New Oxford items reflect community life in 1919
March 6 1919 notes in New Oxford report a broken leg at school for Charles Blick. Bell phones installed for Oliver Grove Moul Edward Wildasin and George Lillich. George I Eckenrode buys a Cadillac. local rail and church activities noted. funds raised for France Belgium churches. veterans’ and nursing training moves. multiple minor accidents and social events. civic concerns voiced by Gettysburg Chamber and ministers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles
Milton Blick
Bermudian
Hamilton Township
Oliver Grove
Robert Moul
Edward Wildasin
George Lillich
Geo. I. Eckenrode
McSherrystown
Gettysburg
Chamber of Commerce
Former Town Girl Cited for Bravery in World War I
Pauline Stock of Baltimore, longtime Gettysburg area nurse, was cited by General Pershing for bravery in France. She served with Field Hospital 112 of the 28th Division and helped establish a triage in a wine cellar under shellfire during the Argonne drive.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pauline Stock
I. C. Stock
Baltimore
New Oxford
Argonne Forest
Miss Stock
Johns Hopkins University
United States
Germany
Autos Collide On Lincoln Highway East Of Town
The Ford touring car owned by Mr Groscost and driven by Gault Weaver from near Hunterstown collided with a Chevrolet touring car owned by Clinton Null of Hanover. All occupants escaped injury with minor scratches. The Chevrolet overturned into a 10 foot embankment and the Ford into a 5 foot embankment. Front axles and wheels were damaged. John M. Brean assisted the Hanover party home while Wm McC Gilbert towed the Hunterstown car to town. Deal Meckley towed the damaged Chevrolet on Monday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur Keller
Hanover
McCrory
Hagerstown
Florida
Elsie Beck
Clinton Null
Chevrolet
Ford
John M. Bréam
Lincoln Way
Wm. McC. Gilbert
Hunterstown
Deal Meckley
Auto Thieves Operate Around Heidlersburg Area
Thieves stole a Ford touring car from Howard Smith on Lincoln Highway near Granite Station Friday night. Cars owned by Vincent Redding and Edward Weaver were damaged and abandoned. police traced a suspect license to Ross Eshenour of Harrisburg. Four men, muddy and aged 30 to 40, seen in Gettysburg. no decisive clues link them to the Heidlersburg thefts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Howard Smith
Lincoln Highway
Granite
Vincent Redding
Edward Weaver
Fords
Smith
Gettysburg
Redding
Weaver
Heidlersburg
Wilson
Ross Eshenour
Harrisburg
Eshenour
Smith Gar
Ed. T. Auker
Lincoln Way
Mr. Auker
Overland
John M. Bream
Heidlersburg-Granite
McPherson
Allman
Abnert S. Mills
Accident Behind Logs Slices Head at Home
Clarence Laughman, living on the Mauss property along Linesin highway near town, suffered a serious injury Friday afternoon while splitting wood. An axe caught in a clothes line, veering the stroke, producing a deep gash over the top of his head that entered the skull and required several stitches from a local surgeon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clarence Laughman
Linesin Highway
Town
Hanover Hotel Prices Set By Local Merchants
Hanover hotel men approve a new price schedule for bars and drinks. Beers ten ounce glasses 10 cents, bottled beer 15 cents, bar whiskey 20 cents, bonded whiskey 60 cents, bar gin 20 cents, Gordon gin 30 cents, highballs and cocktails 35 cents, wines 20 cents, pints 180 per quart 325, whiskey rates for bonded and other serves vary, with pints 250 and quarts 450 in listed terms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hanover
J. G. Goldberg
Philadelphia
Olympia
The
Fair Clothing Company
C. H
Union Township
Deaths in Hanover and York areas claim three lives
Emma Jane Bollinger wife of David A Bollinger of Harrover died in Hahnemann Hospital Philadelphia after a Tuesday operation for internal trouble. She was 54. Survived by husband son Elsworth of York brother Charles Dysert and sisters Mrs James Walters and Mrs Ellsworth Seiss. Also reported, Charles H Shearer retired carpenter died at home in Hanover age 74 years 7 months 14 days. Survived by wife son William and daughter Mrs Elwood Schue and brother Jacob Shearer. William F Kuhns of Littlestown died in Bloomington Illinois aged about. he left a wife two daughters and several siblings. Interment in Bloomington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gettysburg
Grip Mfg. Co
Oshkush
Wis
Leander Hummelbaugh
Ladies Aid Society
Abbottstown
Crystal Orchestra
Lewis S. Wolf
Hamilton Township
Mary Patterson
Hanover
Philadelphia
Jefferson Hospital
Caroline Busbey
John Busbey
Leo Smith
McSherrystown
Willam
Anna Hombauga
John
William Busbey
Starry Poist
J Edward McCann
Charles Busbey
Rose Ellen
J. W. Staub
Berlin Road
Town
Frenk
Ielix Staub
Vabian
Bonnavauville
Edward and
Earl
York
Guy A. Staub
Clarence Smith
Baltimore
Pius Robinson
Edward Storm
New Oxford
Anna Staub
Immaculate Conception
Shanahan
Church
John Geiselman
Westminster
Mary Carbaugh
Littlestown
Jacob Teeser
Guy W. Hess
Fort Leavenworth
Kansas
May Bortner
William Bortner
Round Hill
Albert Hess
Near
Silver Run
David Rabenstine
Charles Bowman
Paul Hess
Us&s. Army
Humbert
Lydia S. Neefauver
William Keefauver
Cumberland Township
Annie I Frey
Emma Jane Bollinger
David A. Bollinger
Harrover
Hahnemann Hospital
Bollinger
Harry and
Louisa Dysert
Elsworth Bollinger
Charles Dyesert
James Walters
Ellsworth Seiss
Charles H. Shearer
William Shearer
Elwood Schue
Jacob Shearer
William F. Kuhns
William
Julian Kuhns
Bloomington
Ill
Mr. Kuhns
Illinois
J. Ambrose Kuhns
Joseph V
James J
Wilkes-Barre
B. J. Bauhaus
Court Martial Ends Prisoner’s Term With Death
August 1918 at sister’s home he was jailed at Fort Leavenworth after a court martial sentenced him to 15 years. The sentence ended by his death last week. Mrs Clara Dull Naylor of Aspers Station aged 53 died Wednesday. She had two marriages, her first husband Thomas Petrie died ten years ago, and her second husband Peter Naylor survives. She leaves father Lewis Dull and brother Thomas Dull of Aspers Station. Interment was at Benderaville cemetery on Friday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Emmett Cashman
Gettysburg
Corporal Yealy
France
Elizabeth A. Eckert
Straban Township
Abraham Sheely
Emory Cashman
West High Street
New Oxford
First National Bank
Frank Rider
Littlestown
Navy
Philadelphia
National Biscuit Company
Jerome Martin
Martin
St. Francis Xavier Church
Father Shorb
Court House
Luther P. Horn
Hanover
York County
York
Lancaster County
Horn
Noah Davenport
Earl Martin
McSherrystown
Justice of the Peace
Witmer
West Middle Street
Atlantic Refining Company
Refining Company
Public Service Commission
Committee On
Frank Isiser
Harney
Sykesville
Stanley Leroy Lupp
Keller Lupp
Aspers
Ife
Clara Dull Naylor
Aspers Station
Mrd. Naylor
Thomas Petrie
Peter Naylor
Lewis Dull
Thomas Dull
Agspere Station
Benderaville
Markets Report From New Oxford Grain Prices
The section lists choice wheat and barley alongside oats and corn prices. It notes shelled corn readings and references market movements at New Oxford with terse figures and trader emphasis.
Also Mentioned on This Page
John C. Myers
West
Center’Square
Gettysburg College
Tipton and Shaver
Augustus Auman
Richard W. Cook
W. A. Cook
Dillsburg
Edgar Woll
Augustus Allman
Waterman Auman
Auman
Dr. Granville
Dr. Dickson
Mr. Aumen
Mr. Auman
Cornelius Auman
Gettysburg Theological Seminary
Lieut
Indgar Jayler
Laura Elizabeth
Harry C. Spertzel
Huntington Township
Chestnut Grove
Francis J. Sipe
John A. Sipe
J. Robert Sipe
Spring Grove
Hannah Ellen Kemper
Frank SK Kemper
Carlisle Pike
Hampton
Pius J. Miller
Near the Crags Pikes
William Kemper
Slanterstown
George Baker
Reading Township
George Gittings
Frederick
Rufus Diehl
Arendtsville
Levi Jo Diehl
Mindaman
Mary Myers
Brooklyn
Myers
Anna
Macedon Rudisill
Brackenridge
John Rudsill
Grangeville
Harvey Eickinger
Margaret J. Smith
Daniel Smith
Lampton
Mary Bercaw
Mt. Joy Township
Miss Bercaw
Theodore IX Robinson
J. J. Miller
Pittsburg
William Brandstader
Ikeystone Variety Works
Lewis D. Sell
York Springs
York Spring Corner
Hartman
Milton Neislevert
Brushtown
Claude Keeser
Mr. Neidecerr
Farmers Bank of McSherrystown
H. 12
Melhorn
Aon John
Neauville
A. I. McCadden
Poplar Street
Lewis Klunk
Lutheran Church
Ralph Maitler
J. H. Plymire
Crsotat Theatre
Oxford
J. H. Duttera
Cope
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