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Newspaper
New Oxford Item
Location
New Oxford, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Dec 01, 1905
Page
2
Public notice from H J Smith announces a weekly publication with annual subscription 7 14 40 dollars in advance and arrears allowed until paid. discontinuance requires order before expiry or it becomes a new engagement. advertisements offered at reasonable yearly rates for items from small labels to large posters.
A York County gathering of Metzger and Butcher heirs to a Dutch fortune showcases a scheme to claim a 100 million empire held by the Holland government. About fifty heirs attend at 142 East King Street, paying $5 retainers while agents seek 5 percent of collected funds. attendees include Chas E. Hummer of Hanover and S B Gorham of Bendersville.
Mrs Theodore Koontz of York County four miles from Dover is missing amid fears of foul play. Her husband, jailed for six months on larceny, had received delicacies from her and last saw her Saturday evening when she left the trolley car at weight o'clock. Authorities and neighbors search for her.
Emory Myers aged 26 died at Huntingdon Reformatory Tuesday November 21 from typhoid fever while serving a burglary and larceny sentence. Buried at St Luke's cemetery after funeral at White Hall home of his uncle Samuel Bixler. His death came three weeks before his term would have ended.
The column notes Charles Shultz of York visiting his parents near Cedar Ridge as Mrs. David Shultz recovers from serious illness. Roy Hart, once of Cedar Ridge, now in Hanover, spent Sunday with local friends. Mamie Slaybaugh visited York friends. Isaac Slaybaugh and wife spent time in Westminster visiting the former’s mother. Nicholas Beltzel attends Teachers Institute in Gettysburg. The community notes the sudden death of Mrs Ephraim Wolford from heart failure on Saturday, would have turned 64 on Monday.
A Grand Bazaar will be held in Conewago Chapel Hall at Edge Grove from Saturday November 25 to Saturday December 2 for the church. Evening entertainments amusements good music euchre and more. Full suppers and oysters and refreshments. Public invited by order of committee.
Nicholas A. Redding of Bonneauville travels to Baltimore for carpentry work. Others, including Hugo E. Leib of Hamilton and James H. Brown of Baltimore with daughter Mrs. J. Bradley Lawrence of Philadelphia, visit town. Several residents visit relatives, hunt, or host gatherings while Rev. Lindaman and others dine with the Mauger family.
Two huge hogs were slaughtered at Edward Overbaugh's North Street home weighing 1121 pounds total with a 580 and a 541 pound hog. Charles Laughman of Berwick Township faced a serious charge after arrest by Constable Andrew Keffer. A veteran meeting with A H Crum of Huntingdon occurred at McKinney’s tobacco office. A horse ran away injuring none of the two riders. Bishop Shanahan confirmed 160 at St Mary’s Church. Liveryman Lewis Cramer mourned a family horse’s death. A Meads counterfeiting appeal resulted in a new trial order. A bold Carlisle robbery left Dickinson law student G A Weaver unconscious with $26 stolen. Edward Becker faced assault charges. a self-defense defense led to dismissal for Becker and subsequent bail for Watson on related charges.
Friday night burglars entered the Hanover Produce Company in Gettysburg. Initially it seemed many items were taken but none of the barreled turkeys were disturbed. Wagon tracks suggested outsiders, but suspicion now centers on local residents and officials are keeping details quiet.
The text argues that men aged eighty-five to ninety are thin and spare, not fat, and need careful diets. It suggests occasionally overeating uneasy foods, then using Chamberlain's Stomach and Liver Tablets to cleanse and invigorate the stomach and liver, enabling longer life. Bur yale by Ed. VT. Auher druggist.
A Masonville Indiana man, Harry Colson, proclaims Bucklea’s Arnica Salve the best cure for blind, bleeding, itching and protruding piles. The salve is also touted for cuts, burns and injuries and priced at 25 cents at Ed T Auker’s drugstore.
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