Social Roundup of Visits and Travels in Hanover Area
Mrs J A Foose of Cedar Ridge spent a week with her sister Mrs N R Bailey and family in Dillsburg then Harrisburg. Mrs M D Feiser and Charley Hersh with Miss Ida Sunday attend Bucknell University commencement. Ida Feiser is a graduate. Mrs H J Smith and daughter Marguerite plan visits to Manheim and City Hospital then Cumberland Valley State Normal School commencement where Ida Feiser and Martha Keeny graduate. Rev F Hesse of Smithsburg Md visited former parishioners. Mrs George Osborne and children of Westminster Md visit Hanover parents. Local lodge members Gable Bream Sheely Myers travel to Lancaster by auto in 2 hours. Ellen and Kate Wagner return from Los Angeles. Charles and Ellis Cook of Sparrows Point Md spend at Louisa Cook's. Spencer Myers also visits his mother. J C Myers, D H Fink, J A Ruff take auto to McCall's Ferry to see shad. Anna Rinehart of Chambersburg visits. C M Stough and son Charles stay at Jack's Mountain. Laura Winand of York visits W J and wife in West High. Sprenkle family of York visit. Jacob Brown of Abilene Kansas visits H W Swartz. Nazareth Postmaster Schaffer and others stay with James O Swartz family to fish bass but rain stops activity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. A. Foose
Cedar Ridge
N. R. Bailey
Dillsburg
Harrisburg
M. D. Feiser
Philadelphia
Charley T. Hersh
Eagle Hotel
Ida Sunday
Hanover
Bucknell University
Helen Ruth
H. J. Smith
Marguerite
M. M. Bowser
Manheim
Lancaster County
Clara Feiser
City Hospital
John P. Feiser
Cumberland Valley State Normal School
Shippensburg
Ida Feiser
Martha Keeny
S. F. Keeny
North Peters Street
F. Hesse
Smithsburg
George Osborne
Westminster
H. K. Schnell
Hanover Street
Raymond Gable
John M. Bream
Park Square
Lancaster
Ellen
Kate Wagner
Los Angeles
California
Messrs
Charles and
Ellis Cook
Sparrows Point
Louisa Cook
Spencer Myers
W. B. Myers
Pitt Street
J. C. Myers
D. H. Fink
J. A. Ruff
McCall’s Ferry
Anna Rinehart
Chambersburg
Henry Rinehart
C. M. Stough
Charles
Jack’s Mountain
Laura Winand
York
W. J. Winand
West High Street
Charles Sprenkle
Jacob Brown
Abilene
Kansas
H. W. Swartz
Schaffer
John H. Miller
Mark T. Swartz
Charles T. Smythe
Nazareth
James O. Swartz
Robbers strike Maryland Lunch Rooms in Pen-Mar raid
Robbers looted the Maryland Lunch Rooms of William Bowers in Pen-Mar last Thursday night. They pried the money drawer open and took $5, fired revolvers twice, then went to the W. M. railroad station and battered doors. They seized a woman's suitcase and used a white comfort to mop the floor before fleeing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maryland
William Bowers
Pen-Mar
W. M. Railroad
Illness Disrupts York Shopping Visit Then Ambulance Ride
At noon Saturday in Bear's department store York York Springs resident Misa Lillian M Baum visiting at Mrs Elizabeth A Chronister home became suddenly ill and was transported by ambulance to the Chronister residence. The Forty Hours Devotion opened Friday at Sacred Heart Conewago and concluded Sunday evening with Rev Fr Shields delivering a sermon on the devotion. St Josephs Academy McSherrystown held its annual commencement on Tuesday. Roy Dunnich 11 died from lockjaw due to a rusty nail penetrating his foot in York County.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bear's Department Store
York
Misa
Lillian M. Baum
York Springs
Mis
Elizabeth A. Chronister
Chronister
Sacred Heart Church
Conewago
St. Joseph’s Academy
McSherrystown
Roy
John Dunnich
York County
Marriages In York and Nearby Areas Highlight Weekend
In York at St Patrick church on a Wednesday morning, Edward S Staub and Emma C Klunk wed as electricians and residents J W Staub and James A Klunk hosted relatives. The couple plan to live at 228 S Green St York after a trip to Philadelphia and Atlantic City. Also Wed in Peoria Ill Edna Kerr and William C Tyson wed at Second Presbyterian. This couple reports home at Loma Vista Guernsey Pa by July 15. In Gettysburg St James Chapel, S Flo Blocher and Rev Joseph Arnold married at noon Thursday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward S Staub
Emma C. Klunk
St. Patrick Church
York
York Manufacturing Co
J. W. Staub
James A. Klunk
S. Penn St
New Oxford
Marie Klunk
Guy A. Staub
Philadelphia
Atlantic City
S. Green Street
Edna Kerr
Robert A. Kerr
Peoria
Ill
William C. Tyson
Charles Tyson
Guernsey
Second Presbyterian Church
Loma Vista
St. James Chapel
Gettysburg
S. Flo Blocher
J. O. Blocher
Joseph Arnold
Brooklyn
N. Y
Joseph B. Baker
Philadelphia Doctor Weds Miss Schwehm in Trinity Church
At 4 o clock Monday evening Dr Chas H Bender of Philadelphia nephew of Mrs Z H Cashman was married to Miss Henrietta Schwehm of Germantown in Trinity Lutheran church Philadelphia. Best man was Mr Arthur J Cashman and attendants included Miss Nita Cashman and Mrs Maud Diehl. The couple left for an extended trip to Europe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chas. H. Bender
Philadelphia
Z. H. Cashman
Henrietta Schwehm
German Town
Trinity Lutheran Church
Miss Fannie C Beard and Arthur Wagner Wed at Gettysburg Home
At noon Tuesday Miss Fannie C Beard of Gettysburg and Arthur W Wagner of Harrisburg were married at the bride’s home. The ceremony was performed by her brother-in-law Rev OC 8 Brewer of Buckley NL, assisted by Rev L Dow Ott of Gettysburg.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fannie C. Beard
Gettysburg
Arthur W. Wagner
Harrisburg
Court items list actions in several local matters
The record covers Com. vs John F. Smith with maintenance dispute and cost apportionment, a petition from McSherrystown citizens to parole Bert Hamm, amended estate distributions for Daniel Gise, payment relief for Francis A. Starr, Lorrie Toulay’s recognizance, Hotel Gettysburg license transfer, Sue C. Poist maintenance award, Mary S. Blocher income use for minor children, July 1 hearings for guardianship and estate matters, inventory and bond filings for A C Rice, Kunkle estate account, Emma Johns and H N Gitt Co estates, W A Taughinbaugh as receiver, and Gettysburg Board of Trade incorporation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McSherrystown
Bert Hamm
Daniel Gise
East Berlin
Francis A. Starr
Fannie Starr
Lorrie Toulay
Hotel
Gettysburg
J. A. Ring
Hotel Gettysburg Co
Sue C. Poist
Mary
Blocher
Riley G. Schwartz
Conewago Township
A. C. Rice
Peter F. Smith
Kate D. Kunkle
Amanda Hartman
E. Berlin
Emma O. Johns
H. N. Gitt
Local Man Eyster Profiles Career Path and Detroit Marriage
Geo. W. Eyster left York years ago for Detroit where he studied pharmacy and medicine before earning a law degree and becoming a practicing attorney. He married Ella Harvey on June 5 in Detroit, daughter of a prominent iron manufacturer. He is grandson of Hezekiah and Catherarine Lau of this place.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Geo. W. Eyster
York
Detroit
Mich
Ella Harvey
Mr. Eyster
Hezekiah
Catherarine Lau
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Pilots Welch Hazlehurst Die In Fatal Wright Plane Crash
Hazlehurst Lieutenant Leighton W. Hazlehurst Seventeenth Infantry and A. L. Welch of Washington died instantly when a Wright type aeroplane collapsed at College Park Maryland during a flight to 200 feet. Orville Wright had delivered the machine three weeks earlier.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leighton W. Hazlehurst
Macon
A. L. Welch
Washington
College Park
Army
Army Aviation School
Hazlehurst
Welch
Hin
C. Dell Chandler
Orville Wright
Dayton, C
Wright Company
Tries Murder In Shadow Of Galiona Before Hanging
Ja Ribarik sentenced to death in Washington Pennsylvania for killing Mr Novak Mrs Novak and Stephen Stanvoji. He attempted to strangle his daughter Antonia as guards intervened with an iron bar. Antonia testified she was not harmed and had helped reconcile with her father before his execution.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Galiona
Ribarik
Washington
Antonia Ribarik
Mrs. Novak
Stephen Stanvoji
Novaks
ThreeMeet Death On High Tension Wire In Elizabeth
Three linemen William Willridge Frank Jackson and Albert Burbank died when they touched a high tension wire in Elizabeth New Jersey Their bodies hung burning above a street for over an hour before firemen brought them down The men worked for Light and Power Company Willridge from Mount Vernon New Jersey Jackson from Newark and Burbank from Fords Corner New Jersey died as Willridge made contact with the wire and the others attempted to help The incident occurred in a residential area and the current was shut off before rescue efforts could proceed
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elizabeth
N. J
Public Service Corporation
Wiliam Willridge
Mount Vernon
Frank Jackson
Newark
Albert Burbank
Fords’ Corner
Lghbt and Power Corporation
Willridge
Jackson
Burbank
Flremei
Tornado Crushes Zanesville Church Killing Priest
A tornado tore through Zanesville Ohio causing the St Thomas Catholic church steeple to crash through the roof during services. Rev F R Roach was killed while administering the last rites as about 600 parishioners fled. many were injured by falling debris. The storm damaged hundreds of homes and felled thousands of trees with losses estimated at 500000 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Thomas Catholic Church
Zanesville
Ohio
IF. R. Roach
Machine Half Scalps Grace Pfeffer in Boston Factory
Seventeen year old Grace Pfeffer was fatally injured at the American Flag Manufacturing Company plant in Boston Pa when her hair became caught in a running machine. She was bent to retrieve fallen material, hair pulled into a shaft, scalp torn, and flesh stripped to the bone on one side. Helpers shut off power and physicians doubt her recovery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grace Pfeffer
American Flag Manufacturing Company
Boston
Confessed Son Murders Father In Whisky Poisoning
George Elmer Watt eighteen-year-old signed a written confession before Squire Truxall and Assistant District Attorney Cope in Greensburg Pennsylvania admitting he killed his father Thomas R Watt on Sunday May 19 by poisoning whiskey his father drank Corporal Carl Dresser of Troop A state police arrested Watt at his home in Franklin township He is being held in the county jail
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Elmer Watt
Squire Truxall
Cope
Greensburg
Thomas R. Watt
Carl Dresser
Troop A
Young Watt
Franklin Township
Watt
Tosetti's Death by Own Action Shocks Chicago Burial
Otto Tosetti, president of Tosetti Brewing, died by his own action at his mother’s grave in Oakwoods Cemetery Chicago. Police report a self inflicted death following the graveside incident. Authorities investigate the circumstances surrounding the tragedy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Otto Tosetti
The
Tosetti Brewing Company
Oakwoods Cemetery
Chicago
Giant Connecticut Eagle Attacks Westport Girl
Emma Trewald eight, in Westport near Norwalk, attacked as she picked daisies. A seven foot wingspan eagle grabbed the child, dragged her, then fell to the ground after her father Rudolph Trewald fired with a double barrel shotgun. The bird fought on after being brought down.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Connecticut
Emma Trewald
Westport
Bouth Norwalk
Rudolph Trewald
Boy Burns Companion in Boat Fire Accident
Charles Hastings ten years old is critically burned after a prank by fellow boy Niblett fifteen. Hastings described how coal oil was poured on him and a match ignited his clothes before he was thrown into a river. Doctors say he may not survive as Niblett is missing and sought by police.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chum
Charles Hastings
William Hastings
Salisbury
Niblett
Hastings
Young Nibletts
Man Killed as Rioters Attack Perth Amboy Smelting Plant
A thousand striking workers stormed the American Smelting and Refining plant in Perth Amboy New Jersey and were fired on by deputy sheriffs. One striker, Steven Dudock, was killed and three others wounded. The strikers, aiming to set fire to the $10 million plant, were repelled as deputies fired to halt the assault.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Smelting and Refining Company
Perth Amboy
N.J
Steven Dudock
Horse Population Totals from 1911 Year Book
The 1911 agriculture year book reports horses in the United States excluding the Philippines at 28,778,481 and Canada at 2,303,725. It also lists Central America 27,873,248, South America 9,155,425, Austria Hungary 4,196,634, and European Russia 23,548,876.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Department of Agriculture
United States
Philippine Islands
Canada
Central America
South America
Austria-Hungary
European
Russia
Mother and two sons found dead in Glencoe home
Mrs. Russell N. Edwards and her two sons aged six and four were found dead on the kitchen floor in the Edwards residence at Glencoe a Chicago suburb. The bodies were discovered by Mr. Edwards an electrical engineer who returned from work in Chicago. Gas jets in the kitchen range were found on.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Russell N. Edwards
Edwards
Glencoe
Chicago
Hotel Man's Wife Burns In Burlington Explosion
Mrs Charles Lanning wife of the Auditorium hotel proprietor was badly burned in a mysterious gasoline can explosion on the hotels third floor in Burlington New Jersey she is in critical condition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Burlington
N. J
Charles Lanning
Mrs Lavinia Allerton Celebrates 102nd Birthday in Newark
Mrs Lavinia Allerton aged 102 and aunt of Judge Abel EB Blackmar tied to the Trowbridge Blackmar and Allerton families of New York celebrated her 102nd birthday in Newark New Jersey with family and friends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lavinia Allerton
Abel Eb, Blackmar
Trowbridge
Blackmar
Allerton
New York State
Newark
N. J
Three Die in Georgia Train Wreck at Dalton
A Western and Atlantic excursion train traveling from Calhoun to Chattanooga derailed at Dalton when rails spread, killing three passengers and injuring more than fifty. Authorities investigated cause and aid was rushed to the scene.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Georgia
Western & Atlantic
Calhoun, Ga
Chattanooga Tenn
Dalton
Lightning Kills Forty Hogs At Missouri Farm
A lightning strike killed forty of forty four hogs at the farm of B. Webber north of Laddonia Missouri. The owner faced about $600 loss as he prepared to ship the hogs to market.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
B. Webber
Laddonia
Market Prices In Philadelphia Supply Quiet Winter Trading
General markets show steady to firm tones in Philadelphia and regional mills with mixed commodity values. Grain and flour futures hover as rye and oats hold near prior levels while poultry remains steady in live supply and dressed markets. butter and potatoes show modest shifts with creameries reporting firm prices.
Live Stock Prices From Pittsburgh Union Stock Yards
Cattle firm for choice grades at 8.75 to 9.18 dollars with primes from 8.25 to 8.65. Sheep slow with prime wethers at 4.30 to 5 and culls 1.50 to 3. Calves around 7.50 to 8. Lambs 6.75. Hogs firm with prime heavies 7.65, mediums 7.45 to 7.80, heavy workers 7.45 to 7.50, light Yorkers 7.00 to 7.90, pigs 6.75 to 7.90, roughs 6.50.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburgh
Union Stock Yards
Also Mentioned on This Page
LINGG
NEW Uatord Milling CO
Diehl’s
United
Chas
F. Petry
Emlet
L. W. Straley
Neely
Carlisle Street
Warner's
Sadie A. Smith
A. Smith
H. G. Wehler
R. M. Baugher
Mesos
Hanover School Board
County Institute
W. Barnitz
Ce It
Joseph | Weaver
Theodore
Harry Weiner
Com
John F. Smith
Alice Smith
Hazlehurst A. L. Welst
Owen A. Harris
Medico-Chirurgical Hospital
L. Webster Fox
Mr. Tréwald
Ebey Gee
City Mills
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