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Newspaper

New Oxford Item

Location

New Oxford, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Date

Aug 06, 1908

Page

10

Wew Oxford Item Thursday Publication Terms

PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY BY H J SMITH. Terma 800 per annum in advance 150 if not paid within the year. No subscription continued unless at option of publisher until arrearages paid. Failure to order discontinuance at expiration treated as new engagement. Advertisements reasonable rates reduced for yearly advertisers. Job printing of all descriptions from labels to posters.

Ibera Jos Orphans’ Court Adams County Peter K. Smith Mount Pleasant Township Phe Mountpleasant Township Bonneauville Laws Wim J. Chrismer Wm. P. Smith Christian Gebnart SM. Smith S. M. Smith G. R. Thompson

Tragic incidents and local notices from Harrisburg era

A string of accidents and deaths reported across towns including Embresville Stoudsburg Freeland Port Deposit and York. Incidents cover cave crashes wagon wheels drownings falls electrocution and a suicide along with market ads for White Duck Skirts and lawn waists. The York Shoe Co contract and local real estate moves are noted amid the domestic disasters.

Death and Fire, Accidents and Elections Reported in York Area

The York region reports John McDowell death after alleged mistreatment. A Hampstead farm barn fire causes $5000 loss with cattle safe. a Hampstead firefighter sustains leg injuries. 1908 presidential nominees announced with Taft Bryan Debs Chafin and others. A Spring Grove trolley crash injures Jacob Gotwald and family. Michael Reilly’s teeth cause a panic. a foundry accident burns Luckabaugh’s foot. H. L. Bender, Franklin County lawyer, commits suicide amid financial and health troubles.

York Hanover Spring Grove Jacob Gotwald Gotwald Michael Reilly Danville Reilly Wentz Bros. & Frey Balto St., Hanover

York County seeks return of: Emily Wonder from New York asylum

The New York Lunacy Commission asks York County to take back Emily Wonder, a 46 year old woman from Blooming Grove who was found in a demented state on the streets and placed in Islip asylum after wandering through Hanover Carlisle Harrisburg Baltimore and Philadelphia seeking admission to hospitals. She carried a $400 Hanover Saving Fund Society deposit and $46 in cash, with letters to relatives failing to elicit replies.

York County N. Y New York Miss Wonder Hanover Saving Fund Society

Ziegler Calls for Public Debate at Dover Meeting

At a Democratic mass meeting in Dover E. D. Ziegler the congressional nominee urged a public debate with opponent D. F Lafean on campaign issues. He pledged door to door canvassing in the district and urged Democrats to rally for the next three months or risk losing jobs to Taft and Sherman.

Dover E. D. Ziegler Congress D. F Lafean W. H. Taft J. 8. Sherman D. F. Lafean

Electric Bitters Promote Longevity After Sixty

A medical note asserts life can extend beyond common limits with advanced knowledge, warning the 50 to 60 age as critical yet urging proper body care. It promotes Electric Bitters as the body's best helper after 60, claiming revitalization of all organs. Sold by T. Auker Drugstore for 0c.

T. Auker Droggiet

P R R Foreman Fights Copperhead Den and More Local News

W L Kreider, a repair foreman on the P R R low grade line, chased a copperhead to a rock by the Susquehanna and unearthed a den of forty venomous snakes, all at least 18 inches long, which he dispatched with a club. Lee Spangler, York proclaimed prophet, heads to New York to warn of impending doom. Rupert Ulrich, Coply, shot himself after declaring he would not marry Annie Shaffer. Hezekiah Patterson and Henry Thomas killed by a rattlesnake den while blackberry picking. A Waynesboro editor was asked to free a man as a seven foot snake bit his arm. Investigations find ground corn cobs used in cattle feeds prompting brand withdrawals. Bucklen’s Arnica Salve praised as quick healer by C G Hays of Bluff Mo.

W. L. Kreider Susquehanna River Kreidler Lee Spangler York Europe New York Rupert Ulrich Coply Annie Shaffer Shippensburg Hezekiah Patterson Glen Furney Henry Thomas Waynesboro New Chester York Pike Carlisle Road Pines Church Guernsey Durham Whiteley Deering Hench & Drumegold Superior Johnston Oliver Reid Creamery Reid Jacob F. Thomas Jerre Har- Inan Henrietta M. Fickes G. BR Thompson Auct

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