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American Press Association
Numerous Local Notices and Community Updates Across Adams County
Sheriff sale announced for 12.4 acre Adolph Ricker property in Latimore Township at court house on January 31. Littlestown to host Adams County Firemen's Association quarterly meeting in April. Rev Fr Wm Burke transferred to Holy Trinity Columbia. Local moves include Philips family in York Springs and W E Grove relocating to Chambersburg then Southern Virginia. Abbottstown fire and rescue highlights with officers listed. Moonshine stills reported in Pigeon Hills. Abbottstown church services and Boy Scout program noted. Abbottstown radio installation and hog yields reported. Local school, church, and tax board actions summarized with regional moves and license deadlines.
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Sheriff Shearer
Adolph Ricker
Latimore
Court House
Littlestown
Adams County Firemen’s Association
Wm. Burke
St. Mary’s Church
McSherrystown
Holy Trinity Church
Columbia
George Philips
York Springs
St. Luke’s Aid Society
Harvey Weikert
George H. Day
Raymond Group
Edgar Wolf
W. E. Grove
Hancock
Chambersburg
Virginia
York Pretzel Bakery
York
Center Square
Abbottstown
William Warner
Andy Harman
Huntington Township
Sunnyside Cemetery
W. F. Hollinger
Paradise Protectory Band
Pigeon Hills
Hanover & McSherrystown Water Company
Abbottstown Lutheran Church
Paul Gladfelter
Joseph Strongwolf
Geo. Brough
Geo. Mummert
State College
James E. Schildt
Paul
Hanover
W. J. Cranmer
Atwater Kent
Luther Sachs
Mt. Joy Township
John Eiker
F. T. Rider
Marshall Eck
Ray Miller
Cumberland Township
A. W. Harner
Fredom Township
J. H. Hykes
P. W. Kimmel
Reading Township
East Berlin Community Notes and Local Elections
East Berlin reports new Ladies Aid members at Zwingli Reformed church and officers elected for 1925. Other items include a scarlet fever illness, C. B. E. society officers, a Trinity Sunshine Scr a tters class, high school students with grip, and local business and community updates such as Spangler store ownership, farm cattle movements, a birthday party, and upcoming meetings.
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Ladies’ Aid Society
Zwingli Reformed Church
East Berlin
Arthur Frey
Latimore Feiser
William Sinner
Kathryn Zinn
Mae Jacobs
A. L. Glatfelter
Pres
VU. L. Glatfelter
V. Pres
Leroy Eisenhart
P. W. Kimmel
Harry Emig
Treas
Noah Sell
Charles M. Dutery
Dutery
C. BE. Society of the
E. B. Lutheran Church
Naomi Stambaugh
Isabelle Grove
Ruth Eisenhart
John Serff
Robert Lau
May Wolf
Bertha Lau
Luther E. Lau
Emory Myers
Mervin Lau
Miriam Cashman
Dorothy March
Sunshine Scatterers
Trinity Lutheran Sunday School
Naimi R. Stambaugh
Verna Burgard
Anna Iesser
Kathleen Leib
Pauline Grove
Evelyn Yohe
Margaret Loss
Richard Fis
C. G Spangler
C. C. Spangler
West York
Harry J. March
Lancaster
Montgomery County
March
C. E. Butt
Grip
Anna Resser
Anna Hull
Katherine Philips
George Glatfelter
Vernon Whee
John Kunkle
Hilda Winand
Katherine
Boserman
Russel Fissel
Olivier Fissel
Myers Hill
Elgin
D & Brandt
Verne
I. S. Ditzler
M. B. Burgard
Paradise Township
Abbottstown
Abbottstown Lutheran
B. K. Mower
J. R. Thoman
Pine Hill
Conewago Creek
William Brown
York
Local notices mix of moves and events in McSherrystown area
The report lists address changes for Geo. W. Himes from Mt. Holly Springs to Carlisle and Rev. Fr. R. H. McLaughlin returning to St. Marys parish McSherrystown. It notes a birthday dinner at the Spangler home, a sledding party from York Springs honored at Hickory Point, and farmer John F. Wentz’s hog weight guessing feats. It also mentions Mary Conrad entering the Sisters of Mercy convent, a Gettysburg horse collision with minor injuries, and plans for a new hard-surface road from Gettysburg to Carlisle pending legislative action and a $50 million road loan.
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Geo. W. Himes
Huntington Township
Mt. Holly Springs
Carlisle
R. H. McLaughlin
Europe
York
Bonneauvillle
St. Mary’s Parish
McSherrystown
Harry Spangler
Hickory Point
Grace
Andrew Miller
York Springs
John F. Wentz
Union Township
Mary Conrad
James Conrad
Sisters of Mercy Convent
Harrisburg
Lloyd Reaver
Gettysburg
Ray Hare
Bendersville
Mount Holly Springs
Pennsylvania
Westjern Starr Attacks Monopolism at County Luncheon
Westjern Starr of Washington DC delivered a sharp critique of monopolism at a joint Adams County Agricultural Association and Gettysburg Chamber of Commerce luncheon in St. James Lutheran church. The forenoon session at the courthouse preceded a noon meal attended by seventy five farmers and chamber members. An enlarged executive committee was elected for the county organization with members from Abbottstown to York Springs and ex officio officers C A Hershey and Raymond Shank.
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Westjern Starr
Washington
D. C
Adams County Agricultural Association
Gettysburg Chamber of Commerce
St. James Lutheran Church
The
Agricultural Association
Farmers’ Organization
Court House
Chamber of Commerce
Abbottstown
Harry Hulick
Barlow
Robert Durboran
Aspers-Gardners
J. W. Weigle
Riglerville
Ray Raffensperger
Brysonia
Earl Trostle
Cashtown
J. W
Hanover man 88 dies after long illness
David Hoke 88 of Hanover died Friday morning at his home after a period of infirmities. He heard the Gettysburg dedication from Lincoln and shook his hand, a memory shared by few. Born November 13, 1836 on the Martin Carl farm along the Carlisle pike in Berwick township, he later ran a grain commission business in New Oxford. He married Louisa Carl in 1863. two children survive Helen Sangree and Carl M. Hoke. His wife died in 1868. He remarried in 1873 to Annie E. Slagle, who survives with two of four children from that marriage, plus a brother Abraham Hoke.
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David Hoke
Hanover
Mr. Hoke
Gettysburg
Lincoln
David
Barbara Bechtel Hoke
Martin Carl
Carlisle Pike
Berwick Township
Grain
Harriet S. Hoke
Abraham Hoke
Thieves Break Into Gettysburg Stores and Restaurant
Thieves forced entry by cutting glass doors at Trimmer's 5 and 10 cent store and Blue Parrot Restaurant, Gettysburg. They looted about 40 dollars from Trimmer's and 4 dollars from the Blue Parrot. Suspects Leo Carr alias LeRoy Martin and William Jacobs, both of York, were arrested in York after confessing to burglaries in Gettysburg. Jacobs carried a loaded 22 revolver and ether. he threatened the patrolman Judy.
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Trimmer
Blue Parrot
Chas. T. Ziegler
Gettysburg
Leo Carr
LeRoy Martin
York
Wm. Jacobs
Jacobs
Judy
Glatfelter Seeks 10000 for Injured Civilian Worker
Representative Samuel F. Glatfelter introduces a war claims bill in the House to compensate Charles B. Kitzmiller of Gettysburg ten thousand dollars for injuries suffered while working at Camp Calt in September 1917. Kitzmiller, blinded by blood poisoning after an accident, was treated at a military hospital. The bill awaits action before adjournment on March 4.
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Charles B. Kitzmiller
Gettysburg
Samuel F. Glatfelter
York
Camp Calt
Kitzmiller
Glatfelter
Committee On War Claims
Marriage Licenses for Bollinger and Martin Pair
Harry W. Bollinger and Verna B. Martin obtained marriage licenses. Bollinger is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Susan Bollinger of Butler township, while Martin is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ambrose Martin of Tyrone township.
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Harry W. Bollinger
Susan Bollinger
Butler Township
Verna B. Martin
Ambrose Martin
Tyrone Township
Adams county supervisors and auditors association reelected 1925 officers
At Gettysburg last week the Adams county supervisors and auditors association reelected 1925 officers led by pres D C Asper and vice pres Charles M Weishaar. Delegates to the state convention included Myers Asper and Stan Smith with alternates Coulson Weikert Yingst. A rat incident involving Edgar L Deardorff was resolved after he was bitten on the cuff and chased it away with a weapon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Adams County Supervisors and Auditors Association
Gettysburg
D. C. Asper
Charles M. Weishaar
P. A. T. Bower
S. C. Lott
Treas
Supervisors and Auditors
Henry Myers
D. C
D. C. Asper and Stan Smith, With Frank Coulson
Charles Weikert
Richard Yingst
Samuel C. Lott
M. C. Topper
William Hayberger
Parke.Gardner
G. Allen Yohe
Edgar Ll. Deardorff
First National Bank
Chambersburg Street
Mr. Deardorff
January Court Cases Feature Hartman Slaying Sketch
Gettysburg Circuit Court opens January term with Philip J. Hartman facing trial for the Trooper Haley slaying. Docket includes six civil cases with Diehl vs Taylor over a $10,000 auto collision on the Lincoln Highway near Swift Run bridge. others involve entering with intent to steal, forgery, and liquor law violations. Hartman’s relatives reportedly travel to Gettysburg for support as proceedings begin January 26.
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Philip J. Hartman
Francis R. Haley
Gettysburg
Hartman
Luther C. Plank
Com
Sheldon Richardson
Steve Bradley
Grover C. Stover
Harry Noel
Common Pleas Division
Abbottstown State Bank
Robert N. Fleagle
Holman R. Sell
Theo
Shildt
W. A Diehl
John T
Swift Run
Lincoln Highway
Here
Bank Elections and Board Reorganizations in East Berlin Area
The piece lists board elections and reorganizations at First National Bank of East Berlin Peoples State Bank of East Berlin First National Bank of York Springs and Littlestown. It notes officers elected including presidents vice presidents cashiers and tellers with deposits of December 31 1924 totaling 1 480 000 and dividends of 12 percent paid.
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First National Bank of East Berlin
P. C. Smith
John Boserman
CG G Spangler
Abraham Roth
J. L. Spangler
A. L. Rupp
M. L. Slothour
L. K. Baker
W. A. Keeney
Peoples State Bank of
Adam Kimmel
W. C. Leib
J. Franklin March
T. C. Miller
Michael Robert
Noah W. Sell
Freizer Altland
William P. Baker
D. A. March
Teller
First National Bank of York Springs
IE. W. Cashman
J. L. Boserman
George I. Deatrick
Henry C. Strayer
Henry J. Gardner
Joseph W. Bream
Searight Nell
E. W. Cashman
W. L. Bosserman
George E. Deatrick
R. W. Pearson
C. N. Gibbs
George W. Griest
First National Bank of
Littlestown
George S. Kump
A. G. Keagy
Dr. H. E. Gettier
Charles H. Basehear
James D. Spalding
E. Charles Mathias
Frank A. Waybright
John H. Marker
J. W. Thomas
Lea B. Frommeyer
R. H. Wilson
H. S. Dodrer
A. W. Fees
Judge orders destruction of seized liquor and forfeiture of vehicles
Judge McPherson ordered destruction of 166 half barrels of beer seized near Centre Mills last summer and sale of the proceeds for the county. He set January 31 for hearing a petition to condemn 252 cases of imported Scotch liquor seized in Gettysburg railroad yards. Two cars seized by state police in anti dry laws are to be forfeited and sold. one tied to James Smith and Louis Scaramuzzy of New York, the other to Charles Jacoby of Adams County.
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James Smith
Louis Scaramuzzy
New York
Charles Jacoby
Adams County
Abbottstown Borough Officials Keep Same Year Organization
The Abbottstown borough council preserves the same lineup for the coming year with President S S Wolf Secretary S A Nagle Treasurer Charles R Altland and supervisor Paul J Chronister Road Inspector A G Miller. Medical and public posts stay, with Dr T C Miller President and Amos H Kuhn Secretary, health officer Jacob M Nickey, and Allen J March reappointed to a five year term on the board of health. A motor bus line proposal to run Carlisle to Hanover is filed with the state public service commission. hearing set for January 22. William Trimmer appointed policeman at 40 dollars monthly after McSherrystown vacancy since December 29. Abbottstown pork notes: Francis Elder’s Poland China hog stands 39 inches high, 23 inches across, about 18 months old. Wider’s hog weighed 56.844 pounds with hams 55 pounds each. John T Fissell’s hog dressed 413 pounds.
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Abbotts Town Borough
S. S. Wolf
S. A. Nagle
Treas
Charles R. Altland
Paul J. Chronister
A. G. Miller
Treasury
Allen J. March
Board of Health
T. C. Miller
Amos H. Kuhn
Jacob M. Nickey
State Public Service Commission
Adams Transit Company
Carlisle
Hanover
McSherrystown
Andrew Keffer
William Trimmer
Francis Elder
Abbottstown
Wider
John T. Fissell
Deaths in York Springs area list multiple local residents
Multiple obituaries detail deaths in Adams County including Edward Keiser of Mt. Pleasant township at 69 from bronchial pneumonia after surgery, and David C. Lockenbill formerly of Harrisburg noted for flower selling. Also Mary Weaver of Cumberland township, Beulah Kuhn of Edgegrove, Kathryn A. Benford of Hanover aged 19, Levi Bowman of Hanover, Jacob Asper of Butte Montana, William Plunkert of Littlestown, with brief funeral and surviving relatives noted.
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Edward Keiser
Gettysburg
Mt. Pleasant Township
Warner Hospital
Keiser
Conrad Keiser
Florence Kuhn
Guy Sanders
Mary C. Keiser
William Kennedy
Huntington Township
Lockenbill
Adams County
Gettysborg
Harrisburg
Kennedy
J. Harold Little
New Chester
Shoats Cemetery
Harrisbore
Mary Weaver
Cumberland Township
Benjamin
Elizabeth Weaver
Heidlersburg
Gardners
C. R. Weaver
York Springs
Samuel Lehigh
The
Brethren
Beulah Kuhn
Edgegrove
Steelton
Harry Kuhn
Martinsburg
W. Va
McSherrystown
Sallie Becker
Midway
Kathryn A. Benford
A. Lawrence Benford
Hanover
Leroy R
Samuel H. Benford
Levi Bowman
George Bowman
Jacob Asper
Butte
Montana
William J. Asper
Edward Asper
Elmer J. Asper
Asper
Jacob
Jacob A. Asper
William Plunkert
Littlestown
Plunkert
Joseph Catherine Plunkert
Harry Byers
Joseph Plunkert
Charles Basehear
Kitchen Shower Held for Marguerite Dean at Hampton
Guests listed include Carla Dean Gayle Rickrode Mervin Kauffman William Rickrode Bessie Felty Florence Lippincott James Shover Elmer Hudson Martin Kauffman Geo Kimmel Howard Mummert Martha Dicks Nevin Decker Ferman Nitchman Jacob Nitchman Chester Chronister Clare Barrett William Barrett Ruth Rickrode Eugene Kauffman Arthur Wolf Harry Kime Malaun Wary Myers Stock Marie Stock W Stock Myrna Haar Laura Miller Charlotte Miller Bertha Leese Wence Leese Harry Chronister Daniel Hartzell Jonas Wolf Warren Gladys Warren Vergil Warren Elwood Jacobs Hen Mummert Robert Mummert Merrell Mummert Helen Wolf Lena Hartzell Tillie Chronister Julius Schimmel Chronister Paul Chron ister Russel Orndorff. An evening of music and refreshments ended with thanks to the host.
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Marguerite Dean
Carla Dean
Gayle Rickrode
Mervin Kauffman
William Rickrode
Bessie Felty
Florence Lippincott
James Shover
Elmer Hudson
Martin Kauffman
Geo Kimmel
Howard Mummert
Martha Dicks
Nevin Decker Ferman Nitchman
Jacob Nitchman
Vergil Warren
Elwood Jacobs
Hen’ Mummert
Robert Mummert
Merrell Mummert
Helen Wolf
Lena Hartzell
Tillie Chronister
Julius Schimmel
Paul
Glenn and
Paul Jr
Russel Orndorff
Hospital Patients and Discharges From Warner Hospital
Mrs Harmon Nary of Gettysburg Mrs Roger Kress of Littlestown and Mrs George McGuigan of Gettysburg R 8 were admitted to Warner hospital over the weekend. Mrs Walter Raffensperger of Gettysburg R8 was discharged.
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Harmon Nary
Gettysburg
Roger Kress
Littlestown
George McGuigan
Warner Hospital
Walter Raffensperger
Abbottstown Reformed Sunday School elects new officers
During the Sunday session election at Abbottstown Reformed Sunday School, old officers were retained: Supt. H. F. Stambaugh, asst. supt. Clair J. Meckley, secretary Guy Kemper, primary supt. Mrs. Are Gulden, organist Mrs. Reuben Altland, prim deut organist Mrs. Clair J. Meckley. All teachers kept except Sunshine class teacher Mrs. A. E. B. Jacobs who resigned and awaits replacement.
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Abbottstown Reformed Sunday School
H. F. Stambaugh
Clair J. Mckley
Guy Kemper
Are Gulden
Reuben Altland
Clair J. Meckley
A. EB. Jacobs
Sunshine
Public Sale of Emma Sowers Household Goods Totals 113 80
Emma Sowers of Abbottstown conducted a public sale of household goods Saturday afternoon totaling 113 80. She is quitting housekeeping and plans to reside in York. Her father S K Sowers will move to Danville this week to live with son Harvey Sowers and his family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emma Sowers
Abbottstown
Sowers
Quuit
York
S. K. Sowers
Danville
Harvey Sowrs
Mentho Sulphur Eczema Remedy Promises Quick Relief
A noted skin specialist says Mentho Sulphur can quickly cure itching eczema by destroying germs and soothing irritation. The preparation is advertised to heal the skin, leaving it clear and smooth, with a suggestion to obtain Rowles Mentho-Sulphur from a druggist.
Ely's Cream Balm Offers Quick Nose Relief
Ad promises rapid relief from nasal congestion and catarrh with Ely's Cream Balm. A small bottle from the druggist is said to clear air passages, soothe inflamed mucous membranes, and provide instant comfort.
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Ely
Rowles Red Pepper Rub Relief Claims Quick Pain Drop
An advertising blurb touts Rowles Red Pepper Rub as fast relief for sore stiff joints and rheumatism. It promises tingling heat within minutes and complete warmth to the affected area, urging readers to ask a druggist for the genuine Rowles product.
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Rowles
Ouch My Back Rub Lumbago Pain Away
An advertisement touts St. Jacobs Oil as a quick relief for backache lumbago sciatica and rheumatism. It promises a small trial bottle works after rubbing on the affected area and claims the pain ends within fifty counts. The copy asserts safety and magical, immediate effect with no skin burning.
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St. Jacobs Oil
St. Jacobs
Drink Water Back or Kidneys Hurt
Ancient health notice advises to drink water to flush acids and wastes, suggests Jad Salts with lemon acid lithia mix, and urges regular kidney exams. Warns of dull kidney pain, backache, headaches, sour stomach, and cloudy urine if ignored. Recommends four ounces Jad Salts before breakfast for several days.
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