Local residents head to jobs in Maryland and Washington
Sylvester John and Harry Weaver of McSherrystown take work in Magnolia Maryland. A L Wagaman Square Corner and Fabian Staub Bonneauville leave for Baltimore. Pius Robinson moves to Highlandtown with family after government work at Sparrows Point. John Irving moves to Washington DC for War Insurance Department. Tudor Gardner visits York Springs while purchasing agent for Western Pacific. several locals travel for work and visits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sylvester
John
Harry Weaver
McSherrystown
Magnolia
A. L. Wagaman
Square Corner
Fabian Staub
Bonneauville
Baltimore
Pius Robinson
A. F. Robinson
Near Town
Sparrows Point
Highlandtown
Robinson
J. V. Staub
John Irving
Hanover
Washington, DC
War Insurance Department
Tudor Gardner
Sacramento
Cal
York Springs
Sarah O. Gardner
Mae
Mr. Gardner
Greely
Gardner
Western Pacific Railroad Company
East Berlin
H. E. Melborn
Norman Moul
Abbottstown
Washington, D. C
E. CO. Livingston
J. M. Bream
M. Baugher
J.C. Myers
Gettysburg
Bernadine Lingg
Coalwood
W. Va
Howard Reinecker
Camp Meade
Garry Miller
Co. A
West High Street
Ella Winand
Anna Wolf
Wrightsville
Rev. Mack
Gettysburg Seminary
Charles and
Ralph Baker
J. W. Winand
C. M. Stough
Near Heidlersburg
J. A. Foose
Levere Gable
Spring Grove
Naomi Bellinger
Lincoln Way
East
Minerva Mummert
Swift Run
Joseph Mummert
Taneytown
J. Felix Sanders
York
I. H. Lingg
Emmittsburg
Nicholas
Clement Linge
Beartown
W.H. Emmert
Philadelphia
Sere
Local men rejected for physical defects at Camp Meade
Bugle Notes lists Adams County men including Gerald C. Bixler Grayson O. Deardorff and Hillary R. Kennedy rejected for physical defects at Camp Meade. Other area servicemen report arrivals in France England and training stations with several enlisted or discharged due to injuries. Also notes family military connections from Hanover McSherrystown and Gettysburg and a P.O.A. gathering at Washington camp No 22.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gerald C. Bixler
Grayson O. Deardorff
Hillary R. Kennedy
Adams County
Camp Meade
L. G. Lawrence
Near Town
Victor
Lawrence
437Th Aero Squadron
Mra. V.K Jordan
Hanover
U. S
Herbert Jordan
England
Wilson Jordan
France
Clark McAvoy
Dundee
Scotland
Aviation Corps
Paul Wagner
A. P. Wagner
Carlisle Street
Hanover Shoe
New Brunswick
N. J
N. Wagner
Wrightstown
N.J
Camp Dix
New National Army
Mr. Wagner
Wagner
Preston Messinger
William Messinger
Littlestown
25Th
Fort Slocum
John Hoffnagie
Fairfield
Grant
Joseph ‘Small
Mark Poist
McSherrystown
Camp Greenleaf
Chattanooga Park
Tennessee
Larry Swisher
John F. Brenner
Frank Brenner
Harver
Dayton
Ohio
Horace L. Henry
U.S. Coast Artillery
J. McCrea Dickson
Gettysburg
Fort Oglethorpe
Washington Camp
St Paul’s Reformed Church
W. E. Garrett
Hospital Patients From Several Towns Undergo Operations
Names from East Berlin Littlestown Abbottstown Hanover Gettysburg and New Oxford are listed as hospital patients and undergoing operations at York and Philadelphia facilities. People include Harvey Spangler Henry Orr Richard Wagner Alverta King and Miss Marie Buddy among others with surgeries planned or recently performed and a local YWCA fundraising contribution noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harvey Spangler
East Berlin
Henry Orr
Richard Wagner
Paradise Protectory
Abbottstown
York Hospital
Joho A Mayers
Littlestown
West Side Sanatorium
York
Percy Hemler
Charles Little
Mt. Rock
Mr. Robinson
Gettysburg
Misa Marie Buddy
Church Home Infirmary
Baltimore
Ahe
After 45 Years a Hanover Courtship Finds Its Happy Ending
Geo C Miller of Philadelphia visited Hanover on Sunday to revive a half century old courtship with Miss Sadie Cook. Miller, 68, cigarmaker, had married elsewhere and lived in Philadelphia for 20 years. His letters to Miss Cook, now 64, prompted a return, and a wedding is planned soon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hanover
Geo. C. Miller
Philadelphia
Miller
Miss
Sadie Cook
West
Misa Cook
Mrs Caroline Bupp Dies After Pneumonia in Hanover
After a five day illness from pneumonia Mrs Caroline Bupp wife of Emanuel Bupp died at the family residence in Hanover Monday morning aged 67 years 11 months 24 days She was born in York county a daughter of the late George M and Louisa Dubs She married fifty years ago to Mr Bupp then of Heidelberg township who survives with one son Ammon Bupp a telegraph operator at the local station and two daughters Mrs Albert Renoll of Porters Sideling and Mrs George R Bowman of Hanover Granddaughter Mrs Herbert Meckley of Abbottstown also survives
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Caroline Bupp
Emanuel Bepp
Hanover
Bupp
York County
George M
Louisa Dubs
Heidelberg Township
Ammon Bupp
Carlisle Street
Albert Renoll
Porters Sideling
George R. Bowman
Herbert Meckley
Abbottstown
Draftee Turmoil Breaks Windows En Route to Camp
Draftee Claude Greft of McSherrystown damaged two car windows between Gettysburg and Hanover and a third at Hanover station after becoming unruly. He was treated for a severed artery in the right hand. Police incidents in Hanover include Officer Crabby assault and arrests for drunkenness, with three men fined $10 after hearings. Also reports bid results for 10 000 cords of wood, a 96th birthday bedridden in Hanover, and a K of C war camp fund drive totaling 5125.01. Wind toppled walls at Pila Rudisill mill, with lumber damage. Mrs. Myera buys a Gettysburg brick house. birds appear in the area. Fuel adviser urges buying coal for next winter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Claude Greft
McSherrystown
Gettysburg
Camp Meade
Hanover
Dr. Bittinger
Groft
Crabby
William Scherdel
Center Square
Crabbs
Scherdel
Earl Henry
Sfarry Mumin
Chief Crabbs
Burgess Newcomer
Quartermaster Department
Ray Hoffman
George W. Lynch
Larimer & Co
York Road
Myera
Aspers
Emma
Bluebirds
Robins
Blackbirds
Renu’ar Wev
Garfiel
Americans Press German Lines In Chemin des Dames Action
American patrols with French partners pushed into the German lines near the Chemin des Dames sector and captured two German officers twenty men and one machine gun. The fight caused enemy casualties with no American losses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chemin Des Dames
United States
Aisne
Paris Air Office
Ailette
Chevrigny
Chemin Des Dimes
Toul
St'il
Chocolate Blaze Destroys 1,000,000 Pounds at Hershey Plant
A fire on the top floor of Hershey Chocolate Company's building No 25 at Hershey near Harrisburg Pennsylvania destroyed more than 1 000 900 pounds of powdered chocolate and caused losses over 500 000 dollars. Work will continue with minor order delays as local and Lebanon firefighters battled the blaze until under control.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hershey
Hershey Chorcolate Company
Kershey
Harrisburg
Lebanon
Wheat prices fixed by President for upcoming crop
President Wilson set the price at $2.20 a bushel for No. 1 northern spring wheat at Chicago for the coming season, unchanged from last year. Differentials vary by market up to $2.28 and aim to influence spring planting while aiding pending congressional price legislation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilson
Chicago
Congress
A General Survey Of The War Tuesday Through Friday
A sweeping war summary notes German forces crossing the Dvina into Dvinsk and advancing into Great Russia aided by campaigns in Little Russia, with Russia seeking peace terms amid Bolshevik resistance, while American and Allied fronts report artillery exchanges and aerial activity. Russian actions include proclamations of defense and sieges, and talks of territorial adjustments and demobilization.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Polsheviki
Great Russia
Nicholas Lenine
Ensign Krylenko
Armiss
Petrograd
Chemin Des Dames Seator
Battle News From Europe Reports Shifting Fronts
Saturday reports say Bolsheviks may use guerrilla tactics to slow the German advance into Great Russia while Austro Ukrainian forces close on Kiev. Berlin states Dr von Kuehlmann travels to Bucharest for Romanian peace talks delaying Bolshevik negotiations. Western front quiet aside from artillery duels. American sector air raids continue. rain pauses air activity. Sunday announces Russia and Germany at war ending with territorial concessions and occupation orders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dvina
Dvinsk
Great Russia
Germany
Little Russia
Ukraine
Bo’steviks
Toinsk
Arras-St. Quentin
Champagne
Verdun
Herlin
Gulf of Finland
Volhynia
Reval
Ethonia
Pskov
Dyinsk
Petrograd
Minsk
Vihebsk
Lorraine
Toul
Kiev
Berlin
von Kuehlmann
Bucharest
Lost on Wrecked Red Cross Liner Florizel
Forty three survivors rescued from the Red Cross liner Florizel wrecked near Cape Race Newfoundland as ships arrive to take them off. The ship carried 146 people including 69 crew. Seven bodies were found, and authorities deem the rescue effort ongoing and challenging.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Red Cross
Red Cross Line
Cape Race
N. F
Broad Cove
Cape
Boaats
John Crosbie
Prospero
Placentia Bry
Baird Appointed U S Senator for Hughes’s Unexpired Term
David Baird of Camden New Jersey was appointed by Governor Edge to fill the unexpired term of late Senator William Hughes. He accepted by wire from Miami Florida while on a business trip and vacation. Baird pledges patriotic duty supporting the president and war effort.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Goovernor Edge
Hughes
David Baird
Camden
N. J
New Jersey
United States
Fige
Lale
William Hughes
Baird
Miami
Florida
Edge
Water Power Plant at Muscle Shoals Authorized
President Wilson signed an order to construct a water power dam at Muscle Shoals Alabama as part of a 66 million dollar government project. The Alabama Power Company offers the site at no cost and will transfer options on about seven percent of nearby land. The government plans to spend roughly 66 million dollars on the Nitrogen fixation plant on the Tennessee River with details yet released.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Muscle Shoals
Ala
Wilson
Alabama Power Company
Tenessee
Infant Burned to Death in Philadelphia Home
Fifteen month old Aubrey Braxton, a colored child, was burned to death after his mother left their home at 2718 Mt Vernon street in Philadelphia. The infant was taken to Presbyterian Hospital but died en route.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aubrey Braxton
Mt. Vernon Street
Philadelphia
British Casualties for Week Ended Sunday Report
British losses in the week ended Sunday total 3571 deaths and wounds. The breakdown shows killed or died of wounds: officers 24, men 736, and wounded or missing: officers 77, men 2734. This is the week’s lowest casualty figure in months.
Socialists Pick Berger for U.S. Senator Nomination
The Socialist state executive committee in Milwaukee Wisconsin selected Victor L. Berger as the party candidate for United States senator.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berger
Victor Tl
Socialist State Executive Committee
Milwaukee
Wis
United States
Also Mentioned on This Page
York County Agricultural Society
F. E. Winter
York Fair Grounds
John Bollinger
J. F. Rickrode Cash
G. W Sadler
Fisher Bakery
Sadler
New Oxford
Paradise
Y. W. C. A. Fund
Elizabeth Gregg
Grogg
Edward Sandruck
K. of C
Wehland
Firmasensense
Bavaria
Mannheim
Russia
Finland
Turkey
Anatolia
Brest-Litovek
Courland
Austria
Livonia
Esthenia
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