Death notices from Littlestown and surrounding area
Deaths include Cornelius Aumen aged 76 with Civil War veteran status, funeral at St. Alogius church Littlestown, burial Catholic cemetery. Mrs Mary A Strausbaugh dies at 78 in Berwick township from paralysis with funeral at Strausbaugh home. Mrs Joanna Lott dies in Oklahoma at 79 born Gettysburg. influenza victims Lawrence and Ella Gillelan from Emmitsburg and Westminster. Charles Kneuse dies in Youngstown Ohio at 10 years old from pneumonia. Surviving relatives listed for each case.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cornelius Aumen
William Stansbury
Littlestown
F. M. Miller
Agnes Eckenrode
Balto
John B. Aumen
Anna Waltmar
York
William Aumen
Connecticut
Charles Aumen
Reading
Margaret Sauerwald
Baltimore
Augustus Aumen
Gettysburg
William Stanebury
Edward Kuhn
Jacob Murren
Bear McSherrystown
Edward Ai
Hanover
Sylvester Aumen
Mary A. Strausbaugh
Berwick Township
Bittinger
Charles
Anna Sebright
F.C. Sternat
Abbottstown
Joanna Lott
Kingfisher
Okla
Lawrence Gillelan
Emmitsburg
Ella Troxell Gillelan
Westminster
Charles Kneuse
Youngstown
Ohio
Oliver Swnouse
Brysonia
Soldier on long hike returns home amid hardship story
Sergeant Robert Hill, discharged in Pueblo Colorado after enlisting in Denver, walked and rode freights home to Philadelphia with seven cents in his pockets and blisters on his feet. His destitute family of a widow mother and six siblings await his support as his brother died in Europe. Hanover men Skinlts and Smith aided him with a lift and a transportation ticket.
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George Skinlts
W. L. Smith
Hanover
Gettysburg
Robert Hill
West Philadelphia
Pueblo
California
Denver
Colorado
Philadelphia
Europe
Sergeant Hill
War News From Hanover Area Soldiers Homeward and Missing
Bugle Notes lists local servicemen with homecomings and discharges. Obram Bond, of Brushtown and previously New Oxford, arrived home after wounded in the St Mihiel drive. Corporal Myers from Hanover reported shell-hole ordeal on Verdun and Argonne fronts and discharge. Other families hear of sons missing in action, wounded or alive in France and Germany, with notes on camps Meade Merritt Forest, and posts in Coblenz and Dijon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Obram Clair Bond
E. C Bond
Brushtown
New Oxford
St. Mihiel
United States
Company C
11Th Infantry
Camp Meade
Camp Forest
Camp Merritt
U. S
Lawrence J. Myers
Vincent Myers
Hanover
Verdun Front
Argonne Crest
St Mihiel
Benjamin Yingling
Harry R. Yingling
Corp
Osear
Iseefer
Coblenz
Germany
Neeler
Co. 1
John L. Dougherty
McSherrystown
Harry Dougherty
Daugherty
316Th Inf
Ray D. Hoffheins
Engineer Corps
Fort Benja
Altoona
Ernest W Craumer
Camp Gordon
J. £. Craumer
Abbottstown
H. G. Becker
H. D.becker
J. McC. Gilbert
Center Square
53Rd Regiment
Malvilly
Dijon
Chaumont
Charles Petry
Lingg’s Mill
Town
France
Walter Petry
6Th
McGue Battalion
U. S. Marines
Rhine River
Henry Rang
McSher ‘Rystown
Pvt
Charles M. Rang
Bricon
Chateau Thierry
Acd
Local Man dons large gift to U S Treasury
J Eddy of Honesdale Pennsylvania paid his federal taxes on time and sent a second payment equal to double the amount to the U S Treasury. He later issued a note for 225 dollars payable to the treasurer as a planned gift of 500 dollars. Treasurer Burke treated the note as a simple loan and did not credit it. Eddy then redeemed with a check for the amount.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S
Lo J. Eddy
Honesdale
United States
John Burke
Brady
Eddy
Three Chicago Boys Confess Killing Ten Year Old
In Chicago three ten year old boys confessed to police that they killed W olista Widelkis, also ten, who was asleep in a shed. The trio boasted of whisky beer and cigarettes and planned to rob him, slaying him with an empty beer bottle. Parents had given the boy nine dollars to pay a gas bill.
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Chicago
Wholista Widelkis
Widelkis
Lenine Seeks to Quit Amid Amnesty Offer Contingency
Nicholas Lenine the Bolshevik premier reportedly signals willingness to surrender if the Allies grant amnesty to Bolsheviks. Despatch from Lelsing forms details the condition and possible political shift amid postwar negotiations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Say Lenine
Nicholas Lenine
Lelsing
Auto Bumps Fence Before M Li Church on Center Square
A Tuesday night collision left the iron fence in front of the M. Li church on Center Square bent. No owner or damage details could be obtained. San Telmo Cigar Co of Man ager has leased the Jos Hemler factory in McSherrystown for tobacco storage.
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M. Li
Center Square
San Telmo Cigar Company
Jos. Hemler
McSherrystown
Local soldiers receive honorable discharges and homebound notices
Private Paul L. Barnes of Hanover, formerly Trast Berlin, returned from Camp Dix after discharge. Corporal Guy Klingel of Stanover Street completed service on the Mexican border and may reenlist. Privates Cleaver and DeChant, and Sgt Whipple, all cited, returned home from France and Camp Greenleaf. Pvt Miller of Hanover, and Roy Renner of Littlestown, report discharges and home views. families updated by War Department notices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul L. Barnes
Emmai
Barnes
Hanover
Trast Berlin
Camp Dix
N.J
Co. L
7Th Lnd
Gettysburg
Basel Hospital
Rahway, .J
Guy Kingel
Clarence Klingel
Stanover Street
Cannp Meade
Corp. Klingel
Pvt
Cleaver
Lincoln Cleaver
Reading Township
France
Sret. Clair Colestock
M. G. Colestock
Hanover Street
Camp Greenleaf
Gen
A. Miller
Cloyd W. Miller
Paria
Pvt. Miller
Adams County
Camp Lee
Allen H. Diehl
Co. C
U.S
Whipple
Bay Ridge
Brooklyn
Edward Dobbs
War Department
Roy Renner
Camp Meadeon
Agnie Renner
Littlegtown
Allies Committee to Fix War Blame in Paris Talks
The United States and Greece seek to assign war blame through a high council style committee in Paris. American secretary Rolwin chairs the responsibility panel as Europe debates punitive measures and territorial adjustments tied to the Armenian question amid Greek claims on Epirus Thrace and Constantinople.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S
Rolwin Dwansig
Secrenry Oot Btlp
They
Clive
Paris
Predig
Iis Duane
Andrew Pardion
Lyces
Lear
Turkey
Europe
Robert Collene
Smester
Tepenheny
AL Ventacles
Epirass
Thracedons
Dardanelles
Constantinants
Asia Minor
Phere Reena
Epteng
Constantinople
Vilayer
Greece
No Drive by Dryas to Prohibit Tobacco
Dr Clarence True Wilson, general secretary of the Methodist board on temperance and public morals in Washington, warned that the liquor trade seeks to spark credulous support for a constitutional amendment against tobacco, dancing, and midweek prayer meeting attendance, calling it a display of hypocrisy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dryas
Clrrence True Wilson
Board of Temperance, Prohibition and Public Morals
Methodist Church
Washington
Ista
Crown Prince Seeks Divorce Amid Dynastic Strife
Berlin reports the Crown Prince has begun divorce proceedings claiming marital breakdown. He and Princess Alexandra of Mecklenburg are discussed amid Austrian Hungarian tensions and dynastic relocations. The couple have five children, with rumors of possible annulment and exile influence from the Darel island.
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William
Feuany
Darel
Wiiriigen
Porsrlant
Frederick Willi
Jane
Ceelle
Meekienbieg
Aistrig
Marrita
Charles
Bourbon
Parma
Charles Joseph
Praneis
Joseph Tanker
Austrns
Kady
Vienna
Ameustus
Planes End Wild Fowl Shooting Says War Dept
War Department orders banning shooting of wild fowl from airplanes with machine guns to protect bird habitats along Atlantic coast. Officers urged strict enforcement as complaints grew about unsportsmanlike actions harming geese and other waterfowl.
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Leach War Department
Dahon
Dhe
Ted
Military Crevarrte
Fies Vas
Coanata
Severil
Tragic murder suicide and Islay memorial plan
A Pennsylvania machinist Rounsaville killed himself after gathering his wife and seven children and declaring he would poison himself with acid. He died en route to a hospital. Separately the American Red Cross planned a memorial on Islay Scotland for 179 USS Tuscania and Orranto dead soldiers.
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Jim
Peter Rounsaville
Masten
U. S
American Red Cross
Islay
Scotland
Philippines in Doubt on Prohibition Amendment Victory
Acting Governor Charles I. Yeager has queried Washington on whether the newly ratified national prohibition amenchment applies to the Philippine Islands, seeking an official ruling on the legal reach of the amendment.
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Philippines
Philippine Islands
Charles I. Yeager
Washington
Borough Is Deathless For Year In Marysville Pa
Marysville Pennsylvania a town with under 100 residents reported no deaths in the year ending January 10 and only one birth an unusual record for such a small community highlighting its quiet year in local vital statistics.
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Marysville
United States
Polish Mission Named For Poland Visit By Peace Conference
American members of the peace conference mission to Poland are Major General Francis J. Vernon of the army and Professor Robert H. Long of Harvard University an expert on Russia and Poland. The party is expected to depart for Poland next week.
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Poland
Francis J. Vernon
Army
Robert H. Long
Harvard University
Russia
Coal Prices May Drop Amid Storage Surplus
Coal buyers and consignors report widespread fuel stockpiling with large quantities stored at Lathenyville and Abrams by the Reading company. Independents in the upper coal region face short time, while miners at the mines remain active. Prices are expected to ease as winter ends.
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Lathenyville and
Abrams
Reading Company
Dolio
Resins
Independents Suspend Work In Channel Sail Near Pan
Disjointed report indicates independent firms halted operations amid copper and coal shortages. Officials cite lack of orders and ongoing repairs as the cause. Naval movements and port actions appear tied to a broader disruption in shipping and processing across Madeira City and Portsville.
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Portsville
Pan
Uae
Ate
St Chair Coord
Chile
Melodia TR
Curtailing In Lehigh Field Amid Idle Mines
Turbulent weather and coal strikes lead to work stoppages in Lehigh Valley collieries. The JS Wenty company Upper Lehigh and High Pronk operations, Teaver Brook, and MM Dodson units report idleness. Widespread suspensions affect Witsheries and Store dao oof amthratice areas as a Sevediehour day limits activity.
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Lehigh Field
Roy 'i
Lelch
JS Wenty Company
Teaver Brook
MM. Dodson
Lehigh Valley Company
Tias Patsone
Plan Four Months Half Time At Susquehanna Mines
Following the shutdown of the Sermayn Coal Company’s major mine, a four month half time will be required for the Lackawanna and Wyoming valleys operations. The pause stems from mild weather, freight service constraints, and distribution bottlenecks across distributing points. More than 70,000 workers in the region face reduced schedules and pay during this period.
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Sermayn Coal Campoy
Scranton
Pennsylvania
Conlon
Lackawanna
Wyoming
Home Man's Castle Upholds Husband Rights Over Wife
Judge Kunkle rules a husband has full rights in his own home against everyone but his wife. The decision arose in a maintenance dispute with Foltz claiming cruelty. the court found the wife kicked when restrained and supported the husband's choice to retreat, stating a husband cannot complain about her treatment when he brings her into his home.
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Judge Kunkle
Dauphin County
Harrisburg
Filtz
Foltz
Kunkle
Boy Drowns Skating on Thin Ice in Wyoming Valley
Fourteen year old Joseph Grohl of Harwood near Hazleton Pa drowned in Mount Pleasant reservoir while skating on thin ice. His brother John Grohl narrowly escaped a same fate while attempting the rescue.
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Joseph Grohl
Harwond
Hazleton
Mount Pleasant
Wyoming Valley Water Supply Company
John
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