New Oxford Item Company Ad and Local News Items
Published svete. Thursday item lists terms 31.00 per year, $1.50 late, and out of county rates. Also notes entries about Claude Sherman at Two Taverns, Lydia Brough injuries, Holy Communion at St. Luke's, a new touring car, Sunday School events, a festival, and local happenings including whiskey seizure, umpire appointments, and Boy Scouts plans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Oxford Item
NEW Oxford Item Company
American Press Association
Claude Sherman
T. T. Newman
Pester
M's
J. D. Ernst
Latimore
Norman Lawrence
McSherrystown
Fifth District
York Springs Presbyterian Church
Lydia Brough
York Springs Lutheran
Samuel Eline
Hanover
Robert Eline
Warner Livingston
Dillsburg
Westinghouse Electric Company
Willamsburg
Dicks’ Dam
Conewago
Pines
Winfield McElwee
Mechanicsburg
Huntington Friends' Meeting House
Mary Wierman
Howard Wierman
Huldah Wierman Neely
Billy Gilbert
Boston National
Waterloo
Pete” Groft
Real Silk Hosiery Company
Indianapolis
Ind
Adams
York
Lancaster
Hanover Boy Scouts
Conewas
A. A. Fuhrman
Fuhrman
Camp Star
Gettysbburg
Ha & BR
Shearer
Adams County League
Roy Raffensperger
EB. J. Raffensperger
Arendtsville
Joseph Pfaff
Cletus Bowile
Ivan Shanebrook
Benneauville
Edward Cline
Pennville
Bushman
York Springs
C. L. Myers
Harry E. Brough
Kenneth Hankey
H. F. Smith
Huntington Township
Bermudian Church
W. K. Myers
Hunters Run
Myers
Smith
Blaine Beamer
Joseph Myers
Bonneauville
EB. L. Golden
York County
Mr. Golden
Lincoln Trust Company
York Springs News Briefs and Local Notices
Rev J P Shultz leaves for Staite College for six weeks to study and will conduct services in York Springs Hunterstown and Rock Chapel. Abbottstown post office adds a 12:45 pm mail run. Local visits, transfers, accidents, retirements, and community events fill a crowded log of York Springs area notices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. P. Shultz
York Springs
M. E
Staite College
Mr. Shultz
Hunterstown
Rock
Abbottstown
Margaret McCreary
Burlington
Kansas
H. R. Pearson
Cyril Roth
McSherrystown
St. Vincent's Seminary
Beatty
Philip R. McDevitt
Harrisburg
New York
Hanover
Anna Kauffman
York Springs Grammar School
State College
Elizabeth Trostle
H. Elmer Trostle
Stewart Berger
Nazareth
Far] Rader
Easton
Shepherdstown
Vernica Berger
Earl Rader
Charles Berger
Harrisburg Hospital
Rock Chapel
Elizabeth Shultz
Charles Pensyl
Center Mills
William D Pensyl
Jesse Miller
Earl Miller
Abraham Roth
Walter J. Craymer
Abgottstown
William L. Smith
York Shrings Presbyterian Church
York Springs-Hunter Town
Hoffman Orphansee
Edward Funk
Anual Picnig
Grover
Myers
Gardners
Ulster
James Sterner
Adams County
Gettysburg
J .A. Cleaver
Eliza Fickel
Justice Appler
Kate DeHort Lau
Lau
Noah Lau
Seven Valleys
Amanda Sny‘der
York
New
Oxford
Frank Cachat
Chas ‘McCaffrey
Littlestown
Edward L. Crawford
Griest Park
Churchtown
Pennville
Sprint Grove
Griest Pars
Crash at Cross Keys Injures Dorothy Miller in Hanover
Miss Dorothy Miller of Hanover suffered a probable brain concussion and abrasions after a broadside collision at Cross Keys when a car driven by LeRoy W. Guyer of the Austin Company struck the Miller vehicle. Eyewitnesses reported high speed by Guyer’s machine, with both cars heavily damaged and Dorothy Miller hospitalized briefly before return home. Guyer was fined $13.50 for reckless driving and faces an assault and battery charge at Gettysburg on July 18.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dorothy Miner
Hanover
Cross Keys
LeRoy W. Guyer
Austin Company
Gettysburg
H. C. Miller
O. A. Larson
Guyer
G. R. Haverstick
New Oxford R. D
TI. Cc. Gulden
Miller
Larson
Taylor Jones
Isom Williams
Dorothy
Mildred
Dorothy Miller
Boote
New Oxford
Sheets
Appler
Philadelphian
Auto collision injures Mrs Balogh near New Oxford
Mrs. John Balogh of New Brunswick New Jersey suffered a fractured nose and multiple cuts when her husband’s car crashed head on with John N. Group’s truck six miles west of New Oxford on Route 4. Balogh slid 50 feet after braking but could not avoid the collision.
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John Balough
New Brunswick
N. J
John N. Group
New Oxford
New Jersey
Galogh
Dettysburg
Balogh
Kime
John Group
Ba‘logh
Enogh
Hospital Patients and Discharges at Warner Hospital
Miss Ida Freed of the Hotel Oxford underwent successful surgery at Warner hospital on Tuesday. Several others from Gettysburg and nearby towns were admitted or discharged, including the Bream boy who suffered a skull fracture two weeks earlier and is nearly recovered.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ida Freed
Hotel Oxford
Warner Hospital
Francis Dutters
Littlestown
William E. Stahler
Yeadon
McSherrystown
Mervin G. Spangler
Eleanore
New Oxford
Simon Stull
Gettysburg
Lloyd Rothaupt
Gettysbure R. D
George Naugle
Iron Springs
Martin Baker
Fairfield
Catherine Wallick
Genevieve Power
Ruth Myers
Charles Doersom
Charles Bream
Bream
Ills in Latimore and Nearby Towns Reported
The sick list notes Miss Maude Jacobs at Latimore gravely ill. John I. Dougherty of McSherrys town likewise seriously ill. Miss Anna Halter of White Hall suffers a sore throat. Prof. John A. Hale of Abbottstown is threatened with typhoid fever.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maude Jacobs
Latimore
John I. Dougherty
McSherrystown
Anna Halter
White Hall
John A. Hale
Abbottstown
Hampton Items Detail Brethren Aid And Local Visits
The Hampton Brethren congregation distributed donations to Homes for the aged at Huntsdale and children at Carlisle on the 4th. About thirty-five members and friends attended, with devotions led by Revs. C. L. Baker and S. S. Miller. Various local visitors and relatives traveled to see family and friends including Albert Benedicts, Flora Benedict, Ira Maamer, Daisy Thomas, Bal timore guests, Francis York, and others from York, Baltimore, Philadelphia, and Washington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hampton
Albert Benedict
Abbottstown
Latij
East Berlin
Huntsdale
Carlisle
C. L. Baker
S. S. Miller
H. B. Dicks
Flora
Ira Maa Mer
Augustus Thomas
Daisy
Chas. Caler
Francis
York
Julius Schimmel
Emmett Simpson
Philadelphia
Arthur
Miss Lewis
D. Hartzell
Walter Winand
Washingtn
D. C
Henry Heinard
Albert Thomas
Geo. Shelleman
Gettysburg
H. B. Chronister
Johnstown
Margaret Chronister
John Myers
Willian Deardorff
Autoist fatally hurt in Dover road spill
Harry Baum age 19 of Bermudian died from a fractured skull and crushed chest after an automobile crash on the York Carlisle pike near Welglestown. Baum’s car sideswiped a Ford driven by an unknown motorist, overturned, he was thrown clear and died next morning. He worked as a state highway department truck driver and left parents two brothers and two grandmothers. Funeral services drew over 1500 mourners at Mummert’s meeting house with multiple officiants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
York-Carlisle Pike
Welglestown
Harry Baum
Bermudian
Young Baunmt
Santtor‘dam
York
Baum
Ford
Steinart I Boyer
Weiglestown
Boyer
State Highway Department
JC. Bosserman
J .B. Baum
Bermisjum
Lester Baum
White Hill
Preston Baum
Yillsbore
Luther Baum
Joseph Trostie
Hidnoee Baum
Mummert’s
J. E. Baum
Charles Baker
Monroe Danner
Samwel Miller
Wallhearers
Bord Nell
Parker Wiley
Luther Wiley
Maurice Jehigh
Brooklyn youths confess in Gettysburg burglary case
George Ia mine and Joseph Congo, both Brooklyn teens, pleaded guilty at a preliminary hearing before Justice Hill in Gettysburg to charges of robbing Hall Thompson’s Heidlersburg residence. Police recovered most loot including a string of pearls valued at $12 and four rings worth $59 after their arrest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Iamine
Joseph Congo
Brooklyn
Justice Hin
Gettysburg
Hall Thompson
Heidlersburg
Wilson
Thompson
Wanstairs
Unon
Justice Hill
Albert Heyser
Thomason
Buford Avenue
Heyser
Adams County
Thompsons
Crshtown
Thomasons
Stork News Weighs In With Birth Announcements
Mr and Mrs Paul Krug near Bullingers welcomed a son on Monday. Mr and Mrs Reuben Slothour of Hamilton township welcomed a son on Friday. Mr and Mrs Edward Willet of McSherrystown welcomed a son. Mr and Mrs Clarence Overbaugt of McSherrystown welcomed a son on July 4. Mr and Mrs Friezer Mummet of near Hanover welcomed twin sons. Mr and Mrs Robert C Berkheimer of Abbottstown welcomed a son Warren William on Monday.
Deaths and Obituaries From Local Area
A series of obituaries notes the deaths of George Withers of Irishtown at 52, Dr Joseph H. Bittinger in Hanover, Joho F Carey, 67, of Iron Springs, Francis T Brown, 78, Littlestown, and David Johnsen, a blind postal player jailed in 1924, among others. Surviving relatives include wives, children, and siblings. interments occur in Waynesboro and Gettysburg areas. Additional notices report Mrs Annie D Linn of Salisbury and Mrs Elizabeth Walker of Hanover passing after illnesses, with Gartman family survivors in York and York Springs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Withers
Theistry Dunkel Withers
Fianna Withers
Irishtown
Mont Alté
Waynesboro
Daniel
York
Richard
Littlestown
Joseph
New Chester
Avon
Lrizhtown
John
Lewis del
Tyan
McSherrystown
New Oxford
Joseph H. Bittinger
Pensylvania
Hanover
Ratph Bittinger
Detroit
Mich
Dr. Bittitterer
Bittingers
Hiis
Clara E
Michael
Eliza Bieber
Ralph E. New
Mea
Steward Hoffheins
Joho F Carey
Iron Strings
Deatth
Francis T. Brown
Bina
Littlestowna
Nevin
Elsie Brown
David Johnsen
Eastern Penitentiary
Philadelphia
Sundes
Johnsen
McPhersson
Johnean
Gettysburg
Annie D. Linn
Thamas C. Linn
Salisbury
N. C
Lion
W J. Stahte
Gettyshurg
J. L. Buttamt
Warrtaker Licenses for Kuhn and Bievenour Pair
Charles E. Kuhn of New Oxford and Miss Anna A. Bievenour of Abbottstown appear in a marriage license notice. The couple listed involves families Theophilus Bievenour and local residents, reflecting a formal publication in the county notices.
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Warrtaker
Charles E. Kuhn
Joseph H. Kuhn
New Oxford
Anna A. Bievenour
Theoptolus Bievenour
Abbottstown
Marriages Reported From Lutheran Parsonages and Local Churches
Marriage notices list multiple couples joined across Abbottstown New Oxford Hanover York and surrounding towns. Names include Roy E Geisler and Lovinai lwecker. Mary A Huff and Charles E Stambaugh. Eva Sharrah and Herman Gentzel. Ruth M Davidheiser and Geo C Herting. Margaret E Nace and John L Bletther. May A Spalding and Guy W Groft.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Muehlenberg Lutheran Parsonage
Spring Grove
Roy E. Geisler
George Geisler
Abbottstown
Lovinai
Lwecker
New Oxford
Geesey
Mary A. Huff
Charles E. Stambaugh
Berwick Township
G Howant Danner
Eva Sharrah
Willowgrove
Adams County
Ruth M. Davidheiser
Geo. C. Herting
Arenidtsville
Margaret E. Nace
Howard Nace
Hanover
John L. Bletther
Mi. Asc
Charles Blettner
Pennyil
R. H. Bergstresser
May A. Spalding
Mugene Spalding
Guy W. Groft
Lewis Groft
Conewago
St Atorsius Church
Litestown
Willian
Boyle
Leo Groft
Bernadette Murren
Sherrystown
Farm Fire Destroys Buildings On Hanover Farm
About 1 000 people witnessed a 14 30 fire at the farm of John Wehr in Hanover with tenanted aid by Charles Misenhart. The blaze destroyed three structures including a 45 by 72 foot barn and a pump house, almost the entire crop, and several animals. Firefighters lacked sufficient water to halt the flames, and the loss is largely uninsured on the Codorus and Maryland parts in Suce Company.
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John Wehr
Hanover
Charles Misenhart
Abbottstown
Hisenhart
Eisenhart
Hanover Fire Company
Ned
Suce Company
Boy’s one leg saved after hospital operation
Lester Jacoby age twelve from Tungtown is undergoing surgery in York hospital after a complex operation to repair deep injuries in his right leg. His left leg was amputated below the hip four years earlier after an accident with a wagon wheel. He was aiding his grandfather at Myers Mill when the accident occurred and a grain binder halted him, leading to a severe injury during the incident.
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Lester Jacoby
Aflen Jacoby
Tung
York
William Slonaker
Myers’ Mill
Jicoby
Sunday church notices highlight services and events
The New Oxford area lists services for St. Pauls Reformed Emmanuel Reformed and St. Marys churches with sermon times and Sunday School hours. First Lutheran and Methodist Episcopal announce July picnics and summer activities including a Fresh Air Child drive and prayer meetings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Paul’s Reformed Church
New Oxford
A. P. Frattz
Emmanuel Reformed Church
Abbottstown
A. PD. Kantz
St. Mary's Church
Geo. L. Rice
First Lutheran Church
George E. Sheffer
Young People’s Christian Endeavor
Williams’ Grove
Methodist Episcopal Church
J. W. McMorris
James W. Barnitz
Epworth League
Finherty Testifies on Waldheim Dam Mill Operation
At a Harrisburg hearing before the State Water Power Board C B Finherty a resident miller testified he ran the mill only five times since the dam broke in February and corrected a prior report that claimed six operations since purchase of the mill.
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Harrisburg
Waldheim Dam
C. B. Finherty
Also Mentioned on This Page
Cross Kets
Dover
Boes
Alowe
East Bereen Trems
Jacob Prillhart
Pinchtown
Betty
George Shotter
Warner Hosptel
Little Tetty
Judson Resser
Rocky Springs Park
Main Wolf
Merton Himes
Willow Oak
Zwingli Reformed Church
Charles Ejisenhart
Stearns-Knight
Costella Lapham
Claud Lapham
Claud
Byron
Charles Loss
Charles Eisenhart
Lapham
Paul Newman
Jacob Newman
Eva Burgard
John Burgard
Lutheran Church
Abbettstown
Paul Gladfetter
Church Serves
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