New Oxford to Vote on 15000 Dollar Water Plant Debt
Borough of New Oxford Adams County Pennsylvania schedules a municipal election on July 1 1918 to seek assent to increasing bonded indebtedness by fifteen thousand dollars for a water filtration plant and floating debt. The measure appears in ordinances approved in 1913 by the Burgess and Town Council with a last assessed valuation listed and a proposed debt equal to four percent of the borough's assessed value. Attest: Thomas K. Bower secretary.
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Borough of
New Oxford
County of Adams
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
Commonwealth of
Burgess and Town Council
Comonwealth
Pennsylvania
Ik. C. Livingston
Burgess
Frank L. Weaver
Barn Fire and Storm Tragedy Report From Delta Area
Lightning struck John A Street's barn near Delta York County causing about 3000 loess and destroying 50 tons of baled hay grain and farming implements. In West Berwick Donald Turner 60 hanged himself from a ladder after entering O F Ferris's barn. A Canton Pa child died when lightning struck a home. mother shocked. Also includes ad copy on Chamberlains Tablets Kickapoo Worm Killer and Bucklen Arnic salve.
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John A. Street
Delta
York County
O. F. Ferris
West Berwick
Donald Turner
Elizabeth
IF. M. van Dyke
Canton
Rich Widow Buys Herself a Count in Bold Matrimonial Plan
Mrs. Marion Bishop a young Montgomery widow traveled to Italy to mingle with titled men and chose Count Lionel Moretti a retired Italian lieutenant as her fiancé. She returned to New York on the Noordam claiming the engagement, noting the arrangement was partly business and that she will wed in the fall after settling affairs.
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Marion Bishop
Montgomery
Ala
Italy
Bishop
New York
Noordam
Lionel Moretti
Mrs. Bishop
Grand Vizier Killed in Constantinople Car Attack
Turkish grand vizier Mahmoud Shefket Pasha and aide Decamp Ibrahim Bey were assassinated in a motor car near the Sublime Porte. Two civilian gunmen carried revolvers. Believed to be tied to a plot against the Committee of Union and Progress, with motives linked to Nazim Pasha’s murder last winter.
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Mahmoud Shefket Pasha
Constantinople
Sublime Porte
Ibraham Bey
Decamp
Committee of Union and Progress
Young Turks
Nazim Pasha
Ford Nominated for Public Printer and Others
Cornelius J. Ford of New Jersey labor leadership was named by President Wilson for public printer. The president also nominated Charles M Galloway of South Carolina and Harmon W Craven of Washington to the civil service commission.
Steel Tonnage Decreases in May Orders
United States Steel's unfilled orders on May 31 totaled 6 324 322 tons, down 654 444 tons from April 30. The figure compares with 7 468 956 tons on March 31, 7 656 714 tons on Feb 28, and 6 750 983 tons on May 31, 1912.
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United States Steel Corporation
Pratt Cousin Couple Wed in Paris Court Ceremony
Mrs Huger Pratt formerly Miss Al igail Parkhurst of Cleveland Ohio wed Prince Alexis Georges Karageorge yitch a cousin of King Peter of Servia in Paris. The ceremony linked American heiress circles with a Servian royal branch in a cosmopolitan Paris setting.
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Pratt
Huger Pratt
Aligail Parkhurst
Cleveland, O
Prince Alexis Georges Karageorge
Yitch
King Peter of Servia
Paris
Fire Rips Cassandra Business District
Cassandra Pennsylvania near Johnstown suffers a major blaze destroying fifteen buildings and dynamiting three homes to halt spread. Loss estimated at 150000 dollars. Local rescue and firefighting units battled the flames.
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Cassandra
Civil Service Board's Head
John A. McIlhenny was designated by President Wilson as president of the civil service commission.
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Civil Service Board
John A. McIlhenny
Wilson
Civil Service Commission
Seven court cases disposed as guilty pleas at August term
The August term dockets closed after Monday session with seven defendants pleading guilty. Jacob Moore paid $10 to the county and $3 weekly for malicious mischief after injuring a Hartman meat shop window in Gettysburg. Others received paroles or monetary costs, including Mary Ridout and Dovie Palm, while McKensie and Ebert received parole or home return. Divorces granted for Stover and Wagaman. Auditors appointed for local estates and road, constable, and sale orders debated.
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Jacob Moore
Hartman
Gettysburg
Swope
Frank McKensie
Jacob Morrison
Straban Township
McKensie
Morrison
George Ebert
Charles Smith
William Maxell
Fairfield
Ebert
York
Dovie Palm
Nellie Cross
Mary Ridout
Mary Warner
Shippensburg
C. Harrison
Philadelphia
Ocker House
Littlestown
James Boyd
James G. Stover
M. Edith Stover
Ambrose A. Wagaman
Grace Wagaman
Civil War veteran William Mort dies of blood poisoning
William Mort aged about 84 of Taneytown Maryland died Monday night at York hospital from blood poisoning after a brief stay with his niece Mrs Elsie Myers in York. A small scratch on his right hand preceded rapid swelling and pain. Dr Weakley diagnosed the infection and admitted him to the hospital. He served in the Civil War and is survived by 10 children.
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William Mort
Taneytown
York Hospital
Mort
Elsie Myers
York
Weakley
Delta sawmill worker Sylvester Blackburn dies under murder suspicions
Sylvester Blackburn known as Coxy Blackburn a 30 year old sawmill worker from Delta died Tuesday morning after being found unconscious along the Maryland and Pennsylvania railroad tracks near the borough. Authorities believe he was murdered with a head wound and a bullet hole in the hip with a possible train impact. He died about an hour later without regaining consciousness.
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Sylvester Blackburn
Coxy
Blackburn
Delta
Maryland and Pennsylvania Railroad
Man Found Dead On Sidewalk At William Jarvis Home
Miners returning from work found the body on the sidewalk outside William Jarvis in Mt Carmel. The 65 year old Northumberland county resident had a dislocated neck. Police believed a dictionary left under his bedroom window slipped, causing him to fall head first onto the sidewalk.
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William Jarvis
Mt. Carmel
Jarvis
Northumberland County
Death from Lockjaw After Nail Injury at Work
Claude Potte of Or wigsburg died after developing lockjaw from a puncture wound caused by a rusty nail while working near vid boards. Initial wound seemed minor but became deadly as infection set in, leading to a prolonged, painful death.
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Claude
Edward S. Potte
Orwigsburg
Farm Laborer Kicked by Horse Dies After Hoof Stone Injury
Earl Yeager aged 17 a farm laborer was kicked on the head while removing a stone from a horse's hoof. He suffered a compound fracture and died at the hospital.
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Earl Yeager
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Chessapeak
Gur
Penna
John O. Beam
Bell Telephone Company of Pennsylvania
York, Pa
The
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Pitt St
W. M. Depot
Center Square
G. F. Grove
Expres
East Chestnut Street
Hanover
Ohio
Kentucky
H. A. Smith
H. W. Parr
Swanson Rheumatic Cure CO
Lake Street
Chicago
John Deere and
John Deere Ivor
Superior
Ontario
Grass Seeder's
Root & van Dervoot
Ji.c. Horenagle
West End Grocery
Berlin Avenue
Roy CO. Taughinbaugh
Weaver's Warehouse
Hanover Street
J. R. Weaver & Bro
New Vhear Market
Swartz
Philadelphia Street
Wien
Druszists
Jesse Spouseller
H. W. Swartz
Noel & Hulick
Bb. A. Wilson
Hesl
Dr. Churchill
C.A. Abbott
Ann St
Bell Phone
J. O Felty
Pitt Street
A. Sheely
J. H. Duttera, Jr
County of
Adams
Hagerstown
Patrick Keily
Thomasville
Kickapoondian Medicine Co
St. Louis
Bruce Jones
Birmingham
Kid. T, Auker
Reynold E. Bower
Huntington Township
John C. Albert
John D. Keith
Elizabeth Schwartz
Hamilton Township
Hafer’s Mill Road
York and Gettysbourg Turnpike
Hampton
Harry B. Slagle
S. Miley Miller
C. W. Stoner Kay
Joseph Evans
John S. Wolf
Daniel Wampler
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