Adams County Orphans Court notices list multiple estate accounts
The register announces that administration accounts for several Adams County estates will be conformed and approved at the Orphans Court on a Saturday in January 1908. Entries include John Reed Scott, OC Pit tentorf, Abbie L Walt man, John H Brough, L Emory Kauff man, Wilson F Hol linger, William Hollinger, James W Leis ter, Martha F Hollinger, Teena W Thomas, and a recount for Wm McSherry.
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Orphans’ Court
Adams County
John Reed Scott
Anna Horner White
Liberty Township
OC. S. Pittentorf
J. CO. Pittentorf
Tyrone Township
Abbie L Waltman
Mary R. Mowery
Hamiton Township
John H. Brough
B. M. Miller
Oxford Township
Penna
L. Emory Kauffman
George L. Kauffman
Hamiltonian Township
Wilson F. Hollinger
William Hollinger
Daniel E. Hollinger
Berwick
Adams
Kemper E. Thomas
Butler Township
Wm. McSherry
Susan Riley
McSherrystown
D. F, Steffy
Public Sale On Turnspay January 14 18811 1908
Public sale notice appears with a dated reference to January 14 1908. The fragment mentions Turnspay and sale action but lacks details on location or items.
Weather and local notes overlook time for next week
The column lists assorted local items. Mrs Lauffer and daughter visit son Rev Geo N Lauffer in McKeeport. Rev Fr Martin ill with heart trouble. Miss Mary Smith ill with rheumatism. Mr Chas Jacobs injured while slaughtering a beef. Tuesday’s wind and sleet disrupt telephone lines with broken poles and iced trees. R F D workers hindered by downed obstacles.
Local suits heard by Squire Lilly at McSherrystown
Last week before Squire V H Lilly at McSherrystown the H W Miller Co of Hanover sued E M Bittinger of Oxford township for a bill of goods sold and delivered. Peoples Bank of Hanover sued E M Bittinger and D E Barnitz on a promissory note. The H W Miller Co sued Buittinger Lime Co for a bill of merchandise. Defendants failing to appear, judgments were rendered for plaintiffs. A separate toll case McSherrystown & Hanover Turnpike Co vs John B Noel was amicably settled.
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Squire
McSherrystown & Hanover Turnpike Company
John B. Noel
Squire Lilly
Marriage in Cumberland Township Seals Union at Home
On January 1 a wedding took place at the groom's parents home in Cumberland Township. The ceremony was officiated by Rev. W G Minnick and united Claude King and Miss Mary Eckert daughter of Mr and Mrs Harry Eckert.
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Cumberland Township
W.G. Minnick
Claude King
Mary Eckert
Harry Eckert
Boyd and Shultz wed at Trinity Reformed Parsonage
George Mervin Boyd and Flora Shultz of near Gettysburg married last Thursday evening at 7 at Trinity Reformed parsonage Waynesboro, officiated by Rev F. F. Bahner D. D.
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George Mervin Boyd
Flora Shultz
Gettysburg
Trinity Reformed Parsonage
Waynesboro
F. F. Bahner
Fires destroy barns and crops across Pennsylvania farms
Fire at the Oliver Perry estate near Hatboro and a second blaze at Amos Bowman’s Wheatland Mills barn consume crops and livestock. A Maryland theft case involves Lillian Huff, charged with diamonds stolen from Wm Hoenes. Also, Noah Keeney dies in Baltimore after cancer surgery, aged 42, and his brother Jacob Keeney dies in a Shrewsberry saw mill accident.
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Oliver Perry
Hatboro
Lillian Huff
York
Baltimore
Wm Hoenes
Hull
Amos Bowman
Wheatland Mills
Lancaster County
Noah Keeney
Shrewsberry
York County
Jacob Keeney
Noah
Infant killed in Loganville wagon crash with runaway horses
Five month old daughter of Henry Godfrey of Loganville York county died after being thrown through a storm window when a market wagon overturned on a steep hill. Her mother, father, and siblings were injured but not seriously. A single tree snapped causing the runaway and crash.
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Henry Godfrey
Loganville
York County
Talent Thrives After Raid Darkens New Year’s Cookout
The Gettysburg crowd reports a rambunctious New Year’s cookout drawing twenty five to thirty sports from Han and nearby. The event ran through night and into morning with competing birds on display and large sums wagered on outcomes, showing the talent unshaken after last winter’s raid by Adams County officials.
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Hanover
Gettysburg
Adams County
Twice Called Dead In Ohio Woman's Cataleptic Episodes
Bellefontaine Ohio January. Lucinda Carrothers of Bellefontaine was pronounced dead twice after sudden illness. While being dressed for burial a chair jar woke her and she recovered, then another attack the next day led to a second presumed death. She later revived and has remained in good health.
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Ohio
Bellefontaine
Lucinda Carrothers
More Capitol Charges Warrants for Huston Sanderson Cassel
Harrisburg Jan 7 Three men already indicted for conspiracy in the Capitol building scheme face additional false pretense charges. Counsel for Congressman H Burd Cassel of Marietta Joseph M Huston and John H Sanderson of Philadelphia were notified warrants will be issued after information is filed Alderman Caveny will handle arrests bail is set and a hearing may be waived.
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Huston
Sanderson
Cassel
Harrisburg
New
State Capitol
H. Burd Cassel
Marietta
Joseph M. Huston
John H. Sanderson
Philadelphia
Weiss
Alderman Caveny
New Catholic Marriage Rules Set by Pittsburgh Bishop
A pastoral letter from Bishop Canevin to be issued in the Lenten season imposes new marriage rules for Catholics. It enforces Pope Pius X's rescript forbidding priests of one parish to unite in marriage residents of another parish, aiming to tighten safeguards on ceremonies.
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Pittsburg
Jenten
Canevin
Catholic Church
Woman Dies on Reading Train Near Mahano y City
Mrs Lewis Bibleheimer aged sixty of Mahany City died suddenly on a Reading passenger train near East Mahany Junction after boarding the express. The body was removed at East Mahany Junction and turned over to Dr Seligman. Authorities say haste to reach the station may have caused the death.
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Reading
Lewis Bibleheimer
Mahanoy City
East Mahanoy Junction
Seligman
Bibleheimer
Sleeping Child Stumps Doctors In McKeesport Case
Pittsburg Pa Jan 7 Physicians are puzzled by the illness of two year old Mary Dolan daughter of Matthew Dolan of McKeesport This county The child sank into a sound sleep at noon last Friday and efforts to arouse her since have failed She had been sick for several days and treated for grip
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Pittsburg
Mary Dolan
Matthew Dolan
McKeesport
Countess Seeks Divorce From Earl in Yarmouth Split
London reports Countess of Yarmouth, Alice Thaw, sister to Harry K. Thaw, files for annulment of her marriage to the Earl of Yarmouth. The aristocratic Hartford family faces renewed scandal linked to the Thaw murder case as the Earl prepares for a New York trial. The Marchioness of Hartford supports her daughter in law amid distress.
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Harry Thaw
London
Countess of
Yarmouth
Alice Thaw
Pittsburg
William Thaw
Harry K. Thaw
Stanford White
New York City
Earl of Yarmouth
Hartford
Earl
Marquis of Hartford
Thaw
Marchioness of
STABBED WIFE IN BED Frank Smith Easton Pa
Frank Smith of Easton murdered his wife during a separation and then attempted suicide. He forced entry to the home, killed his wife with a carving knife, and wounded himself. He confessed to his father Chester Smith, who rushed him to treatment. physicians say he will recover. The motive given was alleged infidelity.
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Frank Smith
Easton
Chester Smith
Smith
Thug Sentenced in Scranton Robber Assault Case
Robert Perry, a Negro, confessed to assaulting three women with a bludgeon in two months. He pleaded guilty to three counts of assault with intent to rob and one larceny charge and received a thirty three year penitentiary sentence. Victims suffered facial disfigurement concussive injuries and other harms. Perry claimed robbery as motive. police doubt the claim given his earnings and bank balance.
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Scranton
Robert Perry
Edwards
Perry
Belle Osborne
Carden
Lulu Thiel
Supreme Court voids employer liability law for railroad employees
In a Justice White opinion the Supreme Court held unconstitutional the employer's liability law making railroads responsible for coworkers' negligence or defective appliances. The ruling affirms lower court decisions in two cases, one from the Illinois Central near Memphis and another from the Southern Pacific in Nevada, where verdicts were won on constitutional grounds.
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Washington
Justice White
Supreme Court of the
United States
Memphis
Tenn
Nevada
Draughtsman Returns Lost Money. Receives $500 Bond Reward
Lawrence Prickett, a draughtsman from Pottsville, found a package in a Pullman car containing 7500 in gold bonds and 4500 in negotiable papers. He located the owner and returned the bundle by express. On Saturday the grateful owner rewarded him with a 500 US gold bond.
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Pottsville
Lawrence Prickett
New Jersey
Pullman
Express
United States
Narrow Escape for Paderewski in Cincinnati
Ignace Paderewski, famed pianist, had a narrow escape from death in Cincinnati on January 7 as details of his perilous incident emerged. The episode prompted a flurry of cautionary reports about his fragile health and the risks of travel.
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Paderewski
Cincinnati
Ignace Paderewski
Pianist Paderewski in Car Accident at Rail Yard
The pianist Paderewski was shaved in his private car in railroad yards when a switch engine bumped the car. The razor punctured his throat but was redirected to avoid vital areas. He suffered three considerable gashes and blood loss but is not expected to have serious results.
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Music Hall
Paderewski
Fatal Crane Accident Aboard Battleship Nebraska
In San Diego a crane accident on the battleship Nebraska injures several sailors. Early reports suggest loss of control caused the crane to sweep a group of crew, with unconfirmed word that two men were killed and swept overboard.
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San Diego
Cal
Nebraska
Body Turned to Stone in Ringgold Graveyard
Workmen exhuming the body of Mrs. Sarah Geist in the Mennonite grave yard at Ringgold, Maryland, found the remains turned to stone. The dress folds remained stiff as at burial, eleven years ago, while the body could not be moved for relocation to Waynesboro.
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Hagerstown
Sarah Geist
Ringgold
Waynesboro
Polander killer shoots man then ends own life
Camden New Jersey January 7 Michael Zieninski was shot in the head and killed instantly by Antonio Gedzenski who then shot himself. Both men are Polanders. Last August Gedzenski was shot in the leg by Zieninski during a hunting trip and lost the limb. He claimed the shooting was not accidental and the murder grew from the earlier incident.
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Camden
N. J
Michael Zieninski
Antonio Gehenski
Gedenski
Zieninski
Man Dies By Jump After Escape From Sickbed
G W Groom of Sewickly near Pittsburg leaped from a bedroom window fifteen feet to the ground then crossed to the Pennsylvania railroad tracks where a freight train fatally struck him. He had escaped the house while suffering nervous prostration and died at the scene. Mrs Groom and a nurse had kept watch but could not restrain him.
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Pittsburg
G. W. Groom
Sewickly
Pennsylvania Railroad
Groom
Kindness Rewarded By 70000 Gift In Will
Lancaster Pa Jan 7. Otto I Kuenzler a Swiss peasant who died in this country about a year ago left a will bequeathing his entire estate to George B Kofroth a former Honey Brook hotel clerk. The gift amounts to seventy thousand dollars as a reward for kindness shown to two poor homeless wanderers.
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Lancaster
Tefiie
George B. Kofroth
Honey Brook
Otto I. Kuenzler
Kofroth
Two Men Die in Slate Quarry Slide near Delabole
In Easton Pennsylvania on January 4 Hiram Thomas and an Italian worker known as Tony were killed when slate slid at a Delabole quarry. They had reportedly been warned to stop working before the fatal accident.
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Easton
Hiram Thomas
Tony
Delabole
Child Smothered in Fire Tragedy at Johnstown Home
A thirty two month old child of John Wassing died from smoke in a house fire that nearly destroyed the residence. A second child was injured as a lamp exploded starting the blaze. Local authorities report the incident occurred in Johnstown Pennsylvania on January 7.
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Johnstown
John Wassing
Wassing
Wireless earth rod telephone test in Kingston inventor
Wilkes Barres reports a public test of a wireless phone by John Growhoski of Kingston. He claims a 1000 foot message was clear, using a rod six feet deep as the transmitter. Experts doubt the device will succeed despite exhibition and claimed results.
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Wilkes-Barre
John Grohowski
Kingston
Lawyers Take Icy Surf Wager in Atlantic City
Six lawyers from Philadelphia traveled to Atlantic City to watch James W. Cohn and Alfred Carr bath in the icy sea. Carr won by remaining eight minutes in the surf while Cohn lasted seven.
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Atlantic City
N. J
Philadelphia
James W. Cohn
Alfred Carr
Cohn
Week's News Condensed Summary of Early January Incidents
A dense digest lists numerous 1907 events across the United States. Incidents include suicide in Pittsburgh station basement, deaths of notable figures Frank Ridgway and Dr. Nicholas Senn, mining and mining-town fires, bank robbery in McCurtain, and multiple accidents and deaths in Pennsylvania, Arkansas, Illinois, New York, and Connecticut.
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Albert Zein
Philadelphia
Pennsylvania
Pittsburg
Frank Ridgway
United States Weather Bureau
Willock
Stein
Lackawanna County
New York State
James W. Wadsworth, Jr
Francis Gallagher
Lake Erie
Nicholas Senn
United States
Chicago
McCurtain, Okla
State Bank
Cumberland Presbyterian Church
Coal Centre
Erie
Susquehanna
Binghamton
N. Y
Sarah Burton
Arch
Blackville
Ark
Barnes
Britt Jones
Denis J. Stafford
D. I
St. Patrick’s Catholic Church
Washington
Providence
R. I
Anna Remann
Crane Ironworks
Catasauqua
Grain and dairy futures edge higher in latest market report
The latest closing prices show firmer values across grains with Ballimaha re wheat and corn up modestly. Butter and eggs also hold firm with Maryland Pennsylvania and Virginia dairy prints listed alongside regional quotes for eggs in Maryland Pennsylvania Virginia and West Virginia.
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Southern
Maryland
Pennsylvania
Virginia
West Virginia
Live Stock Markets at Pittsburg Union Stock Yards
Cattle steady with choice at $5.60 to $5.80 per cwt, hogs lower with prime and assorted grades noted, sheep steady with prime wethers at $5.26 per cwt and common to cull ranges, veal calves around $8.57 per cwt. Prices reflect market activity for the period.
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Pittsburg
Union Stock Yards
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Wm. Boadenhamer
Monumental
Hanvover
Rhinehart Farm
New Oxford
Oxfod
Durham
Rhode Island
Dayton
Deering
Spangler
Néw Hench Jr
Mountville
National Dream
M. W. Hildebrand
J.B. Crist
Auct
R M. Straley
Court of Common Pleas
Conewago Alley
MccSherrystown
O. H. Mayers
Clement F Lingg
R. Snyder
Carlisle Street
New Oxford, Pa
Martin
Church of the Immaculate Conception
Redding
Mary Smiith
Wagner Building
Chas. Smith
Mountpleasant Township
Chas. Jacobs
Patrick Kerwin
Seward
Westmoreland County
Siegersville Union Church
Farmers & Merchants Bank of
Iyus
Jas. W. Barnitz
Dr.kerss
Mont Clair
Edward Shea
Rod
Thomas L. Pierson
Second Criminal Court
Newark
Martin Wezlarz
Redington
Lexington
William G. Rockefeller
Greenwich
Conn
Peter Hicks
Chester
Shenango
New Castle
Paul Revere
Congregational Church
Wiscassett
Luella Smith
Harry H. Hosley
U. N
Dewey
Newport News
Manila
New York
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