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Newspaper
New Holland Clarion
Location
New Holland, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Oct 24, 1908
Page
8
In a small gathering led by Weaver officiating at the Weaver Rothe property, about 25 participants helped husk corn and share a meal. One attendee was frightened but unharmed, while prices were held for a large remaining unpaid balance of 18 with a 5 penalty added.
John Wanner, son of A Wanner, is seriously ill with spine trouble. Israel Weaver, Benjamin Weaver’s youngest son, is confined to bed with a lung affection. Dr Winters attends. Mr Taylor serves as juryman at the county court this week. Mrs Peter Reitz of Dancaster visits her brother’s family Aaron Weaver. Henry Reed and wife visit daughter Mrs Harvey Rodman in Lancaster. Rev Nogs and wife of New Holland visit Ww M Sunder family. S.Martin and wife spend Sunday at Ephrata with Amos Garman’s family.
In Berlin a civil wedding joined Prince August Wilhelm to Princess Alexandra of Schleswig-Holstein with only royal family present. A large religious ceremony followed at Potsdam as the Kaiser’s family marked the bride’s garter gifts and the prince’s mother’s fiftieth birthday. The couple plan a ten day honeymoon at Hubertuston Castle after the celebrations.
John W. Kern Jr., eight year old son of the Democratic vice presidential candidate, lay critically ill in Indianapolis on October 23 with infantile paralysis and acute indigestion. His father arrived from a speaking tour in New York and Ohio and stayed by the bedside as plans for his campaign were put in abeyance while the child's condition remained unchanged.
New York Oct 23 Railroads show appetite to spend on next year’s equipment. Penn Central’s Pennsylva nia plans for 7 million in general improvements. St Paul orders 7500 freight cars and 50 locomotives. American Locomotive Co and Baldwin to supply 38 and 12 engines. Morgan lines of Louisiana and Texas Railway place 2 million in car equipment for 1800 freight and ten passenger cars.
The Girard Water company cut water to nine collieries between Girardville and Shenandoah, forcing a complete closure for an indeterminate period during the drought. Domestic supply remains limited to two hours daily, with basins in Raven run kept for homes in several towns.
Lasszlo Farkas, acquitted in U S court of forging a money order for 80 65, paid part of the sum to the local post office. Nagy Lagos, the order’s intended recipient, was in a state hospital when it arrived. Farkas claimed he forged Lagos name to cover debts and produced receipts. the court found he was not legally guilty, yet nearly so.
Luray Virginia October 23 a seventeen year old girl Dora Smith was convicted of burglary and forgery. The jury sentenced her to four years in the penitentiary with two years on each count. She forged her father s name on an order presented at a Luray store. On starting her term she will be the valley s youngest white prisoner and among the youngest ever given a penitentiary sentence in Virginia.
Oct 23 Sandusky Ohio Captain John Robinson of the barge Cutter died after jumping into the water to rescue a pet dog that fell overboard while docking at Kelley Island. He was crushed between the vessel and the dock and died.
A man calling himself Charles Joseph Magnus or Hartlove, claiming to be Ada Gorman’s husband and related to the late Senator Arthur Pue Gorman, is jailed in Louisville on deserter charges. He possessed $6,000 cash and eighteen $1,000 bonds, with Mrs Magnus missing. the Navy orders transfer to Philadelphia for trial.
A stove overheated and ignited a dwelling in Summit near Altoona. Four Delaney children aged fifteen, thirteen, nine, and twenty months perished. Mother Mrs Luke Delaney leaped from a second story window. Wil son Judge, ten, suffered internal injuries and a broken leg. Mrs Delaney escaped as flames prevented rescue attempts.
Mrs. Thomas Chapman of Ellis Kane aged sixty is revived after a physician questioned the corpse before burial. The body, prepared for funeral, showed signs of suspended animation rather than death. She is restoring at home though with a weak heart and is expected to recover.
Mrs. David Tegarden of Bealeville Pennsylvania, confined to bed for years, leaped to flee a fire. She ran through the hall and stairs fainting. her daughter struck a match igniting a stand cover. Tegarden recovered hope as neighbors extinguished the blaze.
In Pottsville Pennsylvania James Johnson thirty five was arraigned and committed to prison without bail after a confrontation with his ten year old niece Maggie Gradwell. The incident follows a narrow escape from mob violence.
Weekly receipts of cattle for the week ending Wednesday reached 245 cars, heaviest of the season, with about WH cars sold and prices generally lower than last week. Demand supported feeders and better steers, while butcher stock and common cattle moved slowly with limited sales and mixedPrices across grades from good fat cattle to feeders and stockers.
The notice warns that imitations closely resemble Allcock's plasters but lack quality and can be harmful. It stresses Allcock's as the original genuine paraffin plaster and urges buyers to insist on the authentic brand.
Two hundred twenty five students enroll in four and two year programs at Pennsylvania State College. Winter courses were added last year to help men gain skills and raise earnings. Classes run December 1 to February 9 with lectures and hands on work in crops soils orchards and dairy. A free illustrated bulletin describing the five winter courses is available from the School of Agriculture State College Pa.
The report cites 12 500 U S newspapers with about 1 000 daily publications and 120 edited by Black publishers. Asia has 3 000 titles led by British India and Japan with 1 500 in Japan. Africa has 200 papers, 30 in Egypt and the rest in European colonies.
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