Local Happenings in Gettysburg and Nearby Towns
Observances at New Chester for Children’s Day and Gettysburg chosen for next year’s State encampment meeting of the Grand Army of the Republic. Reports include accidents, property deals, school board actions, court decisions, and local business notes from Hanover, McSherrystown, East Berlin, Littlestown and surrounding areas with numerous names, dates, and places.
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New Chester
Gettysburg
Grand Army of the Republic
East Berlin
Superior Court
Harrisburg
Mitchell
H. Ebert & Sons
Frederick
Temperance lecture by W T Bundick at M E Church
On Monday evening June 15 W T Bundick a noted Virginia orator will speak at 8 p m in the M E church on temperance. Rev A C Dixon of Hanson Place Brooklyn praises a best ever temperance lecture. Mezick and sister temperance singers will perform. Local citizens of New Oxford are urged to attend and expect a large audience.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. T. Bundick
Virginia
M. E
A. C. Dixon
Hanson Place
Brooklyn
N. Y
Luther F. Mezick
Philadelphia
New Oxford
Libel Suit Proposed by Highheld Resident
John Wantz of Highheld plans a damage suit against the Hagerstown Mail for libel over a recent article accusing him of feigning a suicide attempt, triggering a train fire and other untrue statements. He seeks court settlement, insisting on action.
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John Wantz
Highheld
Hagerstown
Wantz
Deaths in McSherrystown Area Include Three Local Parents
Death notices report Henry Klunk of Medberrystown dying May 3 at age 69 after paralysis. Survived by wife and eight children. Also Harry McSherry, 24, a cigarmaker, died Tuesday from uremia. Russell Straley, two, died June 9. mother left May 21 for Statesville, N C, with husband. Obituaries note local ties and occupations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Russell
Frank Straley
Two Hanover Men Die Within Days in 1902 Era Notices
Charles Wesh Steffy died at his cousin A C Welsh home in Hanover at 6 30 p m from Brights disease aged 49 years 2 months 8 days after illness dating from Sept 1902 Captain Jeremiah Kohler longtime Hanover resident and Civil War veteran died at his Hanover home Wednesday afternoon at 3 15 o clock from a complication of diseases age 80 years 6 months 11 days He was born Nov 24 1822 in Mountpleasant township Adams county and married in 1842 to Sarah Albright surviving nearly sixty one years of marriage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Klunk
Medberrystown
Marion Rifle Co
Hanover
Frank Burkee
Ambrose Lartlaub
McSherrystown
Jos. Lawrence
Charles Klunk
Conewago Township
Emma
Sadie
Stella
William
Harry McSherry
Peter McSherry
Mountpleasant Township
Cigarmakers’ Union
Annie Lawrence
Samuel Lawrence
Charles Wesh Steffy
A. C. Welsh
Brights
Jeremiah Kohler
Philip Kohler
Kohler
Adams County
Herr
Sarah Albright
William Albright
Local deaths claim three lives in weekending notices
Charles David Rice 4 years 1 month 12 days son of Dr George L and Sallie C Rice of McSherrystown died Friday from tubercular meningitis. An infant of William Hertz and wife of Midway died Friday afternoon aged 11 months. Cornelius Dougherty a Gettysburg resident died in Gettysburg where he lived with his daughter Mrs Edward A Weaver since last December. He suffered a stroke in October and has been bedridden, dying of heart failure at age 71 or 72.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Michael Robert
East Berlin
Grace L. Abler
Charles A. Clapsadle
Lykens
Clapsadle
F. V. Clapsadle
Hanover
Anthony Bievenour
Charles David Rice
George L. and
Sallie C. Rice
McSherrystown
William Hertz
Midway
Cornelius Dougherty
Gettysburg
Edward A. Weaver
Mr. Dougherty
Obituaries from York Springs area recount multiple deaths
Johnathan Myers a York Springs resident dies at 76 after a period of illness from heart failure. He is survived by one daughter and three sons. Mrs Samuel Strayer of Latimore township dies at 50 after six days of illness from dropsy, survived by husband and six children. Emanuel Yeiser father of Mrs Harry Berwager dies in Hanover at 72 after a long illness, survived by his wife and family members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Johnathan Myers
York Springs
Mr. Myers
Ore Bank
Huntington Township
Thomas
Samuel Strayer
Latimore Township
Infant Mae Irene Hensil Dies at Four Weeks
Mae Irene, infant daughter of Mr and Mrs William Hensil, died Monday at four weeks old. Funeral services were held Tuesday afternoon at New Oxford Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mae Irene
William Hensil
New Oxford
Infant daughter of local couple dies at five weeks
The infant daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Aug. F. Robinson of near town died last Wednesday and was buried Friday morning in the Catholic cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aug. F. Robinson
Death of W. M. Railroad Employee Near Blue Ridge Summit
Oscar Willard, a W. M. railroad employee living near Blue Ridge Summit, died Thursday morning at his home from cancer, aged about 60. He is survived by his wife and three children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oscar Willard
W. M. Railroad
Blue Ridge Summit
Obituary notices for Eli Little and Joseph Smith in Gettysburg
Eli Little of Gettysburg dies at 74 leaving a wife and three children Mrs. W. H. Tipton Gettysburg H. D. Little Straban township and D. A. Little Altoona. Joseph Smith Gettysburg longtime carpenter and contractor dies Tuesday afternoon at 8 o clock highly esteemed citizen of Gettysburg.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eli Little
Gettysburg
W. H. Tipton
H. D. Little
Straban Township
D. A. Little
Altoona
Joseph Smith
Multiplied Weddings Across Hanover Area Churches
A series of marriages Saturday to Wednesday tied families from McSherrystown Arendtsville Hanover and Hunterstown. Maggie E Wagner wed Henry D Heiges in Arendtsville with Rev D T Rose officiating. Estella Topper sister of the groom served as bridesmaid and Ernest Smith as best man. The couple left for Baltimore Washington after a breakfast at the groom’s home. At Hunterstown Rev Seth Russell Downie and Miss Rebecca Bell Taughinbaugh were wed at the Great Conewago Presbyterian Church with Rev Henry Cunningham officiating. The ceremony used the ring rite followed by luncheon hosted by the bride’s parents J W Taughinbaugh ex sheriff and wife.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph Brockley
Hanover
Mr. Brockley
P. P. Hemler
McSherrystown
J. C. Foin
Harrisburg
Leo Foin
Sunbury
A. F. Kaul
Lancaster
Hemler
Fein
Jacob Guise
Straban Township
Martin Shealer
Shealer
Strahan Township
Clayton Wagner
Daniel Reynolds
Truman Grove
Rocky Grove
Daisy Taylor
Round Top
Mary Bream
Fairview
Florence Wert
Good Intent
Annie Majors
Woodside
Ella Yeagy
New Chester
W. A. Taughinbaugh
Pines
Eva Wolf
Moritz
Howard Gardner
Hunterstown
Jennie Taughinbaugh
Gail Bell
Gettysburg
T. C. Billheimer
D. D
Chas. H. Ruff
Chas. A. Blocher
Alice C. Powers
Annie R. Welty
Sadie A. Schriver
Mary E Wible
Jane F. Shields
Ida E. Sheads
Lizzie B. Rummel
Hattie B. McGrew
Anna M. Hake
Wm I. Book
Helen L. Cope
Katie K. Wither- Ow
Elia B Wagner
Arendtsville
Maggie E
Henry D. Heiges
D. T. Rose
Felix E. Topper
Edward Topper
Anna Mac Neiderer
Pius Neiderer
St. Mary’s Church
MacSherrystown
Father Gallaghan
Estella Topper
Ernest Smith
Baltimore
Washington
Seth Russel Downie
Rebecca Bell Taughinbaugh
Conewago Presbyterian Church
Henry ©. Cunningham
Downie
Princeton Theological Seminary
J. W. Taughinbaugh
Corpus Christi Processions Return at Conewago Chapel
The Corpus Christi procession at Conewago Chapel is revived after a 26 year hiatus. The first observance will be Thursday at 10 am drawing worshippers from York Adams Cumberland and Franklin counties and nearby Maryland border areas.
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Conewago Chapel
Conewago
York
Adams
Cumberland
Franklin
Border
Maryland
Special Hot Weather Bargains at G. B. Nacy, Son & Co.
Straw hats cheap and up, soft shirts in fast colors, hammocks priced from 1.00, easy cool shoes 25c, straw matting 10c and up. Drop stitch stockings, ready made clothing. Bargains valid to July 1. Hanover shop G. B. Nacy, Son & Co.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G. B. Nacy, Son & Co
Hanover
Market Prices in New Oxford by Z H Cashman
The New Oxford market reports prices for wheat rye corn oats clover seed timothy seed rye straw and timothy hay with per bushel or per ton figures. Prices include Choice Wheat 672 No 2 68 baked 50 Rye 4h 50 Corn 40 46 Oats 25 85 Clover seed per th 8 10 Timothy seed 100 150 Rye Straw 700 1000 Timothy hay 1100 1500.
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New Oxford
Z. H. Cashman
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Fountaindale
Ida Gourley
Jacob B. Miller
Biglerville
Harry Walter
Bittinger
Belinday Carbaugh
Ignatius Carbaugh
Carbaugh
Joseph Adams
Hotel Columbus
McSherrystown Fire Co
Anna Hewitt
Oliver Prosger
Mattie Ramer
Lewis Ramer
Geo. C. Krug
Hanover & McSherrystown Street Railway Co
E. M. Etzler
T. J. O'Neill
Peter D. Masenheimer
Elizabeth Culbertson
J. Shull Patterson
Reading Township
Co. Richardson
Almshouse
J Geo. Wolf
Bons Co
Col E. Spangler
Kelly & Oyler
Oyler & Broun
Jowest
Simon Potts
Joseph Grolman
Wilson
Justice Mears
Ida Potts
The
Western Maryland Railroad
Pen- Mar
Bernardina Corrigan
Elizabeth McIlhenny
McIlhenny
L. Johns
Sherrystown
Berwick Township
Harry Kepner
John M. Shull
Beavercreek
Harry Altland
Walnut Grove
Frank Carns
Green Springs
Katie Long
Hamilton Township
Adam Bubb
J. G. Decker
Mummerts
Martin Slothower
Pine Run
Clayton B. Yohe
Green Ridge
Gussie Hoffheius
Seven Hundred
Margie Brown
Abbottstown
Nicholas Carns
Harry Stambaugh
E. P. Miller
S. A. Nagle
Mellie K. Eisenhart
D. F Slentz’s
Carlisle Street
Greorge Cromer
S. L. Johns
Medico-Chi Hospital
A. C. Rice
Mr. Johns
Immaculate Conception
Eall
Madaline
Charles Myers
Peters Street
D. F. Slentz
Sylvania Lodge
Littlestown
Mehring’s Hall
Gettys Lodge
Grand Lodge
Sam
A Steel
Pittsburg
R. H. Graham
J. H. Mackey
G. R. McGlathey
Geo. F. Young
C. Billheimer
David Kitzmiller
George F. Krug
George and
Mary Scott
Second Ward
Barbehenn & Little
Gettysburg News
Hanover Shoe Factory
Oxford
D. F. Slentz’s
Carlisle St
Prohibition
Henry Hoover
Bittinger P. O
R. N. Meisenheder
Johns Hopkins Hospital
Emanuel Yeiser
Harry Berwager
H. Willett
Scott
Scott & Bowne
Pearl Street
New York
Slentz
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