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Newspaper
New Oxford Item
Location
New Oxford, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Aug 20, 1908
Page
1
The long OCR fragment lists town items from August 1908 including ads and public notices as well as numerous local accidents. It notes Alma Waight's fatal scalding, multiple traffic and industrial mishaps, a gas explosion causing fatalities, and various court and crime briefs across Lancaster, York, Pittsburg, and nearby towns.
Straban township citizens back two petitioned road projects. The first mile would run from the bridge on the Harrisburg State road to the Wm. A. McIlhenny farm, extending one mile from Gettysburg, and the second mile would link Hunterstown to New Chester. Petitions filed with County Commissioners, proceeding through the State Highway Department. Bucklen's Arnica Salve praised by Bluff, Missouri resident C. G. Have as a quick healing salve for sores burns wounds and piles, 25 cents.
A 1908 notice announces a large cattle sale at Bonneauville on Friday August 21 to include a carload of high bred cattle 15 red and roan heifers four to seven hundred pounds three or four Durham stock bulls and a selection of cows springers and yearlings sale begins at 1 pm with credit to buyers offered farmers and dealers urged to attend in any weather.
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