New Oxford Chautauqua notes and local business updates
The New Oxford item reports Auker Drug Store hours during Chautauqua week, local car purchases by John Weaver, Harry Smith, and several others, a tube well drilled by Witman Bros, and multiple incidents including injuries from a jointer and a factory accident. It also covers property trades, farm equipment sales, school notices, church events, and county election plans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Auker Drug Store
John Weaver
Bonneauville
Harry Smith
Witman Bros
Thomasville
F. M. Miller
Adams County Men Win Citations for WWI Gallantry
General Kuhn cited three Adams county soldiers from the 316th Infantry, 79th Division, for gallantry and meritorious service as the unit demobilized. First Sergeant Albert Musselman of Fairfield kept Company A cohesive during shell shock and armistice period. Sergeant George D. Liversperger of Mechsherystown, led a platoon to flank enemy machine guns near Montfaucon after severe losses. Private Abram W. Longanecker, regimental runner, carried messages under gas and shell fire from Grande Montagne Sector to the front lines despite fatigue and hardship.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Adams County
316Th Infantry
Kuhn
Albert Musselman
Fairfield
Dyer
George D. Liversperger
Abram W. Longanecker
Longanecker
Grande Montagne
Verdun
Dts
Adams county trustees urge boost in mothers pension funds
Seven Adams county trustees actively back raising the state appropriation for mothers pensions from 500000 to 750000 to better support over 100 dependent children. The county and state now contribute similar sums to welfare, while local women push for the increase to meet needs. The Adams county women trustees include Mrs Arch Medlean, Mrs Donald P McPherson, Mrs William D Himes, Mrs W S Adams, Mrs William Robert, and Mrs Buckey.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Houseland Senate
Adams County
Wwurnen
Wm. Arch Medlean
Donald P. McPherson
Gettyspurg
William D. Himes
New Oxford
W. S. Adams
Gardners Station
William Robert
Cashtown
Buckey
Littlestown
Hanover Area to Form First Class Boy Scout Council
Hanover and five Adams county townships along with York county townships Penn and West Manheim will seek a first class Boy Scout council charter in coming days. The move, agreed by Hanover scout officials and H. M. Butler, national field secretary, places Hanover area under a separate charter and council, independent of the existing county organization.
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
Conewago
Nurses Delve Into Ditch After Wagon Accident
Three horse team driven by Samuel Cashman near Pine Run schoolhouse fell into a deep ditch beside Han over street while retrieving items from a Weaver sale. The horses jumped part of the way, two fell in, were rescued with effort, and suffered no serious injuries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. A. Wertz
Hanover Street
Samuel Cashman
Pine Run
Welcome home dinner honors discharged soldier Hildebrand
A welcome home dinner was served Sunday at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Jonas W. Hildebrand near Abbottstown for their son Robert F. Hildebrand who was discharged from the U S Army after ten months in France with the 316th Infantry 79th Division Private Hildebrand was honored for his service In a civil suit Ike Blumenthal of Hanover vs C C Robert of Union township a hearing before Squire Lilly McSherrystown resulted in a judgment in favor of the plaintiff.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jonas W. Hildebrand
Abbottstown
Robert F. Hildebrand
U. S. Army
Hildebrand
316Th Infantry
France
Ike Blumenthal
Hanover
C. C. Robert
Union Township
Squire Lilly
McSherrystown
Benediction and Procession at Paradise Protectory Field
A Sunday ceremony at Paradise Pro͏tectory featured benediction of the Blessed Sacrament and a three place procession lasting 1 hour 15 minutes. Over 1,000 participants including fifty boys led the march with hymns, joined by visiting priests and Sisters from multiple towns. Clergy from Paradise Gettysburg McSherrystown and others assisted, with seminarians aiding under canopy duty. Visitors from York Hanover Gettysburg and nearby districts arrived by car truck and on foot. Mother Cardata guided organizers with St Marys Parish staff taking charge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paradise Protectory
Protectory
Sisters of St
St. Joseph's
Baltimore
York
Hanover
Gettysburg
McSherrystown
Bonneauville
Abbottstown
New Oxford
Mother Cardata
Profiitutory
St. Mary's, Paradise
Died on Train While En Route to York Haven
John E. Reineman aged 33 years 2 months 6 days died on the train after leaving Harrisburg Friday morning while being moved from Mt Alto Sanatorium to York Haven where he had worked. He had recently left a York Haven paper mill and died en route to Taneytown for burial. Survived by two sisters Mrs. Robert Ferry Baltimore and Mrs. Charles Noel East High Street this place. Funeral held Sunday at 1 pm at his sister's home prior to interment in Taneytown.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mt. Alto
York Haven
John E. Reineman
Harrisburg
Littlestown
Abraham Reineman
Mont Alto
Robert Ferry
Baltimore
Charles Noel
East High Street
Taneytown
Nagle Brothers Reunite After 42 Years in Kansas Visit
Conrad Nagle of Topeka Kansas and his daughter Ethel visited Peter Nagle in Mulbury York county last week. The reunion marked their first meeting in 42 years. Conrad attended Franklin and Marshall College commencement in Lancaster, his alma mater. The Nagles, natives of New Oxford, are descendants of the late Conrad Nagle who ran a shoe shop.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Conrad Nagle
Ethel
Topeka
Kans
Mr. Nagle
Peter Nagle
Mulbury
York County
Franklin and Marshall College
Lancaster
Conrad
New Oxford
Conrad Nagle, Jr
West
Livingston
Center Square
Ane
John Nagle
Caleb Sheets
W. H. Wiermean
York
Injuries Reported At Bethlehem Steel Quarry
Two men were hurt at the Bethlehem Steel Company stone quarries at Bittingers Station on Friday morning. Joseph Wilhelm, of the Colonial Hotel Hanover, fell from a scaffold and sustained a deep head wound treated with eight stitches before being sent to the hotel. Ernest Kuhn, a quarry employee, was struck on the right arm by a stone from a blast and required a surgeon's care after helping Wilhelm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bethlehem Steel Company
Bittingers Station
Joseph Wilhelm
Colonial
Hanover
Anrtes Kasgs
Panhavel
Fidks Rig-Gan
Earnest J. Kuhn
Wilhelm
Kuhn
Schedule Change On W M R R Goes Into Effect
The summer timetable on the W M R R took effect Sunday June 22 with new daily trains from New Oxford to Gettysburg and Western stations at 9 35 a m and 6 53 p m For Hanover and Eastern points trains depart at 9 19 a m and 5 13 p m A special Sunday train to Pen Mar leaves New Oxford at 9 14 a m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. M. RR
New Oxford
Gettysburg
Hanover
Pen-Mar
Joseph P Miller Receives Distinguished Service Cross
Word reaches Maurice Miller of Gettysburg that Joseph P Miller formerly a sergeant with the 79th Infantry has been awarded the Distinguished Service Cross for gallantry at Belleau Wood. Joe Miller, a Louisiana native who now calls Gettysburg home, serves as a Pennsylvania State Constable with Troop A in Greensburg. He served four years in the U S Army and spent much of a year on the French front.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maurice Miller
Gettysburg
Joseph P. Miller
79Th Infantry
Belleau Wood
Joe Miller
Louisiana
Pennsylvania
Taken by Death George Franklin Little of Harrisburg
George Franklin Little of Harrisburg died in Polyclinic Hospital from a paralytic stroke and brain hemorrhages. He leaves a wife and three sisters Mrs J A Smiley Gettysburg Mrs Frank W Griest Osceola Mills and Mrs A C Gardner York Springs. He is buried in Mt Joy cemetery Lancaster County.
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
Former postmaster Aug Loucks Dies in York at 79
Aug Loucks a Civil War veteran and former York alderman died Wednesday afternoon at his home in York. He was eighty years old and suffered from asthma for some time.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aug Loucks
York
Widow of Hanover man dies at Jersey Shore home
Mrs. Elizabeth Wentz wife of Ed ward Wentz formerly of Hanover died at her Jersey Shore Pennsylvania home aged about 80 years. The text notes deaths of Harry Taylor nine from York due to jaw abscess after tooth extraction and Norman Geesey one year nine months eleven days from York who died after injuring his head from a fall while visiting Holtzinger family to pick cherries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elizabeth Wentz
Edward Wentz
Hanover
Jersey Shore
Harry Taylor
Joseph Taylor
York
Norman Geesey
Harry Geesey
Geesey
Holtz
Henry Holtzinger
Charles Andrews Dies in Charleston West Virginia
Word has been received of the death on June 7 in Charleston West Virginia of Charles Andrews husband of Mrs. Andrews formerly Miss Jane Quigley of this place daughter of the late Dr. and Mrs. T. V. S. Quigley.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Andrews
Charleston
West Va
Andrews
Jane Quigley
T. V. S. Quigley
Mrs Malinda C Kinneman Dies at 75 in Abbottstown
Mrs Malinda C Kinneman widow of John Kinneman died at her Abbottstown area home Friday night from liver cancer aged 75 years 1 month and 28 days She is survived by three children Aaron Kinneman Mrs Henry J Rahn of Abbottstown and John Kinneman of Bittinger Two brothers in Michigan Also survived Funeral was from her late home Tuesday morning with interment at Mt Olive Cemetery Abbottstown Reverend John W Keener officiating
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Malinda C. Kinneman
John Kinneman
Abbottstown
Henry Cromer
Maryland
Aaron Kinneman
Henry J. Rahn
Bittinger
Michigan
Mt. Olive Cemetery
John W. Keener
George Knight dies at York Hospital after illness
George Knight of Hanover and former Adams County resident died at York Hospital at 11 Friday morning from paralysis. He was 86. Knight, a florist, worked 16 years for S. B. Cremer and retired recently. He lived with son John Knight in Lancaster and is survived by daughters Mrs. Christ Eckman of Quarryville, Mrs. Charles Smith of Gettysburg, and sons George Knight and John Knight of Gettysburg and Lancaster.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Knight
Hanover
Adams County
York Hospital
Mr. Knight
S. B. Cremer
S. Eb.cremer
Eliza J. Diehl of Leeceburg Dies at 78
Eliza J. Diehl a well known Leeceburg Indiana citizen died at his home on Thursday night at 7 30 of paralysis aged 78 years 3 months and 5 days Survived by two sons three daughters one brother Rev Samuel A Diehl Hanover and one sister Mrs Miriam Heltzel Lincoln Way West The funeral was held Saturday with interment at Leecebureg He was born in Mt Pleasant township and was a farm journal correspondent in Indiana and other states
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eliza J. Diehl
Leeceburg
Ind
Samuel A. Diehl
Hanover
Miriam Heltzel
Lincoln Way
West
Daniel and
Leah (Baugher) Diehl
Diehl
Mt. Pleasant Township
Indiana
Leecebureg
Funeral Rites Planned for Ivy Castle Leader Harry J. Frey
Harry J. Frey, longtime financial scribe of Ivy Castle No. 134 in York, died at 11:30 p.m. Wednesday after a stroke. A Civil War veteran and musician in the 87th Regiment band, he was 79 or 80. He leaves his wife, a son, two daughters, four brothers William Lancaster Charles Gettysburg John Littlestown S P B Frey, and two sisters Mrs. M. Andrew Lemoyne and Mrs. Jennie Bancroft Waynesboro.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry J. Frey
Ivy Castle No
Knights of the Mystic Chain
York
87Th Regiment
William Frey
Lancaster
Charles Frey
Gettysburg
John Frey
Littlestown
S. PB. Frey
M. Andrew
Lemoyne
Jennie Bancroft
Waynesboro
Oscar Sprenkle Dies at 73 Near Tomstown Franklin County
Oscar F Sprenkle died at 11 45 Thursday morning at his home near Tomstown Franklin county aged 73 years 9 months from a complications death notice states he was a longtime resident in the area and leaves behind relatives in the community.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oscar F. Sprenkle
Tomstown
Franklin County
Deaths Enduring Illness Claims Local Resident
A local obituary notes the death of a longtime Adams County resident who had suffered from an illness since last October. He lived at Roadside and the Nunnery before settling four years ago in Tomstown. Survived by his wife Miss Eliza Shelly of Fairfield and several sons and daughters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Adams County
Tomstow
Eliza Shelly
Fairfield
Hiss
Death of Mrs. Brenner in Lancaster at age about 65
Mrs. Brenner wife of Jacob Brenner a native of near Bittinger Berk township died at her home in Lancaster on last Tuesday aged about 65 years.
Venerable Joseph E Bowser Dies at 86 in East Berlin
Joseph E Bowser retired farmer and longtime East Berlin resident died at his daughter Mrs Elizabeth Walters Reading Saturday at 10 a m due to gangrene He was 86 He is survived by children Andrew Moses Rev Daniel Joseph Mrs Wilson Burgars Mrs Lydia Hoffman Mrs M Lie Kauffman and Mrs Elizabth Walters The body moved to East Berlin Monday and funeral was held Wednesday at 9 30 a m at Mummerts meeting house with interment there.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph E. Bowser
East Berlin
Elizabeth Anna Walters
Reading
Andrew
Moses Manheim
Lancaster Co
Daniel Bowser
Joseph
Wilson Burgars
Lydia Hoffman
York
Miklie Kauffman
Elizabeth Walters
Mummerts Meeting House
Turnpike purchase stalled by price dispute in York County
State and county officials plan to acquire five York County turnpikes free of toll under a 50 50 arrangement. Negotiations menaced by price disagreements between officials and private owners, delaying anticipated consummation by several weeks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
York County
William Lawrence Dies After Illness in Philadelphia
William Lawrence a native of Irishtown died at home in Philadelphia after a prolonged illness. He left a wife Amelia Yak and children Ida Nelson Groft Nadina Eck Arthur Edna Gregory Mrs Clara Lawrence. He is survived by brothers Lewis E and Joseph Jence and sisters Mrs Weaver Mrs Euel G Herman Mrs John Martin. Funeral 9 a m Wednesday at Conewago Chapel with a requiem high mass.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Willian Lawrence
Philadelphia
David and
Lawrence
Irishtown
Philade
Amelia Yak
Idaelson
Groft
McSherrystown
Nadina Eck
Dallastown
Arthour
Edna
Gregory
Midway
Clara Lawrence
MeeShi Town
Lewis E
Joseph Jence
Weaver
Euel G. Herman
Coatsville
John Klunk
Infant Elizabeth Hershey Dies in Millersville Home
Elizabeth Anne Hershey, seven months old, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Hira Hershey of Gettysburg, died Saturday evening at her grandparents' home, Mr. and Mrs. Jace Hostetter, in Millersville, Lane County, after convulsions and pneumonia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eizabeth Anne Hershey
Hira Hershey
Gettysburg
Jace Hostetter
Millersville
Lane County
Death of Hiram Griest in Bendersville District
Hiram Griest died Monday in Bendersville at age seven months and fifteen days short of his year. He was a minister of the Religious Society of Friends. Survived by three daughters Mrs Layina G Moore of Qketo sus, Mrs Mary E Gove of Ben ville, and Mrs Emma Waton of land Oregon.
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Hiram Griest
Bendersville
Socie Friends
Layina G. Moore
Qketo
Sus
Mary E. Gove
Benville
Emma Waton
Land
Oregon
York County Grant for Insane Asylum Care Approved
The York County Commissar Monday approved a voucher payment of 6508.21 dollars to the State hospital for the insane in Harrisburg. About 325 county residents are inmates at the institution.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
York County
Pilal
Harrisburg
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M. S. Orner
Ceanly
Adams County Court ‘House
Arentisville
Sheely, Carey and Raffensperger
Ezra Lightner
John Mummert
James Chronister
Bermudian
J. M. Bream
Robert Shetter
George D. Strausbaugh
Berlin Avenue
Charles Livingston
Reutiing Ino
Mervin Haverstick
Heidlersburg
Jeremiah Lillich
A. “P. Wagner
Carlisle Street
W. J. Best
Shore Company
New Oxford ‘Sitce Mfg. Co
Frank Eck
West Chester
Elizabeth Bream
J. MM. Bream
Lincoln Way West
Ldtimore Friends ‘Meeting
Rebecca Bushey
Dillsburg
Joseph A. Bream
Gardners
Fribush
Fribush Bros
Gladfelter
Corner High
Bolton Streets
R Baltimore
Curtis BE. Diehl
New Oxford Chautauqua
Justice of the Peace
Jacob A Appler
Jack Bennett
Raymond Goldstein
Bermnett
John Little
Houck’s
Geo. W. Basétmar
Bunion ‘Township
Belle Neely
W. W. Neely
New Chester
Wneely
Clement W. Dechant
Theological Seminary
Hampton Reformed
Red Wmn
Bermuisian
East Lerlin
Sam Small
St. Paul's Réformed Church
G. I. ‘M. Houck
Hanover Steam Bakery
Sterner C. Houck
C. William Beales
State ‘Senate
Hanover High School
Helen Barnitz
Elizabeth ‘Diehl
Charles Straley
Leslie Colestock
Peters ‘Street
James L. Taylor
Arendtsville
P. H. Raffensberger
Biglerville
Hanson P. Mark
Frank Feiser
Near Town
J. C. Hoffnagle
Hilary Smith
John WM. Bream
Lincolin “Way
West Chester S
Newark
Del
C. Arthaur Griest
Adams ‘County
House
Senate
Sproul
Congress
Harper Wentz
Hamilton Township
Earnest Craumer
Dora Masemore
Latimore Township
C. R. Shelly
Pauline Miller
Katherine Slaybaugh
Romaine Livingston
Helen Sheetz
State Highway Department
BOY Scouts
Mey
Hugh Colgan
J. Colgan
MccSherrystown
Boston
Wboat
Frank
Bryan Wotnie
Helen Colgan
I.cence Klunk
MecSherryshow
Charity
New Orleans
Philip Clean
Villa Nova
Sarah Weikert
John Weikert
Cumberland
Towhn
Charles Weikert
Leavenworth
Iva
Charles Strasbaur
Greenmount
I .Yenworth
Albert D. W.iaen Greenmount
Ollie Weike
Illinoise
Tysburg
Evergreen Cemetery
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