New Oxford items list mail, sales, and local notices
Local notices cover postal terms for the New Oxford area, filling station and shop changes, farm and town updates, festival plans, road incidents, and community announcements. Names include McSherrystown, York Springs, Abbottstown, Littlestown, Hanover, Gettysburg, and Carlisle with dates and events through June and July.
Littlestown Area News Ties Community to Summer Plans
Local notes report Miss Lydian Rebert of Cleveland visiting her mother in Littlestown while Dr. and Mrs. Warren Ramsey of Atlantic City arrive to spend summer with their daughter Mrs. Warren R. Jones. Various local residents change jobs, attend events, and participate in civic activities across Hanover, Gettysburg, and surrounding towns.
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Lydian Rebert
Cleveland
Ohio
SH. Rebert
Littlestown
Staven Krichten
Gladys Krichten
William Krichten
MceSherrystown
Warren Ramsey
Atlantic City
Warren R. Jones
Alvin J. Groft
John R. Snyder
Charles Doersom
Gettysburg
Helen Strain
Wilmington
Del
Verdie Strain
John W. Young
Hanover
Hayles
Minneapoli
Minn
Ralph Ha
Butler
Cott “Yate
Cemeery
de Venry
Sgammanne
Reformed Church
Associated Chapters
Order of DeMolay
Pennsylvania
Phildelphia
Albert Rohrbaugh
Stich
Phyician
Metropolitan Idison Company
Bessie Tirk
York
Emmanuel Reformed Church
Henry J. Sthr
Pasper
Thornton Ss. Wilcox
Strand Theatre
Baltimore
Wilcox
York Hospital
Daniel G. Frey
Hallam
Joater
David M. Mehring
P. RR. Co
Kingsdale Station
Carroll County
Mehring
Forsythe
Warner Hospital Board of Directors
I. J. Farrell
Herbert Gingle
Zora
William V. Sneeringer
Steacy
Wilton
Bittingers
Agite Corporation
Philadelphia
State Highway Department
Franklin Menges
York-Adams
Hoover
New Federal Farm Board
Washington State
David A. Reed
Menges
House Agricultural Committee
House
Pennsylvania Water and Power Company
Delta
John Wilson
Wilson
Hoffman Orphanage
the Reformed Church
Norway Bride in National Dress Leads Norwegian Wedding Pageant
In Norway a bridal procession moves to the village church with guests in painted wagons and ponies. The bride wears a crown, a richly embroidered national costume, delicate drawn thread work, and heirloom filigree jewelry. The groom is modestly dressed, and the bride’s splendor outshines him.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norway
Karin Lilia Whyte
London Daily Chronicle
American Influence Spreads Worldwide Through American Goods and Culture
The article argues that global adoption of American labor saving devices, movies, education, right hand traffic, and office machines reflects a widespread Americanization. It notes the reach of chewing gum, American foods like griddle cakes, and the influence of American education abroad, with examples including Japan.
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Japan
May births and a future conqueror hidden in poetry
The passage reflects on May's gifts including a Dublin birth Milady of Mornington’s fourth son who becomes a conqueror of England. It notes the irony of a red faced infant later named by the queen, illustrating May’s secret potential and unpredictable gifts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ireland
Duke of Wellington
Milady
Mornington House
Dublin
Ingland
May
Ostend Manifesto A U S Plan To Seize Cuba
A 1854 dispatch from American ministers in London Paris and Madrid urged the United States to seize Cuba if Spain refused sale. It proposed offering Spain 120 million dollars and argued self preservation to prevent Africanization by force. Congress did not accept the recommendation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ostend
United States
Great Britain
France
Spain
Cuba
No Stop Sign Boy Defies Blocked House Rule
Three year old Little Charles visiting grandmother on English avenue ignores a stop sign on a house during a whooping cough quarantine. He tells his mother the sign is not on the back of the house, prompting a local note in Indianapolis News.
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Charles
English Avenue
Grandma's
iIndianapolis News
Black Monday Ledger Tells of Paris Siege in 1800 Chronicle
The chronicle recounts the original Black Monday on April 14, 1800 the day after Easter when King Edward VI and his army lay before Paris amid a bitter cold mist and hail causing many deaths on horseback, giving the name Black Monday to that date.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stow
Edward VI
Paris
Preschooler and Mother Pin Joke Goes Viral
Four and a half year old Bernice asks for a clothes pin from her mother. The mother corrects her, calling it a pin for mothers. Bernice replies with a pun about closing it, saying it “closes.” The exchange captures a playful parent child moment.
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Bernice
Mother
Baseball Showdown at Griest's Park Fourth of July
The Adame County All-Stars of Bonneauville and Gulf Refining club of York join the Fourth of July program at Griest's park York Springs with a major baseball attraction and a strong racing card. The Rev Murray I Ness pastor of Zion Reformed Arendtsville and Trinity Benders at Biglerville has been a patient at West Side sanitorium Nelson Guise York Springs has reached a Wrymouth couch.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Adame County All-Stars
Bonneauville
Gulf Refining Club
York
Griest’s Park
Y. Springs
Murray I. Ness
Zion Reformed Church
Arendtville
Trinity-Bender’s Reformed
Biglerville
West Side
Nelson Guise
York Springs
Rarchard
Community Notes From Heidlersburg Area This Week
Sunday visits abound as families from Heidlersburg Abbottstown and nearby towns gather with relatives. Births, moves, travel to Baltimore and Trenton appear among social mentions and a local Sunday School at St Johns Reform.
Local Hospital Roundup Of Surgeries And Admissions
Mervin Roland returns home from Hanover hospital after appendicitis surgery. Charles Cluck sustains a severe head injury from a wagon fall and is listed in good condition at Warner hospital. Week-end admissions include Lloyd Shuey and Fannie Troxell. discharges include Merle Blocher and Laura Robinson. Betty Diehl and Earl Diehl undergo tonsil removal at Hanover hospital. Elmer Wisler receives a second skin graft at Warner hospital after severe burns.
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Mervin Roland
Lincolnway
Hanover Hospital
Charles Cluck
Gettysburg
Warner Hospital
Lloyd Shuey
Littlestown
Merle Blocher
A. Karst
Forest Park
Hanover
Hanover ,Hospital
John Shetter
Charles Ecker
Edgar Aulthouse
Fannie Troxell
Laura Robinson
Glenn Slaybaugh
R. D
Betty
Earl Diehl
Charles Philips
East Berlin
Lucian James
West Side
York
Births in Hanover and Lincoln Heights Families
Mr and Mrs W H Clark of Lincoln Heights welcome a daughter born Tuesday. Mr and Mrs Walter Thomas of Littlestown announce a son weighing 12 pounds. Eleanor Jane born to Mr and Mrs R Scholl of Hanover on June 23, weighing 6 pounds 4 ounces. Donald Francis born to Mr and Mrs Francis G Yealy of Hanover, with Mrs Yealy formerly Kathaleen Funk. Elizabeth L born to Mr and Mrs Clarence A Arter of Hanover. Elizabeth Ann born to Mr and Mrs John D Lippy Jr of Washington in Columbia Hospital. John E born to Mr and Mrs John M Hotz of Hanover. A daughter born to Mr and Mrs Clyde B E Gouker of Hanover. A daughter born to Mr and Mrs Herbert H Crouse of Hanover. A son born to Mr and Mrs Guy Coulson of Hanover.
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Hershey
York Springs
Earl McCanns
Rock Chapel
Coney Island
Kohr
Clayton Fitzgerald
Carlisle
George O. Trostle
Latimore
John Gineck
Kansas
Glenn Bushey
Fallsington
Ladies Aid Society
Idaville Lutheran ‘Church
Glenn Shriver
Washington, D. C
Schottie
Edward Kellenberger
Abbottst
Cyrus Myers
Paradise Township
Reuben Slothour
Hamilton Township
Elsie Schildt
Panama City Hospital
Panama
Clear Dale
Beatrice Foster
Yohe
Howard Shinn
Nevin
Acenbaugh
Brushtown
Justice of the Peace
Neil W. Gibson
Gettsburg
Shinn
Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture
Adams County
Pennsylvania
Lancaster County
York
Missionary Society of St. Paul's Lutheran Church
McSherrystown
Hotel Greeters of America
Detroit
Scharf
Wolfe-Harner
Forest Park
Hanover
Emanuel Harner
Myers
Carroll County
Joseph A. Wolfe
Littlestown
Kiansmue
Kagner, Jr
Jancytown
Albert S Wolfe
Littlestown Rl
Walter Wolfe
Norman J King
Edith M. Weikert
Wolfe
Malcolm Messinger
Harner
Stephen G. Smith
Herbert P. Jiemler
Midway
Smith
Gettysburg
C W. Achenbach
Motor Patrol
Hemler
Gettysburg-Hanover Road
Roy
Foulk
Guy Tanger
Aspérs
Wolf
Sisters
St. Aloysius
Hanover K. of
P. Bred
Kinkora Heights
Perry County
Elsie Appler
Geo. D. Little
Guy Funt
Harrisburg
Grover Mays
Pennington
N. J
Elmer Duttera
William Emlet
Aaron W. Kinneman
Raymond
Nevin Hoke
Reading
Wyomising
North Carolina
G. A
Wedsiscay
Philadelphia
Hazleton
The
Sunshine
St Paul's Lutheran Sunday School
McSherry
Town
Walter Gass
Arentz
Mummert's Grove
Bernice Strausbaugh
Gettys- Due
Drexel Institute
Malls
Wiliam S. Duttera
Victor Dutters
Sechnectady
N. Y
G. :Ral Electric Company
Dutters
Gettysburg College
Upton S. Thomas
C. G. Taughinbaugh
Register and Recorder
E. C. Thomas
Weikert
Arendtsville Union Park
W. P. Weikert
McKnightstown
Edward L. Weikert, Jr
Lischey
J. N. Faust
Faust
Emanuel
Hoffman Orphans Home
John Freet
William Myers
New York City
Camden
Warren “Ithdty
Mount St. Mary's College
Frederick
Hunber
Wells
Associated Outdoor Advertisers of
Gettysburg Auditorium
Wiliam Lauber
Altland
Abbottstown
W. H. Clark
Lincoln Heights
Walter Thomas
R. Scholl
Eleanor Jane
Francis G. Yealy
Donald Francis
State awards 80 scholarships to Pennsylvania high school grads
The state department of public instruction announced 80 scholarships Tuesday. Each prize is 100 dollars yearly for four years to help cover college costs. Among the winners is Emory P. Weaver, son of Mr and Mrs Shos O Weaver of Littlestown.
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State Department of Public Instructions
Pennsylvania
Emory P. Weaver
Shos. O. Weaver
Littlestowy
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Avtfal
John
Kenneth Benner
White Church
George Hughes
George Barbehenn
Orrtanna
Lawrence Staley
Springfield
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Lorin Partner
Getysburg
Reading Railroad
Ralph
Vesta Golden
Bureau of Motor Vehicles
James JT. Kirby
Littletown
Farmers State Bank of Hanover
Doandld Po NePherson
Harvard Law School
Ad Mre. McPherson
Gettsovurs
Allan Fisher
Gettssburg
Fidelity Life Iuwsance Company
Boots Eat
Nathaniel Jr
di. Oon
Clinton Stine
Secutor
James B. Aumen
Order of Eagles
Meadville
Carrie 3. Weillert
Mindell
Glenn
I. Stallsmith
Covington
Elizabeth Horn
Helet
Stallsmith
Anna Belle Greenaway
Ocean City
Fast Berlin
Spring Grove
Red Men‘ Hall
York County
Romanus Lingg
Cavanaugh
Shealer
Lingg
Samuel Weikert
D. M. James
Bureau of Markets
State Department of Agriculture
James
Center Square
Charles Sell
Jacob H.zartman
Zartmaan
Sell
Jacob Gettys
Dover
Milton
Milton Gettys
E. O. Boring
William Gettys
Naomi Everhart
Albert Bremnan
Trema Gettys
Mary Gettys
Annie
Goldie Everhart
Ruth Boring
Beatrice Denha
Emma Beard
Charlotte
Murs
Samuel Davis
Mary Gardner
Mary Klinehinst
Rebecca Paxton
Mildred Chronister
Syuth
Ruby Leer
Geneva Wisner
Doroth Gelest
Edna and
Beatrice Carr
Ye Pu Leer
Samuer
America
Great Soldier
New Chester
Heidlersburg
H. R. Haverstick
Mildred
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John C. Brame
Wanda Null
J. D. Gochenour
Tockchanel Ig
C.H. Bosserman
Swigley Farm
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Leroy Rogers
Lloyd Ecker
M. F. Slaybaugh
Roy Licholtz
Chestnut Hill
Zula Eicholtz Groscost
Mary Fidler
Franklin Millar
John Hoffman
Dillsburg
Charles Kennedy
Earl Kennedy
Five Points
Pine Grove
Juatimore
Wade Mann
Catherine Cashman
Chester Leaf
Trenton
St. John’s Reformed Church
John Shanebrook
Mark
Naomi Melhorn
Elsie Young
C. EH. Winand
Percy L. Laughman
Edith M. Brown
Clinton M. Crabbs
Vesta L. Fridinger
Manchester
Lydia K. Witmer
Alice Witmer
Frederick W. Ruisill
David Rudisill
Trinitye Reformed Chapel
John F. Miller
Carlisle Street
A. G. Cashman
Hanover Street
C. H. Robinson
Sponseller's Cabinet Shop
Harry S. Weikert
Juni Oinway
H. J. March
Chrysler
Nash
Oakland
Buick
Good Brothers Motor Co
Frederick St
Delco
Jos
A. Brenner
York Street
Lincoln Highway
H. W. Hufnagle
Quarryville
86Th St
Ozone Park
A. Raymond Geisler
W. New Oxford
Michael Livingston
Lincolnway, W
C. E. Pearson
Lincolnway, E
Geo. W. Deatrick
E. High Street
Berlin Avenue
Brame & Milhimes
Bell
C. V
Altland House
Abbottstown, Pa
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