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Newspaper
New Oxford Item
Location
New Oxford, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jun 14, 1917
Page
22
Local notice from I A Wilt of New Oxford Pennsylvania, contact Bell phone 28 15. Date noted as December 16. Details incomplete but positions a public or business notice for residents.
Albert Cook Myers former York Springs resident returned to the country and spoke before the Pennsylvania Historical Society in Philadelphia about seven years of Penn life research. He displayed 200 volumes of material and a trunk of notes as he described a planned 12 to 15 volume biography aided by royal and Quaker society support.
The veto of the Mitchell bill to validate noxious animal scalp claims by counties would return about $80,000 to counties. State Game Commission and Auditor General opposed the bill alleging widespread fraud and improprieties by local officials. The governor calls for a careful inquiry and possible presentation of justified claims at a later date.
Harrisburg recruiting reports show Adams County and the district have mustered about half their 8338 war quota since April 1. The district is at 54 percent with Pennsylvania still 4,000 men short. Registrants may volunteer now in infantry cavalry field artillery engineers hospital corps and support trades such as bookkeeping typing telegraph work electronics survey work and various mechanics.
Sheriff Haas announces total county registration 7 228 in boroughs and townships and 11 015 in city and county. All the men who won honors at Dickinson College Carlisle have enlisted in one of Uncle Sam's services.
Daily service covers Gettysburg Hagerstown Waynesboro Chambersburg Hancock Cumberland Pittsburgh Chicago and the West at 10 36 a m. A 6 38 p m daily run serves Hanover Baltimore and intermediate points York on weekdays only.
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