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Newspaper
New Oxford Item
Location
New Oxford, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Apr 09, 1908
Page
10
The notice lists publication details for the New Oxford paper published by H. J. Smith every Thursday with subscription terms of 100 dollars per year in advance and higher rates if not paid on time. It states advertisements at reasonable yearly rates and offers printing services for labels, cards, handbills, and posters.
Reports show New York meat costs up eight cents per pound in ten days. A string of fatalities and crimes follow: a father kills his daughter in Portland Mills. a $250 lodge robbery near Altoona. vandalism at a Maizeville church. a horse injures a driver in Altoona. court suit over Read- ing Railroad damages. multiple house fires and deaths from either accidents or self harm across Harrisburg Gettysburg Hughestown Hyner Beavertown Sugar Loaf Valley and nearby areas.
Wesley Smith of Violet Hill York county, formerly of the Mansion house York, testified in York after being attacked Monday night on a Mt. Joy street bridge. He said he paid $200 on a hotel purchase, was knocked down, and two other men searched his pockets taking the money and a smaller sum. He had a head wound bandaged by a physician and recalled his past management of Hotel Columbus now Hotel Oxford.
Two slate quarry workers from Delta York county William Gordon and Chester Jones about 18 are found in a room at the Hotel Desch Baltimore after inhaling illuminating gas. They had been unemployed by quarry closures and planned to seek work elsewhere. Gordon dies Friday morning Jones is critical. Discovery occurred 16 hours after the incident.
Seven year old Loretta Carney of Kingston perished after attempting to rescue her mother during a kitchen fire caused by a fallen lamp. Mrs. Carney survived, aided by neighbors. The report also notes the death of John Hancock after learning of his niece Chloe Hancock's murder in Olean. his family previously suffered a mass killing of Frank Hancock and his four children.
Dr. John C. Spear a retired U S Navy surgeon died hours after a Norristown car crash when a horse shied at a piece of paper and the carriage overturned injuring his daughter Mrs Stolzenberg of New York and nurse Miss Mary Sullivan. The death was caused by a ruptured blood vessel.
Republican candidate H. J. Gulden of Menallen township, born 1849 in Mount Pleasant, Adams County, built a millwright career after early apprenticeship. He cites personal losses from smallpox and a New Year’s fire at his roller mill, urging voters to support him at the April 11 primaries.
The piece profiles William K. Weikert Republican candidate and Simon P. Stover, a prominent teacher and veteran, as leading contenders in the race. Weikert, 41, a Mount Pleasant farmer and director of Littlestown Fire Insurance, is praised for character and business skill. Stover, from a long teaching and Republican service record, is described as the strongest rival with solid party backing from veterans.
Calvin T. Lower declares support for local option measures in Pennsylvania. He states he would seek passage of any measure satisfactory to local option supporters, whether referred to voters by county township or borough, and would push it in the House of Representatives if elected. March 11 1908 Gettysburg Pa New Oxford Pa. Republican candidate for Assembly.
Reports from Reading area describe Henry Strohl a wholesale tobacco dealer found dead near Reading after a possible self inflicted poisoning amid financial troubles. Other notices list Samuel D Heller's death from injuries at Lehhigh Station after a September wreck and Charles H Snyder's instant death at Milllinburg via a fallen awning. An additional item notes pneumonia fears and a testimonial for Dr King’s New Discovery as a cough and lung remedy.
Clara Putnam eleven, daughter of Frank Putnam of Rock Lick Pennsylvania, died Sunday after being locked in a barn where hay and straw ignited. Fire engulfed the structure. neighbors reported her trapped as the barn burned to the ground and her father freed her by cutting a hole through the barn from a ladder.
An advertisement for L and M Pure Paint by P A and B Small York promotes a harmonious home. It claims long wear of ten years or more and cites 33 years of continuous use, with a ready to use price of $1.20 per gallon.
A A Chisholm of Treadwell New York recounts severe indigestion nervous debility and near death but cites Electric Bitters as a cure restoring him to business. The druggist Ev T Auker guarantees the tonic at 50 cents.
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