Inquest awarded on Straban estate of Henry Hoover
Inquest awarded on real estate of Henry Hoover late of Straban township died seized of three acres in Straban and five acres in Tyrone willed to Charles E. Swope for life and to his children after death.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Hoover
Straban Township
Tyrone
Charles E. Swope
Henry Patterson
Myrtle N. Patterson
Annie Patterson
Ward
Charles H. Hook
Mountpleasant Township
H. P. Treiber
Peter Gross
Huntington Township
Conewago Township
Philip F. Hennig
Sarah J. Hennig
Odd Fellow’s Hall Association
York Springs
Hal Pool
Howard J. Spalding
Denton O. Dull
Carrie B. Dull
Swope
Bonds drawn for redemption and interest cessation notice
Notice announces redemption of bond numbers 17 18 29 52 and 72. Interest ends January 1 1908. Coupons unpaid after that date. Bonds to be cashed on presentation to John S Weaver Borough Treasurer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John S. Weaver
Interest on certain bonds ceases July 1 1907
Interest on Nos. 41 88 and 89 drawn May 7 1907 ceased on July 1 1907 and coupons dated after July 1 1907 will not be honored. T E Bower Secretary of Council.
Dispute Over Whiskey Led to Killing Near Pleasureville
York reports Henry Snyder Lester Kauffman and Oscar Hoover faced a hearing before Alderman Keech on murder assault and battery and weapons charges for a November 16 shooting near Pleasureville. Snyder remained jailed, Kauffman and Oscar Hoover freed on assault and murder counts with concealed weapons charges. bail set at 500 dollars each. Detective White testified Snyder confessed that the Hoover brothers argued over whiskey, Snyder shot Curvin Hoover then William Hoover to hide the crime.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
York
Curvin
William Hoover
Pleasureville
Henry Snyder
Lester Kauffman
Oscar Hoover
C. F. Keech
Snyder
Kauffman
White
William Pritz
Hoover
Carvin Hoover
Wm. Pritz
Attempted death by own actions shocks Hanover
Charles Sawyer a 19 year old cigar maker employed by D G Newcomer attempted suicide by poison last night. He was found unresponsive in his room at 8:30 pm after returning to his boarding house. Restoratives revived him by morning but he offered no statement. A note to a close female friend hinted his troubles would end.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hanover
Charles Sawyer
D. McG
Wm. Williams
M. M
Roberta Fleagle
Sawyer
Local Notices and Notable Accidents From York Area
Summary of various missives and incidents: C K Yeager attends the annual Masonic session in Philadelphia. rental ad for a large Carlisle Street brick house in New Oxford. Mrs Arthur Miller and her 3-year-old son Filmore severely burned in York by clothing ignited in a store fire. Mrs Mary Sewall paralyzed and likely fatally injured after a 30-foot fall at St Clair. Bethlehem resident William Ottenbacher finds eight pearls in a chicken’s craw. Genev a Winters, 14, accidentally shoots her father Frank Winter when handling a revolver left on a window sill. Pottsville baby John Steivel fatally scalded in cradle as boiling water spills from a kettle while mother tended to it.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. K. Yeager
Pitt Street
Grand Lodge
Pennsylvania
Philadelphia
Fair & Cashman
Carlisle Street
New Oxford
E. M. Neely
Arthur Miller
Filmore
York
Mary Sewall
St. Clair
William Ottenbacher
Beth-lehem
Frank Winter
Catasauqua
Geneva Winters
Local briefs from Gettyeburg to New Oxford
From New Chester Charles Trimmer a mason is working at Gettyeburg Wim Flemming visited friends at York Friday and Saturday. W A Taughinbaugh Esq is leaving his house and barn repainted. Messrs EC Stough and WA Stambaugh of New Oxford are the artists. Ernest Pottorff has moved his family to Diehl s mill near New Oxford. Pottorff will operate the mill for Diehl Bros Hafer and Ross Witter visited grandparents at Hanover Jeff McIntire and Sam Witter Wrights are working for Cla ton Sadler at Roth s mill near Biglerville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Trimmer
Mason
Gettyeburg
Wim
Flemming
York
W. A. Taughinbaugh
Messrs
E.C Stough
W. A. Stambaugh
New Oxford
Ernest Pottorff
Diehl
Notable Gettysburg figures seek care amid travel notes
Harry Strausbaugh, son of Charlies Strausbaugh of the Washington House Gettysburg, has been taken to a Philadelphia sanitarium for treatment. Raymond Fink of Irishtown returns from a Western trip visiting Portland Oregon Seattle Washington San Francisco California and other points.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry Strausbaugh
Charlies Strausbaugh
Washington House
Gettysburg
Bonneauville
Philadelphia
Raymond Fink
Irishtown
Portland
Oregon
Seattle
Washington
San Francisco
California
Hanover man loses fingers at Smith Symphone Co plant
Clinton S. Fickes of Hanover severed the index finger of his left hand and badly cut two other fingers and the thumb while operating a circular saw at the Smith Symphone Co plant in the West End on Tuesday morning. He had previously clerked at Sheely Bros. store in this area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clinton S. Fickes
Hanover
Smith Symphone Co
West End
Mr. Fickes
Sheely Bros
Altercation at Mc Sherrystown Involves Dog Case
An incident at Mc Sherrystown involved Roscoe Reider, Charles Bushey, son of John Bushey, and John Bushey Jr. A dog was central to the dispute, leading to two suits. one for cruelty to animals against Reider on Bushey’s information, and one for assault against John Bushey Jr. The accused were arrested by Officer Dougherty and the cases were amicably settled before Squire V. H Lilly on Monday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McSherrystown
Roscoe Reider
Charles Bushey
John Bushey
John Bushey, Jr
Reider
John Busbey, Jr
Dougherty
Squire
H Lilly
Despondent Woman Burns Self in Coal Oil Tragedy
In Pottsown Pennsylvania on December 2, Mrs Charles Miller age 43 wife of a Fricks Locks farmer attempted suicide by pouring coal oil over her body and lighting it. Fire spread in an out house before her husband and neighbors intervened, but she died hours later in hospital after two prior attempts in the last two weeks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pottsown
Charles Miller
Frick’s Locks
Here
Carey acquitted in murder of her two children
Mrs Bridget Carey was found not guilty of murdering her two children in Philadelphia on December 2. The verdict came as Judge Bar ratt held Assistant District Attorney William A Gray in contempt and issued a rule to show cause why he should not be disbarred. Carey remains indicted for the murder of Patrick and Cecilia Cook.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Bridget Carey
Carey
Patrick
Cecilia Cook
Fatally Stabbed in Camden County Jail
John Snell was fatally stabbed by fellow prisoner Frederick Stewart amid a quarrel over a 14 cent loan. Stewart's attack with a stiletto occurred in Camden County jail. Snell died five hours later at a hospital while awaiting trial for allegedly obtaining money under false fortune telling. Stewart was jailed for assault.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Camden
N. J
John Snell
Frederick Stewart
Snell
Stewart
Penknife operation saves child life in diphtheria case
Springfield Ohio November 30 Dr L L Lyman used a pocket knife to perform a tracheotomy on the four year old daughter of John Hudson a brakeman. With no instruments available he slit the windpipe inserted a tube and within an hour respiration resumed. The child improved and is expected to recover.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Springfield
L. L. Lyman
John Hudson
President and Mrs Roosevelt mark 20th wedding anniversary
Washington December 3. President and Mrs Roosevelt quietly celebrated their 20th wedding anniversary. Several of the president's closest friends called at the White House to offer congratulations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Roosevelt
White House
Mayor Shoots Himself in Ypsilanti
Mayor John Van Fossen of Ypsilanti Michigan aged 60 shot himself to death citing ill health. He had been a prominent figure in local politics for many years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ypsilanti, Mich
John van Fossen
Rescue Efforts Continue As Mine Tragedy Claims Many
Pittsburg reports that thirteen bodies have been recovered at the Naami mine near Fayette City while eighty six miners remain entombed. Poisonous gas and after damp are blamed for most fatalities as rescuers in 15 minute relays labor amid wreckage and crowded mine mouth observers.Relatives hinder efforts as committees notify the president and congress adjourns in memory of departed members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburg
Naami
United Coal Company
Fayette City
Fire Weds Eleven Miners Trapped In California Mine
In Drytown California eleven miners are trapped after a fire in the Fremont Gower gold mine. A ship carrying 18 men reached the 1000 foot level but was jammed by smoke and could not move. Two men escaped to the surface as smoke pours from the shaft and rescue efforts continue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
California
Drytown
Cal
Fremont-Gower
Fremont
Explosion at gas well kills man in Butler County
James Holland was killed and Irwin Whitmire seriously injured when nitro glycerine exploded at a Jane Whitmire farm gas well near Boydstown. A derrick and pump house burned as gas ignited from a lantern brought into the derrick by the men.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Butler
Jane Whitmire
Boydstown
James Holland
Irwin Whitmire
Holland
Whitmire
Cannon Re-elected Speaker of 60th Congress
Washington reports a bright opening in the 60th Congress with social gallery gatherings and notable ovations for Joseph Cannon and John Sharp Williams. Democrats cheer William Jennings Bryan as rules for the new session are debated, eventually adopting the old rules by party lines after a sharp clash over speaker power.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Congress
Senate
House of Representatives
House
Joseph FE. Cannon
John Sharp Williams
William Jennings Bryan
Cooper
Wisconsin
Shot and killed Pennsylvania Railroad track walker at West Chester
West Chester, Pa. December 2. Andrew Purcell aged track walker for the Pennsylvania Railroad was shot and killed at Frazier station. A train stopped there and an unknown negro along with Walter Hibbard alighted. Minutes after the train departed an assistant heard two shots and found Purcell mortally wounded. The assailant fled into the darkness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pennsylvania Railroad
West Chester
Andrew Purcell
Pennsylvania Railroad Company
Frazier Station
Frazier
Walter Hibbard
Recorder of Deeds
Chester County
Purcell
Waylaid and Murdered Near Pottsville Navy Recruit
Michael Lipshaw of Blackwood near Pottsville was found murdered on a road near his home. He was beaten with a club in a tree shade, his skull crushed. A blood-stained club lay beside him and a local man known to authorities, who had threatened Lipshaw, is missing from the neighborhood.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pottsville
Navy
Michael Lipshaw
Blackwood
Lipshaw
Cargo of Christmas Toys Burned in Fire on Freighter
A cargo valued at 50000 dollars of Christmas toys and novelties burned for two hours in the hold of the Montana a freighter of the Atlantic Transport Company at Washington avenue wharf Philadelphia. The ship came from London and officers believe the fire started on the other side smouldering across the Atlantic.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Atlantic Transport Company
Montana
Washington Avenue
London
Atlantic
Panama Bond Bidding Over Subscribed. Banks Bid Heavy
Washington December 2 The Panama canal bonds issue of 50 million dollars drew more than 3000 bids and was heavily oversubscribed. Bids from National City Bank New York totaled five million at 101 to 103 price, with First National Bank Chicago bidding above 101. An allotment will take time due to the large bid volume.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Treasury Department
National City Bank of New York
First National Bank of Chicago
Three Killed In R. R. Wreck At Shenandoah Junction
A Baltimore express train was sideswiped by a freight at Shenandoah Junction. Three passengers died W L F Hoffman and his daughter Nellie of Baltimore and an unidentified white man. A dozen were injured but not fatally. The accident involved a day coach derailed and overturned while the locomotive and initial cars escaped with minor damage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shenandoah Junction
Baltimore
W. L. F. Hoffman
Nellie
St. Louis
New York
Airship Believed French Patrie Seen Over Wales
An airship believed to be the French military Patrie, loose since Saturday at Verdun, was sighted drifting over Cardiganshire Wales traveling seaward at high altitude. Reported spectators said three men clung to the airship. Later an airship was seen over Belfast heading north, seemingly out of control.
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London
Patrie
Verdun
France
Wales
Cardiganshire
Belfast
Week's Brews Condensed Fire Tragedies and Obits
A compressed chronicle from late November to early December notes a major glass factory fire in Millville New Jersey causing 5000 dollars in losses. It reports campaign spending by Pennsylvania Democrats, multiple deaths by suicide murder and accident across several states, and notable passings including Charlies W. Chase Vannella Meeker Hall Hugh Murray Osie Pierce Major Jacob Downing and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Whitehall-Totem
Millville
N. J
Pennsylvania
Democratic
Charlies W. Chase
Fall River
Mass
Carter County
Samuel Rose
Jack Conn
Vannella Meeker Hall
Pittsburg
Hugh Murray
Masonic Grand Lodge of Canada
Hamilton
Ont
Osie Pierce
Powhatan
Hurts
Richmond
Southern Railway
Lynchburg
John Gillison
Madison Court House
Pearl Thomas
John Mason
Portugal
Philadelphia
George F. Porter
Atney
Minneap
Paxton Hotel
Omaha
New York
Granite
Cal
Leadville
Peter Wilkinson
Northumberland County
Catherine Logan
Nina
Boston
Kelis Taylor
East Altoona
Pennsylvania Railroad
Granville
Dragelag
New Franklin
Ben Newman
Altoona
Jacob Downing
Denver
Lewis Guest
J. Augustus Rice
Nazareth Hall
Bethlehem
H. J. Groves
Kansas City
Post
Richard Horne
James H. Ferriss
St. Louis
United States
Fair to Reopen Jamestown Exposition in Summer
A meeting is called for Tuesday to start a movement to reopen the Jamestown Exposition in Norfolk Virginia for four months next summer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norfolk
Quotations Baltimore Wheat and Commodities Roundup
Market quotes show steady to firm tones across grains and dairy. Baltimore wheat steady at No 2 and steamer scales, oats quiet with mixed and white varieties, butter firm with creamery and prints ranges, eggs firm with Maryland Pennsylvania Virginia and Southern offerings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore
Maryland
Fenneylvnais
Pennsylvania
Virginia
West Virginia
Southern
Live Stock Markets Pittsburg Stock Yards Report
CATTLE lower with prices 5 to 5.65 for choice and prime 5.20 to 5.40. HOGS higher with prime heavies 6.60, light yorkers 5.60, pigs 5.25 to 5.40, roughs 4.50 to 5. SHEEP lower with lime wethers 5, culls and commons 1.50 to 4.25, lambs 4.60 to 6.40, veal calves 3 to 8.75.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburg
Union
Also Mentioned on This Page
New Oxford Borough Water Bonds
T. E. Bower
Council
David Noel
Oxford Township
Adams County
Martin Heltzel
Lucina Heltzel
Executrix
John D. Keith
Gettysburg, Pa
Wm. Boadenhamer
Monumental EquaRe
Hanover, Pa
New Chester
Penknife
Cannon
Blackwood, Pa
Panama
R. R. Wreck
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