Town and Country Inscriptions and local notices mix
A jumble of short items from Abbottstown and surrounding towns notes inscriptions on tombstones, school term cut to seven months, a wild cat sighting near Faiufelé, new subscribers, mercantile license deadlines, railroad mentions, marriages, local ads, accidents, and farm news with names like Decker Kaiser Gardner Trostle Kobler and Weaver.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. A. Decker
Eichelberger’s Mill
Abbottstown
Faiufelé
Miss Marzie Gitt Seeks Salary From Hanover Board
Miss Marzie Gitt of New Oxford presents a bill of 342 dollars to the Hanover School Board claiming lost pay after she was barred from teaching the High School in 1900. She was elected as assistant teacher but the Commercial Department was not created and her position was later deemed illegal. Her attorneys seek payment for 86 months at varying rates. the Board refused.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marzie Gitt
New Oxford
Hanover School Board
Miss Gitt
Young
Herald
Western Maryland Railroad Introduces Through Coach 23 Service
Under the new schedule, through coach 23 will run between points on the Baltimore & Harrisburg Division and the Baltimore & Cumberland Valley Railroad, saving passengers the need to transfer at junctions. Full particulars available from local ticket agent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Western Maryland Railroad
Baltamore & Harrisburg
Baltimore & Cumberland Valley Railroad
Deaths in County: Mikesell and McBeth Obituaries
Mrs. Polly Mikesell widow of Henry Mikesell died Friday night at her daughter's home near Bart's church aged about 83. She leaves five children. Mrs Anna Mary McBeth of Mt Tabor died at Johns Hopkins Hospital Baltimore last Thursday morning after six months of throat and lung troubles aged 30 years three months nine days. She is survived by her husband and three small children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Polly Mikesell
Henry Mikesell
Edward Waltersdorff
Bart’s Church
This County
Anna Mary
Charles R McBeth
Mt. Tabor
Johns Hopkins Hospital
Baltimore
Social notes of local residents visitings and travels
A stream of visits and short trips fills the week as Prof. Daniel Reif and family, WA Bollinger and relatives, and many neighbors spend time in Philadelphia, Hanover, and nearby towns. Readers note excursions to Chicago, Buffalo Exposition, Niagara Falls, and the Whiskey Spring trip, with several staying to visit parents, friends, and relatives across streets and towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Daniel Reif
Philadelphia
J. Irwin
WA. Bollinger
Andadlies Hattie Buckminster
Hanover
James Robinson
James Smith
Near Town
Emmitsburg
RK. M. Straley
Beulah
Walter Winand
Bermudian
CG. A. Casuman
Jobe
Daisy
Pitt Street
Herrisburg
Steelton
York
H. D. Becker
Gilbert
Z. McA. Gilbert
Center Square
E. A. Smith
Irene
Oxden
Utah
Chicago
Buffalo Exposition
Niagara Falls
Fritz
New Oxford
F. C. Bond
High Street
Union Bridge
Shl
Eugene F. Myers
Brooklyn
J. E. Myers
Br. A. & Feiser
Dillsburg
Bert
Myrtie E. Furman
Svwarthmore College
Himes
C. H. Robinson
Annie
Hanover Street
Jacob Weller
Charles
Ethel Thomas
A. W. Himes
Mary Schnell
Baltimore
Adam Foutz
Frank Stallsmith
Gettysburg
GA. Klirgels
Barney Miller
W. F
Sudden Death Near Gettysburg Claims Civil War Veteran
Timothy F Kay and Jacob B Routsong, residents of Bendersville, drove to Gettysburg for banking business. In the afternoon they began their return, and near the Cobean farm tenanted by Harvey Miller two miles from Gettysburg, Mr Day suddenly fell forward in the buggy. He was about 36 years old and left a widow and six children. He was a Civil War veteran.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Timothy F. Kay
Jacob B. Routsong
Bendersville
Gettysberg
Cobean Farm
Harvey Miller
Gettysburg
Day
Rural Postal Convenience Starts July 4 Free Delivery on Routes
Beginning next Monday July 4 rural residents on country mail routes may receive mail delivery at no charge. A 1 percent fee covers erecting boxes. Carriers deliver to homes at least 80 yards from a post office, may receive mail but need not collect from boxes. Boxes must be reachable from the vehicle. service is free. Calbert Albright, 18, of Carlisle, drowned after a boat accident at Pittsburg.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Calbert Albright
Carlisle
Pittsburg
Tisaredar
Electric railways proliferate with new charters and lines
A Baltimore Sun dispatch from Westminster reports on May 21 the chartering of the Baltimore Westminster and Gettysburg Railroad Company to build an electric line across Carroll Howard Montgomery Frederick and Baltimore counties. The $750000 capital aims to connect Reisterstown Hampstead Manchester Hanover and extend to Gettysburg while branching to Washington DC and Harrisburg area towns. A York dispatch notes a new trolley line proposal including Hanover Littlestown New Oxford and East Berlin as part of an extension plan linked to the Baltimore Westminster and Gettysburg Railway Co. The proposed routes weave along turnpikes and township borders up to New Oxford and East Berlin with multiple county intersections.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bee Hive
Berlin
Hanover
Samuel Eobler
Myers’ Mill
Reading
G. W. Weaver & Son
Gettysburg
G B. Nace & Son
Long
New Oxford
Edward A. Trostle
Straban Township
L Kate Clapsaddle
Mountjoy Township
Philadelphia
William Patterson
Bethany Presbyterian Church
Wrater Maanura deRixe Co
Henry Ferry
Union Township
Baltimore Sun
Westminster
Baltimore
Washington, D.C
Chambersburg
Shippensburg
Carlisle
Mechanicsburg
Harrisburg
Dillsburg
York Springs
Hempton
East Berlin
Abbottstown
York
Littlestown
Baltimore, Westminster and Gettysburg Railway Co
A. Sweigert
T. F. Durhnor
Ofice
Recorder
Bowman
Harrisburg and
Adams County
Oxford
Berwick Townships
Hamilton Township
Tramilton Township
Church Notices and Sunday Services Across Local Parishes
Multiple churches announce services next Sunday with times for worship Sunday School and evening events. First Evangelical Lutheran lists 10 am service and Sunday School. YPLS and Junior C E follow. St Paul’s Reform ed and M E church schedule morning and evening services with pastors named. Catholic Mass at 9 30 am and vespers at 7 pm noted, along with Sodality and sermon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First Evangelical Lutheran Church
C. E
Ferpixn
Hesse
St. Paul's Reformed Church
C. E. Society
Pryor
P. E. Heimer
Sodality
L. Acerstcus Recprex
M. E
Epworth Leas
Vaceun T. Rus
Marriages in Cumberland and York Springs areas
Married notices record two ceremonies. On June 23 at Blt Joy parsonage Rev W G Minnich united Geo P Black and Verna A Weikert of Cumberland township. Earlier, June 16 at York Springs Rev H F Cares joined George W Gable of Hampton and Sarah F Black of Wenksville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Blt
Joy Parsonage
W. G. Minnich
Geo. P. Black
Verna A. Weikert
Camberland Township
York Springs
H. F. Cares
George W. Gable
Hampton
Sarah F. Black
Wenksville
Obituaries From Hamiltonian Township and York Area
Death notices report William Plank aged 89 at his daughter Mrs. John Singerly's home in Hamiltonian township on June 2. George D Brown aged 65 near East Berlin on June 17. Lillian Money formerly of Gettysburg died in York aged 24 years 11 months and 11 days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hamiltonian
John Singerly
William Plank
East Berlin
George D. Brown
York
Lillian Money
Gettysburg
Also Mentioned on This Page
Town and Country
Penrose Myers
John Weaver
Pure Weaver Massesctemc Co
CG. H. Kaiser
Mt. Hope
Chester Hospital School
Jennie Wade
Women's Relief Corps
Baltimore, Westminster
Troley Road
Boston
Dr. King
Jeandice
Randolph Wehler
Louisa Duncan
Abdiel &. Wentz, Jr
Lineboro
Muhlenberg
Gettysburg College
George Clive
Gardner's Station
Tan
Manvuraetugine Co
Spring Grove
Henry Kobler
Fannie
Mary Metzger
New York City
Bayan
Bessie. Gatt
Atlantic City
N. d
Elmer Witt
J. A. Witt
Latmore Township
Kansas
Lewis Jacobe
Cousty
The
Tanners & Dyers Extract Company
Charlestown
New Ghester
Henry Deardorff
Arendtsville
Hanson W. Taylor
C. H.richter
Berwick Township
Daab & Smead Publishing Company
P.M. Smith
Mt. Rock
S. L. Johns
Lancaster
People’s Bank
Jobe L. Earnst
Lottie Schuot
Midway
St. Mary's Church
McSherrystown
Father Murphy
Tur Wearse Manceaceunine Co
Michael Myers
J. H. Dahlheimer
C. E. Ebrebart
Barnitz
Carlisle Pike
Berwick
Conewago Chapel
G. FP. MM. Smith
J. M. Martin
Irishtown
Cadorus Creek
John Harbold
Joseph Sheets
Wiest’s Mill
Carroll County
Chas. E. Myers
N. x
F. Myers
Bass
Verces, Ac
H.cashman
Timothy Weed
Timothy
Scott
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Browne, Hemits Werk
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