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Newspaper
New Oxford Item
Location
New Oxford, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Dec 01, 1905
Page
5
William Smith an inmate of the insane department of the Alms House was found dead in his bed by night watchman Bushey. He lay with his face on the pillow and it is thought he smothered to death. The remains were taken to Fairfield for internment.
William Moore 19 of Union College died from cerebral hemorrhage after being knocked unconscious in a game against New York University. He lived in Ogdensburg N Y Moore was injured mid game while attempting to burst through the line head first and died about six hours later.
Carl Osborne 18 was killed during a Marshall versus Bellmore high school football game in Bellmore Indiana. He staggered after a tackle and died on the field from a broken rib driven through the heart.
Sedalia Missouri November 27 Robert Brown aged 15 sustained probable fatal injuries in a football game. His body is paralyzed and he is unable to speak.
Washington reports Secretary Wilson's first annual third term highlights farm wealth reaching $6.415 billion, with crops such as corn valued at $2.708 billion and hay $605 million. Cattle, horses, dairy, and other livestock show record values as exports total $827 million for the year.
John T. Waters a Jersey City railway mail clerk was arrested in Pittsburg and jailed in Harrisburg on $1000 bail charged with robbing the Jersey City to Pittsburg mail route. Federal officials report decoy letters sent from Harrisburg and Waters allegedly had money on his person after a search by postal inspector Morse.
Emporium Pennsylvania November 28 a massive explosion at Keystone Powder Works wrecked the mixing and packing houses killing nine workers and injuring several more One body bloodied by the blast was recovered while others were found in pieces No townspeople were hurt in the incident Names of the dead include Joyce Butler Campbell Hamilton Welsh Murphy Harrington Boesie Sprung and others Four men were injured with one fatally confirmed
New York life insurance probe reveals Edmund D. Randolph opened the company vaults in 1901 and removed New York city stock valued at 700000 dollars, replacing it with a 700000 dollar Central National Bank check. The stock’s whereabouts and accounting treatment remain unclear.
Lincoln Massachusetts November 27 sixteen dead and more than thirty injured after the Boston and Maine main line express from Montreal collided with a local from Boston at Bakers Bridge station. Fire followed the crash and many victims were burned or suffocated. The disaster is described as the state’s worst railroad wreck in years with tragedy and horror evident in the wreckage.
Theodore S. Mohr was appointed postmaster at Stockton New Jersey while Dr W A Bickers 69 of Madison Virginia died suddenly from a paralytic stroke at the Astor House New York Hetty Green celebrated her 70th birthday in New York City and other items include a black Mississippian lynching a killer a rock fall in Wilkes Barre and a bank robbery in Los Angeles.
St Louis November 27 United States Senator J Ralph Burton of Kansas was found guilty in the circuit court on all six counts charging he practiced before the post office department in Washington while a senator to thwart issuance of a fraud offer against the Riteo Grand
The comptroller of the currency names Thomas Rinaker of Carlinsville Illinois receiver of the Enterprise National Bank in Allegheny Pennsylvania. Rinaker is a lawyer and former Illinois state legislator.
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