Court Items From The Gettysburg District
The Citizens Frost Company of Gettysburg was appointed treasurer of a Mary K. Menges legacy of 9504 09. Inquisitions on the dead included Edw Stough with May 2 as date. Coroner Dr Woower viewed George Stover. Liquidating trustees were named to sell Conewago Cigar Box Co. Ltd. real estate. Executors authorized to sell the Johns residence known as Blue Gables. Divorce case Adam J Myers v Clara J Myers assigned commissioner J L Hill. Land lien discharge notices ordered for Huntingdon township parcels. East Berlin railway sale authorized by receiver William D Himes. Will Williams Enq issued account confirmed for Sarah Wisler lunatic. Kunkle assets authorized to be sold at public sale in East Berlin known as The Sunday Hotel.
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Citizen's Frost Company
Gettyburg
Mary K. Menges
John A. Roul
New Oxford
R. M
Edw. Stough
Woower
George Stover
Peter F. Smith
Paul Smith
F. X. Smith Lone Co
McSherrystown
John H. Brough
Charles FE. Ehrehart
Conewago Cigar Box Co . Ltd
J. L. William
Huntingdon Township
Jacob Meales
Wm. D. Himes
East Berlin
J. L. Williams
Sarah Wisler
P. C. Smith
Enq
Walter J
Florence T. Kunkle
Weekend misfortune and local social notices emerge
William Decker near town loses a mule to spinal meningitis on Saturday. A string of local visits and trips unfolds with residents from Hanover to Five Points seen at homes of Slothour, Decker, and Neely. The section also recalls 1816 weather extremes documented by Charles Pierce. A three year old girl nearly dies after drinking cough syrup containing morphine at Mt Wolf.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Decker
Near Town
Emuert Simpson
Harry Shellerman
Hanover
Littlentown
John Slothour
Altoona
Jacob Raffeneberger
Sprenkle
Jacob Slothour
Nevin Decker
Glenn S. Bollinges
W. W. Neely
Five Points
Water Philips
Thomanville
Roy Kraber
Delaware
Charlee Strayer
Mt. Wolf
York County
System of international correspondence by J Orsat
Paris reports French teacher J Orsat has devised a numbering system for languages. Each word in French is assigned a number and the same number matches words in other languages, enabling merchants to send numbers for translation. M David approves the idea though M Orant questions spoken universal language.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
J. Orsat
M. David
Commerce
M. Orant
Ishpeming School Farms Offer Summer Pay to Pupils
Pupil work farms run by Ishpeming board of education pay 10 cents an hour to 125 boys who labor on eight hundred acres owned by the district. Produce, including potatoes, cabbages, cauliflower, and strawberries, is sold by the board with proceeds retained. Michigan State Agricultural College will assist to automate the program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Michiganith
Ishpeming
Cliden
Apber
Michigan
Sats
Pennimeula
Michigan State Agricultural College
Ishpeming Board of Education
M. A. Russell
Michigan Agricultural College
Board of Education
Baby cuts off 200 phones with shotgun blast
In Atlantic City New Jersey a newborn at Matteo Gionetti’s Merlonville home cut off phone service for most of four days. Gionetti fired a shotgun at the lines blasting holes and shot which damaged a cross arm. Wire chief Mr Newton investigated the outage and began repairs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Papa
Atlantic City
N. J
Matteo Gionetti
Merlonville
Gionetti
Matteo
Newton
Uncle Sam Keeping Girls on the Farm
In five southern states under the agriculture department a girls canning club movement teaches schoolgirls to turn produce into money. Miss Mary Cromer of Aiken South Carolina started with 46 pupils and expanded to tomato clubs in five states. Girls handle land prep cultivation and canning. profits vary with yields, and the program includes weigh checks and quality control via the department.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Sam
Department of Agriculture
Mary Cromer
Aiken
8. C
Farm Demonstration Service
Beard
Jerry Moore
Miss Cromer
Explorer Hana Schomburgk Reports West Central Africa Labor
Major Hana Schomburgk returns from West Central Africa with reports of native Ife workers paid two cupfuls of salt a day as wages. Salt serves as the current coin, purchasing power noted among wage laborers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Hana Schomburgk
Africa
Filma
Ife
Supera
Nalt
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Ohio and
Kentucky
Berlin Avenue
Ohio
B. C. Taughinbaugh
Swartz Building
Adelphia Street
Cc. G. Sheely
Hamilton Roller Mill
RLM
Hast Bertin, Pa
J. R. Hartman Prorrieron
Francis J. Kolarik
F. J. Kolarik’s
Shirk Building
Penna
State Road
Eell
T. J. Herman
R. R. No
Weaver's Warehouse
Hanover Street
J. R. Weaver & Bro
Ohio & Kentucky
Eset Cheatnut Street
H. A. Smith
W. A. Feiser
Phila
New Oxford, Pa
Hawks Nursery CO
Rochester
N. Y
Dun Or
Bradstreet
Rochester Bank
Forses
iFriday
Wall
H. W. Parr
Farmers & Merchants Bank
Center Square
Minny Miner
Pres
Z. H. Casuman
V. Pres. Gro. Mrcrary
See
Y. Jno
N. Hersh
J. McC. Gilbert
J.C. Geiselman
H. Markley
John S. Weaver
F. Sheely
F. M. Mill
H. B. Hair & Co
Duntley
Duntiey
Wm. A. Feiser
The
Oxford
Donald P. McPherson
Gettysburg
Star and Buntheel Building
C. Clark Brown
Addre
Ly Tha McCall Co
37Th Street
New York City
J. L. Sheetz
Rt Prade and
Hampton
Charles Pierce
Uncle Sam
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