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Wonderful six acre corn crop reported in Berwick township
George Koehler farms six acres in Berwick township with a Lancaster Sure Crop variety whose ears reach 13 inches. The item notes local farm yields and other small town news from York Springs and Abbottstown areas.
Abbottstown area notes festival to fund school Victrola
A Conewago teacher hosts a school festival to raise money for a Victrola. Abbottstown Lutheran Ladies Aid met at Bentzel Eyster home. Harvest Home services planned at Abbottstown church. Elizabeth Wolf of York Springs enrolled for past graduate work at Elizabeth College. Land sale transfers to Mrs. Sarah Little in Mt Pleasant. Early 20th century community events and realty transfers noted across the region.
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Beatrice Wolf
Conewago School
Mt. Pléaggant
Ladies Aid Society
Abbottstown
William Little
Mt. Pleasant Township
Sarah A. Little
3. W. Topper & Company
Mazzie C
R. L. Weaver
Dillsburg
William
F. M
Galen Hall
Wernersville
Anna Marshall
Regina Bunty
T. C. Bunty
McSherrystown
Philadelphia
Order of the Sisters of St. Joseph
Chestnut Hill
G. Nevin Rebert
Hood Cllege
Frederick
S. H. Rebert
Littlestown
University of Chicago
Roy D. Renner
Littletsown
John Kinsey
Germantown
John Frech
Bakery
Reily
Hanover
Shippensburg
Esther Bigham
Biglerville
College of Music
Oberlin
Ohio
Margaret and
Maybelle Lady
West Chester
Bruce Naugle
York Springs
Gettysburg College
George Spangler
C. L. Spangler
Washington, D. C
Bigterville
Elijah Boyd
Farmers Association
Hershey
Centre Mills Community Association
Pensyl’s Grove
C. J. Rausher
Farm Bureau
J. A. Kreps
Pennsylvania Farm Federation
Chester S. Roseman
Red Lion
Gettysburg
Troopers nab alleged woman liquor suspect
State troopers arrested Mrs. H. C. Cullison and her husband after raids at their home on Monday night. Disguised officers seized a dish pan of alleged moonshine and an aluminum teapot as evidence. Both were released on $1,000 bail for a November grand jury action.
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H. C. Cullison
Frutchey
Freudenberger
Two Struck by Autos Near New Oxford
E B Swope a Fairfield resident was knocked down and injured when a Maryland car hit him east of New Oxford Sunday evening. He and his son James were returning from York during heavy rain. The driver John M Martin halted and aided Swope to a doctor and then the Warner hospital. Swope suffered head and facial lacerations and body bruises. Mrs E D Asper and her daughter were struck from behind on the Gettysburg Harrisburg road. Mrs Asper suffered head and facial lacerations and body bruises but was not seriously hurt.
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E. B. Swope
Fairfield
New Oxford
Warner Hospital
Tragic Susquehanna drowning kills picnic party
A Sunday river outing ended when an overloaded row boat capsized in four foot waves between Battery and Shelly's Islands near Cly York County. Four drowned including 31 year old Mrs Harry Himes and three relatives. two children survived.
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Susquehanna River
Battery
Shelly’s Islands
Cly
York County
Harry Himes
Russell
Delma
Joseph W. Rockey
Lewisberry
George C. Stoner
Preston Himes
Farm Hand GouldKilled in Union Bridge Robbery
William Gould farmhand at William Hesson’s Windsor area operation was found dead in a Union Bridge lumber yard stall after an assault and robbery. An autopsy cited fatal head injuries. about 50 dollars was reportedly on him. A Black man who accompanied Gould in Union Bridge was questioned and detained as the investigation continues. Gould had only recently arrived to work.
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William Gould
William Hesson
Windsor
Union Bridge
Brown
Carroll County
Gould
Hesson Farm
Sure Foot Heel and Rubber Co Receiver Moves to Sell
Roy P. Funkhouser, the temporary receiver, shown a profit of over 400 in two weeks as the plant runs daily with strong demand. Directors urged selling assets as a going concern and Judge McPherson ordered Funkhouser made permanent receiver with 60 days to dispose of Gettysburg holdings. Attorney J. L. Williams to seek court sale order September 21.
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Sure Foot Heel and Rubber Company
Roy P. Funkhouser
Judge McPherson
S. F. Snyder
E. M. Bender
Gettysburg
E. O. Cash
A. L Aldinger
Westminster
Ant
Funkhouser
McPherson
Sure Foot Heel & Rubber Company
J. L. Williams
Biglerville Schools Open With Record 265 Pupils
Biglerville launches the new term with 265 students the largest in school history. One third of the high school enrollment is 131, an increase of 13 from last year. To handle the crowd two class divisions will occur and staff changes include Charles Yost replacing Reida Longanecker and Miss Alice App replacing Eva D. Bowers. Miss App, a Susquehanna University graduate, teaches Latin and French. There are 31 beginners, the largest in years.
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Biglerville
Charles Yost
Carlisle
Albright College
Reida Longanecker
Alice App
Williamsburg High School
Eva D. Bowers
App
Susquehanna University
York Man Found Dead After Robbery at Cannery Shack
Joseph Groff was found dead Friday morning in a laborers shack at Wiley's Station after being robbed of 40 dollars at a drunken party on Thursday night. An autopsy cites acute alcoholism as the cause. George Spraul alias Charles Smith was jailed for investigation after failing to explain possession of Groff's money and showing intoxication. A quantity of fermenting wine was found in the shack.
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Joseph Groff
Archer's Cannery
Wiley’s Station
George Spraul
Charles Smith
York
White
Spraul
Mark Family Relocates From Liglerville to Pennville
H. A. Mark and his family moved on Wednesday from near Liglerville to Pennville, seeking new residence and community.
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H. A. Mark
Liglerville
Pennville
Marriages listed in several Pennsylvania communities
Multiple short notices announce weddings in Charleston South Carolina Gettysburg Littlestown Hanover and surrounding towns. Couples include Eva Snyder and Howard Reid Huff Mildred Rider and Edward Bixler Jr Ruth Bender and Luther Fisher Edna Kuhn and Owen Mickley Esther Newman and Paul Bowers Mary Rhodes John Irving Lloyd Wisler and Mary Keithan Marie Redding and Jacob Small.
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Eva Snyder
J. J. Snyder
Snyder
Charleston
S. C
New Oxford
Howard Reid Huff
Mildred Rider
Sylvester Rider
McSherrystown
Edward Bixler, Jr
Pleasant Hill
Westminster
Ruth B. Bender
Harry B. Bender
Gettysburg
Luther S. Fisher
Waynesboro
Fisher
Jefferson Hospital
Philadelphia
Ralph Stahley
Littlestown
Goldie Sherman
Alverta Sherman
York
J. J. Hummer
Grace Lutheran Church
Hamp
Owen C. Mickley
Robert Mickley
Edna S. Kuhn
John F. Kuhn
St. Rose's Church
Fr. Howard
Gettysburg High School
State Highway Department
George W. Bowers
Mary C. Rhodes
John E.rhodes
John F. Irving
James H. Irving
Hanover
St. Joseph's Church
Raymond I. Joyce
Lloyd Wisler
James Wisler
Mary Keithan
Shenandoah
St. Francis Xavier Church
Marie A. Redding
Vincent Redding
Jacob A. Small
Francis X. Small
Greenmount
Multiple Real Estate and Goods Offered for Sale in New Oxford Area
Classified notices list farms, vehicles, livestock, household items, and a treasure of opportunities in New Oxford and surrounding towns. Items include 19 acre farm near New Oxford, 12 acre Hanover area farms, 25 pigeons, a York drill, multiple Buicks and Fords, a coal stove, jewelry, and lost and found notices with rewards.
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New Oxford
J. A. Melhorn
W. High St
Wanted 1000 Chickens for Dinners and Waffles Alabama
Wanted 1000 chickens for dinners and waffles. Contact S l tf at Altland House Abbottstown PA by mail or phone.
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Altland Housep
Abbottstown, Pa
Private sale of two story house in New Oxford borough
A two story frame house with joists on one side is offered for private sale in the borough of New Oxford. For particulars call at this office. Dated September 16, 1931.
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New Oxford
Deaths and notices from New Oxford area obituaries
A batch of obituary notices reports deaths in the region including Mrs. Sarah Wolf of New Oxford aged 63 years, due to intestinal cancer, with survivors in several states. Additional deaths include Frank Tudor, William F. Bream, Louisa Greenswoltz, Goldie Erb, William E. Wilhelm, Mrs. Sarah Mickley, John J. Thomson, Josephine Kate, Prof. Albert T. Clay, Mary Carter, and William W. Ketermant, listing ages, kin, and burial details.
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Sarah Wolf
Sylvester J. Wolf
New Oxford
Lincolnway East
Cateer
Hazleton
Randolph W. Wolf
Washington
D. C
Emma Dobbs
Hanover
J. Mil~ton Wehler
Samueck Wehler
Chas. KB. Wehler
Baltimore
Randolph Wehler
Westminster
Charles Randolph Wolf
John Stock
H. E. Lough
Frank Tudor
Sandusky
Ohio
York Springs
Tudor
William F. Bream
U. S. Klinefelter
Bigterville
Klinefelter
Harry E. Bream
Chambersbtore
Wilmer SE
Bream
W. F. Spaneler
Center Mills
A. C. Cronise
Frederick
Hannah Welgle
Wiliamsport
Samuel
John Bream
Biglerville
Louisa Greenswoltz
Littlestown
Adams County
Gettysburg
Ted
George
Susan Greenholtz
Christchurch
Goldie
Daugghter
Jacob Erb
Union Mills
William E. Wilhelm
Columbia
Mary Jane Bolden
Sarah M. Mickley
David Mickley
Seven Stars
John J. Thomson
Harney
Kate Long
Josephine
Walter C. Kate
Albert T. Clay
New Haven
Conn
Prof. Clay
Pennville
Manover
John C. Clay
Lancaster
Mary Carter
Francis Carter Williams
William W. Ketermant
Susie Ketterman
George B. Ketterman
Ellen Henry
Jacob A. Keterman
Hancover
Robert Ketterman
York
Ida George
Church service schedule and rally day notices
Local churches in New Oxford and Bottstown publish September schedules. Cheech Services at First Evangelical Lutheran invites all to church school at 9 a.m. worship at 10 a.m. and 7 p.m. Rally day aims for full attendance and building fund giving. Other churches list Sundays, Epworth League, baptisms, and Mass times.
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First Evangelical Lutheran Church
George E. Sheffer
Holy Communion
Methodist Episcopal Church
New Oxford
J. W. McMorris
Epworth
St. Mary’s Church
Geo. L. Rice FeChor
Sunes
St. Paul’s Reformed Church
A. P. Frantz
Emmanuel Reformed Ren
Bottstown
A. P. Elitz
Eckard Littlestown property sold at public sale
The William J. Eckard property in Littlestown was sold at public sale on August 29 and bought by Kyvan Appler for 2875 dollars. Mr and Mrs Eckart moved their personal effects to the recently purchased farm. The second Kemper family reunion occurred Labor Day at St Mary's Grove Fairefield with several speakers including Rev Harold Little.
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William J. Eckard
Littlestown
Kyvan Appler
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Mummert
Emma Mummert
Lititz
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George &. Nagle
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Blaine Beamer
Chambersburg
B. Helen
Ann Gitt Baker
Abraham A. Roth
George A. Haar
Virginia
Francis F. Elder
Frank Rife
Conewago Heights
Lincoln Highway
Hellam
York Hospital
Rife
Pfaltzgraff Pottery Company
Paul D. Keeney
George Gochenour
Harrisburg
Gochenour
Latimore Township
Howard Myers
John W. Breidenbaugh
F. M. Anderson
Chas, McCaffrey
Griest Park
Caenhat
Idaville
Cashman
Yori Springs
Myers
Holly Springs
Hazel Fidler
Emmett Fidler
Everett
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Charles Trimmer
Sara Tipton
Shearer
Mr. Fidler
Trimmers
Monroe J. Sharrer
Spring Grove
Arthur Henning
Center Square
R. H. Moser
Neff, Lehigh Co
Slaybaugh R Stough
J. P. Winand
R. No
East Berlin
I. G. Bachtell
A, C. Diehl
Paul P. Lerew
M. Kathryn Winand
Heidlersburg
Hiram Rupp
Gardners R. 3
J. Frank Eicholtz
Berlin Avenue
D. Guy Hollinger & Bro
Carlisle St
Guy Hollinger
Cheech Services
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