Local Health Updates From New Oxford Area in 1914
Miss Angela Crane of McSherrystown underwent a serious operation at a sanitarium in Baltimore on Friday. George Crint of Hampton received an appendicitis operation in York and is improving. Jacob Markle near Irishtown was taken to York Hospital for medical care and possible surgery. Major Jeffereys of the National Cemetery Gettysburg was examined at Johns Hopkins Hospital for rheumatism related issues. Miss Viola Tawney of Gettysburg has returned home improved after a May 7 operation at Harrisburg Hospital. Dr. H W Swartz was sent to Philadelphia for treatment and shows rapid improvement. he plans to return home soon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Angela Crane
George Crane
McSherrystown
HW. O
Jacob Markle
Irishtown
York Hospital
Jeffereys
National Cemetery
Gettysburg
Johns Hopkins Hospital
Baltimore
Viola Tawney
Harrisburg
H. W. Swartz
Methodist Hospital
Philadelphia
Nettie
Lincoln Way
Local residents host visitors and visitors travel during summer
Mia Haxel Deatrich of Biglerville visits relatives in town while Rev Edward Jenkins of Hinton W Va calls at Conowago Chapel rectory. Mark Miller and wife from Reading vacation with Geo A Miller family. Several locals welcome relatives from Hanover York Carlisle and Baltimore with weekend visits and travels across Pennsylvania.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mia Haxel Deatrich
Biglerville
Edward Jenkins
Hinton
W. Va
Conuwago Chapel
Mark Miller
Reading
Geo. A. Miller
Harry J. Sneeringer
Pauline Hagerman
Hanover
Marriages in Gettysburg Area Reported
Hymenial notices from Gettysburg and nearby towns record several marriages. Alda C. Quinby of Philadelphia and Leo C. Newcomer announce their engagement. George K. Behleman and Pearl A. Wentz wed after securing a license in Gettysburg. Anna B. Baker and Raymond F. Cole marry quietly in Menallen and Buchanan Valleys churches. John Gardner and Alice Epley wed in Baltimore.
Weaver and Eisenhart Wed in York
Robert G. Weaver and Mies Bertha Eis enhart of East Berlin married in York last Saturday. They plan to reside in East Berlin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert G. Weaver
Mies Bertha Eisenhart
East Berlin
York
Marriage notices for Alice Shields and Clarence A Willis in Baltimore
Mr and Mrs Craig Shields of Gettysburg announce the marriage of their daughter Alice to Clarence A Willis of New York City in Baltimore on Saturday June 10 by Rev W F Way. Miss Maude Kling and Daniel B Wentz both of Hanover were married Tuesday in Trinity Reformed Church by Rev M J Roth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George K. Behelman
Shiremanstown
Pear) A. Wentz
Carlisle
Olinger
U. B. Parsonage
Gettysburg
Charles Gardner
John Gardner
Robinsonville
N. C
Alice Epley
Baltimore
Edwin Eide
Craig Shields
Alice
Clarence A. Willis
New York City
W. F. Way
Misa Maude Kling
Daniel 8. Wentz
Hanover
Trinity Reformed Church
M. J. Roth
Myers and Cline wed in Hagerstown ceremony
Mise Nettie Myers of Goodyear and Oliver D. Cline of Mount Tabor were married in Hagerstown on Saturday by Rev. BE. K. Thomas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mise Nettie Myers
Goodyear
Oliver D. Cline
Mount Tabor
Hagerstown
BE. K. Thomas
Currens and Watson Married in Hagerstown
Misabella B Currens and Robert W Watson both of Virginia Mille were married in Hagerstown by Rev A D Stratton on Monday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Misabella B. Currens
Robert W. Watson
Virginia Mille
Hagerstown
A. D Stratton
Abbotstown REBEAKS New High School Principal Hired
Prof Ira Mummert elected principal of Biglerville High School for the fall term. He will earn 80 dollars monthly. Emory Wolf and family arrived in Abbotstown to spend the summer with his parents. Wolf had taught at Betavie High School in New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ira Mummert
Abbottstown
Biglerville High School
Iecrer
Mummert
Emory Wolf
Abbotwtown
Wolfbar
Betavie
N.Y
East Berlin to Host Christian Endeavor Convention Next Year
East Berlin chosen as meeting place with sessions in the Lutheran church. The county will be redistricted into six districts modeled on the Sabbath School Association. Officers elected include C C Culp as president and Bertha Heiges, Eth El Sheely, Alma Henry, and Agnes Ehrehart in various posts. The three days of sessions were well attended and instructive.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
East Berlin
Christian Endeavor Convention
Arendtsville
County Sabbath School Association
C. C. Culp
Gettysburg
Bertha Heiges
Biglerville
Ethel Sheely
New Oxford
Alma Henry
Misa Agnes Ehrehart
Alcohol Barrel Explodes in Hanover Drug Store
A barrel with about twenty gallons of alcohol exploded in the cellar of H. C. Baughman drug store in Hanover on Wednesday around 3 pm. Clerks were filling jugs nearby when fumes from the vent were ignited by a gas jet ten feet away, blasting the barrel and spilling burning alcohol over the cellar. Flames were quickly put out. damage was confined, and more serious injury was narrowly avoided due to timing. John Baughman and Mr. Britcher were near the barrel just before the blast.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. C. Baughman Drug Store
Hanover
John Baughman
Mr. Britcher
Woman's death delays visit to sister in Piqua Ohio
Mrs. John Busbey of Mcsherrystown learned by telegram that her sister Mrs. David Brothers died suddenly of heart trouble in Piqua Ohio just before the planned visit. The shock occurred after months of correspondence about the trip. Mr and Mrs Busbey left for Piqua on Thursday to attend the funeral.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
David Brothers
Piqua
Ohio
John Busbey
Mcsherryetown
Taleyrun
Mr. Busbey
Reckless driving arrest in Gettysburg nets bail for Green
Officer Emmone of Gettysburg arrested W. A. Green of Gettysburg in Hanover on Monday for reckless driving that occurred April 7. Green is held on bail awaiting a hearing scheduled for June 27.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emmone
Getysburg
Hanover
W. A. Green
That Place
Gettysburg
Green
Annual outing at Paradise Protectory to draw large crowd
An outdoor event planned for next Sunday at the Paradise Protectory grove near Abbottstown is expected to attract a record crowd. Special excursions will run from York, Hanover, Harrisburg, and other points to Abbottstown. The picnic includes outdoor sports, first-class orchestra music, and a 11 o clock Mass under shade trees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paradise Protectory
Abbbottstown
Abbottstown
York
Hanover
Harrisburg
Intermediate Pointe
Naual
Auto Struck by Freight Cars Injures Dr Luther Kuhlman
Dr Luther Kuhlman of Sf Gettysburg sustained head injuries when his Stanley Steamer touring car was struck at a railroad crossing in Get tysburg around 11 o clock Tuesday morn ing by a Reading freight train. The car overturned after being toed and a bow of the top cut his head. his injuries were not serious and he walked home before a physician arrived.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Luther Kuhlman
Gettysburg
Reading
Kuhlman
Boy Hurt When Seated Near Mower on Farm
Horace Palmer 11, of near Hanover, stepped toward a running mower at the Carbaugh farm Mt. Pleasant near Swartz's schoolhouse and was thrown into the knives after the horse seemed to lag. The heel of his shoe saved most of his foot from being torn off.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Horace Palmer
Henry Palmer
Hanover
Harry Blettner
Carbaugh
Mt. Pleasant
Swartz
Blettner
Pension Granted After Sixteen Years for Gettysburg Widow
After sixteen years of effort Mrs. Rosanna Wavel of Gettysburg wins a special pension of 12 dollars monthly. She is the widow of two soldiers William Q. Little of the 87th Pennsylvania Infantry and Henry Wavel of the 3d U S Cavalry, a prior pension interruption ending with reinstatement. News also covers runaway mules in Biglerville, a carnival venture by John F. Walter in Gettysburg, road work between Gettysburg and New Oxford, a serious accident to Monroe Grove, a broken wagon wheel on Hanover Street, Jarvin Wassem’s ordination in Washington, and a late Baltimore-bound train delayed by a derailment at Maria Furnace.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rosanna Wavel
Gettysburg
United States
Biglerville
D. Batterman
Mummasburg
Monroe Grove
Latimore Township
Barrens
York County
Grove
Hanover Street
Jarvin Wassem
Alice Wassem
Hanover
John Basang
D. D
Catholic University
Washington, D. C
Baltimore
Maria Furnence
Marriage Licenses Issued In York Springs Area
Paul R. Hamilton and Nora Elisabeth Badler both of York Springs. Austin D. Devany of Perth Amboy New Jersey and Rose B. Brown of New Oxford. Ceremony at the Browns’ home near town at high noon Thursday. The bride to be has taught in Perth Amboy for several years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Olinger
Paul R. Hamilton
Nora Elisabeth Badler
York Springs
Austin D. Devany
Perth Amboy
N. J
Rose B. Brown
New Oxford
Mim Brown
Harry T. Brown
Death Doings in Localities Reported
After an illness of one day Chas N Danner of near Benderaville died at his home Monday at 2 pm aged 60. He leaves his mother wife one sister and three brothers. Mrs Agnes Hildebrand widow of Milton Hildebrand formerly of East Berlin died in York Thursday aged 76. David P Weikert died at home in Cumberland township Tuesday evening at 6 30 aged about 77. He is survived by four sons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chas. N. Danner
Benderaville
Mr. Danner
Agnes Hildebrand
Milton Hildebrand
East Berlin
York
David P. Weikert
Cumberland Township
Inspector Raffensberger Surveys Weights and Measures in New Oxford
County official George M Raffensberger conducts an inspection in New Oxford reporting generally accurate scales and noting use of liquid measures by berry and cherry sellers. A nine and a half cubic inch per quart discrepancy prompts required changes plus marking of capacity on boxes and baskets. No significant violations found and prosecution unlikely. a full report will follow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George M. Raffensberger
Weighten and Measures
New Oxford
Raffensberger
Multiple Injuries and Harvest Losses Reported in Berks and York
Ray M Price driver for Mc Cosh ice wagons was severely bitten on the left leg by an Airedale dog at Hanover shoe factory. Genevieve Cole narrowly escaped a copperhead bite in a chicken coop. Berks County wheat losses are projected at about 1.5 million dollars due to Hessian fly, with expected yield dropping from 30 to under 10 bushels per acre. A Sunday night storm killed 3 cows owned by B I Pyle near Gatch etville York County.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ray M. Price
McCosh
Hanover
Genevieve Cole
Buchanan Valley
Berks County
Berks
B. I. Pyle
Gatchetville
York County
Bank theft rocks Freehold Colonial Trust in Pittsburgh
President J. C. Schaplin of the Colonial Trust company in Pittsburgh admits $85,000 was stolen from the Freehold bank’s deposit box in the Colonial's vaults. Theft discovered ten days ago. detectives have pursued leads without result.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. C. Schaplin
Colonial Trust Company
Pittsburgh
Freehold Bank
Colonial
Youthful killer set for electric chair in Ohio case
Harley Beard, 19, received a death sentence by electric chair on October 2 for the May 18 massacre of Mrs. Nancy Massie and her children Mary and Robert at Greasy Ridge near Ironton. Beard confessed to the slayings and had worked for the Massie family as a farm head.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harley Beard
Nancy Massie
Mary
Robert
Greasy Ridge
Ironton
Ohio
Beard
Massie
Bavarian Queen Injured by Sky Rocket at Passau Celebration
The Bavarian queen suffered a head injury when struck by a sky rocket during a Passau celebration near Munich. She is reported resting well and nearing recovery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bavaria
Passau
Munich
Bulldog Devours Snake Then Dies In Convulsions
A thoroughbred bulldog owned by William Allen of New Sharon New Jersey fought a large blacksnake for several minutes, then killed and consumed the reptile. A few hours later the dog died in convulsions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Allen
New Sharon
N. J
Bomb Plot Fails Against Russian Imperial Family
An assassination attempt on Czar Nicholas II Czarina Alexandra and Tsarevich Alexis near Kishenev failed when a bomb on the tracks exploded under a postal train acting as pilot. The imperial train escaped unharmed though the mail locomotive and three freight cars derailed, injuring three employees. Officials termed the claim of an imperial assassination unfounded.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nicholas
Russia
Alexis
Kishenev
St. Petersburg
Charles of
German Ambassador Fired On in Illinois Campus Ride
Count von Bernstorff, Germany's ambassador to the United States, escaped harm when a special policeman fired at the motor car delivering him to the University of Illinois Cham paign commencement. The shot missed. Murphy claimed he aimed at the tires amid traffic.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Count von Bernstorff
Germany
United States
University of Illinois At
Champaign
Arthur Meeker
Chicago
David Kinley
University
Ewarts Boutelle Greene
First Street
University Avenue
Michael Murphy
Murphy
Roosevelt Announces 1916 Run for President
Colonel Theodore Roosevelt will accept the Progressive party nomination for president in 1916. He speaks in Southampton before sailing to New York, says he will not seek New York governorship or U S Senate, and argues the country is in an unhealthy state needing his leadership.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roosevelt
Theodore Roosevelt
Progressive Party
Southampton
Imperator
New York
United States
Canal's First Cash Return From May Barge Traffic
The first cash return to the United States from Panama Canal tolls is reported from May cargo collections. Barge traffic began May 18 due to railroad congestion and carried primarily sugar from Hawaii. May tolls totaled $7,356.12 at $1.20 per net ton.
Gold bricks in Delaware deceive land deeds scam
Bridgeville and Milford residents discover they own deeds to worthless Oklahoma land, realizing they have been film-flammed by a land scam involving gold bricks as a lure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Delaware
Bridgeville
Milford
Del
Oklahoma
Child Victim Found After Lure In Edwardsville Area
Five year old Mildred Yudkovitz daughter of Isaac Yudkovitz a merchant of Edwardsville near Wilkes Barre Pa was lured from home by a stranger who promised candy and attacked her on a mountainside two miles away Police Chief James Williams led searchers to locate the girl in critical condition A detailed description of the attacker is on hand but no arrest has been made yet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mildred Yudkovitz
Isaac Yudkovitz
Edwardsville
Wilkes- Barre
James Williams
Snake Attacks Baby Near Reading Pa
Mrs Amos Edwards of Cedar Top near Reading Pa returns home from truck garden to find a four foot snake biting her year old child Bud a quake. The snake griped a finger before being killed by the grandfather. The infant was unharmed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amos Edwards
Ceder Top
Reading
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W. J. Miller
Richard
Harry M. Bange
Ralph M. Weaver
Cottynburg College
A. Wilhelm Company
Clara Belle Feiner
Lt. J. Smith
Harrisburg City Hospital
Miss Feiser
Martha Keeney
North Peters Street
Shippensburg
Waynesboro
Ida E. Feiser
East
Newville
L. T. Ehrehart
New Cheater
J. W. Winand
West High Street
Kathryn Winand
Livingston
Fred E Winand
Darby
Maude Deal
Harrieburg
Amos Wagner
Daniel Wagner
Carlisle Street
South Dakota
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George A. Miller
Mise Ruth Breighner
Charles Robinson
H. A. Price
Theo. E. Warner
L. Haller
Westminster
Wm. P. Quinby
Alda C
Leo C. Newcomer
Anna B. Baker
Menallen Township
Raymond F. Cole
Franklin Township
W. A. Howard
St. Ignatius Church
John F. Walter
Lincoln Way Inn
Walter's
Joseph G. Ferari
U.S
Erie
Canada
W. B. Flemming
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