Gettysburg Woman Ends Life by Hanging at Home
Elizabeth E. Kimple, 58, wife of Theodore Kimple, hanged herself at the Kimple residence in Gettysburg after laying out burial clothes and sending her husband shopping. Her death was discovered by Mr. Kimple who found her body in a bedroom doorway. A note pinned to her clothing was not disclosed. She leaves a husband and siblings Charles Edward William Redding. Mary Senical. Carrie Smith. John Redding.
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Elizabeth E. Kimple
Theodore Kimple
Kimple
Gettysburg
Charles
Edward
William Redding
Mary Senical
Oakland
California
Carrie Smith
Hagerstown
John Redding
Littlestown
Neglect Hearing Prolonged Over Mary Lesser Custody
Judge D B McPherson delayed ruling on Sheriff Morrison’s petition to place 7 year old Mary Elea Lesser in a home, seeking time to allow defense preparation. Testimony cited suspected tobacco use, poor upbringing, and alleged neglect amid claims of vermin and dirtiness at the Lesser residence.
Littlestown Names New Postmaster Robert H. Wilson
Robert H. Wilson assumed duties as Littlestown postmaster after being commissioned by President Coolidge. The Senate confirmed his appointment May 11, succeeding BE Collins whose term ran from August 20, 1923, to January 8, last, with current staff Miss Lillie Harner, Lloyd Lindaman, and Miss Edith Weikert remaining in place.
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Littlestown
Robert H. Wilson
Wilson
Coolidge
Senate
Littlestown Furniture Company
BE. B. Collins
Collins
Wilsons
Lillie Harner
Lloyd Lindaman
Edith Weikert
Littlestown square gains new light standards and sidewalk work
Borough employees erect four iron light standards at Littlestown Square corners with three foot curb setbacks to maximize center space. Crossing plates are removed and the Colonial Inn pump is gone with the well to be covered. A Hanover property owner sits at East King and South Queen streets as paving bricks are replaced by concrete sidewalks. Hanover readies for the upcoming Borough Convention opening Monday.
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Littlestown Square
Hanover Square
Colonial Inn
D. J. Reily
Hanover
East King
South QuQeen
Littlestown
Testimony and courtroom description from Lesser hearing
Dr. B A Miller testified that Mrs Lesser was a woman of low mentality. Lesser, described as unkempt and wearing a soiled army coat and leg braces over overalls, was given a chance to cross examine witnesses but asked only a few minor questions. During the hearing the child sat on her mother's lap.
Levi Becker Dies at 89 in York After Long Life of Work
Levi Becker 89 a York resident for 40 years who ran a suspender factory died at his daughter Susanna Senft s home in York after a five day illness of old age. He leaves three children and numerous grandchildren great grandchildren and great great grandchildren plus siblings and several step relatives. He was born at Farmers educated at Paradise townshop York County academy and Millersville State Normal School later teaching at Moulstown and operating a general store at Mummasburg before working on the Western Maryland Railroad tunnel near Pen Mar. He bought the York Suspender Co in 1907 and ran it at 682 West Market St for 33 years retiring to his daughter s home six years ago. He was a Democrat active in county politics and survived by a stepfamily from two later marriages. Funeral was held Tuesday at Holtzschwam church with Rev Dr Schellhamer officiating.
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D. B. McPherson
Adams County
G. D. Morrison
Mary Eleanor Lesser
John Lesser
Hunterstown
Lesser
Margaret McMillan
Morrison
Mary
Morrisons
Miss McMillan
Sheriff Morrison
McPherson
Levi Becker
York
Susanna Senft
Ellen Barnhart
William
New Oxford
Senft
Sarah Jacobs
Dover
Leah Gross
Big Mount
Becker
Holtzschwam Church
Mr. Becker
Susan Senft
J Chast Sevneel
Charles Stevens
George Brillhart
Warren Brillhart
Thomasville R2
Samuel Brady
Ralph Brady
Eugene Brady
William Becker
Daniel Becker
Villa Green
Miriam Cook
Cook
Isse
Farmers
Peter and Catharine Moule Bcker
School of
Paradise
York County Academy
Millersville
West Market Street
Lydia Landis Becker
Mary Shellenberger Becker
Susan Sheaffer Becker
O. P. Schellhamer
Faith Reformed Church
First and Final Account of Lincoln Trust Co. Gettysburg
The guardian of Monroe J. Markle filed the first and final account in Adams County on May 21, 1928. It will be presented for confirmation in the Court of Common Pleas on August 25, 1928.
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Lincoln Trust Co
Gettysburg
Monroe J. Markle
Court of Common Pleas
Adams County
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Red Star
National Board OF Fire Underwriters
R. W. Wentz
Baltimore Street
Gettysburg, Pa
unusu_ generceus
P. Y. Burgard
West St
York, Pa
Littlestown Squaer
Columbia Jewelry Co
Hanover, PA
Paul P. Lerew
Lerew’s
East Berlin
Penna
John FI. Miller
Cash Grocer
Fair View
Tancred
Rhode Island
F. G McCammon
Prop
Cohen Bros
Elgin White
David Kagen
Mgr
Cdr
George
Raf
Gehly’s
Gehlys
Alaskas
W. Market St
Pennsylvania
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