Local notes of court, schools, and good news reach Abbottstown
Mrs. Worley injures ribs in fall near Brush town while Matilda Harner marks her birthday in Two Taverns. Norman Tipton transfers to Mont Alto station. McSherrystown names Wm. Myers chief of police. Lutheran reunion planned for July 24 at Pen Mar. Free Library memorial planned for Bigerville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Worley
Brushtown
Matilda Harner
Harner
Norman E. Tipton
Gettysburg
Mont Alto
McSherrystown
Wm. Myers
C. D. Groft
Pen-Mar
Biglerville
Parker Gardner
Hunting Township
Child Burned to Death Near Gettysburg
Wilbur Leroy Haines eleven month old son of Mr and Mrs Charles J Haines of near Gettysburg died at home after his clothing caught fire from a celluloid comb while left on a high chair by his mother. The blaze began when the comb touched an oil stove and the child burned severely. Despite medical care the infant died about twenty hours after the incident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilbur Leroy Haines
Charles J. Haines
Gettysburg
Marsh Creek Dynamited. Anglers Demand Answers
Gettysburg anglers voiced indignation after Marsh Creek at Witherow's dam and channel below Greenmount were dynamited. Burgess Eicholtz and Court Detective Wilson found over a hundred dead fish and piles of bass sunfish and suckers along the banks. A pair of shoes and a name on paper were discovered on Wednesday, offering a lead to the perpetrators.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gettysburg
Marsh Creek
Witherow
Greenmount
Burgess Eicholtz
Wilson
Lam
Witherow’s
Soldier Hershey Drowns After Pacific War Service
Raymond Hershey 28 son of Mrs Abraham Hershey of Gettysburg died in Marsh Creek near the Lincoln Highway eight miles from Gettysburg. Officials say cramps caused the drowning after a swimming outing with friends. He had served a year in France, was gassed and discharged from Carlisle Hospital a week before his death. Survived by his mother and several sisters and brothers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlantic Ocean
France
United States
Marsh Creek
Raymond Hershey
Abraham Hershey
Gettysburg
Lincoln Highway
Laban Hershey
Raymond
Samuel Shull
Wilson
Shaver
Confer
Woomer
Hershey
Adams County
California
United States Army
Carlisle Hospital
Ella Hershey
Crawford Warren
David Brown
Cashstown
Seven Stars
Harry Hershey
Samuel Hershey
Greensburg
John Hershey
Chicago
Lincoln Highway Crash Ends in No Prosecution
Jerry Weaver of the Lincoln Highway near Gettysburg says there will be no prosecution after a May 30 accident when BW. S. Kelly’s reportedly unlit car struck Weaver’s team. Weaver suffered a head cut shoulder bruise and knee injury and was treated by a Gettysburg physician. He will seek damages to cover medical bills.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jerry Weaver
Lincoln Highway
Gettysburg
Weaver
Granite
BW. S. Kelly
Sewing Club Organized for Girls in New Oxford
A sewing club will be organized in New Oxford for girls aged 12 to 18 with a potential class for under 12 if enough sign up. Miss Bess McAllister, Adams County Home Economic Worker, will lead the program with space provided by the Bank on the second floor. No fees. funded by State Federal funds. Interested girls or those seeking details may contact Mrs. Birely or Mrs. Leaks assisting Miss McAllister.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Oxford
Bess McAllister
Adams County
Site College
Birely
Leaks
Miss McAllister
Knights of the Mystic Chain to Host Large Bi County Convention
York and Adams counties Knights of the Mystic Chain plan their biggest bi county convention in years on Saturday June 14 in Gettysburg. Twelve district castles will send delegations and many degree teams will parade and later compete in a drilling exhibition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
York and
Adams County
Knights of the Mystic Chain
Gettysburg
Foot Crushed in Auto Crash Near Littlestown
Charles Stoner father of C W Stoner a Conewago Township real estate agent suffered a severe foot crush and leg injuries when his car swerved on the Littlestown Hanover turnpike and overturned. He remains on crutches after partial recovery and was reportedly visiting his son last week. the vehicle was damaged.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Stoner
C. W. Stoner
Littlestown and
Hanover
Conewago Township
Mr. Stoner
Mrs. David Samuels Dies of Injuries in Memorial Day Crash
Mrs. David Samuels died from injuries suffered in a Memorial Day automobile crash on the Lincoln Highway near Mt. Pleasant Fruit Farm west of town. She passed away at York hospital at 2:46 AM Thursday. Survived by her husband and Gerald Samuels, who were in the car with her but escaped with minor injuries, and her New York-based parents and two sisters. She was 36 years old.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
David Samuels
Lincoln Highway
Mt. Pleasant Fruit Farm
York Hospital
New York City
New York
Car Bump Delays Delegation Trip in Abbotstown
D. F. Slentz of Carlisle street grocery, en route to Red Lion with I. O. R. M. delegation, stopped briefly on Abbotstown street. Commissioner H. J. March of East Berlin, driving the follow car, bumped the Slentz vehicle. Both cars incurred slight damage but continued on the trip.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Red Lion
D. F. Slentz
Carlisle Street
Abbottstown
H. J. March
East Berlin
Slentz
March
New Oxford Shoe Factory to Re open This Week
The New Oxford Shoe Factory, closed for almost two years due to the war, is sold to J. W. Best of Allentown a former traveling representative. It will reopen this week and be fully in operation by July 1 with about 75 employees. cutting and fitting start soon as machines and offices are prepared.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry M. Miller
Hanover Street
Fisher Bakery
New Oxford
F. C. McCadden
West High Street
Oxford
J. W. Best
Allentown
Cedar Ridge child drank horse medicine by mistake
Lillian Wagner, a Cedar Ridge girl, drank several swallows of medicine from a bottle left by a veterinarian for a sick horse. She became briefly ill but recovered after the error was discovered.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lillian
Michael K. Wagner
Cedar Ridge
Carp Captures 34 Inch Fish At New Oxford Mill Race
While repairing a roof at New Oxford Flouring Mills proprietors W H Kling and workers W S Rittase and John W Herman spotted a carp chasing a flock of young ducks on the race near the mill. Kling closed the gates and after draining the water captured a carp 34 inches long weighing 19 1/2 pounds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Oxford Flouring Mills
W. S. Rittase
John W. Herman
W. H. Kling
Lightning Strikes Farmhouse in Straban Township
During a Sunday thunderstorm the George Shearer farm in Straban township was struck by lightning. The bolt hit the chimney and traveled through the first and second floors causing substantial damage. Several boards were torn from the house as tenant Harry Hoke lived there.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Shearer
Straban Township
Harry Hoke
Runaway Crash/Kills Saddle Horse in Latiomore Township
George Lehman, farmer of Latiomore township, lost a valuable saddle horse when a four-horse lumber wagon ran away on the state road between Dillsburg and Wellsville. The horse fell in a gutter and had to be killed. In Gettysburg a motorbus line operator sought a tax reduction, but Burgess Hicholtz refused.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Lehman
Latimore Township
Dillsburg
Wellsville
Lehman
William R. Bang
Hanover
Gettysburg
C. J. Delone
Buress Hicholtz
Burgess Ekicholtz
William Henry Coe Dies at 17 in Beecherville
Taken by death William H Coe aged 17 years 10 months 13 days died at home in Beecherville on Wednesday evening at 6 30 he leaves his wife and two children Charles Edward Coe of Chambersburg and Mrs Sarah E B Hartewell of Arendtsville a Civil War veteran
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Henry Coe
Beecherville
Charles Edward Coe
Chambersburg
Sarah EB. Hartewell
Arendtsville
Deaths of Harry Lower and Sarah Jordan in Pennsylvania
Harry B E Lower formerly of Arendtsville died at his home in North Side Pittsburgh from heart trouble after living in Pittsburgh for fourteen years. He was chief clerk and passenger trainmaster of the Conemaugh Division of the Pennsylvania Railroad and leaves a large family in Arendtsville and Pittsburgh. Following a stroke, Sarah Jordan widow of John A Jordan died at Carlisle at 76, survived by three daughters and one son, with the Jordans having lived in York Springs before moving to Carlisle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. J. Kral
York Springs
Chicago
Mary Kral
Kral
France
Sergeant Kral
Harry Lower
Pittsburgh
Abbottstown
East Berlin Pike
Paradise Protectory
Abottstown
House of Representatives
W. J. McCaig
Lincoln Way
Water Street
Houck Bakery
Wm. Gilbert
Harry BE. Lower
Arendtsville
N. S. Pittsburgh
J. C. D. Lower
J. H. Lower
S. E. Lower
Aaron Schlosser
Lower
Conemaugh
Pennsylvania Railroad
Sarah Jordan
John A. Jordan
Carlisle
Jordans
Obituaries Consolidated for Harney Hanover and Cumberland Townships
Multiple local obituaries detail the deaths of Jacob Newcomer of Harney aged 74 7 15, Andrey Thoman of Hanover aged 6 11 3, Joseph Myers of Hanover aged 72 11 1, and Mrs. Emanuel Weikert of Cumberland township aged 181 11 24. They note survivors, spouses, children, and relatives, with brief causes or circumstances of death where given.
Peter Cerbaugh of Iron Springs Dies After Long Illness
Peter Jewis Cerbaugh of Iron Springs died at his son Elmer Cerbaugh’s home after a lingering illness aged 78 years 2 months 5 days. He leaves sons Wilson Cornelius Elmer and daughters Mrs Robert Woods and Mrs Cornelius Wagaman and brothers Albert and Samuel. Mrs Ellen Cartwright died in Hanover at her daughter’s home from a complication of diseases. she came to this country from Ireland in 1892 and leaves three daughters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Andrey Thoman
Horace C. Thoman
Hanover
J. W. Thoman
Abbottstown
Peter Jewis Cerbaugh
Iron Springs
Elmer Cerbaugh
Wilson
Bedford County
Cornelius
Waynesboro
Elmer
Robert Woods
Rouzerville
Cornelius Wagaman
Albert
Samuel
New Baltimore
Ellen Cartright
Jolin Greenaway
Cartwright
Ireland
Death of Martin Godfrey at State Hospital in Harrisburg
Martin Godfrey about 70 died Sunday night at the Pennsylvania State Hospital for the Insane in Harrisburg. He had been an inmate at York County almshouse for about three years before his removal to the state institution last July. He is survived by a son Robert Godfrey of Littlestown.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Martin Godfrey
Pennsylvania State Hospital For the
Harrisburg
Godfrey
State
York County
Robert Godfrey
Littlestown
Mrs Jerome Swartz Dies in Gettysburg At 67
Mrs Jerome Swartz died Monday night at her Gettysburg apartments from organic heart disease with Brights disease aged 67 years 4 months 15 days. Her husband died years ago while teaching a Sunday school class at the Reformed church. She left two stepdaughters Cora Swartz superintendent of nurses at Cooper Hospital Camden New Jersey and Anna Swartz a Reading schoolteacher and one stepson Norman Swartz of Gettysburg.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jerome Swartz
Bright
Gettysburg
The
Reformed Church
Cora Swartz
Cooper Hospital
Camden
N. J
Anna Swartz
Reading
Norman Swartz
Injuries Suffered by Cranberry Man in Farm Implement Accident
William Kline of Cranberry formerly Five Points received severe injuries when a heavy land roller passed over him after two horses attached to the machine bolted. He was thrown from his seat and crushed. doctors report multiple broken ribs torn ligaments and deep bruises. He is bedridden but improving.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Kline
Cranberry
Five Points
Kepner and Force Repaint Fair Residence and Storeroom
J Ef Kepner and force repaint the residence and storeroom of H B Fair on Lincoln Way East in a local work detail note.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. Ef. Kepner
Force
H. B. Fair
Lincoln Way
Hanover Soldiers Return From 79th Division Homeward
Eight Hanover youths, first cont ngent of the 304th engineers in the 709th division, arrive to a royal welcome with 1,500 plus locals in Hanover. The 19 soldiers, mostly Hanover residents, include John Anteon and Paul Livingston among others, greeted by bands and a Welcome Home committee, with supper by the Y M C A Ladies Auxiliary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hanover
304Th Engineers
Paul Livingston
Allison B. Bowman
Calvin R. Witmer
James E. Stout
Walter R. Shaffer
Eugene B. Resh
79Th
York
Welcome Home Committee
Ladies’ Auxiliary
Citation for Bravery Granted to Private Paul Barnes
Mrs Emma Barnes of Hanover and formerly East Berlin receives a formal citation for her son Private Paul L Barnes of Company L 7th Infantry for distinguished service in France July 1918 with the African Expeditionary Forces. John J Pershing signs the March 7 1919 notice. Barnes, who later returned ill and discharged in January, now works for National Cash Register in Dayton Ohio.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emma Barnes
Hanover
East Berlin
Paul L. Barne
Fossay
France
Teachers' Test on Friday for Adams County 1919-20
Examination of applicants for Adams county schools for 1919-1920 will be at Centreburg for provisional and professional certificates. Four days in June and August. first test Friday June 13 for current students. June 27 for those in schools. August 11 for summer students. August 13 for provisional certificates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Adams County
Rettysburg
Adams County Sheep and Dog Report Summary
The Secretary of Agriculture reports Adams County 191 year totals: 2 sheep killed 11 injured with averages $2 and $9 respectively. total $142.65 for killed and injured. 3500 dogs licensed 1 per male 2 for female. total license fees $3. Reported 15 dogs killed by office cost $15. prosecutions and fines $30.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Secretary of Agriculture
Adams County
Windstorm blows away chicken house near Hunterstown
A Sunday windstorm near Hunterstown caused uprooted trees and damaged buildings. At Eugene Althoff’s home between Hunterstown and the Lincoln Highway a 20 by 30 foot chicken house was lifted entirely off its foundation. Many other structures in the area sustained damage from the gale.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hunterstown
Eugene Althoff
Lightning Kills Two Horses on Hartman Farm
Two of John Hartman’s horses near Fairfield were struck and killed by a bolt of lightning Friday afternoon during a storm. The animals grazed near a wire fence. investigators think the bolt may have traveled along the fence before striking.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Hartman
Fairfield
High ranking New York official to address Wigwam crowd
An official from New York will represent and address the local trio in the Wigwam at the weekly meeting this Thursday evening. Members of Divkawuarus Tribe are urged to attend as other matters of importance will be transacted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Divkawuarus Tribe
Euchre and dance winners named at McSherrystown event
The McSherrystown Fire Company hosted a euchre and dance with winners Robert Hesson and Charles Bunty taking top honors in a crowded hall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McSherrystown
Cominy
Robert Hesson
Charles Bunty
Mudway
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Qualityville
Edward Hemler
Irishtown
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Frank Feiser
Camp Colt
Ralph Miller
East
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Griest’s Park
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Knights of St. George
Lyric Orchestra
Melvin Bollinger
Justice of the Peace
Georgia
America
First Lutheran Church
Billy
George W. Thomas & Sons
Geo. W. Thomas
George E. Thomas
Austin F. Thomas
Farmers Association
Lebanon Valley College Woods
Chas. J. Hemming
Charles J. Hemming
Mellie K. Hisenhart
Elias J. Wilcox
Western Maryland Railroad
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Gettysburg Seminary
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Gettysburg College
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Berlin Avenue
Gettysburg School Board
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Shippensburg
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Ford
Carp
Jacob Newcomer
Harney
L. A. Bush
Lemoyne
W. E. Wolf
N. R. Hess
Joseph Myers
Myers
Emanuel Weikert
Cumberland Township
Edward Weikert
Mt. Pleasant Township
Grant Weikert
Sarah Rohrbaugh
William King
Clifford Wierman
Harry Fleming
Gettssburg
John J. Pershing
Ckie
Adams County Dog Statistics
Dais
Bolt
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