New Oxford News Roundup January 16 1919
Latimore township loses two auditors J L Garretson and A G Anthony as they move to York County in spring. Lutheran Arendtsville collects 204 for Armenian Syrian Relief. Local notices urge public sale listings. Mailbag lists include farm sales such as Wm H Stock February 25 cattle sale and other local updates across Adams County including accidents taxes and church notices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Latimore Township
J. L. Garretson
A. G. Anthony
York County
Arendtsville
Ross Jacobs
Latimore
John Fissel
Berwick Township
Wm. H. Stock
Mt. Pleasant
New Chester
Slight Injury Causes Death of Local Man
John D. Mummert of near Littlestown died at York hospital six weeks after a minor farm hand injury with cornstalk left hand. Blood poisoning developed from the wound, age 58 years, 6 months, 23 days. Survived by five children Simp son, John, Miss Euria, Mrs Shoemaker, Mrs Crabbs and brother Joseph W. Mummert.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John D. Mummert
Littlestown
Mr. Mummert
York Hospital
Simpson Mummert
White Hall
John
Euria
Charles Shoemaker
Black's
Worthin Crabbs
Joseph W. Mummert
Kumps Station
Engine Whistle Alarmed Minute of Panic Across Town
A Baltimore passenger train whistle blew from the New Oxford depot to Hanover after the locomotive lost its packing at 5 51 p m on Wednesday. The engine was moved to Hanover round-house and quieted. Residents speculated about a new peace rumor or a fire with widespread telephones used for information.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore
New Oxford
Hanover
Conewago Chapel
Light flare lights up county sky in three reddish flashes
A Sunday evening sky event at 6 10 PM startled residents across the county and York county with three quick reddish flashes like sheet lightning. Theories ranged from an electric display to an unknown explosion, but no meteor reports were received.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
York County
Mrs Reta Kline Fractures Leg After Icy Fall
Mrs Reta Kline of York, daughter of Mr and Mrs Clarence Klinger of Hanover Street, slipped on an icy pavement near her home and sustained a fracture of the right leg.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reta Kline
York
Clarence Klinger
Hanover Street
Breaks Hip at Age 90 in Abbottsown Incident
Andrew J. Baker age 90 oldest citizen of Abbottstown fell on icy pavement behind his home Saturday and broke his hip. His condition listed as serious.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Andrew J. Baker
Abbottstown
Fate of Sergeant Conway Confirmed by War Department
A War Department telegram confirms Sergeant Robert Conway was killed in action on July 18 after earlier reports of wounds and gas exposure. His wife Irene Riggs Conway of Gettysburg received notes from Lt. Col. Pierce stating his death as a martyr and that his grave is properly marked. Captain Murphy, his company commander, earlier said Conway fell just behind him. Murphy was later killed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
War Department
Robert Conway
Irene Riggs
Gettysburg
Ater
Conway
Col Pierce
Quartermaster Corps
Murphy
Sergt. Conway
Captain Murphy
German Sniper Kills Littlestown Sergeant Ocker
Mechanic Roy Nenner of Littlestown hospitals at Camp Meade after mustard gas exposure from Oct 80 night shelling. Nenner learned Sergt John W. Ocker of Littlestown was killed by a German sniper near Verdun while in a dugout, crawling toward a dead German.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roy Nenner
Littlestown
Camp Meade
Renner
John W. Ocker
Ralph Sherman
John Ocker
Verdun
Sergt. Ocker
Ocker
Annual Meeting of Adams County Farm Bureau in Gettysburg
Adams County Farm Bureau holds its annual meeting in the Gettysburg Court House on Thursday afternoon January 16. The program includes remarks by president J L Butt and reports from county agent HL Hershey and home economics extension leader Miss Bess L McAllister, with officer elections and a plan of work for the coming year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Adams County Farm Bureau
Court House
Gettysburg
J. L. Butt
HL FI
Hershey
Hirshman
State College
Adams County
Bess L. McAllister
Son of Hanover family dies in France
Telegram from the War Department announces the death of Homer N. Roth elder son of Rev. Dr. and Mrs. M. J. Roth of Hanover. He died of scarlet fever December 24 in Is Sur Tell Western France at age 21. He served in the Ord nance Department after enlisting February 1918 in Philadelphia. He was a jeweler watchmaker and engraver and a Bowman Technical School graduate. Survived by his parents three brothers James Norman Emmet and Marion Roth at home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Homer N. Roth
M. J. Roth
Hanover
War Department
Is Sur Tell
France
Ordnance Department
Philadelphia
Bowman Technical School
Lancaster
James Roth
Norman
Emmet Roth
Marion Roth
Deaths in War Strife Bulk of Barnitz Family Loss
John C. Barnitz of Philadelphia, native of New Oxford, mourns death of his son Reed Barnitz, a sergeant killed when a hospital was bombed by German planes after shrapnel wounds in the Argonne Forest. Reed leaves parents, a brother, two sisters, and was 25.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John C. Barnitz
Philadelphia
New Oxford
Jas. W. Barnitz
Hanover Street
Harold Barnitz
U. S. Navy
Connecticut
Barnitz
Reed Barnitz
Bocie
Argonne Forest
Duttera
Littlestown
Get Original Pensions for Civil War Widows
Widows in Adams County informed by Congressman Brodbeck of favorable action on original pensions. Names and dates include Mrs. Anna Culp Arendtsville widow of Francis R Culp March 11 1918 Mrs. Sue McCarney Gettysburg widow of John D McCarney June 24 1918 Mrs Hannah K Spangler Bigerville widow of Levi Spangler December 22 1917 Mrs Amanda Stauffer East Berlin widow of Harry W Stauffer March 2 1918.
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Brodbeck
Adams County
Anna Culp
Arendtsville
Francis R Culp
Infantry
Sue McCarney
Gettysburg
John D. McCarney
Hannah K. Spangler
Biglerville
Levi Spangler
Amanda Stauffer
East Berlin
Harry W. Stauffer
Laughman Guilty Of Larceny In York County Court
Paul Laughman of Laughmanstown in the Pigeon Hills was found guilty on two larceny charges by the York county court and sentenced to not less than 18 months nor more than five years in the eastern penitentiary. Originally facing twelve charges, District Attorney Rochow tried him on two by agreement after his June 13 arrest by Chief of Police Crabbs and a Hanover hearing before Squire R. Witmer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Farmers & Merthante Bank
Adams County
316Th Infantry
Garrison McClaskey
Annie Miller
O’bold
Hanover
Crabbs
York County
York Chamber of Commerce
Abbottstown
William Sheaffer
Bitcinger
Itarry J. Miller
John Cassatt
Jesse Crabbs
Louisa Maus
New Oxford
Huntingdon Reformatory
Beaver Creek
Theodore Lochman
James Sterner
McSherrystown
Clarence Sneeringer
HM Gebhart
Bonneauville
Pentz
Square Lilly
Paul Laughman
Laughmanstown
Pigeon Hills
York
Astern
Laughman
Rochow
Squire R. Witmer
Death notices from Adams County arise in Butler and surrounding towns
Taken by Death. Mrs. Daisy Fidler of Butler township dies of pneumonia after influenza at about 34. She leaves husband, parents, a 2 year old daughter, four brothers. William Taylor, Civil War veteran, dies near Bender's church after apoplexy. Barbara Asper dies in Bendersville aged 1 year 1 month 15 days. John W. Sowers of Adams County dies in Harrisburg at 65. Anna M Swoouse of Gardacre Station dies of lobar pneumonia aged 80. John Trostle of Latimore Township dies of pneumonia aged, survived by wife and two children. funeral at home, burial at Mummert meeting house cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Daisy Fidler
Charles Fidler
Butler Township
Biglerville
William Diehl
Gettysburg
Charles Diehl
Wible
Clarence Diehl
Lanover
Merriman Diehl
William Taylor
Edward Taylor
Bender's Church
Jim Mr. Taylor
Barbara A. Asper
Bendersville
Charles McCoy
Philadelphia
Annie Asper
Rebecca Myers
Dillsburg
John W. Sowers
Adams County
Hison
Ibner Sowers
Harrisburg
Elmer
Madaline
Thomas Wenk
Aspers
Anna M
Elmer Io and
George T
Menallen Township
Charles R. Loubaugh
Huntington Township
John Trostle
Latimore Township
John A. Trostle
Lucinda Trostle
Mummert
Lula May Bair
Harper J Bair
Bonneauville
Howard Lehman
Taneytown
Joseph G. Kimmel
Reading Township
York
Milton Slaybaugh
William Kinnek
Mra
Jda May Poffman
Modore Poffman
Carlisle Street
Henry and
Leah Hoover
Himton Townslip
Hoffman
Paul Spunseller
Mabert Huffman
Rhume
Jacob and
Oliver Hovover
Hamilton Township
Cleveland Hoover
Bittingers
J A. Nester
J M. Mummert
C. Jo Schweigert
Quarryville
J. Wulis Freed
Man Dies After Ten Day Illness in Menallen Township
Harry A. Baldwin aged 43 years 10 months 12 days dies at home in Menallen township after a ten day illness from influenza at 2 o clock Friday morning. He leaves a wife and one daughter Mary at home and his mother Mrs. Samuel Baldwin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry A. Baldwin
Menallen Township
Tle
Mary
Samuel Baldwin
George Kenneth Kunkle
Gardn Ts
Harry Kunkle
Glenn
Obituaries in Lancaster area funeral notices
Multiple deaths reported with causes of death including pneumonia heart trouble and other illnesses. Lula May Bair of near Bonneauville died at 22 after three days ill. Joseph G. Kimmel of Reading died in York at 75. Sarah J. Dull died near Bittinger aged 84. Jda May Poffman died on Carlisle Street aged 58. extended surviving relatives listed. interments in New Oxford Mt Olivet Hanover and local cemeteries noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sarah J. Dull
Emanuel Dull
Luther Hull
Carlisle
Bittinger
Peter Diehl
New Oxford
Luther Hall
Charles Hell
Mere
Obituary notices from Mt Joy area recount several deaths
The report lists multiple deaths including George Kenneth Kunkle aged 14 from Gardners who died of pneumonia after influenza, Mrs Amelia Fleming aged 77 from Gettysburg, Theron J March aged 3 months 13 days of Midway, Margaret Warren wife of A Warren from Weal, and Mark Edward Garrett aged 22 from Hanover. Details include funeral arrangements and surviving relatives.
Card of Thanks for Michael Ie Thei evald
The family of Michael Ie Thei evald extends thanks to neighbors and friends for assistance during his illness. They express gratitude for support and kindness shown by the community to the husband and father.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Michael Ie Theievald
Huband
Community notices and lost dog reported in New Oxford area
A mixed collection of items notes a message of thanks to neighbors, a church anniversary, a mill worker employment mention, social event plans at St Paul’s, a domestic lost dog alert, and sale and rental notices. Town names include New Oxford and Oxford to Noll ogy, with a military or factory reference to New Qoord Milling Company and New Cafori Matting Cy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Noll Ogy
Qoord Milling Company
Cafori Matting
The Markets New Oxford by J. H. Oat
The market notes list wheat rye barley oats and corn with shelled corn cited among the prices in New Oxford.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Oxford
J. H. Oat
Administration Notice for Michael Hoffheins in New Oxford
Letters of administration granted in Ada Pennsylvania for Michael Hoffheins deceased. All heirs and creditors are requested to present claims for settlement to Paul F Hoffheins administrator at once.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dickenarus Tribe
York and
Adams Counties
Michael Hoffhe
New Oxford
Ada Pa
Wall
Thei Jay
Paul F Hoffheins
Adimu Mo Jherrystuwo
Adame
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Joseph Felty
Near Town
Jacob Rudisill
Gitts Run
Dr. Wertz
Charles Civens
Steacy- Wilton
J. M. Bream
Charles S. Duncan Esq
George C. Fissel
John M. Bream
New Oxford School
H. S. Lough
O. H. Hostetter
Camp Jackson
S. C
D. P. McPherson
W. Howard Dicks
KE. P. Miller
C.S. Weaver
College Lutheran Church
Camp Colt
National Park
Chamber of Commerce
Baker
Congressman Brodbeck
National Lutheran Educational Conference
Chicago
W. A. Granville
Gettysburg College
Lutheran Academies
United States
Louden Heights
Maryland Volunteers, Cavalry
O. D McMillan
O. 1. McMillan
W. N. Lott
Wm. A. Mellbenny
Theodore McAllister
George W Drury
Drury
Joyce
David Mc. Newcomer
G. I. Jordy
J. F Rickrode
Stock
Mt. Pleasant Township
Adame County
H. Milton Roth
Pennsylvania
Adams
Department
William LH. Oberdick
William Myers
Oberdick
Warner
Eastern Penitentiary
Joseph M. Miller
John ‘1 Miller
Coffman
Ralph K. Coffman
Muller
Miller
Theo. Pfeiffer
S of V
J. B. Sellers
Chas Shrader, Jr
J B Weaver
H. J. Sterner
Pius Swithh
Percy Haar
Cletus Staub
Leo Puist
Ivan Withers
F. C. McCadden
Jos I. Weaver
Iran Bowman
Grangeville
Bowman
Abbottotown
Berick Township
Sergeant Ocker
The
Son
Mt. Joy
Lancaster County
Amelia Fleming
George Fleming
Gettseburg
William Melborn
John A. Melborn
Wagon Leib
Chca
Theron J March
Clarence
Hilda March
Midway
Margaret Warren
A Warren
Weal
Mark Edward Garrett
Garrett
John FF
of Manufacturing Company
Ross Small
Issases
Rog Surall
An Te
Hovste
George Kh
Mary Wolf
Oxford
Mite Society of St. Paul’s Ed
Sunda
Geo
Penn Lstber
C. L. van
New
Ti Overbrook Avenue
J. AW
Plymire
J. Lepner
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