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Newspaper
New Oxford Item
Location
New Oxford, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jun 01, 1922
Page
24
A March 2 1921 reduction sale at the George Settle farm Mt Vernon schoolhouse seven stars Pa features two horses ten cows heifers and steers pedigreed Poland China hogs oats corn potatoes hay fodder tools and farm equipment. Sale at 1 pm with terms by Trestle Auct Bream Clerk.
Public sale scheduled for February 26, 1921 at Felty farm near Littlestown McSherrys town Union Township Adams County. Auction lists five horses and mules six head of cattle twelve sheep twenty hogs various farming implements including wagons tractors plows and mills. The sale occurs at Felty school house on the Littlestown to McSherrys town road about 2 1/4 miles from each place.
The undersigned will sell at public sale on the L. C. Hoke farm along the New Oxford road in Conewago township about 3 miles from New Oxford. The lot includes seven horses and mules: black mule 11, dark bay mule 13, black mare, sorrel mare 5, dark bay horse 8, light bay horse 9, and gray horse. All are workable and fearless of road objects. even a child can drive them.
The undersigned will sell on the H C Orndorff farm at Guldens Station feet of lumber and wood boards of various sizes, 253 cords of oak and hickory slab wood, 10 acres of uncut tops and timber, plus chips and ashes. Sale starts 1 PM with three months credit on notes. cash for sums $5 and under. No lumber removal until sale ends. J M Caldwell auditor P A Miller clerk J A Tawney.
Eleven head of cattle including several calves and mixed breeds with a variety of farming tools and equipment offered. The sale lists specific cattle counts and calves, plus numerous implements such as binders, hay rakes, plows, spreaders, and seed, with terms by Ss. B. Miller and clerks Levi Shaffer Aud Shaffer Brodbeck.
Sixteen members of the Adams County Medical Society attended the meeting at Annie M. Warner Hospital to approve the hospital staff. The slate includes medical, surgical, obstetrical, and pediatric doctors from Gettysburg, Littlestown, East Berlin, and surrounding towns with monthly consultations planned.
Adams county Gj named two thousand dollars as the famine relief quota for Central Europe. Rev. Paul R Pontius will chair the drive with John D Keith as treasurer. Churches will raise funds and pastors solicit aid while others may donate via Mr Keith. W Walter Pryor organized the effort for the European Relief Council led by Herbert Hoover. Ed M Hill, 16, linked to a robbery at James I Bly's residence in Gulden, is returned to Washington to await probation. Roxie Hoke of Hanover suffered severe scalding from hot lard during a family butcher event.
The sale lists 12 head of cattle incl two Holsteins and several calves with varying fresh dates from March to June, three brood sows with litters or shoats, a late manure spreader, a used engine, a chopping mill, wood saw, a Western wagon, 300 bushels corn, seed, and Black Leg roosters. A 10-20 Titan tractor and an Oliver gang plow are also offered. Sale starts at 1 o'clock under terms to be announced by R F Sanders and Hugh Orndorfr.
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