Reading Township Horse Dies and Other Local Happenings
Local items note a horse death for Jonas Hollinger of Reading township, typhoid cases in Littlestown, and various incidents in Adams County. Reports include hospital travel for A F Harnish, duck egg yield on the Bryson farm, a garden party for St Joseph’s Bonneauville, and school appointments at Dickinson College and Lutheran Sunday school venues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jonas Hollinger
Reading
Auker’s
Gettysburg
A. F. Harnish
Latimore
Baltimore
W. H. Bryson
Round Hill
Wheat futures and farm restrictions noted in Latimore township report
Latimore township correspondent reports farmers investing in high priced wheat buying two bushels at 7.50 and promising ten bushels next year at 150. They may not sell or give crops away until after November 20 1907. Also noted are a relic rocking chair owned by Mrs Eli W Guise from Aspers and a copperhead bite incident in Berwick township. Gettysburg invites multiday annual convention of the Pennsylvania State Firemen Association for October 1 to 5 after a committee found Gettysburg can host a large crowd.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Latimore Township
Eli W. Guise
Aspers
Gettysburg
Pennsylvania State Firemen’s Association
State
New Oxford School Board Reorganizes Officials
The New Oxford School Board re organized last Tuesday evening electing W. H. Emmett as President J. W. Barnitt as Secretary and Z. H. Cashman as Treasurer The term is fixed at eight months starting the first Monday in September with a tax rate of 3 mills Old teachers were re elected Prof D Ruff as Principal Miss Sadie L Rice Intermediate and Miss Nita Cashman Primary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New
Oxford School Board
W. H. Emmett
J. W. Barnitt
Z. H. Cashman
D. Ruff
Sadie L. Rice
Nita Cashman
Surprise Party Honors Miss Bessie Chronister Birthday
An agreeable surprise party was tendered Miss Bessie Chronister for the 14th anniversary of her birth at the home of her parents Mr and Mrs Emanuel Chronister in Hamilton township. The event featured games music and refreshments as friends wished her happy returns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bessie Chronister
Emanuel Chronister
Hamilton Township
Local residents suffer severe rheumatic and erysipelas attacks
Mrs Agnes Kellenberger of Oxford township is bedridden at her daughter Mrs Mamie Smiths home on Hanover street with a severe rheumatism attack. Mrs John Spangler is confined to bed at her Himes farm home with a rheumatism attack. Mrs Ignatius Weaver of Peters street is ill with a severe erysipelas attack.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Agnes Kellenberger
Oxford Township
Mamie Smith
Hanover Street
John Spangler
Himes
Ignatius Weaver
Peters Street
Mrs Susan Spangler Injured at Home Near Pines Church
Mrs Susan Spangler living with Wm Taughinbaugh near Pines church Straban township fell to the floor injuring her left tip which has been paralyzed for years. She endured days of pain but is improving and Dr Lakin hopes she may regain use of her left limb.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Susan Spangler
Wm. Taughinbaugh
Pines Church
Straban Township
Lakin
Runaway Horses Detach Dairy Wagon Tongue
Two horses hitched to T H Miller’s dairy wagon escaped Monday morning after the bridle of one horse snagged the harness of the other before Mrs Mamie Smith’s Hanover street home. Miller halted them near Sheely corner before they bolted into a fence on High street, breaking the wagon tongue with no other injuries or damages reported.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Near Town
Mamie Smith
Hanover Street
Portals of Sumner Children’s Day Exercises Parade
Children’s Day exercises at the Methodist church Sunday evening June 10 featured a service titled Portals of Sumner with organ two cornets and slide trombone. The chancel was decorated with green and white boxwood and flowers. Pastor Rev W W Hartman gave an engaging brief address and a collection of $12.07 was raised before the benediction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sumner
W. W. Hartman
Robbers Loot Cr. Spahr Store In Fast Berlin
Last Tuesday night burglars entered Cr Spahr's store in Fast Berlin and stole shoes and other goods worth 75 to 100 dollars. They forced out a front door panel to gain entry. Mr Spahr has suffered several prior robberies to his shop.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cr. Spahr
Berlin
Mr. Spahr
Hig
Hailstorm Strikes Gettysburg Area Sunday Afternoon
A severe hail storm hit Gettysburg around 1 pm on Sunday with hail the size of walnuts. Little wind limited damage, though Round Top area reported crop and fruit damage. Ice pieces measured nine inches in circumference and at Rosensteel’s hail was collected with two freezers of ice cream. Other county sections seen hail with no major damage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gettysburg
Round Top
Rosensteel’s
Serious Runaway Accident On Abbottstown Pike
An automobile caused a buggy overturn near Union Cemetery in Berwick township last Sunday evening. Mr and Mrs Curtis Stough and their two children escaped injury except Mrs Stough who broke her collar bone. Mrs Stough is daughter of Ehrhart, store owner near Ehrhart's store.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Abbottstown Pike
Curtis Stough
Ehrhart
Berwick Township
Abbottstown
Union Cemetery
Stough
Cruelty to Animals Charged In Local Case
S L Johns of Blue Gables and John Knight of Hanover were arrested Saturday by Constable Heltzel on warrants issued by Squire Straley and Squire Lilly. Both are charged on oath of Dr. R J Russell state agent for the P S C A with cruelty to animals and posted bail for court appearances.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
S. L. Johns
Blue Gables
Heltzel
R. M. Straley
R. J. Russell
Mr. Johns
W. H. Lilly
John Knight
Hanover
Mornig
Squire Straley
Knight
Squire Sell
Horse's Hoof Torn Off After Wagon Runaway
East Berlin June 16 Last Friday Daniel Bushey of Reading township descended a hill with a six horse team loaded with 100 bushels of wheat when the brake lever broke forcing the wagon onto the horses. The saddle horse carrying his son Michael fell but he jumped clear. One horse was dragged and had a hoof torn off and was fatally injured while the others escaped harm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
East Berlin
Daniel Bushey
Reading
John Sunday
Michael
Lightning Burns Farm Barn and Stock Near East Berlin
A large bank barn on Jos. Bowser’s farm near East Berlin was hit by lightning during a heavy rain and fire consumed the barn and contents. A sleeping tramp escaped injury, four head of cattle a mule, hay, grain, straw, and farm tools were destroyed, with partial insurance coverage noted on the building and contents. Andrew Bowser resided on the farm and owned the personal property.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jos. Boweer
East Berlin
Andrew Bowser
Gettysburg College Commencement and Faculty Appointments
Gettysburg College closed its seventy fourth year June 13 with thirty four seniors receiving diplomas from President Hefelbwer. Alumni banquet followed in the gym. Trustees elected Carl Grimm to German chair and named Charles Dryden to French professorship. Additional professorships created in physics psychology and logics. Doctor of Divinity conferred on Rev. D Frank Garland Rev Joseph B Wolf and Rev Murray Weid man Edgar F Smith of Penn earned Doctor of Laws.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gettysburg College
Hefelbewer
Carl Grimm
Ursinus College
Charles Dryden
Frank Garland
Dayton, O
Joseph B. Wolf
Glen Ruck
Murray Weidman
Clifton Heights
Edgar F. Smith
University of Pennsylvania
Bride for Fifth Time in York City
Mrs. Ida Clifford aged 74 celebrated her June 12 birthday by marrying Thomas M. Thoban of Chicago. The ceremony was held at the Second United Brethren church with Rev. A. R. Ayers officiating. They traveled to Sunbury after the wedding. Mrs. Thoban, born in Paris, has been widowed four times and was 24 years older than her husband who she met about eight weeks ago. She plans to provide her husband with income from her estate after her death, with the estate going to her grandchildren after his death, including Government bonds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ida Clifford
York City
Thomas M. Thoban
Chicago
A. R. Ayers
Second United Brethren Church
Thoban
Sunbury
Mre Thoban
Mre. Thoban
Victims Named In Pequea Dynamite Explosion
Among eleven who perished near Pequea Lancaster county after a dynamite wagon exploded a York county man J Curtis Myers of East Berlin is identified. Funeral services for the eleven victims were held at Colemansville Methodist Church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pequea
Lancaster County
J. Curtis Myers
Howard Myers
East Berlin
Myers
York County
Mechanicsburg
York
James R
H. 0
Seneral
Colemansville Methodist Episcopal Church
Resh Found Dead Suspected Suicide at Home
Daniel L Resh a prosperous farmer aged about 67 lived alone near White Run west of Bonneauville in Mount Pleasant township. He was found hanged to his bedpost at his residence Saturday morning by a huckster and his daughter after the door was forced open. The W dying man had no known troubles and left surviving several grown children. his wife had died recently. Funeral held Monday at Grace Church Two Taverns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Daniel L. Resh
White Run
Bonneauville
Mountpleasant Township
Mr. Resh
Mr. Smith
Resh
Grace Church
Civil sundry bill funds Gettysburg battlefield work
The measure includes six thousand dollars for a new lodge at Gettysburg National Cemetery for the superintendent and seventy two thousand dollars for the Gettysburg National Park Commission to continue park work. Of this, fifteen thousand dollars funds roads in Cumberland township. The article notes tax exemptions for local institutions reduce township revenue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
House of Representatives
Adams County
National Cemetery
Gettysburg
Gettysburg National Park Commission
National Park
The
Battlefield Commission
Cumberland Township
Gettysburg National Cemetery
Lutheran Seminary
Pennsylvania College
County Almehouse
Church notices list weekly services and pastors
First Evangelical Lutheran Church offers Sunday services at 7 a m with Sunday School at 9 a m and YPS CE junior CE at 2 p m Prayer meeting Wednesday at 7 15 p m Rev Geo N Laurren pastor St Paul Reformed Church holds services Sunday 10 a m Sunday School 9 a m O E Society 6 p m Prayer meeting Thursday Rev Neve 5 P Mauere pastor Methodist Episcopal Church services Sunday 10 a m Sunday School a m Epworth League 6 p m Junior League 2 p m Rev W W Hantaan pastor Immaculate Conception Catholic Church Low Mass 7 00 and 9 30 a m Sunday School 2 30 p m Prayers and Benediction 3 30 p m Young People Sodality Thursday 6 80 p m Mass 6 80 o'clock during the week Rev J C Thompson pastor
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First Evangelical Lutheran Church
Geo. N. Laurren
St. Paul Reformed Church
O. E. Society
Ntev
J. C. Thompson
Deaths: Mrs Lydia Reiser Dies at 90 in Union Township
Mrs Lydia Reiser widow of Henry Reiser died June 12 at her son Noah Sell’s home near Bart's church Union township after a long illness. Aged 90, she had been married twice first to David Sell who died years ago then to Henry Reiser who died about 30 years past. Survived by son Noah Sell and brothers David Baughman and Uriah J. Baughman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lydia Reiser
Henry Reiser
Noah Sell
Bart's Church
Union Township
David Sell
David Baughman
Uriah J. Baughman
Hanover
Child Martha Kate Alwine dies at 1 year
Martha Kate Alwine of Spring Grove the only child of Lewis and Minnie Alwine died after a six week illness of typhoid malarial fever at 11 p.m. She was 1 year 4 months and 2 days old. Mr Alwine is brother of the Messrs Alwine of Berlin Junction.
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Martha Kate
Lewis
Minnie Alwine
Spring Grove
Alwine
Messrs
Berlin Junction
Notable Adams County Deaths Reach Across Years
Nicholas Baker a famed coach maker died at his Emmitsburg home after a brief illness aged about 75. John Swope Forney of Cumberland township died suddenly in Pulaski Virginia at 76. Thomas W. Smith toll-gate keeper died of uraemia aged 69. Hannah Malaun of Arendtsville died after tumor removal at 55. John Hofe of Germany township died of heart disease at 65. Jesse Musemore of near East Berlin died at about 80. Miss Josephine L Meisenhelder aged 26 died after a short illness. John Hauptman of Roxbury died aged 87. Elizabeth Rice formerly Arendtsville died in Carlisle aged 86. Remains of Liss Sara E Spangler noted dying at 6 o'clock.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nicholas Baker
Emmitsburg
Gettysburg
Isabelle Eckenrode
Mary A. Smith
Pitt Street
Thomas W. Smith
Littlestown
Hanover Pike
Urennia
Kate Miller
St. John’s Church
Germany Township
John Hofe
Oliver Spangler
Augustug
Austin
Hanover
Newton Orndorff
John Hauptman
Roxbury
Bright
Adams County
Elizabeth Rice
Arendtsville
Carlisle
John Harman
Arendteville
Obituary Notice from Gettysburg Home
Monday evening at her home in Gettysburg where she lived with her niece Miss Sallie Hoffman aged 70 years 10 months and 4 days. She is survived by 3 brothers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gettysburg
Sallie Hoffman
William Wassam Dies at 89 in Wenksville Home
William Wassam died at his Wenksville home on Monday at age 89. He was a longtime resident of the town and is survived by relatives. Funeral arrangements were not announced.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Wassam
Wenksville
Alledged Swindler Poses as Sewing Machine Repairer
A man acting as a sewing machine repairer defrauds residents in Thom asville York county and surrounding areas. He inspects machines claims urgent repairs then charges from 1 to 19.50 dollars. He sometimes damages machines to support his scam and presses for payment afterward. Readers are warned to beware and read the papers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomasville
York County
Market prices and grain figures from Oxford market
A brief market listing shows prices for Rye, Corn, Oats, Clover seed, Timothy seed and Rye Straw with figures such as 60 38 40 and 48 50 100 1 50 6 00 10 60 reflecting bid and ask ranges. The text reads as a terse price table from a local market report.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Xford
Z. H. Cashman
Special Low Prices Highlight House Furnishings
A promotional note invites customers to view special low prices on house furnishing items. The item list emphasizes budget-friendly selections for living rooms and bedrooms.
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New Oxford
Chas. W. Stahl
Edw. Humbert
Young Son
American Carnival of Amusement
Calvin Leathery
Bermudian
Dickinson College
Rippey Sadler
Huntington Township
Myrle S. Myers
York Springs
John Study
Lutheran Sunday School
Parsonage Fund
Blair Lot
Dame
Kentucky
I. W. Harper
C. T. Hersn
W. A. Weisley
Hampton
Red Run
James H. Stonesifer
Mattilda Sell
William Sell
Werniz Bros. .& Frey
Balto
S. A. Nagle
Mias Millie Eisenhart
F. H. Berwager
Gettysburg Seminary
State Sunday School Association
J. M Weigle
Bendersville
Weigle
Shippensburg State Normal School
H. D. Little
Hanover Produce Co
Smith Building
Miller
Otis Frey
Albert Chronister
Bowlder
Markley
Frey
Richard
Wm. Wolford
Wm. Dietz
David Miller
Pigeon Hills
Bride
Money
Battlefield
John Swope Forney
D. S. Forney
Pulaski
Virginia
Mr. Forney
Forney
California
Oregon
Mary Schriver
Hannah Malaun
Nahneman Hospital
Philadelphia
Jesse Musemore
Near East Berlin
Samuel and
Eli
John Bechtel
John Trostle
Mies
Josephine L. Meisenhelder
R. N. Meisenhelder
Liss
Sara E. Spangler
Rakee
Scott
scoTrr & Bowne
Pearl Street
New York
Snc
Fune
William Wampler
Kilpatrick Road
Cedar Ridge
Mountpleasent Township
McCormick Harvester
Mary S, Wampler
Adm
Farmers’ Bargain House
Smith’s Street
John Smith
Swartz
Phila
WM. A. Feiser
A. 8. Feiser
Phila, St
New Oxford, Pa
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