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Newspaper
New Oxford Item
Location
New Oxford, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jun 27, 1918
Page
8
The United States Food Administration asks economy in delivery. Grocers sign pledge to make only one daily delivery beginning Friday June 14. Orders received before 2 pm will be delivered the same afternoon.
Market report for No 1 and No 2 Wheat Vats Corn Barley with prices listed for Bran Middlings Corn Mixed Oats Mixed Chop High Grade Flour Dairy Feed and Blachford Calf Meal 24 p c protein pricing details include per 100 pounds per bushel and per 100 pounds figures
Local advertisement lists WEAVEER S WV MANOVER ST DEA REHOUSE calling readers to contact The Farmers Exchange by bell phone for trade and inquiries.
Among Ursinue College Ursinue College enrollment in Collegeville Pennsylvania 105 students included Adams County residents John W Myers near Rew Oxford ClydelL Schwartz and Harry C Wildasio of Littlestown Bra Murray Jugs of Harney received word last week of the sudden death of her mother Mrs Frank Burke of Kempton and the same day of her brother Jesse Burke who died in France with the National Guard troops.
Adams County district chairmen of the War Savings Campaign arranged 73 meetings at 8 pm on Friday in schools and churches. Postmaster Theo E Warner reported New Oxford stamp sales of over $27,000 as officials seek pledges to meet a county quota of $686000 for the year.
Dispatch from Raymond G. Carroll to the Public Ledger recounts a soldier of German lineage who, after desertion acquittal at Gettysburg, led a German patrol toward American lines near Chateau Thierry. He was shot by both sides but survived as nearly all his captors were killed or captured.
Between 50 and 60 Adams County threshermen gathered in the Gettysburg courthouse on Saturday at the call of food administrator Markley. A five member committee including L. A. Collins H. B. Slonaker James Kimple Jacob Manges and Wesley Wolf will inspect threshing rigs review cleanup practices and report failures to maximize grain yield and halt use of inefficient rigs until repairs are made.
At a Friday special meeting the Gettysburg town council defeated the pig ordinance 4 to 4 then passed it unanimously. The move returns health matters to the town board after a year under State Department direction with bills around 1700 dollars.
News reports relay the sinking of an allied transport about 700 miles east of the Delaware capes on June 18. The U-boat fired nineteen shots, and three boats with about sixty seven crewmen are missing. The 148 aboard escaped in seven boats. eighty one rescued so far. Names of the ship and further details withheld by the navy.
The British transport Dwinsk, formerly the Russian steamship C. F. Tetgen of 8176 tons, is reported sunk by a German submarine. Built 1897 at Belfast, she carried passengers between New York and Archangel and later served as a troop transport under British control after Russia's collapse.
The House passed a 5.403 billion dollar fortifications bill without a record vote after five hours of debate. It proceeds to the Senate for consideration.
Seattle residents report six heavy sweaters donated to the Sedro-Woolley Red Cross were crafted at home. Mrs. S. D. Benson raised the sheep on her Siskiyou farm and, after dyeing the yarn gray and khaki with bark-based preparations, knit the garments herself.
Executor of Louisa Keffer's estate to sell by order of Adams County Orphans Court. Three adjoining tracts in McSherrystown with multiple dwellings described, frontages 35 45 and 24 feet, depths 16374 feet and 150 feet. Terms: 25 percent cash, balance due October 1 1915 with deed and possession. Auctioneer T K Wierman.
The York Daily and York Gazette merge into a single morning issue by Gazette Publishing Company due to staff and material shortages and gov ernment waste-reduction aims. Attorney William A Miller remains in critical condition after apoplexy at Spangler farm near Mt Royal. Edward W Shapely of Dillsburg New Era is declared bankrupt by the US Middle District Court at Scranton with liabilities of 11 168 49 and assets of 14 959.
New draft regulations emphasize total disability as the main exemption, with changes also affecting army recruits. Examiners are alerted to identify camouflaged disabilities in registrants. The Western Maryland Railway ends through passenger service between Baltimore and Pittsburgh due to freight traffic needs.
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