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Newspaper
New Oxford Item
Location
New Oxford, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jun 17, 1915
Page
6
June 17 1915 brief notes from New Oxford and surrounding towns include births and illnesses, real estate transfers, a 9500 dollar sale of the City Hotel, a new tow boat completion, school and church updates, street dust control, a thunderstorm damage report, and local civic events. Notable names: E K McClear, Daniel Krug, Mary Walter, George Wampler, D F Starry, J Louis Sowers, Arch R Hollinger, O I M Houck.
Camp 22 of the Ancient Order of Gettysburg will parade on July Fourth with the Imp O R M Band. A Hanover street parlor adds Jules Adams as assistant. Weidner and the County Board plan winter institutes in New Oxford Arendtsville and Fairfield. Major local incidents include a barn-raising, injuries to Louise Collins and Lydia Hartman resigning from Littlestown High, and Amos Musselman joining Richard & Co. in Connecticut.
Mrs. John Beam of the Melhorn farm narrowly escaped serious harm when a shaft clip broke on a spring wagon near Swift Run school house. She was thrown into a mud puddle while trying to curb the runaway horse and was covered in mud but suffered only slight injuries. The horse tangled in a fence and also had only minor injuries. Some milk spilled from the cans on the way to New Oxford Creamery.
Edna Gardner and Alice Gardner of Latimire township barely escaped death when a blind horse bolt sent their buggy into Group’s mill tail race. The animal jumped 12 feet into the water, overturning the buggy and pinning the sisters beneath. Men freed them. Alice was bruised, Edna unscathed. The horse and buggy sustained minor damage.
Lizzie Peters of New Oxford Adams county received six months in jail and a $25 fine after pleading guilty to entering Dr C H Venus’s office on May 5 and stealing morphine tablets a gold necklace and other jewelry valued at $21 The theft occurred while the Venus household was away Peters admitted morphine use and was previously employed as a housekeeper for Harry Lockenbill who was briefly detained but later cleared of charges.
Aus tin Neiderert a Brushtown businessman married Miss Mamie G Losman in Detroit last September. The wedding remained secret until last Saturday when Mamie and her mother returned from Michigan and announced the nuptials. The bride is Mrs Mary Losman’s daughter and taught in Mt Pleasant township schools. the groom is the son of Mr and Mrs John Neidererr of Brushtown.
Mr. Robinson of Hanover Light Power canvassed New Oxford residents last week asking who would use electricity for power and illumination. He stated strong encouragement and a probable light and power supply within three months, with a line reaching as far as Bittinger Station.
James Blosser, a track man for the N C railroad, was injured near the Hanover tool house when a passing motor car pinned him between two cars while he tried to remove a hand car from the track. Dr Bittinger treated him and he was returned to his home.
Thieves entered the Stambaugh residence near Hoke’s quarries last Saturday night while the family was away, taking two watches a rifle and five cans of lard. This is the second burglary in two years, previously involving a sum of money from the children's bank.
McSherrystown native Father Fink returned from six years in Rome to celebrate his first Mass at St. Marys church. Assisted by Deacon Rev Philip Colgan and sub deacon Rev P J Enright, the service included Rev L Aug Reudher as assistant priest. Fink, 27, studied at St Rita’s Hall Villa Nova before going to Rome with other Augustinian Fathers. Colgan, a fellow McSherrystown native, is nearing completion of his studies.
Mrs Ellen M Weaver, aged 55 years 2 months 22 days, wife of John S Weaver, died suddenly at her Brush town area home on Sunday at 10 p m from paralysis. She retired about 9 pm in good health. a half hour later her breathing troubled, doctor summoned but she died before arrival. Survived by husband and children including Mrs Paul Staub and Joseph R Weaver, plus sister Catharine Rider and five brothers.
York Springs Comet laments missing Rev. L. M. Gardner of York Springs posing at the Studebaker home during Adams county filming for the Studebaker Automobile Company. The piece recalls George Gardner and Peter Studebaker starting wagon making over eighty years ago at that site.
Miss Grace Deardorff of East Berlin was admitted to York hospital Friday morning for a surgical operation. D. E. Barnitz, after six months of valvular heart trouble at Mt. Hope Sanatorium, has returned to his sister Mrs Swartz’s home on Lincoln Way East, much improved. James W. Koontz of Mt. Joy township was taken to West Side Sanatorium in York for treatment on Monday.
The commonwealth case against Mrs. Mary Melhorn of McSherrystown, arrested by Constable James Sterner on a warrant sworn by George Cromer of Conewago, for theft, was heard before Justice Lilly. After evidence, she was discharged. Both parties moved from near New Oxford recently.
A Berlin Junction boy, son of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Kuhn, was badly cut on Sunday when he fell on a protruding nail at home. The gash near his mouth required several stitches, and a local physician provided care.
Levere Baum, a boy near East Berlin, suffered a severe leg cut when a mower's scythe struck him. The wound required multiple stitches to repair torn muscles. A bolt of lightning damaged the East Berlin Lutheran church, tearing slate and causing further damage. Chester Spangler of Littlestown graduated from the Philadelphia College of Pharmacy this week.
A string of obituaries from Gettysburg and surrounding towns notes deaths in the week. Charles A. Weirick at 50 of tuberculosis in Gettysburg. Margaret A. Kitzmiller 71 in Philadelphia. John William Singley infant death in Gettysburg. Michael M. Little 78 long York official and builder. Gertrude B. Nelson 21 Gettysburg. Henry G. Jacoby 61 near Littlestown. Henry P. Barbehen 88 long Gettsburg gas plant foreman. Harry Y. Chronister 71 near East Berlin. Daniel Leister 63 Meade’s headquarters veteran and farmer of Butler Township.
Deaths and condolences from Adams and nearby counties list Mrs. Elizabeth Hoke in Hanover and Mrs. Topper near the Maryland line, infant deaths in Bittinger and Cumberland Township, and William Fissel of Hampton among others. Deaths also include Daniel Swannley of New Market and Samuel Ingle of Wellsville with funeral details. Community updates cover school board hires, a York Springs race track reopening, and local business plans for a central fruit packing station in Adams County.
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