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Newspaper
New Oxford Item
Location
New Oxford, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jun 05, 1919
Page
5
The column lists numerous visits and travels among Lincoln Way West residents and nearby towns. Guests include John C. Myers at Sunbury, D. Ralph Starry in Plainfield and Lake Fairlee, Vt., and many family movements between Hanover, Reading, York Springs, Harrisburg, Williamsport, Wilkes-Barre, and Philadelphia.
Daniel Weigert a 68 year old blacksmith unmarried was found dead on the balcony of his Paradise township home shortly after 4 30 Friday afternoon. Neighbors had last seen him at work Wednesday and assumed he was sleeping when he saw him on the balcony. Dr Elgin East Berlin said the death occurred several days earlier and the inside locked house suggested he became sick during the night and went outside for air. An inquest was held by Justice Oberdier Big Mount. He ran a shop and saw mill for about 30 years and left two brothers Jacob in York and Aaron in Hall.
Benjamin Reinecker improves at home in Abbottstown after paralysis onset. East Berlin residents Phyllis Elsesser and Charles Wicker suffer paralysis, with Wicker in critical condition. Mrs. George Mentzer seeks York Hospital treatment for surgery. Lillie Wolf of Abbottstown recovers from illness threatening appendicitis. A Lost money roll in New Oxford Borough offers reward to Joseph Heppensteel. William Emlet of Abbottstown recovers then relapses into serious illness.
Arthur Ferry leaves for Baltimore district marines office after enlisting at York. Numerous local soldiers discuss overseas service and discharges including Baugher, Hawk, Swamley, Jenkins, Rang, Byer, Tschop, Peterman, Kuhn, Colestock, and others with postings to Camp Dix Camp Meade and Philadephia.
Ten Freshmen were abducted by Sophomores during a long ago college street quarrel and later found parading New Chester. State Police aided in the four hour search and the party ended with a roadside bath in Conewagee Creek before returning to the banquet.
Carroll county Md court faces Mrs. Alice R. Kiser charged with murdering her husband J Frank Kiser at their Harney home on February 12. A past shooting on December 24 left a collar button damaged. Reports say a separate woman is involved and alienists will testify.
Mrs. S S Rice of near Gettysburg wife of Rev S L Rice a Lutheran pastor is slowly recovering from severe burns suffered at home last week when their skirts ignited from a kettle blaze. Her daughter acted quickly tearing away burning clothes and saving her from worse injury. A physician arrived soon after the accident.
Freezer Mummert of Paradise township was thrown against a wire fence after a coop fell from a wagon. The horse bolted, causing facial lacerations that required multiple stitches. Dr. T. C. Miller of Abbottstown treated the injuries.
Railroad returns show 3446 passengers on Mennaial bey trains to Gettysburg. Western Maryland carried 1587 passengers and Reading 18038, reflecting major transit usage by these lines.
Matthew Q. Deatrich, son of the family, is at Camp Dix and serves in Supply Company of the 316th Infantry. Joseph Topper, son of Mr. and Mrs. Ezra Topper of McSherrystown formerly of New Oxford, a First Class Cook in the army, returned home Monday with an honorable discharge from Camp Dix, New Jersey.
Wesley Pottorff, about 35, York, was arrested Sunday night and handed to Detective Eisenhart Monday. An Alderman N C May warrant accuses him of enticing Edna M Hoffman, a female child under five, for immoral purposes. District Attorney Rochow directed the investigation by Herb B Kane for a society protecting children. Pottorff, a former New Chester resident, is married but not living with his family.
About $100 worth of lumber burned on the David P. Hykes farm near Hampton Friday evening around 8:30. Sparks from the A. H. Rogers saw mill engine ignited inflammable material, wasting a large quantity of timber before firemen stopped the flames. The sewing outfit escaped major loss after diligent work.
Mr and Mrs Foster Troupe of Huntington township greet a son while Mr and Mrs Lloyd Crook of Read ing township welcome a son.
Christ Lutheran church at Aspers held a Sunday morning service to reconsecrate after the February 1919 fire. A bank offering totaled 600 in pledges and cash, with 100 more in evening offerings. A commemorative tablet for the fire was unveiled, cast by Calvin Gilbert of Gettysburg and presented for his mother, Levina Rex Gilbert.
The Gettysburg Board of Education re elected Miss Helen A Cope as supervising principal signaling continuity for the public schools. The board also expands male staffing at the high school by naming Walter D Reynolds head of mathematics J Guy Wolf to the commercial department and Guil E Lefevre head of science while Lloyd R Hartman joins to teach the third grade.
Joseph R. Kump of Hanover was taken to Hahnemann Hospital Philadelphia for examination. The Hanover family took their son Francis to Johns Hopkins Baltimore for treatment. Marie C. King of Gettysburg had a successful operation at St Agnes Baltimore. Margaret Miller of York Springs was in Harrisburg Hospital for appendicitis. cousin Marion Miller had a similar operation earlier. Pius Staub of McSherrystown returned from Philadelphia improved after eight weeks for nervous breakdown. Kump underwent an internal-trouble operation Saturday. Mary Reynolds, East Berlin organist, leaves June 4 for Jefferson Hospital Philadelphia to train as a nurse. Rev. William S. Sunday, former Liberty Loan official, now pastor in Chambersburg, was operated on for nose trouble in Harrisburg.
I Meyers sells Waldheim Mill in Reading township to O B Flaharty of Natural Bridge Va with possession Aug 1. EE A Strout Farm Agency sells A P Myers store and dwelling at Five Points to Charles Hollack of Lafferty Ohio with possession Sept 1. James Jacobs sells 35 acre farm near York Springs to Charles I Bushey on private terms.
A blaze at J. F. McFadden bottlers in New Baltimore started by an engine exhaust. The building burned with an estimated loss of about 50 dollars. Later items note a pastor decline, a Christmas box receipt, a trolley accident, a theft in Gettysburg, and other local notices.
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