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Newspaper

New Oxford Item

Location

New Oxford, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Date

Sep 12, 1916

Page

1

Local residents host, visit across Adams and York counties

A parade of visitors and travelers fills Adams and nearby towns as Mrs Mary Myers of Philadelphia visits Carlisle Street families. Relatives from Gettysburg McSherrystown Bonneauville York Springs and Chicago arrive for visits. Several locals depart for studies or business in Emmitsburg Harrisburg Philadelphia and Baltimore.

Mary Myers Philadelphia W. R. Snyder Carlisle Street Helen Barnitz Mary Snyder Anna Miller Gettysburg Fairie Straley McSherrystown Daniel Straley Crown Point Ind Catherine Straley Lincoln Way East Harry Melhorn Catherine Miller Bonneauville Joseph Felty Joseph W. Wierman Chicago York Springs H. H. Nell Anaconda Montana East Berlin Jasper Nace Edna Worley Near New Freedom EdwardDitenhofer Berlin Avenue Jacob Newhouse Glen Rock J. E. C. Miller West Harrisburg Clayton Fitzgerald Round Hill W. H. Emmett Center Square M.O. Wagner H. W. Swartz Nettie Swartz Baltimore New Oxford M. M. Bowser Eugene Herbert Marguerite Mary Bowser Manheim Bowser H. I Smith Charles Thomas Biglerville Thomas F. G. Hemler Daniel Shaw Mary Stine Edgar Wantz Howard Nora Myers York I. R. Chronister Green Ridge Sam’ J. Diehl J. R. Hartman Grace Hamilton Josiah Hartman J. McC. Gilbert Charles Trimmer West High Street George Munchel W. H. Carbaugh Berlin Junction Harry Fleshman Waynesboro Emory Becker Rebecca Miller Hanover John C. Meshman Charles C. Freed Hanover Street Rhoda Myers Ellwood San Diego Cal George Felty Qualityville Francis McDermitt Fairfield John F. Dillon Buchanan Valley Jacob Hulick Westminster

Hospital Patients Chronicle Local Surgeries and Recoveries

A roundup of residents from Gettysburg McSherrystown and nearby areas undergoing surgeries and treatments at Johns Hopkins West Side Sanatorium York and Frederick hospital. Notable cases include gall stones appendicitis tonsil removal cancer eye and a two week hospital stay for Rev Sternat. Many patients reported improving after operations or treatment.

George Florence Gettysburg Johns Hopkins Hospital Baltimore Henry Keagy McSherrystown West Side Sanatorium John Irvin St. Agnes Hospital Roy Smith Littlestown Frederick Hospital Mark Wolford Near Town York Wolford Edna Ackerman FC. Sternat Abbottstown York Hospital Luther Wertz Harry Wertz Fairfield Chambersburg Hospital Ethel Taughinbaugh W. D. Taughinbaugh Hunterstown

Local residents report illnesses in several towns

The Sick. G B Nace of Hincover is seriously ill. L E Lawrence of MecSherrystown fell ill at work and was taken home to Irishtown. he returned to work the next week. Frank Busbey of McSherrystown improves from appendicitis. Dr Y H Lilly of McSherrystown recovers from lumbago. Nora Bubb of East Berlin convalesces and returns to Bell Telephone duty. John Kittinger Jr of Fairfield has typhoid fever.

G. B. Nace Hincover L. E. Lawrence McSherrystown Nora Bubb East Berlin Bell Telephone Exchange John Kittinger Fairfield

Pay What You Owe Us

Publisher appeals for prompt renewals as costs rise due to war conditions. Ink, type and materials have surged, doubling paper price since April, prompting a plea for subscribers to sustain the paper at its former rate.

Wheel Passes Over Head In Street Wagon Accident

A wagon led by Emory Smith with Leroy Rife as contractor injured Bernard Weaver when a 5 year old boy clung to the rear wheel. The wheel allegedly passed over his head as he tried to alight. The boy sustained scalp and ear cuts but recovered after treatment by a local surgeon.

Emory Smith Leo I. Smith Pleasant Street Leroy Rife Near Town Bernard Bernard G.weaver Smith

New Oxford Council Grants Cannon Display in Circle

The New Oxford Town Council approved a resolution allowing Theo Pfeiffer Camp No. 60 Sons of Veterans to place two cannons in the Circle in the Square. One cannon will be on the East side and the other on the West side of the Circle.

New Oxford

Hand Injury At Berlin Street Cleane r Shop

Peter Laughman employed by Clarence Ruff at Berlin street injured while feeding a broom corn cleaner his right hand caught by the machine teeth tearing the back to the bone requiring local surgeon care.

Peter Laughman Clarence Ruff Berlin Street

Portrait of a busy York week with accidents and notices

A York area page reports a balcony accident injuring three youths including 8 year old Roger Ackworth, plus various local events. Gettysburg school board advances plans for a $65 000 high school bond, a runaway wagon harms two horses, and Emancipation Day crowds pass through New Oxford without incident.

Gettysburg John Valentine Union Township Valentine G. I’eckenrode MecSherrystown Baltimore New Oxford B. T. Schriver Littlestown Gertrude Slonaker Phares Hershey York Miss Slonaker Frank Slonaker Hershey Gettysburg College Constable Sharretts Cumberland Township Justice Hill

Mrs Emma Robinson Dies After Illness at York Sanatorium

Mrs Emma Robinson wife of James R Robinson of Orange street died Wednesday at 5 15 AM in the West Side sanatorium York after a surgical procedure for internal trouble. She would have turned 50 Sunday and is survived by her husband four children sister and brother. Funeral Friday at 9 AM High Mass of Requiem at the Church of the Immaculate Conception and burial in Catholic cemetery with Rev Dr Mark Stock officiating.

Ing George Osborne Bernard G. Weaver Pleasant Street Halifax Charles Spangler Harrisburg New Oxford Fabian Fink East High Street T. E. Warner Hanover Street William Shank Geo. Trimmer New Chester Taneytown Dinst Franklin Dinst Esther Haverstick Aspers Station Ralph Miller Lincoln Way Lemmert Leatherman Elizabeth Hershey Biglerville C. E. McGrail West High Street Emma Sadie Klunk Bryan Albert Weaver Mcsherrystown Maude Deal Blacksburg S. C Anna Miller Gettysburg Mary Snyder Carlisle Street Elizabeth Bream West Emma Robinson James R. Robinson Orange Street West Side York Robinson A. G. Lau Midway James Bernard John Joseph J. B. Weaver South Peters Street Geo. H. Lau Church of the Immaculate Conception Mark Stock

Gash Cut In Face and World War Front News

Ralph Kling sustains a deep facial gash after a fall while climbing a tree near New Oxford pouring mill. In Europe, two German attempts to recapture Ginchy failed as British and Irish forces stormed the village amid continuous artillery and gas shelling, securing positions north of Ginchy with heavy fighting through the night.

Ralph Kling Wm. H. Kling New Oxford Somme Serny Chaulnes Ginchy Thiepval

Walter pleads guilty in DUI case with suspended sentence

In Shippensburg a court session crown John F. Walter pled guilty to operating a motor vehicle under liquor influence. He faced suspended sentence with warning to avoid further offenses and paid court costs. Local storm damage, bakery price hikes, a blooming locust tree, a birth, and a $15 prize check to Hanover Fire Co. all appear in town notes.

John F. Walter Shippensburg New Oxford McSherrystown Hanover Wills Farm Mummasburg Road Chester Shank Starrytown

British Drive on Bulgars Thrust Across Struma River Front

British troops in Greek Macedonia crossed the Struma under fire and gained a foothold on the eastern bank about forty miles northeast of Salonika. They attacked Nevolyen and Karabjabes and drove Bulgarians from four villages near Tahinos Lake, repelling counterattacks as Serbian and French forces push along with the British toward the Bulgarian border. Russian and Romanian forces are reported moving to meet Bulgarian and Turkish advances near Varna and Silistria with Dobritch recaptured to shore up defenses.

Greek Macedonia Paris War Office Struma Salonika Nevolyen Karabjabes Lake Tahinos London War Office Seres Tahinos Lake Lake Ostrovo Vardar Doiran Rumania Silstria Varna Black Sea Sitistia Yanube Tustukai Teuton Bucharest Zurich Silistria Dobrudja Dobritch

German Offensives Repulsed on Somme Front Despite Burning Attacks

The Paris war office reports five German drives against French and two against British positions were repulsed with heavy losses. German forces used burning fuel during attacks along the Somme front as renewed fighting continued.

Somme Paris War Office

Maine Republicans Sweep Statewide Elections

Republicans won the governorship and all major offices in Maine by large margins. Carl E. Milliken defeated Governor Curtis, Frederick Hale ousted Charles F. Johnson, and Fox-Fernald won the vacant Senate seat. Three of four Congressmen secured, with a likely second district victory for Republican White over Democrat McGillicuddy, and the new legislature is Republican.

Maine Hughes Curtis Carl E. Milliken Senate Haines Gardner Frederick Hale

Murdered man found near Pottsville on mountain road

The body of William Paul of Kaska near Pottsville Pa was found at the foot of the mountain with a bullet wound in the arm and another in the temple. Pockets turned inside out suggested robbery and murder. He had visited Mrs Julia Carrol in Pottsville then took a trolley home twelve miles away.

Pottsville William Paul Kaska Julia Carrol Kasha

President Wilson Visits Ill Sister in New London

President Woodrow Wilson arrived in New London Connecticut after a swift trip from Long Branch to see his sister Mrs A F E Howe who is dying. She is reported to be suffering from peritonitis and complications and grew weaker after a comfortable night per Dr H M Jee. Wilson traveled by private car to New York and then by train with Mrs Wilson joining him.

President Wilson New London Conn Long Branch A. FE. Howe

Cobu Held by British Destroyer Off Corregidor

Captain of the inter island steamship Cobu reports at Manila that a British destroyer stopped his ship at 2.30 on Monday morning under the guns of the Corregidor forts two miles offshore. He notes the British patrol in nearby waters remains active.

Manila Cobu

Perth Amboy Pier Fire Destroys Large Section

A blaze destroyed more than half of an 800 foot pier at Perth Amboy New Jersey. Sixteen cars loaded with ties and clay at a Lehigh Valley railroad terminal burned along with the pier area. Loss was estimated around 100000 dollars.

Perth Amboy Lehigh Valley Railroad N. J

Cigar Store in Bethlehem Robbed Again

Thieves ransacked James H. Brel nig's Bethlehem cigar shop for the second time in months. They looted around $100 worth of goods including 2600 cigars, 2600 cigarettes, and candy.

James H. Brelnig Bethlehem

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