New Oxford Item June 26 1919 Chautauqua week notices and local items
The New Oxford page notes Chautauqua week closing at 8 pm daily, local car purchases by John Weaver, Harry Smith and others, a tubular well drill near Thomasville, finger injury at Gettysburg Furniture Factory, and painting contract awarded for Adams County court house. Also reported are school news, graduations, theft recovery, local accidents, and civic notes including the daylight saving repeal and local business openings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Auker Drug
John Weaver
Bonneauville
Harry Smith
Witman Bros
Thomasville
F. M. Miller
M. S. Oruer
Gettysburg
Ceanly
Adams County Court House
Arendtsville
Sheely, Carey and Raffensperger
Ezra Lightner
Hanover
John Mummert
James Chronister
Bermudian
J. M. Bream
Robert Shetter
East Berlin
George D. Strausbaugh
Berlin Avenue
Charlies Livingston
Reating Two
Adams County Soldiers Earn Divisional Citations
General Kuhn awarded Adams county soldiers for gallantry and meritorious service from the 316th Infantry and 313th Infantry. First Sergeant Albert Musselman of Fairfield kept Company A together during the armistice period. Sergeant George Liversperger of McSherrystown commanded a heavily wounded platoon near Montfaucon. Private Abram W. Longanecker, Bath, served as a regimental runner under shell fire from Verdun’s Grande Montagne Sector.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Adams County
316Th Infantry
Kuhn
Albert Musselman
Fairfield
Dyer
George Cbd
Liversperger
McSherrystown
313Th Infantry
Montfaucon
Abram W. Longanecker
Bath Infantry
Longanecker
Grande Montagne
Verdun
Battallion
Stils
Adams County trustees push raise in mothers pension funds
A move to raise the state appropriation for mothers pensions from 500 000 to 750 600 gains support in the Adams County trustees who oversee about 2200 annually for fatherless families. The state and county together now contribute 1700 each, with the local board urging a larger sum to cover over 100 dependent children. The Adams County women trustees urging the increase include Mrs Wr Arch Metllean Mrs Donald P My Pherson Mrs William D Hines Mrs W S Adams Mrs William Ittebert and Mrs E Buckey.
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House
Rand Senate
Adams County
Adams
Wr. Arch Metllean
Donald P. My Pherson
Gettysburg
William D. Hines
New Oxford
W. S. Adams
Gardners Station
William Ittebert
Cashtown
BE. Buckey
Littlestown
Adams County Boy Scouts to seek first class council charter
Hanover and two York county townships Penn and West Manheim along with five Adams county communities Berwick Germany Union Oxford Conewazo will apply for a first class council charter for troops. Hanover will gain its own charter independent of the county organization after talks with National Field Secretary H. M. Butler of Harrisburg.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hanover
York County
Adams County
H. M. Butler
Harrisburg
Maryland
Pennsylvania
Delaware
Virginia
West Virginia
Vicinity
Penn and
West Manheim
Adams
Berwick
Germany
Union
Oxford
Conewazo
Ditch accident injures three-horse team near Hanover
Samuel Cashman driving a three horse team for W A Wertz lost two horses in a ditch on Hanover street after leaving the Weaver sale. The animals were extricated with difficulty and suffered no serious injuries. Private Robert Hildebrand received a welcome home dinner after Army service in France. Ike Blumenthal won a civil suit for breach of contract against C Robert with judgment for the plaintiff.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. A. Wertz
Hanover Street
Samuel Cashman
Pine Run
Jonas W. Hildebrand
Abbottstown
Robert F. Hildebrand
U.S. Army
Hildebrand
316Th Infantry
France
Ike Blumenthal
Hanover
C. ©. Robert
Union Township
Squire Lilly
McSherrystown
Procession at Paradise Protectory Field Benediction
A Sunday benediction ceremony at Paradise Protectory drew over 1,000 participants. The event featured three processions with two altars, a white-clad group of 50 boys leading hymns, and officiants including Father M. Boyle and Father Nicholas Brennan. Visitation extended from York to Gettysburg with priests, sisters, and seminarians assisting.
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Saacrament
Paradise Protectory
Sisters of St
Overbrook
St. Joseph's
Baltimore
York
Hanover
Gettysburg
MecSherrystown
Bonneauville
Abbottstown
New Oxford
Mother Cardata
St. Mary's, Paradise
Died on the Train Enroute from Mont Alto Sanatorium
John E. Reineman, 33, died on the train shortly after leaving Harrisburg at 12:10 a m Friday of tuberculosis while being moved from Mt Alto Sanatorium to York Haven where he had worked. He was born in Littlestown and survived by sisters Mrs. Robert Ferry of Baltimore and Ms Charles Noel of East High Street. Funeral held Sunday at 1 pm, with interment at Taneytown.
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Fribush
Fribush Bros
U. S
Justice DE the Peace
Jacob A Appler
Gettysburg
Littlestown
Adams County
Jack Bennett
Raymond Goldstein
Philadelphia
Bennett
John Little
Hanover
Houck’s
Geo. W. “Baseimar
Assion “Township
McSher Tystown
Belle Neely
W. W. Neely
New Chester
Miss Weély
Adams ‘County
Clement W. Detham
Theological Seminnary
Lancaster
Hampton Reformed
Redlian
Bermutfian
East Berlin
Elizabeth Bream
Amd
John M. Bream
Lincoln “Way
West
West Chester
N.S
Newark
Del
C. Arshur Griest
Aflants
House
Senate
Sproul
Congress
Harper Wentz
Hamilton Township
Earnest Cranmer
Dora Masemore
Latimore Township
C. R. Shelly
Pauline Miller
Katherine Slaybaugh
Romaine Livingston
Helen Sheetz
Mt. Alto
York Haven
John E. Reineman
Harrisburg
Abraham Reineman
Mont Alto
Robert Ferry
Baltimore
Charles Noel
East High Street
Rencins
Taneytown
Madte
Nagle family reunion after 42 years in York county
Cerrai Nagle and daughter Ethel visited Peter Nagle in Mulbury York county last week. Conrad Nagle joined the gathering, natives of New Oxford, son of long time shoe shop operator Conrad Nagle. Another brother John and sisters Mrs. Caleb Sheets and Mrs. W. H. Wierman live in York. Conrad Nagle Jr left for the West 42 years ago and ran a general store on Center Square after Livingston building.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cerrai Nagle
Daugster
Ethel
Topeka
Kans
Mr. Nagle
Peter Nagle
Mulbury
York County
Conrad Nagle
Franklin and Marshall College
Latevuster
Conrad
New Oxford
Conrad Nagle, Jr
West
Livingston
Center Square
John Nagle
Caleb Sheets
W. H. Wierman
York
Two Men Injured at Bethlehem Steel Stone Quarry
In Bitlingers Station on Friday morning two workers were hurt at Bethlehem Steel Company stone quarries. Joseph Wilhelm of the Colonial Hotel Hanover fell from a scaffold, suffered a deep head gash needing eight stitches and was moved to the hotel after surgery. Ernest Kuhn, a quarry employee, was struck on the right arm by a blast rock and required a surgeon’s services.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bethlehem Steel Company
Bitlingers Station
Joseph Wilhelm
Colonial
Hanover
James Eases
Panhavel O'Fidks
Rig- Gan
Earnest J. Kuhn
Wilhelm
Kuhn
Wilhelm I
Change in Schedule for W M R R This Summer
The summer timetable took effect Sunday June 22 with New Oxford departures to Gettysburg and Western stations at 9 35 am and 6 53 pm daily including Sundays. Hanover and Eastern points depart at 9 19 am and 5 13 pm. A special Sunday Pen Mar train leaves New Oxford at 9 14 am.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. M. RR
New Oxford
Gettysburg
Hanover
Pen-Mar
Gettysburg Soldier Awarded Distinguished Service Cross
Maurice Miller of Gettysburg reports that Joseph P. Miller a former sergeant with the 79th Infantry has earned the Distinguished Service Cross for gallantry at Belleau Wood. Joe Miller, from Louisiana by birth but long a Gettysburg resident, serves as a Pennsylvania State Constable with Troop A at Greensboro. He spent four years in the U S Army and much of a year in France.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maurice Miller
Gettysburg
Joseph P. Miller
79Th Infantry
Belleau Wood
Joe Miller
Louisiana
Pennsylvania
Greensboro
Sergeant Miller
United States Army
France
Multiple deaths reported in York and surrounding areas
A sequence of obituaries notes George Franklin Little of Harrisburg dying after a paralytic stroke in Polyclinic Hospital. Others include former postmaster Aug Loucks of York, Elizabeth Wentz of Jersey Shore, and Malinda C. Kinneman near Abbottstown. The notices list survivors, causes, and burial details across Adams and Lancaster counties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Franklin Little
Harrisburg
Adams County
Polyclinic Hospital
J. A. Smiley
Gettysburg
Frank W. Griest
Osceola Mills
A. C. Gardner
York Springs
Mt. Joy
Lancaster County
Death notices and obituaries from Adams and York counties
Obituaries report deaths of William Lawrence and Elizbeth Weikert among others, with details on families, residences, and funeral arrangements. Also notes on state plans to purchase five York County turnpikes, and local officials delaying finalization due to price disputes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Highway Department
Pennsylvania
Adams County
York Country
County approves payment to State Hospital for the Insane
The York County Commissioners authorized a $6,503.21 voucher to the State Hospital for the Insane in Harrisburg for care of county inmates during the past quarter. About 325 York County residents are housed at the institution.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
York County
State Hospital For
Harrisburg
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