Delegates Named for District Sunday School Convention
Misses Esther Feisser Vivian Hershey from First Lutheran Church Francis Barnitz Marion Bond from the M E Church and Mrs FE C Stough and Mrs C M Spangler from St Paul Reformed Church are delegates to the district Sunday School convention at East Berlin this Wednesday and Thursday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Esther Feisser
Vivian Hershey
First Lutheran Church
Francis Barnitz
Marion Bond
M. E. Church
FE. C. Stough
C. M. Spangler
St. Paul Reformed Church
East Berlin
Borough Council Adjourns to Pay Well Workers
May 20 meeting approved $94.63 in bills and set June 3 regular session. Street repairs approved a concrete crossing plan from G F Grove and Hendrix pavement, four feet wide, with Grove paying half. Water committee to appoint new well foreman after resignations. Berlin and Peters street taps noted. Citizens Band proposed use of Council Chamber with lighting and heat, plus $50 annual grant for weekly concerts. Adjourned to June 17 to pay well workers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. A. Cashman
Weaver
Miller
G. F. Grove
Sue Himes
Mrs. Hendrix
Hendrix
Pitt Street
Holtz
F M. Miller
M. D. Feiser
Grove
Bolton Street
W. A. Feiser
Mariah Kehr
E. M. Neely
Eline Bros
G. H. Roth
C. T. Hersh
N. Peters Street
Berlin Ave
Reformed Church
S. Peters Street
T. McGaughy
T. Hersh
J. A. Noel
Citizens Band
F. M. Miller
Hanover Woman Injured When Thrown From Wagon
Mrs. Levi Christman of Hanover suffered two broken ribs and other injuries after being thrown from a wagon Tuesday forenoon. The incident is reported with no further details of her condition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Levi Christman
Hanover
Nellie
Grace Blocher
Gettysburg
Edmund L. Menges
Champaign
Iil
Smyser & Senft
York City
Many Weddings Reported Across Adams County
A series of marriages are listed from Biglerville, Arendtsville, Hanover and Gettysburg areas. Geraldine Raffensperger wed Mervin Trostle at the bride’s home with Rev Theo Hesson officiating. Mary E Heiges married Rev Melvin E Smith in Arendtsville Lutheran church. Ruth Weber joined Rev Oliver Hartman in marriage at the bride’s home. Florence Smith and Wm F Livelsberger wed in Hanover with mass at St Joseph Church. Ethel M Mears became Mrs Robt Markley in Carlisle before moving to Richmond. Caroline Hamilton wed Rev Howard Stauffer at the Hamilton home in Gettysburg with two clergymen officiating.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Geraldine R. Raffensperger
Biglerville
Mervin I. Trostle
Gettysburg
P H. Raffensperger
Theo. Hesson
Arendtsville
Mary E. Heiges
Aaron M. Heiges
Melvin E. Smith
Jacob Smith
D. T. Koser
Ruth G. Weber
Troutville
Oliver S. Hartman
Baltimore
J. H. Hartman
Hanover
Florence L. Smith
Gregory F. Smith
Irishtown
Wmff. Livelsberger
John S. Livelsberger
Edgegrove
J. A.f. Huber
St. Joseph Catholic Church
Ethel M. Mears
Carlisle
Robt. R. Markley
Richmond
Harrisburg
W. W. Mears
Centre Mills
Caroline Hamilton
John Hamilton
Howard A. Stauffer
Chambereeburg
S. A. Diehl
F. E. Taylor
Social notes of local residents visitings and travel
Mrs Willard Mossman of Brooklyn visits aunt Mrs G S Hummer in Pitt street. Miss Mary Bower visits Westminster MD. Miss Lottie Buckminster spends days with Mr and Mrs L J Weikert in Waynesboro. Many others are visiting or traveling, including Arendttsville family with daughter Mrs David Hartman, and Miss Fleshman planning to study nursing in Philadelphia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Willard Mossman
Brooklyn
N. Y
G. S. Hummer
Pitt Street
Mary Bower
Berlin Ave
Westminster
Lottie Buckminster
Philadelphia Street
L. J. Weikert
Waynesboro
Calvin P. Arendt
Arendtsville
David Hartman
West High Street
A. G. Danniels
Baltimore
T. E. Warner
the Maples
Town
W. H. Hoffman
Tempeth Geiselman
Hanover
Astoria
Illinois
Anna Fleshman
Caroline E. Fleshman
Midway
Fleshman
St. Agnes Hospital
Phila
Edward H. Diehl
Merides
Texas
H. H. Diehl
Arthur W. Diehl
Defiance College
Defiance
Ohio
W. A. Diehl
W. A. Cadman
Littlestown
J. L. Vance
Danville
C. A. Cashman
Elizabeth Bushfield
Jessie
Helen McCullough
Wheeling
W. Va
Mable Sheetz
Center Square
Marian Sheetz
Frederick
Walter Winand
York Springs
R. M. Straley
Harlen Winand
East Berlin
Straley
A. Straley
Luther
Maytown
Lancaster County
F. P. Straley
Catharine Straley
Philadelphia
Rhoda Myers
Elwood
Asbury Park
N. J
Elizabeth
Moir
Philadelphia St
Harrisburg
Lifeguards survive after burning motorboat explodes
D. P. Hoover of Camden and George L. Delker of Collingswood, two Wildwood lifeguards, leaped from a fast boat as it caught fire and blew up. They swam two miles to Kent Island, faced a perilous undertow, and were rescued after spending the night on the beach.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
D. P. Hoover
Camden
George L. Delker
Collingswood
N. J
Wildwood
Bayside
Kent Island
Delaware Bay
Hoover
Tach
Delker
Dalker
Mob Chases Sheriff Guarding Suspect in Delaware
Wesley Miles, a colored man linked to the assault on Maggie Phillips, daughter of former Sheriff William Phillips, was moved from Princess Anne to Baltimore after a dramatic chase by a mob led by the girl’s brother. Sheriff Tull sped 30 miles by car, avoided train stops at Delmar and Laurel, and halted a train at Cannon Del to deliver Miles to Baltimore jail. Miles faces two counts of assault tied to the Phillips household threats and the store attack.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wesley Miles
Princess Anne
Baltimore
Maggie
William Phillips
Somerset County
Tull
Delmar
Laurel
Del
Cannon
Seaford
Miles
Phillips Miles
Phillips
Thugs Dressed in Women’s Attire Rob New York House
Mrs. May Bernheimer was attacked at her uptown New York apartment by masked assailants dressed as women. They beat her, gagged her, and escaped with gems valued at 10 000 after a blow from a potato masher struck her on return from shopping. Her maid greeted her at the door.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
May Bernheimer
New York City
Advances in surgery and tissue science at Atlantic City meet
The American Medical association session in Atlantic City highlights Dr Alexis Carrel at Rockefeller Institute showing new methods to keep transplanted tissues alive for months. He claims access to heart parts nerves bones and eyes from the institute and cites Rockefeller endowment enabling life after death. In Shamokin Pa a woman shoots an insurance agent, claiming years of harassment, and surrenders after authorities intervene.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Medical Association
Atlantic City
N. J
Alexis Carel
Rockefeller Institute
New York
Carrel
John D. Rockefeller
Tuffiet
Magnot
Lawenhaek
Europe
Maggie Peppers
John Ramp
Shamokin
Villisca Murder Scene Shocks Iowa Family
Joseph Moore, his wife and four children, plus two visiting women tied to the Moores, were found dead in their beds in Villisca. An axe covered in blood and hair was discovered. all heads broken. No robbery occurred. One suspect is being sought.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph Moore
Villisca
Iowa
van Gilder
Moores
van Gilders
Train bandit Becker sentenced in Maryland penitentiary
Fred A. Becker pleaded guilty to a Baltimore & Ohio train robbery in western Maryland on February 19. He was sentenced to nine years in the Maryland penitentiary. Becker claimed insanity due to heat exposure while working as a fireman and said he was born in Scranton, Pennsylvania.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred A. Becker
Maryland
Oakland
Becker
Scranton
Philadelphia
Kansas Seeks Up To 30 000 Harvest Workers
Kansas requires 5000 to 30000 men for harvest fields starting June 20. The call for labor comes from Charl Harris director of the Kansas State Free Employment Bureau.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas
Charl Harris
Theansas State Free Employment Bureau
Oil Ignited Kitchen Fire Killing Mother and Two Children
Mrs. Ida Laverty of Harrisburg Pa suffered fatal injuries along with two of her children when oil poured on a kitchen fire caused a deadly explosion. A third child and policeman Charlie Scott were injured as he rescued the family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ida Laverty
Harrisburg
Charlie Scott
Naturalization Bid For Russian Born Man Without a Flag
Eugene Prince born in Russia seeks American citizenship by favorable bill reported to the house. State Department says Prince’s father is American but asserts the son is not a citizen of the United States or Russia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eugene Prince
Russia
Prince
State Department
United States
Duchess of Connaught Gains in Montreal Health
Physicians attending the Duchess of Connaught report her condition shows material and steady improvement after appendicitis. If no unexpected symptoms arise, her recovery is expected to be complete and speedy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Duchess of Connaught
Montreal
Can
Shot Dead on the Street in Maryland Killings
Charles W. Adams of Sharpsburg, superintendent of the national cemetery at Antietam, was shot on the road from Sharpsburg to Burnside Bridge near Hagerstown Maryland by Charles W. Benner. Benner then killed himself. Adams, 70, had testified against Benner in court years earlier. Benner, 55, had grudge and Adams was a House doorkeeper and Republican leader in Washington County.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles W. Adams
Sharpsburg
National Cemetery
Antientam Battlefield
Burnside Bridge
Hagerstown
Charles W. Benner
Benner
Adams
House of Representatives
Washington County
Maryland
Fight Over Number of Children In Smithfield Cause
Henry Gillin and his wife from Smithfield near Uniontown Pa argued over how many children they had. She said fourteen he said sixteen. The dispute became heated and she alleged he struck her on the head. Gillin faced assault and battery charges but was discharged by Judge Van Swearingen after hearing the case.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Gillin
Smithfield
Uniontown
Gillin
van Swearingen
Death of two month old girl in Allentown
Humane Society Agent James B Stuber reported to authorities in Allentown Pa the death of two month old daughter of Mrs Annie Danglaw allegedly from starvation The mother is said to have refused nourishment and claimed holy water was sufficient.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Humane Society
James B Stuber
Allentown
Annie Danglaw
Two Surveyors Killed Riding a Rail Road
William W. Woodhouse of Wethersfield Connecticut and Philip Dell of Derry Pennsylvania, both surveyors with a Pennsylvania railroad party, were struck and killed by a fast passenger train near New Florence Pennsylvania when they stepped from a telegraph tower onto the tracks. They failed to glimpse the approaching locomotive.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William W. Woodhouse
Wethersfield, Conn
Philip Dell
Derry Pa
Pennsylvania Raiload
New Florence
General markets report Philadelphia flour and grain prices
Winter market conditions in Philadelphia show flour and rye flour quoted around 4.75 and 4.9 per barrel. No 2 red wheat at 1.13 and 44 cents, No 2 yellow corn at 86 64 and oats at 60 to 61 cents. Poultry steady with dressed prices up to 15 to 42 cents and butter at 80 cents a pound. Eggs steady at 24 to 28 cents, potatoes at 1.75 per barrel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Live Stock Markets Pittsburgh Yard Prices
Pittsburgh Union Stock Yards reports cattle firm with prime and choice selling from 8.40 to 9.15 while best grades reach 8.75 to 9.15. Sheep firm for wethers and lambs with primes around 56 to 58 and culls down to 32. Calves and hogs show active trading with various weights and prices including hogs at 6.00 to 7.50 and roughs about 6.75.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburgh
Union Stock Yards
Rougus
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N. Lingg
Cc. F. Petry
New Oxford, PA
Diehl’s
United
Chas. F. Petry
Uted
Emlet
L. V. Straley
Neely
Carlisle Street
New Oxford
Wagner
Sadie A. Smith
A. Smith
Mesers. Feiser & Myers
W. Denton Myers
Lewis J. Feiser
Theodore Shilt
Germany Township
Council Proceedings
Messrs. Weaver, Hersh, Feiser, Miller
Boiling Springs Iron Worker
Laura V. Hollinger
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