This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
This newspaper page contains 26 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
New Oxford Item
Location
New Oxford, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jun 02, 1932
Page
8
The notice details New Oxford post office mailing as second class, with annual rates of 1.00 in advance or 1.50 if unpaid within the year. Discontinuations require publisher option and arrears clearance. Out-of-county rates are 1.50 in advance or 2.00 if unpaid. Advertisements offered at reasonable rates with discounts for contract advertisers.
40 years ago W H Hogarth Granite fell from a chair and broke his right arm. The sale of Sunday papers is prohibited in Gettysburg. Talks of building a German Reform church in Abbottstown. The 8. of W realized 7 dollars at their festival in Miller's hall. Jacob Schildt Mt Pleasant two shot a bald eagle 7 feet 2 inches across. L Johnso has new rollers in Centennial mill capacity 50 barrels daily. Plasterers at C A Brushshear dwelling Harrison spring. Levi Byer erecting new dwelling Sugartown. W A Noel erecting new house Bonneauville. Martin Hagerman 24 McSherrystown died May 25. Harvey W Gable 19 near town died Wednesday. Samuel Duncan Abbottstown hurt when platform fell at Geo Hollinger barn. H N Deatrick 54 formerly of this place fell dead at Martinsburg. Annie Warner moved millinery to Peter Miler's rooms. McSherrystown Beneficial society to give Catholic church a 75 dollar statue of Saint Joseph. Cellar of A S Feiser residence robbed of victuals. Cellers of E Haar and Engle hotel entered. Chickens stolen from Elizabeth Marshall. Memorial Day parade at cemetery deferred by rain. Rev Mr Shindle spoke in G A R hall. Mrs W G Smyser Topeka Kans visiting parents Mr and Mrs Jos B S Gitt. Harry Starner moved to Glen Rock. May party at Brush Run school by Miss Mary Kerrigan. J Oliver Myers Hamilton twp and Miss Mary A Basehear Straban twp wed May 9 in Gettysburg.
Thirty years ago Geo D Sheely and Miss Ora K Geisbert wed in Baltimore on June 4. Co F Hartzell suffered a paralytic stroke. Mercersburg Academy grads include John W Sheetz and Wm Sheely. Fishing trip to Hog Island Va from Gettysburg Rev W T Rue and Wm Emmert. A 74 lb carp caught in Conewago Creek. Divorce proceedings begun by Clara A Lippy against M Harvey Lippy of Mt Pleasant two. Parochial school set to close this Thursday. Michael O Tool of Thurmont md found 2000 locusts in an hour near Bonneauville. F K Hafer has a calf with no eyes or tail. Herry Huff wed Latilla Yantis. Banns published for Leo P F Smith and Corrine E Robinson. Alex Byer adds dwelling with porches. Doctors removed pus from a 7 year old girl’s chest. John Rebel formerly of Berwick Inp. to Mary Little Midway. Enders J Rice injured in runaway. Michael Slagle injured when ladder rung broke. Capt George Andrew Maus moved his shoe factory to the Sheely building. Christy Lawrence injured playing with N C at McSherrystown. John Weaver’s index finger amputated. McSherrys band concert on Memorial Day at Center Square enjoyed. Spencer E Strasbaugh of 700
Bernard Strausbaugh a 40 year old McSherrystown recluse was arrested Friday by Chief William Trimmer after a 3 AM rampage wielding a butcher knife and threatening neighbors. Warrant issued by Justice I M Staub followed complaints by Louis Hagerman and George Staub. He allegedly chased girls, threw stones, damaged furniture, and surrendered multiple knives. Pending examination may determine mental status.
The state labor report shows 1,056,949 unemployed in March, up from 1,001,094 in January, with increases across most counties except Forest, McKean and Venango where quarrying and road work boosted employment. York reports 17,233 and Adams 2,853 unemployed.
Adams county commissioners vote to replace woodwork on the Piney Creek bridge on the Kingsdale to Menges Mill road after inspecting the span. A new floor, piers, and runners will be constructed for the 52 foot span and 14 foot roadway.
Girl Reserves from Arenaisville York Springs New Oxford Littlestown and Gettysburg gather Saturday for a day of sports and recreation from 10 30 to 12 30 with a picnic dinner at Spangler's Spring. The afternoon conference takes place in Christ Lutheran church social rooms.
Miss Myrtle Deardorff and another were wed on Wednesday. Rev. Jacob Coulson of Heidlersburg was critically injured after falling from a trolley car in Mt. Holly while trying to catch a passenger's hat. The Hanover hook and ladder truck was bought by the N C Fire Department for 500. A $100 reward is offered for the arrest of the person who threw a stone at the carriage with Mrs Worthington Kohler and three children in Myers mill bridge. Mrs Carmen Myers aged 24 near New Chester died on Wednesday. Conrad Myers aged 72 of Reading two died on Saturday. Straw and hay stacks on Henry Wagner's Berwick two farm were burned Tuesday. Miss Alice Schaeffer aged 23 near Heidersburg was knocked unconscious being thrown from a buggy in a Gettysburg runaway. John W Keffer and Estella Poist McSherrystown wed June 4. W B Fidler Straban township and Noah Walter Franklin township wed May 29. John Hantz and Chas Brown of Abilene Kansas visited in Hampton.
Irene Laughman and many neighbors from Hanover Gettysburg and York visit Mrs. Sarah Hippenstee l and family. Families from East Berlin Harrisburg Mechanicsburg and Baltimore spend Memorial Day and weekend with relatives in the area. Preaching at St Johns Reformed Church at 10 A.M. Sunday.
A chick house near Biglerville burned taking about 250 peeps. Mrs. Brown cut over 450 tulips. Mrs. Snyder and her son Ralph, formerly of this place, have died. Frank Lischy faced unlicensed dog charges. Verna Shull visited her parents near Bel mot. Navy man Richard Shull spent Sunday here. Flora Stonne visited Franklin Miller and family. Weigle and son visited Philadelphia. cattle condemned in Scranton. Farmers lost herds. George Weaver joined Kohr Manufacturing in New York. Glen Weaver and Donald Meckley visited Belmont. Mrs. Miller ill. Local conference and a Chestnut Hill song service set for June 5.
Abbottstown Mrs. Lewis S Moul who became ill with kidney trouble is improving. Manan Dyer of York, an artist, has redecorated the Aludand house dining Tyson.
In Hampton relatives visit and many locals join Memorial exercises at the Hampton cemetery with the S of V drum corps and J O U A M taking part. Invitations issued for the Helen Wolf Bailey wedding in York, June 7, at Bethany Reformed Church led by Rev Dr Sorber.
Sergeant Joseph R. Rice of McSherrystown graduates from the U S Army Quartermaster School in Philadelphia. Daughters of Isabella prize card party in St Marys hall raises funds for the unemployed. Dirk Stentz, Frank Hagerman, and Junior Keefer improve from illnesses and injuries. Road work to Littlestown pike proceeds. trolley tracks on North street being resurfaced. Local residents improve after illnesses and surgeries. May procession at St Marys Church draws about six hundred students. Gettysburg horseshoe throwers beat McSherrystown 17 games to 15 with Kump and Mc Cleaf leading for Gettysburg and Little for McSherrystown.
Ober Knipple and John Thoman of Hanover were arrested Tuesday by Constable Frank Mulhern through the Jesse Crabbs detective agency on a charge of creating a disturbance at Forest Park dance hall. The arrest info was filed by Justice of the Peace I R Witmer and the boys posted bail for a hearing.
Roy F Feeser Hanover was arrested Saturday on a warrant issued by Alderman May in York. The charge is a serious offense on the oath of Clinton F Null on behalf of his daughter Ethel M Null. In default of bail the defendant was committed to the borough jail.
Mrs. Bess Fogle of Hanover was arrested Tuesday by Constable Mulhern through the Crabbs detective agency on an assault and battery charge filed by Mrs. Ruth Meckley of the same apartments before Justice S. R. Witmer. Fogle posted bail. The Rev. William Huygen of St. Vincent's Catholic Church Midway left Sunday for a three months trip abroad.
Blaine G. Johns a 46 year old insurance agent from McSherrystown died suddenly of heart disease with pulmonary edema at a cottage along Conewago creek. He was found dead by Roy Groft at 2 p.m. Interment was at St Marys cemetery McSherrystown.
Edgar Becker aged 15 was arrested Sunday evening for operating an unregistered motor vehicle without a license after a collision on a side road off Carlisle Pike near Bethlehem mines. Gettysburg state patrol unit filed the arrest before Justice W. D. Myers New Oxford. A Ford touring car said to be Becker's collided with a Dodge sedan driven by Burrell Rhodes of Baltimore. The Becker car bore 1930 plates and damage to both cars was about $50.
The Rev. Daniel J. Crowley assistant rector of St. Marys Catholic church McSherrystown leaves Sunday for Buffalo then New York City to sail Saturday on the Carinthia to Cobh Ireland. He will visit his Cork relatives and attend the Dublin Eucharistic congress opening June 23. During his absence Rev. DeSales Divelkatte will serve as assistant rector.
A birthday party honoring Evelyn Frances Ross at Mr and Mrs G F Ross home in New Oxford R D featured family friends including Ruth Decker Blanche Decker and Lizzie Cashman. Guests enjoyed mock orange and pink azalea decorations a center cake with nine candles and abundant ice cream.
Harold Herman of Port Washington Long Island is visiting his parents Mr and Mrs Ira G Herman in Cedar Ridge. Clarence Stiner and friends visit his parents Mr and Mrs L A Stiner. Aileen Gebhart a recent New Oxford graduate plans to enter Mercy Hospital Baltimore as a student nurse. Eva Wagner will enter York Hospital as a student nurse.
Mr and Mrs Nelson Stauffer of Walkersville Maryland spent the week end with Mrs Stauffer s parents Dr and Mrs J L Sheetz in Center Square.
A notice cautions that dumping rubbish and trespassing are strictly forbidden on the late Henry Otto's estate in Mt Pleasant township. Violations will be charged under the law.
Hobbitt Wilson seven lives with grandparents Mr and Mrs E E Shetter Aspers WR D Tuesday reported critically ill with lockjaw at Warner hospital He was admitted Saturday with a fully developed case and medical teams fought the disease A stone bruise on his foot two weeks earlier is believed to have triggered it
Baltimore resident Jack Schriver and his family spent several days staying on Lincolnway East, enjoying time together in the area.
The listing shows a range of historic cars including 1931 Chrysler 8 coupe and 1930 Plymouth sedan, with many 1920s Chrysler, Dodge, Ford and Chevrolet models. Located at Good Bros Motor Co, 325 Frederick St, Hanover, Pa, open evenings for inquiries.
We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.
People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!
You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!
Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.
Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.
Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.