“A four-year old daughter of Mr. Silver, son-in-law of Mr. Reynolds who recently bought the WJ Shannon farm at Mt. Joy died from ptomaine poisoning caused from eating canned beef at their home in West Virginia last week just as the family was ready to move to Ohio.” “The remains Continue Reading
Rarden Township
Rarden is Guarded Against Diphtheria
“Citizens of Rarden have established a guard around the village to prevent residents of Hoffer Hill entering the village and subjecting its citizens to diphtheria. The malady has Hoffer Hill in its tightest grasp and there is hardly a family in the settlement which is not suffering with the ailment. Continue Reading
Youngster Adopted Then Abandoned
“Taken out of a good charitable home in Cincinnati and then abandoned by his foster parents, a ten-year-old youth of unknown identity, has for the past week been in care of the Ettel family of Rarden. Humane Officer Ball is investigating the identity of the lad. The little fellow is Continue Reading
Mount Joy United Presbyterian Cemetery Veteran Burials
Minerva Dakin Taken to Widows’ Home
“Infirmary Director James McJunkin took Mrs. Minerva Dakin, a former Rarden citizen who has been in the local infirmary for some months, to the Soldiers’ and Sailors’ Widows’ Home at Madison, Lake County, on Saturday.”
Six Cooper Children for Children’s Home
“Infirmary Director James McJunkin arrived from Rarden on a noon train Thursday with six young children named Cooper who were admitted to the children’s home. The mother of the youngsters died recently and the father, a poor laborer, was no longer able to provide proper care. There were three boys Continue Reading