Local residents and soldiers visit town events and returns
Edwin Lough and others from munition plants visit family homes in Hanover street and Lincoln Way East. Soldiers from Camp Colt tour Gettysburg and collide with a truck near Abbottstown. Various residents travel to Harrisburg Philadelphia and York for short stays and work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edwin Lough
Inrie
H. J. Lough
Hanover Street
Leo Sterner
Harry J. Sterner
Hershey
Poplar Street
John McCadden
John Wagner
Philip Kohler
Easton
W. H. Kohler
Lincoln Way
West
J. Felix Sanders
Washington Wolf
East
Harrisburg
H W. Swartz
Nettie
Rhoda Myers
Elwood Myers
Philadelphia
Frank Sadler
Palmyra
William Noel
Bonneauville
Bethlehem
Allentown
Clement Staub
New Haven
Conn
J. H. Isrichten
McSherrystown
S. C. Swab
Berlin Avenue
Grace Graff
York
W. S. Sheely
Raymond Staub
Camp Meade
A V. Staub
Near Town
Hanover
Cha
A. J. Gulden
Ida E. Feiser
Steelton
George Otto
Boiling Springs
John Byler
Emmitsburg
J. A. Sadler
Qualityville
Mark E. Stock
Immaculate Conception Church
Gettysburg
Guyon A. Smith
Lafayette College
F. 8. Smith
Bristol
Mary Smith
Bell Telephone
City Hospital
Clayton Laughman
Battery D
Eleventh Field Artillery
Fort Sill
Oklahoma
John P. Laughman
Littinger
Mamie McCann
Nurses Training School
St. Joseph’s Hospital
Edward McCann
MecsSherrystown
George Buffington
R.O Wolf
Daniel Wagner
Carlisle Street
Jennie Treiber
Edward Enlet
Abilene
Kansas
Daniel Mummert
Batesville
Harry Little
Midway
Larry Weiner
Abbottstown
U-Boat Raids Coast as German Submarines Hit Several Vessels
News from New York details German submarine activity along the Atlantic coast. Reported losses include the steamship Carolina with 220 passengers and five American schooners Edward H. Cole Jacob S. Haskell Isabel B Wiley Tattie Dunn Samuel W Hathaway, plus the coastwise steamer City of Columbus. The tanker Herbert L Pratt was sunk near Cape Henlopen and the Isabella D Willey reportedly sunk after shelling. Survivors from three sunken ships reached New York aboard an American vessel, while naval and coast guard units searched the seas for the U boat responsible.
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New York
Atlantic
Carolina
Porto Rico
Edward H. Cole
Jacob S. Haskell
Isabel B. Wiley
Tattie Dunn
Samuel W. Hathaway
City of Columbus
Savannah
Boston
Navy Department
Herbert L. Pratt
Cape Henlopen
Department
Isabella D. Willey
Beach Haven
N. J
Barnegat
Naval Intelligence Bureau
Virginia
New Jersey
Edward N. Cole
Cole
Highland Light
Schoooners
Sdward H. Cole
EF. B. Samuelson
Robert Lathigie
L. ©. Newcomb
Bristol
Frederick Hart
Six Suspects Charged With Furnishing Liquor to Soldiers
Deputy U S Marshal Harvey T Smith led six defendants from Gettysburg to Williamsport District Court on Monday. Names include Gus Rang Hayes Timmins of McSherrystown William Barnes of Gettysburg Helen Ketterman Maud Seppo of Hanover and Mike Fisher of Carlisle. George Washington remains on bail awaiting further action. The group was sent to Harrisburg for related hearings.
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United States
Harvey T. Smith
Gettysburg
United States District Court
Williamsport
Lesrings
Wible
Gus Rang
Hayes Timmins
McSherrystown
William Barnes
Helen Ketterman
Maud Seppo
Hanover
Marshal Smith
Mike Fisher
Carlisle
George Washington
Harrisburg
Tragedy On Train Ends Life of B&O Official
Harry Grenoble 45, assistant superintendent of the B and O Railroad, is killed instantly in a fall from a troop train near Brunswick Maryland. The cause is unknown and Grenoble’s wrecked skull confirms a swift death. He was son of the late I J Grenoble of Gettysburg and survived by his mother, sister, and step siblings in Gettysburg.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry Grenoble
Brunswick
Greoble
B. & O. Railroad
Woman Suffered Internal Injuries After Fall Near Kohler School
Mrs. Charles Sponseler of Kohler vicinity tripped in her yard, fell onto a board edge, sustaining serious internal injuries. The accident occurred last week and she is now improving under a local physician’s care.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Sponseler
Kohler
French Win Ground On Marne In Heavy Combat
Paris reports French forces held the Germans along the front between the Oures and the Marne and won ground at several points after counter attacks. A German push between Chateau Thierry and Paris was repelled by French fire southeast of Bouresches.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Irene
War Office
Oures
Marne
Gnade
Chateau Tilerry
Ourey
Chateau Thierry
Bouresches
A General Survey of the War
The German crown prince forces have crossed the Aisne between Vailly and Beny au Bac after capturing the ridge at Chemin-des-Dames. Fierce fighting spans a twenty mile front with heavy French losses, British lines along twelve miles from Bernicourt to Craonelle, American troops aiding near Pont-a-Mousson, and Italian forces securing a Western Trentino victory taking about 900 prisoners.
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Chemin-des-Dames
Aisne
Vailly
Beny-au-Bac
Bernicourt
Rheims
Craonelle
Berry-au-Bac
Pont-au-Mousson
Trentino
German Drive Presses South of Aisne in World War I
Report from Paris says Allied forces retreating along the Vesle near Fiennes as German advances press from the Aisne. Soissons enters battle area amid fears the rail line to Paris bears the main blow. American troops west of Montdidier repel counterattacks and hold a village previously won, Cantigny, with heavy German losses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aisne
Paris
Vesle
Fiennes
Soissons
Montdidier
Cantigny
German Offensives Staged at Suissons and North of Rheims
German drive on the Aisne advances eighteen miles between Soissons and Reims as Paris reports Suissons hold the western town area. Franco British forces check the German rush northwest of Rheims and repulse a German attack near Festubert. Berlin claims 25 000 prisoners in its latest tally and three German counterattacks hit American positions at Cantigny. General Pershing leads Allied response as reserves arrive near the battle line.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aisne
Suissons
Paris
Rheims
Festubert
Berlin
Cantigny
Persh
Germans Launch Multi-Front Push Toward Marne and Somme
German forces strike along the Allette river northwest of Soissons extending the line toward the Somme. The assault defeats Allied positions from Soissons to the Oise eight miles east of Noyon. In Toul, American troops raid successfully and hold Cantigny amid German counterattacks west of Mon d id ier.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marne
Somme
Allette River
Soissons
Bagny
Blerancourt
Oise
Noyon
Toul
Moentdidier
Cantigny
German Drive Aims To Trap Paris From Marne Front
German crown prince pushes westward after reaching the Marne as French reports show slow progress. French counterattacks between Soissons Chateau-Thierry and along the Marne. Germans briefly hold Caudun before French recapture. Pershing says American troops destroyed 32 dugouts and fortified positions in an assault.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marne
Montdidier Salient
Amiens
Paris
Soissons
Chateau-Thierry
Crise
Caudun
Mea Vierzy
Pershing
Aoridge
Germans Press On At Marne Front As Resistance Grows
German forces push on both sides of the wedge at the Marne while facing stiffer French resistance than in the prior week. West of the salient along the fifty mile line from Noyon to the Marne they gain ground, while between the Oise and Aisne the French mount fierce counterattacks and drive them back from positions near Carlepont and Moulins-Sons-Touvent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marne
Salient
Noyon
Soissons
Oise
Aisne
Yicinity
Carlepoint
Moulins-Sons-Touvent
May Arm Railways Orders Report on Arming Vessels
Director General McAdoo orders a full report on arming 111 railroad owned ships in Atlantic and Gulf coast trade to protect them from enemy boats. The Railway Administration pledges to take all necessary measures to guard the railroad ships.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McAdoo
Washington
Director General of Railways
Railroad Administration
Atlantic
Gulf Coast
Five Women Die As Train Strikes Car Near Philadelphia
Five women killed and a sixth injured when a Reading express hits their automobile at Cheltenham crossing near Jenkin town Pennsylvania. The group from St Pauls Church Red Cross class were en route to sew for relief. Miss Margaret Wood Taylor survived.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Red Cross
Reading Express
Washington
Jane v
Railread
Cheltea Hills
Jenkintown
Philadelphia
H. J. Maroney
Harry W. Phillips
Margaret Longacre
Ryan
Margaret Ewell
Margaret Wood Taylor
St. Paul’s Presbyterian Church
Fiftieth Street
Baltimore Avenue
Miss Taylor
Delmar- Morris
Truman N. Palmer
Oreland
Fort Washington
Scranton
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Wight
Hanover First National Bank
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Henry Treiber
New Oxford
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Joseph
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Paul Neiderer
Centennial
Henry FE. Emlet
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W. C. Herman
George Knob
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A. P. Wagner
Regina Lawrence
John Freed
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Wood
Ruth Coleman
Baltimore
Jere Gobrecht
Gettyeburg
Clement Bevenour
U.S. District Court
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Hart
Tart
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Samuelson
Norfolk
Portland
Admmiralty
Germany
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le Matin
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