News: Items From the People's Register, April 9, 1897, Chambersburg, Franklin County, PA

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Items From the People's Register, Chambersburg, PA, April 9, 1897


PERSONAL PARAGRAPHS

Miss Jacobson and sister left Chambersburg on Monday for their new home in 
Milton, Pa.

Adam Berger is laid up with a severe spell of rheumatism at the Union Hotel and 
confined to bed.

Jacob Hamsher has moved to the Renfrew farm at Woodstock.  He formerly lived 
near that place.

Jeremiah Witter, grocer, of West Market street, has moved his family from 
Stonehenge to King street.

Mrs. Cator, Baltimore, who has been visiting her sister, Mrs. Frederick Watts, 
Philadelpia Ave., left for home last Friday.

Frank Duncan moved last week from Hamilton township to Second and Catherine 
streets.  He has accepted a situation at the ice plant.

Mrs. Taft and daughter, Miss Mary, are the guests of Hotel Montgomery, where 
Miss Taft will remain during the Easter vacation.

Gen. J. M. Hood, president of the W. M. R. R., on Monday celebrated his 54th 
birthday.  His many friends extend congratulations and best wishes.

Capt. Geo. W. Skinner, wife and daughter, Miss Nella, passed through town last 
Friday morning on their way home to Big Cove Tannery, Fulton county.

Mrs. Susan McKenna, accompanied by her daughter Alice and son Frank, left for 
Philadelphia last Thursday, where they will make their home in the future.

E. Holler, North Second St., is still quite ill.

Police Officer C. W. Bickley is on the sick list.

Levi and Mrs. Kalbach, have returned to Chambersburg from Virginia.

Mrs. Frederick Weitzel, north Second street, is ill with the effects of a spell 
of the grip.

Mrs. B. F. Gilmore, West Market St., has returned from an extended visit to 
Milton, Pa.

Miss Kriner, Shippensburg, was the guest of her cousin, Geo. A. Kynes, Esq., on 
Wednesday.

H. Stoner Ludwig and family of Freeport, Pa., are the guests of relatives and 
friends in town.

Master Lewis Smith, son of E. M. Smith, funeral director, of north Main street, 
spent several days in Martinsburg this week.

Valentine Steck and Hayes Steck, father and son, sturdy citizens, were REGISTER 
callers last week.

A. C. Strite, Esq., City Solicitor, of Hagerstown, spent Sunday with his 
brother, J. A. Strite, Chambersburg.

Mrs. S. T. Slichter and daughter, Jennie, of Topeka, Kansas, who have been 
visiting for the past five months in the family of her brother, Lemuel Karper, 
at Letterkenny, left for her home on Tuesday morning.  Before leaving for her 
western trip Miss Jennie accompanied her uncle Lemuel Karper, on a trip to Horse 
Valley and she was very much impressed with the mountain scenery.  The young 
lady was born and raised in sunny Kansas, and never before beheld the enchanting 
sights presented by mountain scenery.