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Newspaper
New Oxford Item
Location
New Oxford, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jun 03, 1920
Page
19
Publication notice for Yew Oxford by H.S. Smith. Terms: $1.00 per year in advance. $1.50 if unpaid within the rent. Discontinuance only by publisher option after paid time. arrears must be cleared. Advertisements priced reasonably with yearly reductions. printing of labels, cards, handbills, and posters. Entered at New Oxford Post Office as second class mail matter.
Thursday March 6 1919 patients and illnesses include W G Clark struck by paralysis critical condition others with influenza Mrs Howard Mummert Mrs F X Miller Mrs Jos Rickrode and children and Mrs Geo Little near Brush Run schoolhouse William Becker family Hamilton township Mrs F H Cashman Charles Stock S W Stock Camp Lee Va sick with illness Mrs John S Sneeringer Bonneauville Wm H Kobler recovery Nora Bubb East Berlin rheumatism improved
The Round Hill sale of LH B Dicks brought 4650 with horses selling up to 3177 and cows to 96. John E Reese near Brush Run sold 2950 with a top horse at 3177 and a cow at 96. George Griffin sale in Straban township totaled 3152 with mules selling for 390 and 277. W S Shearer near Kohler schoolhouse fetched 1776 with a cow at 82. Lewis Long estate sale near Kohler schoolhouse drew strong prices including a cow and calf at 149 and shoats 17 to 20 along with various household pieces.
Mrs. Eva L. Doll of Frederick sells the Alonza Sanders property in Littlestown to E. Charles Mathias. Reuben Wiley property in East Berlin sold at public sale to Henry Zinn of Davideburg for $1200. William Arentz sells his frame dwelling at Midway to R. Harbold Snyder on private terms with possession April 1. Claude L. Auchey and wife sell two Paradise township tracts to Joseph T. Hoke.
A festival and dance held last week at Parochial Hall raised 77 dollars and 22 cents. The event's proceeds reflect modest but successful community fundraising.
The notice lists multiple individuals and farm holdings across Mount Pleasant, Oxford, Straban and nearby areas. Items include stock and implements, household goods, live stock and farm equipment tied to locations such as Lincoln Highway and near New Oxford. Property owners include Melvin Boyer, George Millhimes, Ralph Feeser, and Michael Livingston among others.
A string of wedding announcements from Hanover to Gettysburg and nearby towns lists couples including Miss Goldie Myers and Howard Pascoe at Hanover, Ruth Weaver and J Raymond Kane in Buchanan Valley, John C Andrew and Maude C Mickley in Arendtsville, and Herbert L Grimm and Rebecca Groves in Charleston. Additional couples include Albert Noel and Mary Gebhart near Mt Rock, Janet I Marshall and DC Jeffreys in Philadelphia, Marie Kerrigan and John Scholl in Hanover, Mary Long and Wilmer Miller in Hanover, with Miller owning I S Miller and Company cleaners.
The ordinance of New Oxford Borough Adams County Pennsylvania sets 1919 tax rates for general Borough purposes 4.44 mills water 2 mills sinking fund 1 334 mills sinking fund 2 2 mills for bond redemption and interest on 1916 1918 issues with officials A P Wagner president of council H S Sheets secretary J A Cashman burgess.
Miss Mabel Lingg acted as bridesmaid in Immitsburg for cousin Ana Lingg and Roy Saylor in a nuptial mass. George Keller wed Miss Hilda Williams in Olean New York. Mary J. Reigle married Loy I. Myers at Christ Reformed Church Littlestown. Minnie Lease wed Paul Swartz in Hanover with Rev. Roth officiating.
Residents relocate within the region as multiple farm and home moves occur. W. S. Rittase leaves Cedar Ridge area for Emma Miller’s Carlisle Street house. L. D. Diehl shifts from Fisher bakery wagon property to Mt. Pleasant township. Harry M. Miller, and wife plan housekeeping in Diehl’s vacated house. Several families move to farms near Gettysburg Abbottstown Hanover Bermudian Lingg's mill and Two Taverns.
About 490000 pounds of tobacco were delivered at Red Lion for Meade Tobacco in a historic boro sale. Prices averaged 1 65 and 8 40 cents. Three hundred twelve teams filled the street, each averaging four horses, forming a line long enough to reach three wires. Theo Yohe, 16, son of Chas C Yohe near Abbottstown, shot himself in the left hand on Sunday. the bullet split in half after extraction.
Monday marked the 50th anniversary of Dr Y H Lilly, retired squire of McSherrystown, who received his diploma from the University of Maryland School of Medicine.
The Maple Poultry Farm in Oxford township four miles from New Oxford on the Hanover road will hold a public sale on Saturday March 22 1919 at 1 o clock. Offered are livestock including mares cattle hogs and a variety of farming implements and household goods with credits and terms to be announced by auctioneers Abram Roth and Spencer I Myers with clerk D Myers.
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