothy eight months escaped serious injury when struck by a car near Young baseball field in Hanover Thursday around 8 39 pm. The baby carriage was hit sending the three to Hanover hospital for treatment as icy streets hindered stopping. The driver J M See was driving toward McSherrystown and attempted to brake but could not avoid impact.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hanover
Sadie Becker
Edge Grove
Robert
Dorothy
Woman Injured When Sedan Hits Coupe in Fog on Gettysburg Road
A woman suffered facial lacerations and shock when her sedan, carrying Kate Leonhardt and George Ansinn, collided with a coupe driven by Margaret Fissel one mile south of York Springs on the Gettysburg Harrisburg road in heavy fog. The Washington, D. C. occupants were taken to Warner hospital. damages were estimated at 50 and 10 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gettysburg
Harrisburg Roa
York Springs
Kate Leonhardt
Washington, D. C
Warner H Pital
Leonhardt
George Ansinn
Margaret Fissel
Harrisburg
Fissel
Unsihn
Miss Pissel
Miss Fissel
Washington
Unsinn
F. L. Mayers
State
Big Way Motor Patrol
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Ida Sunday
Eagle Hotel
Jacob Hemler
Lemuel Myers
Daniel H. Myers
Harvey Trostle
Round Hill
Francis Weaver
Father Hemler
F. G. Stark
Jos
Gitt
H. J. Hemier
Brush Run
Wichita
Kans
Annie Hemler
Mark T. Swartz
State College
Harper Himes
Dickinson
Ed. Markley
Jennie Maus
Canton
Ohio
Wm. Ruff
U. of P
Geo. Livingston
Silas W. Wagner
M. Myers
Lewis Myers
Missourii E. Hull
Wm. Anthony
Amelia Yealy
Wm. J. Parr
Annie C. Veesey
Mt. Pleasant
Curtis Ruth
Annie Stremmel
Goford
Charles ‘Brown
Ida Albert
Latimore
Jos. Grunninger
Marie Neiderer
Brushtown
John
Elmira Miller
Bonneauville
Dennison Myers
I R. Webler
Philadelphia
Harry Sanders
T. Kellogge
Glen Gardner
Harry Coleman
Maria Barnitz
Sheely
Adkin Wolf
Adamstown
W. H. Herbert
Lehigh County
G. F. Slaybaugh
Guernsey
Hermie Etzler
Abbottstown
Biglerville Parsonage
I. C. Weidler
Haines
J. L. Grimm
John J. Witmer
Palmyra
Edith Hollincer
East Berlin
Dee
Harvey FE Freed
Bittingess
Mfumer
Rudi
Maritd Sundar
Cahin R. Smith
Elia Si Hanes Straban
Mamiace Leente
Elo
Chas H. Yeasy
Zora A. Bowers
Hamilton Tp
Sam L
Ted Mivers
Ayy
Ardean Hritmay
Jan
Ted Turday
UGC
Galway
Annie M. Kye
Scaban
Matif Dee
Harry J McSherry
Annie Lawrences
Adams County Township Supervisors and Auditors
Navier
T Bow
Table Rock
Rockins
Russedi
Ace
James Arthur Keivhnoltz
York
Iock
Tom
Hanner
Eugene Bixler
New York
Errion
Jesse Crabbe
Wes
Crabbs
Awash Place
Patrick Falien
Wiliam L. Young
Disbailey? Publishing Company
York Dispatch
R. Lamar Reisinger
York R. D. 3
County
Franklin
Flohr Lutheran Church
George B. Ely
Franks Township
Bernard White
Waynesbi
Waix
Waynesboro Road
Nagle
Fountainale
Amnon Espenship
Ledeach
Montgomery County
Country Girl
To & House
Carlisle
Souther St
Baker's Battery Service
Abox Bank
Farmers’ and Merchants’ Bank
Otto
Double House
Hanover Street
Buick
Enich
Melhorn Buick CO
Buick-Pontiac
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