Social notes from York Springs area residents
A roundup of local residents and visitors including Charles Straley and family in Carlisle Street, Regina Lawrence in York, A L Hahn on furlough from a U S transport, Maude Wierman of Five Points, Paul D Weaver from Mt St Marys College, and many others visiting, working returns and relocations. Several leave for Camp Passumpie Vt and Washington assignments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Straley
L. V. Straley
Carlisle Street
Harrisburg
Regina Lawrence
Near Town
York
A. L. Hahn
United States
Bouneauville
Mr. Hahn
France
President Lincoln
Maude Wierman
L. M. Gardner
War Department
Washington
Bernice Slothour
Abbottstown
Luella
P. F. Martin
Hanover
Catharine Alwine
W. C. Alwine
Berlin Junction
W. Roy Starry
David
York Springs
Lake Fairlee
Camp Passumpie
Lulu Gardner
Stoumane Gardner
Esther Lerew
Carlisle Commercial College
Washington, D.C
Benjamin Miller
L. Earl Miller
Philadelphia
James R. Weaver
Farmer’ S Exchange
Charles Grove
New Oxford Foundry & Mfg., Co
Jas. O. Swartz
Edw. Emlet
Abilene
Kansas
Fairy Straley
Conewago Township
John
Edward Shanahan
Mt. St. Mary’s College
Emmitsburg
Sr. Shanahan
Marion Bevenour
Norway
D. C
Kohler
H .S. Weidner
J. A. Cashman
Lincoln Way
West
Ieo. Meckley, Esq
Heidlersburg
Burgess J. A. Cashman
Iwo Bridges
Fred. C. Sternat
Baltimore
Charles Griffin
Vernon Rife
Edith Griffin
Chester
Charles Fidler
Jacobs
Luther Gise
Biglerville
Monroe
Jacob Nell
G. Wolf
John Fitz
New Chester
Edw. Groft
E. Ie, Freed
Jennie Groft
W. H. Seckert
IF. X. Miller
New Oxford
J. W. Winand
West High Street
Wilbur Kretzer
Hagerstown
Irvin Chronister
Bernice Ehrehart
W. F. Sheely
Lincoln Way E
C. S. Basehear
Twin Oaks
Belair Park
Carlisle
Geo. Otto
Myrtle Graff
Jeremiah Armeger
Mary Swartz
Jere, Boyd
Ase
Charles A. Gross
Maria Bair
Kentland
Ind
Jacob Schriver
East High Street
H. D. Conner
Chicago
A .’. McCadden
Poplar Street
J. A. Foose
Chas. M. Stough
Chestnut Hill
Helen Sheely
George D. Sheely
George Klinger
George Linger
Ilanover Street
William Zercher
Littlestown
Raphael Weaver
Medical Corps
New York State
J. B. Weaver
South Peters Street
Leo J. Staub
Earl Strausbaugh
Gillis Staub
Suston
Wif
Maytown
Moster
Catharine Straley
Charles Brushears
Sister Regis
Convent of Mercy
Margaret Allen
Isaiah Diller
East
Paul Miller
Marriage Licenses and Local Social Notices in York Area
Marriage licenses issued at York document unions for Jacob M. Webler with Hattie R. Bushey. Basil Hagerman with Alva Beatty. Annie I Scheivert with Clayton I Runk. The piece lists numerous local visits, guest stays, and travels among Hanover, New Oxford, Berlin Junction, Carlisle, Littlestown, and nearby towns, naming individuals and households in a social roundup.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
York
Jacob M. Webler
Hanover
New Oxford
Hattie R. Bushey
Fast Berlin
Basil &. Hagerman
Mt. Rock
Alva Beatty
Annie I. Scheivert
Clayton I. Runk
Caretaker Injured After Falling Into Open Grave
George Felty Sr., caretaker at Immaculate Conception cemetery, fell into a freshly dug grave on Wednesday due to a misstep. His left side struck a plank across the hole, tearing ligaments and causing bruises. Felty is a Civil War veteran.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Felty
Immaculate Conception Cemetery
Mr. Felty
Adams County Draft Board Seeks Immediate Occupation Details
Registrants are told to report current occupation, duration, and employer to the Adams County draft board at once. Those failing to respond by mail must appear in person at the board’s office in the Court House.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Adams County Draft Board
Court House
Seriously Injured In Fall From Tree Near Hanover Road
Charles Groft about 25, living near town on the Geiselman farm, fell about 14 feet from a dead limb while picking cherries Tuesday morning. He sustained a head injury causing paralysis down his left side and a dislocated right shoulder along with several bruises. A local physician attends him at his home and his condition remains serious.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Groft
J. C. Geiselman
Hanover Road
Town
Geiselman
Groft
Officer Dismissed For War On Auto Speeders
Policeman John Sanders, active against speeding in town on Saturday and Sunday, was dismissed by Burgess Cashman. He seized seventy five license numbers using field glasses. a justice of the peace would collect a $10 fine and $4 costs from each cited driver. Cashman says Sanders acted without orders and outside council instructions, though he was said to work under borough supervision.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Sanders
Burgess Cashman
Oxford
Sanders
Speedhers
Minor collision on Lincoln Way involves Ford truck
The Ford truck of H. B. Fair & Co. lightly struck Curtis E. Diehl’s huckster wagon on Lincoln Way West Tuesday afternoon. The horse team bolted but were checked. no damage to either vehicle. A dog grabbing a tire caused the mishap. Adams County registrants learn of a second national lottery planning in Washington Friday at 9 a.m. for selective service numbers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. B. Fair & Co
Lincoln Way
West
Curtis E. Diehl
Arthur Sponseller
Adams County
Washington
General Strike in Austria Sparks Government Crisis
A Munich despatch reports a general strike in Austria and a cabinet crisis in Hungary. It says Count Tisza may succeed Wekerle, Emperor Charles will likely not accept von Seydler’s resignation, and Warsaw minister von Twardowski may retire. Food shortages limit rations to bread and horse meat, with mobile kitchens to feed 100,000 daily for four weeks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Munich
Neueste Nachrichten
Vienna Zeit
Crvisis
Budapest
Lokal Anzeiger
Berlin
Count Tisza
Wekerle
Charles
Vienna
Germans Join Food Strike In Rhine Munition Factories
Twenty thousand workers quit at Rhine munitions plants in Cologne and Mannheim amid bread ration cuts. A 9000-strong street march occurred in Cologne despite police and military presence as speakers urged more food before work. Dutch reports note rising smallpox among Krupp workers at Essen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rhine
Cologne
Maelheiimn
Daily Mail
Hague
Tinuss
Essen
Italians Repel Austrians on Piave Front in Decisive Victory
Rome reports Austro-Hungarian forces driven from the west bank of the Piave after eight days of heavy losses. Italian troops recaptured Montello and Musile positions, seized vast arms and prisoners, while American aviators and troops aid on the front as cantigny trenches are cleared west of Amiens.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jean
Phaire
Montebeluna
Susegana
Nervesa
Piave
Montdidier
Cantigny
Berin
Leideprey
Germany Rushing Aid to Austria War Update
German aid to Austria is rapid as Italians push across the Piave with 45000 prisoners reported. German divisions are recalled from France and rushed to the Austrian front amid signs of potential Austro-Hungarian collapse and a pause in their great offensive.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Germany
Austria
Ikome
Oichis
Washington
Piave
France
Gove
Rouine de Neves
A General Survey of the War Tuesday
Italian and allied forces held nearly the entire front from the Adriatic to the Asiago plateau repelling heavy Austrian assaults. About 1,000,000 Austrians attacked and suffered severe losses, with British positions in the mountains holding firm and Austrians paying dearly on the Piave front. Some gains near the Piave at Montello and around Cape Sile, but counter offensive hints emerge from Italy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kitaet
Adriatic
Asiagoplateau
Piave
Montello
Zenson Loop
Cape Sile
Ttaly
World War I Frontline Moves and Reactions Across Theatres
Turkish forces sack an American hospital at Ta hriz in Persia, with official confirmation likely triggering a formal US war declaration. German artillery bombardments and infantry assaults press along Uriguy to la Pompelle, Vesle river area, steep resistance and heavy losses reported. Austrians push at Piave while Italian lines defend, and Austrian mountain offensives are halted on the first day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tabriz
Persia
United States
Uriguy
Rheims
la Pompelle
Vesle
Pierce
Piave
Austrian Front Holds, Piave Still Pressed in Struggle
Austrian pressure from Lake Garda to the Adriatic grows weaker as fighting along the Piave river remains strenuous. Since Sunday the enemy is checked on the Piave with no gains on the mountain front and prisoner losses reach 90000. Tintin reports Cape Site retaken by London. Rome says all enemy advances repulsed. German crown prince not resuming attacks at Alhelm. Western front sees only minor raiding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lake Garda
Adriagthe
Syont
Montello
London
Cape
Fusseita
Rome
Alhelm
Stout Italian Resistances Halts Austrian Front Move
Italian forces repel Austrian advance on the Myutetlo plateau. Local units push back enemy breakthroughs, sustaining defense and delaying enemy extension in the sector.
Riots in Vienna as Austrian offensive stalls on Piave
Broad riots of serious proportions continue in Vienna with mobs shouting against Germany. An attempted assassination on Emperor Charles is reported in Amsterdam. Italian counter offensives from Montello to the Piave, aided by a rising river, hinder Austrian plans toward the Venetian plain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vienna
Austria
Germany
Amsterdam
Charles
Austria-Hungary
Pilaverne
Montello
Piave
Austro-Hungarian retreat halted by Italian attack on Piave
Austro-Hungarians retreat along the Piave from Mantello to the sea ends in losses as Italian troops drive them back. Rome cites 180,000 enemy casualties tied to heavy artillery and failed assaults at Mantello and San Donà di Piave. American troops boost morale. Pershing reports two quiet days on the front.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Piave
Montello
Rome
Montello Art San Dona di Piave
U. S
Pershing
Yankees Take Marne Woods Impregnable Position Fell in Thirty Minutes
American troops on the Marne front captured the northwestern part of Belleau wood after a heavy barrage. They cleared the position of Germans, took prisoners and five machine guns, and now hold the wood. The operation lasted about thirty minutes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marne
Belleau Wood
Draft Treaties Ratified For Reciprocal Draft Ages
Senate ratified treaties with Great Britain for reciprocal operation of army draft laws. British subjects in the United States aged twenty to forty five and American citizens in the British empire aged twenty one to thirty one would be drafted unless opting to return to their home countries to serve under their own flag.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Great Britain
Senate
British Empire
Wheat price system to change July first for 1918 crop
The Food Administration says the 1918 wheat crop will be handled on a new basis starting July 1. A maximum differential of 1.10 dollars per barrel between wheat and finished product will be allowed millers. No speculation in wheat or flour will be permitted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Food Administration
Senator Fall seeks wartime draft age amendment
Senator Fall of New Mexico introduced an amendment to the army appropriation bill to raise the draft age from eighteen to forty five. The measure also bars using men under twenty one on the firing line.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fall
Phil
New Mexico
Army
Also Mentioned on This Page
Robert Yohe
H. H. Yohe
Hanover Electric Supply Company
H.C. Slaybaugh
J. M. Bream
Mr. Slaybaugh
Atlantic Refining
Teuton
Musile
Orlando
Tri'tish
Italy
Piave River
Venetia
America
Bainsizza Plateaau
Isonzo
Cadorun
Montelo
the Piave
San Donn di Piave
Myutetlo Pla
Yankees
Marne Woods
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