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Newspaper
New Oxford Item
Location
New Oxford, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jun 05, 1947
Page
10
Fire ripped through a paper mill and storage area Sunday, causing about 4000 dollars in losses. The frame building with galvanised roofing blew down during March windstorms, destroying rags, balers, tires, and other equipment. Gettysburg fire company prevented spread to nearby buildings.
Master in the divorce action of Glenn Edward Baker and Laney Annie Baker recommends a divorce on grounds of desertion. The master's report was filed Saturday with the county prothonotary.
Olle Shults rents a tenant house on Pleasant Street while George T. Petty leases one bungalow. Jacob Cooper moves from New Oxford to Dilleburg. Local deaths include William L 17 son of Mr and Mrs W Qacar Hinkle typhoid fever and Mrs John B Myers 64 of Hampton Edna M Lawrence 34 of Centennial. Local hospital news notes returns and operations for several residents with others recovering and surgeries. Antiques sale totals at the W F Sheely home rise with Monday 3000 Tuesday 15000 Wednesday 7600. New births include twin daughters for the Kint family Straban township and children born to Punk McSherrystown Sanders Kuhn Sneeringer. Joseph H Himes of Washington DC purchases Prospect Hall, formerly of New Oxford.
Radar watch reports Frank Kearney of Irishtown in a Baltimore area auto accident and Baltimore voting to fund a new church at a corner East End Berlin Avenue location chosen three years ago. Local names include A C Diehl on Lincolnway West and several ill or recovering residents. The Gladfelter sewing factory in Abbottstown was robbed of a large shirt shipment on Monday.
Individuals from New Oxford and surrounding towns report enlistment outcomes and employment changes with references to Grove at Hotel Oxford and several others. Notices include an administrator appointed for Leo S. Kang of McSherrystown and requests for claims and debts, with legal address in Gettysburg.
George M Soaks attended the commencement exercises at National Park Seminary near Washington.
Fragmentary OCR mentions Mrs. Mery Guith and interference with storing foe on inyeend halt. Context unclear due to corrupted text. no confident events, dates, or organizations identifiable.
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