Valley Forge Stamps Issued to Mark 150th Anniversary
Postmaster W Ralph Miller placed an order for a two cent stamp issued for the Valley Forge encampment anniversary. The stamp shows General Washington kneeling in prayer with a tree on a white background and the inscription Valley Forge 1778 1928. Georgetown student Harry Pfaltzgraff arrived to spend summer with his mother Mrs Kathryn Pfaltzgraff in McSherrystown.
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W. Ralph Miller
Valley Forge
Washington
George Washington
Harry Pfaltzgraff
Georgetown University
Kathryn Plaltzgraff
McSherrystown
Court orders child to live with sheriff
After a Monday hearing before Judge McPherson, an agreement was tentatively reached placing 7 year old Mary Eleanor Lesser in the custody of Sheriff and Mrs. G. J. Morrison for a year. The Morrisons gain guardianship with parental visits allowed and power to vaccinate and send to school.
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McPherson
Mary Eleanor Lesser
Chas. Berger
Carlisle
Lessers
Lesser
Catherine King
Mary Ford
Chas. Matthews
Hunterstown
Atty
Arch McClean
Morrisons
Morrison
Paul O’kul
Littlestown
Court For Naturalization
Toby” Hummer
Gettysburg
Florida
Hummer
Adams County
Girl Never Tardy Given New Watch
Miss Nettie Catherine Keefer of York Springs has not missed a day of school in twelve years and received a Bulova wrist watch as a graduation present. Malcolm Stallsmith of Gettysburg also received a Bulova watch from Blocher's Jewelry, chosen as a senior gift for the two students pictured around a clock in the display window at Gettysburg High School. The clock stopped at 3 45 in the afternoon and each watch is valued at 37.50.
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Nettie Catherine Keefer
York Springs
Malcolm Stallsmith
Gettysburg
Blocher
Gettysburg High School
Gettysburg Honeymooners Attend Coolidge Address
Mr and Mrs Thomas Hoffman of Bloomsburg married a week earlier join the Memorial Day gathering at Gettysburg to hear President Coolidge. The groom is a Civil War veteran with his regiment present at the battlefield though he did not fight. the bride is Ama J Fasold of Hamilton Northumberland county.
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Coolidge
Gettysburg
Thomas Hoffman
Bloomsburg
Hoffman
Ama J. Fasold
Hamilton
Northumberland County
Mrs Lucy Hildebrand Moves to Alleman Property
Mrs Lucy Hildebrand has vacated the first floor apartment in the Hamp building and moved to the Alleman property in Littlestown.
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Lucy Hildebrand
Hamp
Alleman
Littlestown
Patterson grocer’s grave side will pays 1000 to 22 heirs
York druggist Roland W. Loveland was among 22 beneficiaries who, in a driving rain at the grave in Paterson New Jersey, received checks from the will of William P. Herrman the Paterson grocer who died August 12. The estate valued at about 900000.
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Roland W. Loveland
York
Patterson
N. J
Mr. Loveland
William P. Herrman
Herrman
Paterson
Theodore I. Wortman
Samuel J. Harmon
Love
Reconstruction of Bituminous Surface on Route 620 in Adams County
Pennsylvania Department of Highways invites sealed proposals for reconstructing 9019 linear feet of bituminous surface treated macadam paving on route 620 in Biglerville borough Butler township Adams county. Bids due June 20 1928 at 10 am with public opening and award soon after.
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Pennsylvania Department OF Highways
Harrisburg
State Capitol
Biglerville
Butler Township
Adams County
Office of Pennsylvania Department of Highways
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Oxford
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