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Newspaper
New Oxford Item
Location
New Oxford, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Aug 13, 1908
Page
5
Personal testimonials recall relief from epilepsy fits and St Vitus dance through Dr Miles Nervine. Ward Dream of North Manchester Indiana and Mrs Belle M Tindall of Hastings Nebraska report dramatic improvements after multiple bottles. Miles Medical Co. advertises guarantee and refund if no benefit.
A man warns all persons not to trust his wife Bernie Mumma on his account and states he will not pay or stand for any debts contracted by her. Signed by 7-80 David Mumma.
A long list of visitors calls in the area with trips to New York, Montreal, and Philadelphia. Residents from Baltimore, Washington, York, Hanover, and Philadelphia enjoy stays with families and attend summer outings near town and at surrounding cottages.
Democratic candidates from the county and districts gathered with the county chairman at the Globe hotel in Gettysburg on Tuesday to discuss plans for the forthcoming campaign.
Multiple wedding notices across McSherrystown York Hanover and Gettysburg detail ceremonies at St Mary Church Emanuel Reformed Church and homes. Couples include Frank C Johns and Annie L Yantis, Howard S Sheely and Lydia Sheely, Maurice Newton Trone and Nellie Brooks Prowell, and Julia A Gitt with John T McFall. Two infant deaths reported in Gettysburg: a 2 week old son of Mr and Mrs William L King, and a 7 month old son of Mr and Mrs C A Markley, both due to stomach inflammation and cholera infantum respectively.
John Kane died at his mother’s home in Willow Grove two miles west of Cashtown Saturday evening from spinal meningitis at age 27. He had been ill only two days and no physician was summoned before Saturday. he was unmarried.
Mr Harry Kehm of Hanover street reports a tomato grown in his garden weighing two pounds and ounces. The county graduates plan their second annual reunion at Round Top on Thursday August 27 with an interesting program. Mrs Morrison wife of ex sheriff Fred Morrison of Hunterstown, critically ill from a stroke, is now improving. Linus P Roland of York Pike was badly cut and bruised when he fell from his buggy in front of Miller's store. Foundation work begins for a house on Pitt street for the Bawden sisters of Baltimore. Construction will start soon on a house for Miss Mollie Hershey of Reading on the same street.
Three men were killed and eleven injured when striking miners fired on a Birmingham Mineral Railroad special carrying non union men to Blocton mines under guard of soldiers and deputies. A log blocked the track. shots shattered windows and struck the engine as the train sped away toward Birmingham. Authorities arrested several African Americans with more arrests expected.
A Sparta Alabama dispatch reports farmer Frank Murphy his wife and young son died when a thunderstorm struck as they stacked hay and sought shelter ten miles from Sparta in Edmonds. The lightning strike ended the family’s life in the field.
Enoch Round, a veteran at Niagara Falls Power Company, touched a charged transmission cable and collapsed unconscious. He was revived quickly though his feet and head suffered burns.
An explosion at the York rolling mill in York, Pennsylvania killed eight workers and seriously injured nearly a score others. The blast centered on a boiler during engine repairs, destroying much of the mill and damaging nearby properties.
Murray V. Arthur twenty two year old contractor fell beneath a moving Deal Beach train while trying to board. Both legs were mangled from the knees and amputated. He was said to have only hours to live. He sought to reach Janet Shanley believed aboard.
A dispatch from American Consul Duty reports the U S flag at the U S consulate in Tabriz Persia has been shot down by loyalists. A man near the consular door was wounded in what authorities deem an accidental incident amid ongoing disturbances in Tabriz.
Harrisburg Aug 11 Jacob Brenneman eight years old drowned in the Susquehanna near Island Park one of the city pleasure grounds. The boy went swimming at the bath houses and attempted to swim around the island point beyond the safety lines. Two boys in a boat tried to reach him as he sank but were unable to save him.
Forest fires near Calaveras county reach the south grove raising alarm that the main grove may come under attack in Stockton California announced on August 11.
A violent storm swept eastern Pennsylvania and New Jersey killing two people and injuring two others. Robert Heim bach near Lewisburg Pa and Walter Cattell near Glassboro N J died when lightning struck their areas while watching from a shed. Cattell sister Mabel and Rebecca Turner were severely injured. The storm damaged buildings, caused flooding, and hail pelted Philadelphia with windows shattered and horses scared.
Norristown Pa Aug 11 A hotel clerk Charles Hillpot of Bridgeport drowned while bass fishing in rapids below Swede street dam He fell from a boat when landing a fish lost balance and could not swim The swift current carried him toward DeKalb street bridge and his body was recovered minutes later by bystanders.
Nine woodsmen sworn statements from Ottawa report they found the remains of August Lemieux, the Mistasini lake district guide, murdered and eaten by two men hired to lead them to Lake Wahwanipi. They describe the discovery and burial at the tragedy scene. The fate of the two cannibals remains unknown.
In Bloomington Indiana a broncho owned by John Mullis and his son-in-law Isaac Fox kicked during a drive killing both men. The animal suddenly halted and kicked with such force the heels pierced the dashboard and crushed their skulls.
William Higgins of Wilkes-Barre is totally paralyzed after a Brookside pitcher hit him on the forehead during a game. He collapsed and was briefly revived, but remained unconscious. doctors say the paralysis has now set in.
The August 5 1909 column notes Charles Westerfeld 22 a Produce Exchange bank clerk New York shot himself in the bank basement. Joseph Horner ex hats firm member found dead in Baltimore with a bullet wound. Porto Rico delegate Robert Todd nominated for resident commissioner at Washington.
Market page notes strong and higher bids for Baltimore wheat. No 2 spot at 1.00 dollars. corn and oats firm with listed ranges. Butter steady at 24 cents for creamery extras. eggs quoted firm at 19 cents for Maryland Pennsylvania Virginia producers.
Live stock totals at Pittsburg Union Stock Yards show cattle steady with prime ranges around $6.50 to $6.60 per cwt and s6.50, prime calves at $7.75. sheep steady with lambs 4 to 6, wethers at 4.50. hogs slow with prime heavies 6.35 to 6.90, light hogs 5.50 to 6.74, sows 5.50 to 5.75.
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