Town council meeting authorizes loan and expenses
At a special meeting on Monday July 23 the council authorized renewing a $3000 note at Farmers and Merchants Bank for 60 days with $80 added for interest. An interest payment order for Gettysburg National Bank on New Oxford Water Bond coupons was approved. A flagman was requested for Battle of Gettysburg anniversary crossings. The War Department warns 10 000 to 50 000 veterans lack housing as 40 000 funds exist for the semi centennial celebration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Messrs Weaver
Hersh
Weikert
Noel
C. T. Hersh
J. A. Noel
F. L. Weaver
Farmers & Merchants Bank
Gettysburg National Bank
New Oxford Water
Weaver
Battle of
Gettysburg
Hanover Street
Pitt Street
War Department
Garrison
Jas "Barnitz
Norton
Miller
Bonneauville
Geo
Waltman
Jacob Group
Goldenville
O. P. Flotto
Biglerville
York Springs
Round Hill
Franklin Township
Huntington Township
Liberty Township
Lightning Strikes Berks Farms Wreck Totals Soar
A severe electrical storm hit Berks County on Saturday causing ruin at farms. John McGowan’s Swiss barn burned when struck by lightning killing 28 cows 5 mules and a horse. Ephraim Fritz’s century old barn at Boyertown also burned with losses over 2000 dollars.
Several Local Couples Marry Across Gettysburg Area
A sequence of weddings unfolds in Renovo Reading and surrounding towns. John C. Diehl, formerly of New Oxford, weds Mary Thomas Baird in Renovo with ties to local families and trips to the Great Lakes. Mark H. Miller and Elizabeth Kissling wed in Reading and plan home life at 730 Lance Place. Additional nuptials include Charles Klunk and Genevieve Groft at Conewago Chapel and Irene Stock with Lester Frazie r in Gettysburg, among others in Camp Hill and Waynesboro.
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Methodist Episcopal Church
John C. Dick
New Oxford
Pennsylvania R. R
Mary Thomas Baird
J. H. Baird
James E Skillington
Mary Bowman
Allen Diehl
William and
Margaret Baird
Renovo
Diehl
A. C. Diehl
Pitt Street
Mark H. Miller
Geo. A. Miller
Philadelphia
Elizabeth Kissling
Reading
Rev. Brunner
Washington
Baltimore
Lance Place
Miller
Yount and Miss Yount Quietly Married in Clarkson
Ira N. Yount of Portland Oregon son of Wm Yount of Littlestown and Myrtle Yount of Clarkson wed in Clarkson on May 4. Walter A. Frank of Hanover wed Minnie Hawbaker of Hagerstown at the bride’s sister home in Gettysburg Wednesday evening. Ceremony performed by Rev Franklin Taylor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ira N. Yount
Portland
Oregon
Wm. Yount
Littlestown
Myrtle Yount
Clarkson
Washington
Walter A. Frank
Hanover
Minnie Hawbaker
Hagerstown
W. H. Farner
Gettysburg
Franklin Taylor
Marion Wolf
West Fairview
W. F. Sheely
Philadelphia
Anna Holtzworth
Odd Fellows Home
Geo. A. Klinger
Hanover Street
W. H. Davis
Marguerite Emmert
Calumet Avenue
Chicago
Henry J. Smith
Lafayette College
Easton
Pennsylvania
Mervin LD. Gable
Emma Gable
Carlisle Street
Germantown
Glenside
Gable
McCrory 5
10 Cent
Faye Myers
Richard Myers
Sheldon, NL
Wilbur Cashman
Wm. Cashman
Kansas
John Herman
W. G. Herman
Pitt Street
New Jersey
Joseph H. Himes
Canton
Geo. T. Himes
S. G. Slaybaugh
York
Wiest Baily
Dillsburg
Irene Myers
East Berlin
Suelah Straley
Center Square
Naomi Schnell
George Osborne
Westminster
Edith Hartzell
Charfont
Mary Nickodemus
Walkersville
Sheetz
S. A. Abbey
Pueblo
Colorado
Abbottatown
Gereon G. Robert Marries Sylvia M. Baumgardner in Hanover
Gereon G. Robert son of Edward H. Robert of West Manheim York county and Sylvia M. Baumgardner of Hamilton township were united in marriage Thursday evening at the Reformed parsonage in Hanover. Reverend J. H. Hartman officiated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gereon G. Robert
Edward H. Robert
West Manheim Township
York County
Henry Waltman
Hamilton Township
Sylvia M. Baumgardner
Reformed Parsonage
Hanover
J. H. Hartman
Marriages of George Albright and Myrtle Stevens in Hanover
George Albright of Boston and Myrtle Stevens of Hanover were married June 19 in St. Joseph's rectory Hanover by Rev. Fr. Huber. Also listed is the June 11 marriage of Prof. John S. Gilbert and Ada M. Henry at the Christ Lutheran Parsonage Harrisburg.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Trinity Lutheran Parsonage
Camp Hill
Fred. G. Troxell
Gettysburg College
E. Mae Watkins
Biglerville
E. D. Weigle
George Albright
Boston
Mass
Adam Albright
Hanover
Myrtle Stevens
Samuel Stevens
St. Joseph’s Catholic Church
Huber
John S. Gilbert
Ada M. Henry
Harrisburg
Christ Lutheran Parsonage
Local Residents Travel and Community Ceremony
Spanning weekly visits and relocations, local residents celebrate family ties with trips to Philadelphia Hanover Street Gettysburg and Chicago. A Paradise church plans a June 29 high mass and a cross blessing at St Marys Cemetery followed by a solemn procession.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Mary’s, Paradise
Paradise
Tragedies Span Fire Fatalities and Electric Shock Rescue
A Trevorton boy alerts his mother after his sister Agnes dies from a dress fire likely sparked by a boy’s match. Frank Allen of Sunbury dies rescuing workers from a 2000 volt live wire feeding a crane. Chester Laughman, ten, is critically injured after a fall in York County. Paul Smith, twelve, dies after a cherry tree fall. Dorothy Henninger, eight, dies from ivy poisoning mistaken for another herb in Shamokin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Kiderum
Trevorton
Agnes
Sunbury
Allen
Chester Laughman
Alpine
York County
Paul Smith
Mia
Barbara Smith
Potteville
Ivy Leavea
Dorothy Henninger
Shamokin
Yale Trustee Vance McCormick Elected To Corporation
At Yale University alumni dinner in New Haven Vance C. McCormick of Harrisburg Pennsylvania was elected to the Yale corporation to fill the Taft vacancy. The event announced gifts totaling 1 236 600 dollars for the year from multiple sources.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vance McCormick
Yale
Yale University
New Haven
Conn
Yale Corporation
Vance C. McCormick
Harrisburg
Taft
President and Mrs Wilson Cancel Cornish Reception
Mrs. Wilson is indisposed due to overwork from new investigation of slum conditions in Washington. President declines invitation from Senator Hollis to hold a reception in Cornish New Hampshire on June 30. They will leave Washington June 28 and return about July 7.
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Wilson
Hollis
New Hampshire
Cornish
N. H
Washington
Ensign Billingslea Dies In Naval Air Accident Near Annapolis
Ensign William B. Billingslea of Mississippi was killed when a hydro aeroplane collapsed over Chesapeake Bay near Kent Island Maryland. Lieutenant John H. Towers of Georgia was badly injured. a motorboat party rescued him. The two officers had departed from the Naval Academy for Claiborne Maryland.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William B. Billingslea
Mississippi
John H. Towers
Georgia
Chespapeke Bay
Kent Island
Annapolis
Towers
Ensign Billingslea
Naval Hospital
Naval Academy
Claiborne
Billingslea
Aged Lawyer Dies In Court In Pottsville
Seventy two year old Guy E. Farquhar collapsed in the Pottsville courtroom while prosecuting the New Philadelphia school directors case. The death, ruled apoplexy, prompted adjournment and a memorial gathering by the Schuylkill county bar. Farquhar linked with Franklin B. Gowen and long known for Molly Maguire trials.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Guy E. Farquhar
Nestor
Schuylkis County
Pottsville
New Philadelphia
Farquhar
Tsue
Schuslkill County
Farquahar
Franklin B. Gowen
Schuylkill County
Molly Maguire
Philadelphia merchant takes poison pill by mistake
Charles A. Brice a commission merchant of Philadelphia is in serious condition at Hahnemann hospital after swallowing a mercury poison tablet believed to be quinine. Doctors compare his case to a Macon Georgia banker who died after a similar error and planned affairs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles A. Brice
Philadelphia
Hahnemann Hospital
Mr. Brice
Macon
Brice
Troxall
Cairo clerk wins $25 by eating sixty one eggs
Frank Blake, a railway office clerk in Cairo Illinois, won $25 by eating sixty one eggs in a wager. The eggs were prepared scrambled 15 soft boiled 16 hard boiled 15 and fried 15 as part of the contest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Blake
Cairo
Suffragist Attacks Horse Race At Ascot Heath
A male suffragist leapt onto the Ascot Heath track during the $17,500 Gold Cup, firing and then collapsing. He wore cards bearing the name Hewitt Trinity College Cambridge and died from a self inflicted gunshot wound. Prince Palatine won as chaos followed. King George and Queen Mary witnessed the incident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
King George
Queen Mary
Ascot Heath
England
Hewitt
Trinity College
Cambridge
Cambridge University
August Belmont
Tracery
T Pilkington
Alpha
George
Mary
Whaley
Belmont
Miss Davison
Pennsylvania Abolishes Hanging Electrocution Now Best For Murders
Governor Tener signs a bill replacing hanging with electrocution for murderers in Pennsylvania. Executions will occur at the new western penitentiary in Centre County, with construction to install electrical gearing on the site. Any murderers sentenced to death before passage hang, while crimes after June 19, 1913, fall under electrocution.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pennsylvania
Tener
Western Penitentiary
Centre County
Western Patentiary
Philadelphia Markets Report Mix of Grains and Farm Prices
The daily market note lists prices for wheat No 2 red at 1.01 0.03, corn No 2 yellow around 720, oats No 2 white at 47 to 48 cents, and poultry including live hens 15 to 19 cents. Potatoes steady 40 to 45 cents per bushel, new at 75 cents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Live Stock Markets Pittsburgh Yard Prices
At Union Stock Yards Pittsburgh cattle values show active sale with choice at 5.50 per 100 pounds, prime 8.20, sheep listings include prime wethers 5.60 and culls 2.50, veal calves 10.30, lambs 7.25, hogs lower with prime heavies 8.90 and light Yorkers 9.05 to 9.10, roughs 7.60 to 7.90.
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Pittsburgh
Union Stock Yards
S.tu
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Hanover, Pa
United 10
Co. L. Eicholtz New
Oxford, PA
Emlet
Dk. J. L. Sheetz
Council Proceedings
Ga. m
Hanover Cordage CO
Penn’a
Dr. N. Bowman
Baltimore St
Runk & Peckman’s Realty Report
Rank & Peckman
Real Estate Salos Agente
Masonic Building
Gettysburg, Pa
Charles Klunk
Frank X. Klunk
Genevieve Groft
George Groft
Irishtown
Conewago Chapel
Kohl
Irene M. Stock
Lester M. Frazier
St. Francis Xavier Church
Fr. Boyle
Paul F. Myers
Bermudian
Princeton College
Misa May Holt
Lykens, Pa
Ruth Crouse
Waynesboro
Swartz
A. Winton Crouse
Littleetown
G. W. Enders
Sarah Gilbert
Harry Baublitz
Edna King
Edward King
W. L. Seabrook
Navy
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