New Oxford Local Happenings June 26 1903
Local notes include a yawning proverb page, book arrivals at Tabard Inn Library, and East Berlin National Bank set to open July 1. Obituary for Mrs. Laura Noel of York. trolley boom spurs Mountain side building. various local incidents and upcoming rail schedules. weathered threats of June storms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Laura Noel
York
Z. M. Danner
Abbottstown
Waynesboro
Pen-Mar
D. F. Sientz
Edward Kellenberger
Christchurch
Twin Calves Born to Local Cow Near Town
A cow owned by N. Lingg near town produced twin calves last week, repeating a similar birth last summer. Miss Ellen Deardorff daughter of ex County Commissioner Jacob Deardorff and Franklin township schoolteacher suffered a severe accident while driving. She stepped from the buggy to guide the horse through a gate when the horse reared struck and trampled her leg breaking it between knee and ankle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
N. Lingg
Ellen Deardorff
Jacob Deardorff
Franklin Township
Workmen Begin Rebuilding W. M. Depot After Fire
Builders start dismantling ruins of the W. M. depot destroyed last fall. A large crew will construct a brown stone structure with modern improvements and push completion as speedily as possible.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. M
Fight Breaks Out On Center Square In Mountpleasant Township
At about 5 PM Tuesday a street fight erupted on Center Square near the Eagle Hotel between Charles Christy Lawrence of Irish Town and Lincoln A. Trestle of near Storm's store Mountpleasant township. The short brawl left Lawrence badly injured with a bleeding nose and face after both men drank liquor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Center Square
Eagle Hotel
Charles
Christy) Lawrence
Irishtown
Lincoln A. Trestle
Near Storm’s
Mountpleasant Township
Christy
Lightning Strikes Mountpleasant House Damaging Chimney
The Charles Lawrence residence in Mountpleasant township near Mt. Rock was struck by lightning about 2 p m Saturday. The chimney roof and weatherboarding were shattered and several items damaged. Mrs. Lawrence, clearing ashes at the stove, felt the shock but was not injured. The bolt followed the chimney to the cellar, tearing the stove pipe and scattering ashes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Lawrence
Mountpleasant Township
Mt. Rock
Bad Cutting Accident Injures Local Resident
Samuel Shull of the Moritz farm near Duttera Station sustained a serious injury Friday morning while cutting wood. A misstroke with an axe nearly severed his left index finger at the knuckle, cutting the second and third fingers. Dr. Sheetz treated the wound. healing but the finger will remain stiff.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Samuel Shull
Moritz
Duttera’s
Sheetz
Reverend Hesse resigns from New Oxford Charge
Rev Ferdinand Hesse hands in resignation after accepting a call to Grace Evangelical Lutheran Church in Philadelphia. He will press for receipt and leave the New Oxford and McSherrystown charges by September 1. He served nine years and is valued for community work and strong preaching.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ferdinand Hesse
Grace Evanegelical Lutheran Church
Philadelphia
New Oxford
McSherrystown
Hesse
Littlestown Prepares for Silk Mill Boom
Littlestown gears up for a large silk mill project with foundations started last Tuesday. Construction head E S Hollinger of York will supervise on site until completion with loom production expected by October 1. Backers push to extend the Hanover trolley via the Littlestown and Hanover turnpike, backed by substantial capital and possible road construction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Littlestown
E. 8. Hollinger
York
Hanover
Aneme
Unclaimed Letters at New Oxford Post Office 1903
Unclaimed letters listed at the New Oxford Post Office as of June 1 1903. Addressees include C W Banker M A Brown Miss Rebecca A Chronister Franklin Gillespie John Hoffman Evans Manger Hines McIlbenry Walter Stoat and others. Callers must state they were advertised. signed W H Buagat PM.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Oxford
C. W. Banker
M. A. Brown
Rebecca A. Chronister
Franklin Gillespie
John Hoffman
Evans Manger
Hines McIlbenry
Walter Stoat
W. H. Buugat
P M
Deaths Doings: Mrs Katie Baublitz Dies at 70
Mrs Katie Baublitz died Wednesday night at 9 45 from paralysis at the home of George F Young Gettysburg where she lived aged 70 years 1 month and 11 days A native of Bendersville she later lived in Seven Stars with her parents for years An estimable lady.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Katie Baublitz
George F. Young
Gettysburg
Bendersville
Seven Stars
Death of John Kaiser Former Mail Carrier 79
John Kaiser age 79 died at Bonneauville on Tuesday June 11. A native of Germany he was twice married. His first wife Ellen Dean died in 1861. His second wife survives him. He was a brother of Mrs. Margaret Riser of Mc Sherrystown.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Kaiser
Bonneauville
Germany
Ellen Dean
Margaret Riser
McSherrystown
Hanson Ecker Dies After Stroke at Home
Hanson Ecker died at his home in Butler Township Sunday morning at eight o'clock after a stroke of paralysis suffered Friday. He had fallen ill during a Love Feast at Pfoutz's meeting house in Highland Township two weeks earlier and seemed to rally before the final illness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hanson Ecker
Butler Township
Pfoutz
Highland Township
James A Currens Dies in Philadelphia Home
James A Currens died at his son’s Philadelphia home on Wednesday June 17 after a year of ill health. His death was hastened by a stroke of paralysis. He was born 79 years ago in Cumberland township.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James A. Currens
Cumberland Township
Philadelphia
Mystery of Gettysburg death by own action identity persists
The June 12 death by self inflicted throat cutting remains unsolved as Mrs John Keever of Hanover concludes the body is not her sister Sadie Neidich Lower. Relatives and friends view the body in Gettysburg with undertaker Garlach and Rev Father Crotty present. neighbors report sightings of Sadie in Baltimore.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gettysburg
John Keever
Hanover
Henry N. Lower
Arendtsville
Sadie
Keever
Henry Neidich
Hampton
T. J. Crotty
Garlach
xXecover
Lower
Sadie Neidich
Baltimore
Henry Lower
Hotel O Bold Sold to McSherrys Town buyer
Mrs. Gabriella Smith administratrix of the estate of Vincent O Bold and the building occupied by J Keller's grocery store and Charles Brodbeck's shoe store in Hanover sold for 88000 dollars to 8 L Johns of McSherrys town. Deeds to be transferred July 1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gabriella Smith
Vincent O’ Bold
J. Keller
Charles Brodbeck
Hanover
L. Johns
McSherrystown
Accident Bites Off Finger in Union Township Incident
A ree loaded firearm discharged in Union township last Sunday injuring Elmer Keefer. Doctors amputated his right little finger in Littlestown and treated the wound.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elmer Keefer
Union Township
Foreman
Littlestown
Brenner party starts Plum Creek widening project at Johns farm
Frank Brenner of Hanover led a crew to the Dellone farm in Conewago township near McSherrystown to deepen and widen Plum Creek to a uniform twenty foot width. After completion, Johns will place a boat on the stream.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Brenner
Hanover
8. L. Johns
Dellone
Conewago Township
McSherrystown
Midnight Chicken Theft Strikes Gettysburg
Citizens report a spate of late night thefts in Gettysburg centered on poultry with gum and gum machine loot from E. P. Wisotzkey’s grocery. Thieves also carried off two slot machines used for dispensing Pepsin or Soda Mint from the storefront.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gettysburg
E. P. Wisotzkey
Harky
Gilpert
Miss Julia Casey Weds Isaac H Butt at St Patrick’s Church
The marriage linked Miss Julia Casey a Holyoke public school teacher to Isaac H Butt son of Wm Butt of Cumberland township. The ceremony took place Wednesday at St Patrick’s church Holyoke Massachusetts.
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Julia Casey
Holyoke
Mass
Isaac H. Butt
Wm. Butt
Cumberland Township
St. Patrick's Church
Marriages Occur in Mount Joy and Reisterstown
On Wednesday at eight in Mt. Joy township Mis. Bertha Belle Stavely married Howard Wilson Baker of Philadelphia. The couple will reside in Philadelphia. Earlier, Edward O. Snyder and Miss Lucy K. Noel were wed in Reisterstown by Rev. R. T. Lawrence of St. Mark's Episcopal Church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
N. W. Stavely
Mt. Joy Township
Littlestown
Mis
Bertha Belle
Howard Wilson Baker
Philadelphia
Mai
Edward O. Snyder
John B. Snyder
Hanover
Lucy K. Noel
John Noel
Midway
Reisterstown
R. T. Lawrence
St. Mark’s Episcopal Church
Place
Henry Wertz nuptials in Hanover parish house
Melvin Q. Henry son of Jacob Henry and wife of Hanover and Miss Ida A Wertz daughter of William Wertz and wife near Littlestown were married Sunday morning at 8 o'clock at the parsonage of Trinity Reformed church in Hanover by Rev M J Roth Miss Wertz has been living with Mr and Mrs A F Rife at Midway for some time
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Melvin Q. Henry
Jacob Henry
Hanover
Ida A. Wertz
William Wertz
Littlestown
Trinity Reformed Church
M. J Roth
Heavy Hailstorms Ravage Carroll County Farms
Hailstorms hit Franklin and Freedom districts Saturday evening causing extensive crop damage. Luther M. Bushey of Porters is the heaviest loser with 110 acres of wheat destroyed and fruit ruined. A second brief storm near Winfield affected only a small area, while winds and rain intensified losses and left hail drifts several feet deep.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Franklin
Freedom
Carroll County
Eldersburg
Bird Hill
Luther M. Bushey
Porters
Winfield
Bushey
Divorces Filed in Early Lancaster Court Session
Seventeen divorce applications were filed in the first 15 minutes of court at Lancaster last Monday morning. The Standard Stone Co plans a York founded plant valued at 100000 dollars to manufacture artificial stone. Try Sweet Clover brand Table Syrup, the finest made, for sale at D F Slentz Carlisle Street. Record prices led the Poland China swine sale at Macy Indiana with aggregate two day sales over 60000 dollars. The top bid for a dog went to Ideal Sunrise at about 17957 dollars. Chamberlains Stomach Liver Tablets touted to improve appetite and stomach health, sold by Randolph Wehler.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lancaster
Standard Stone Co
York
D. F. Slentz’s
Carlisle Street
Poland
Macy
Ind
Ideal Sunrise
Markets Notes From New Oxford by Z H Cashman
Market brief from New Oxford lists prices or conditions for grain and feed including choice wheat rye oats clover seed timothy seed rye straw Timothy hay with terse OCR notes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Oxford
Z. H. Cashman
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Tabard Inn
East Berlin
National Bank
A. W. Herman
Western Maryland Railroad
Commonwealth
John Shatzer
Kirkwood
Highfield
Hanson Hersh
Near Town
Jennie A. Bubb
High Street
Missionary Society of
P. Mauger
The
Reformed Church
Sisters of St. Joseph
Water St
Lewis P. Weaver
Milton H. Plank
Hilltown
M J Miller Weare
Mr Plank
Reverl Hicks
H. C. Gilbert
Eayle Hotel
H. A. Smith
Wentz Co
Jacob H. Baughman
Gordon
South Mountain
Adams County
Wm D. Armour
Mr. Armour
William A. Kepner
Jas. A. Kepner
Franklin & Marshall College
Philippines
Francis Hinton Maul
Princeton College
Calvin Smith
Fairfield Station
Mr. Smith
A. A. Leber
Union
Board of Pardons
Harrisburg
Harry C. Myers
Myers
Roosevelt
McC. Swope
Donald P. McPherson
Daniel F. Lafean
Chas
Virginia Mills
Frank dieIatire
Pennsylvania
Andersonville
National Cemetery
F. Hesse
Mrs. Lower
Hotel O’bold
Carroll
Chamberlain
Randuolph Wehler
Scott
Scott & Bowne
Pearl Street
New York
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