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Newspaper
New Oxford Item
Location
New Oxford, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Aug 01, 1907
Page
7
The advertisement touts Dr Miles Nervine as a cure for nervous ailments and improved heart action digestion and energy. ANNA R PALMER of Lewistown Pa credits it with relief after trying the remedy and later using Dr Miles Heart Cure. Miles Medical Co Elkhart Ind backs a guarantee with initial bottle benefit or money back.
Congress appropriated 50000 dollars to the Interstate Commerce Commission to test railway safety appliances and advise on needed legislation. Four experts were appointed to thoroughly evaluate the devices. Jesse Frysinger of Hanover has sent his patients to the committee. The system allows tower men and telegraph operators to stop trains at any speed, and passengers in day coaches can trigger brakes via an overhead cord.
Marshall Richardson and F Cumberland, two of three men who forced apart an excursion train near Horse Shoe Bend last Thursday, were arrested Monday afternoon in Hamiltonban township and jailed in Gettysburg. Constable Wilson and officer C D Burnett detained them on a warrant accusing willful uncoupling to endanger passengers and destroy cars on a Western Maryland Railroad train.
Mervin Rice had a close call at his Bend ersville home while helping pitch hay. A steel fork fell from the barn loft, striking the side of his head and opening a deep gash. He dodged aside just in time to avoid a likely fatal blow to the crown.
Mrs James A McBeth, 38 years old, passed away at her home near Bendersville on Monday morning July 29. A Cumberland County native, she leaves her husband and seven children at home. A horse involved in last week’s runaway in Arentsville died from its injuries. The horse belonged to Orner Brothers who had bought it for 180 dollars.
Mary Tate, four year old daughter of Mr and Mrs James Tate of Gettysburg, fell from a porch and broke her arm in two places near the elbow. Nearby residents Mrs Mary Smith and Mr Levi Stock are adding large porches to their homes. J N Hersh laid pavement along Pitt street from H A Weikert’s home to A Diehl’s. Harvey E Freed lost a horse from lockjaw on his brother’s farm near town. cause of the jaw lock remains unknown.
A large reduction on all figured lawns and organdies offered by Wentz Bros and Frey at 33 Balto Street Hanover.
Detective Fickes of York arrested H. A. Reiff, operator of an illicit distillery in Newberry township, York county, on charges of illegal distilling, selling without a license, and furnishing liquor to a minor. The old man ran a small front-store to avoid suspicion and also served as township tax collector.
New York July 30 Eighteen persons most of them Italians perished and 15 were seriously injured when a six story double tenement at 222 Christie Street burned. A double grocery store explosion sparked the flames then kerosene can exploded. Residents crowded fire escapes and balconies as rescuers fought to reach them. Firemen and police conducted numerous rescues amid chaos in the halls and yard as flames spread through the building.
Fire at the Long Beach hotel on the Atlantic coast drove 800 guests from their rooms with no fatalities and few injuries. The three story wooden resort measured about 600 feet and housed 1100 people. losses were placed around 200 000 with total outlay over 2 million dollars.
James Reed, a Black man, killed Officer John H. Daugherty in Crisfield. Reed was captured after a pursuit by water and land. a mob then beat him and hanged the body from a telegraph pole in view of hundreds. Police had earlier arrested Reed and Hillery Jones after the officer's death.
A vast blaze tears through Coney Island's amusement zone destroying Tilyou's Steeplechase Park and nearly twenty hotels. Wind shifts toward the sea help fire crews, but more than a million dollars in damage is reported with three injured, including Gottfried Messerli. The alarm draws crowds as residents flee and rush to salvage belongings.
Arthur Lee for Mr. Tilyou says the park was completely destroyed with anticipated losses near 1,000,000 and no insurance. Hotels nearby were small and face combined losses around 100,000.
In Washington New Jersey on July 27 a mower driven by George Hummer cut off the wrist of his 83 year old daughter who lay flat on the ground to escape the blades. The girl survived by not raising her hand as the mower passed.
East Aurora New York July 27 six deaths attributed to blood poisoning after bites from black flies near a Canadian Algonquin Park camp were reported by John Griffin who returned from a week long hunting and fishing trip. He says the pests are the most numerous and deadly he has seen.
In Booth Windsor Connecticut on July 30 Etta Prior 10 and Frank Prior 8 were found dead in a grain bin on their grandfather Henry Pease farm after hiding from their grandmother as the top of the bin closed trapping them.
William D. Haywood secretary treasurer of the Western Federation of Miners walks free in Baise Idaho after an 21 hour jury verdict acquitting him of murder in the Steunenberg case. Governor Gooding vows continued prosecution of Moyer Pettibone and Adams. Jury members recall doubts about conclusive evidence and legal instructions guiding the acquittal. Haywood plans to depart for Denver soon.
Israel Anderson of Columbia was shot in the head last December with a bullet lodged in his brain. He resumed work five weeks later. Now under X rays the bullet was located at Columbia hospital and removed. His recovery is expected.
McGregor Texas reports a heat wave said to be the greatest in state history. The sunlit thermometer reached 179 degrees with 117 in the shade, affecting an area three miles by two. Dozens overcome as livestock and poultry perish, one man losing 85 head. The phenomenon remains unexplained.
A weekly condensed rundown reports Dowling Green hanged in Pittsburg for his wife’s murder. Heat deaths rise in St. Louis and New York while fires destroy Lawrence Mills. Building collapse in New York injures workers. Child drowns in Philadelphia Schuylkill. Cardinal Gibbons birthday noted. Accidents kill and injure in Conneaut Wilkes-Barre and Philadelphia. Circus derailment near Grand Rapids. horses and camel killed. Notable deaths and crimes across cities include a New York assay chief appointment and various shootings embezzlement and hangings.
Quotations from Baltimore and surrounding markets show wheat at around 94 to 94.5 cents per bushel for spot and No. 2, corn steady with mixed spot around 59 to 64 cents, oats firm at about 52 to 50 cents, milk creamery extras at 25 to 27 cents, butter in the 49 to 50 cent range, generic dairy prints in the 18 to 19 cent area, and eggs firm with Maryland Pennsylvania Virginia and West Virginia prices around 17 cents per dozen.
At Pittsburg Union Stock Yards cattle market shows steady prime and choice cattle with prime pricing around 6.40 to 6.75 per hundredweight. Sheep steady with prime around 530 to 540, lambs 6597. Calves at 75. Hogs active with prime heavies near 30. Wires show York shorthorn prices and roughs around 3.60 to 6.26 per hundredweight.
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