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Newspaper
New Oxford Item
Location
New Oxford, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Dec 12, 1907
Page
10
The New Oxford Item announces weekly Friday publication by H. J. Smith with annual rate 3.00 and 50 cents for arrears, automatic renewal unless discontinued, and ads printed at reasonable yearly rates, offering printing of all kinds from labels to posters. Publication dated Thursday December 5 1907.
Fire of incendiary origin wipes out Samuel Shambaugh's home and barn with stock in Cumberland county, totaling about $5,000 in losses. The long column then shifts to social notes including missing bridegroom, Eliza Kapp's death, a fatal bake oven collapse, a suicide attempt thwarted, and other local tragedies and oddities.
F M Geisier, driver for an Altoons bakery, was held up by footpads on a lonely mountain road. After being robbed, he was tied and gagged but released as the horses returned home. About $3 was taken. In a separate accident, six year old Mildred Stover died after her clothing caught fire tending a blaze, while her 14 year old bedridden brother fought to help.
Fire at the college church in Gettysburg on November 28 damaged three joists and a ceiling hole before Mrs. Harvey Bollinger, wife of the sexton, extinguished the blaze. She noticed smoke while burning papers in the furnace area and repeatedly poured water through a floor hole to stop the flames.
A bill in equity filed before Judge Wanner led to the appointment of receivers for the York Silk Manufacturing Company. M. G. Collins and Captain W. N. Lanius were named as receivers to protect assets amid a tight money market. Assets reported at 2 892 513 with liabilities of 822 500.
Rat poison in cornmeal mixed for rat control led Mrs Harbold to feed fish to her family in Dillsburg. All members became ill but are out of danger due to prompt treatment by Drs Yeary and Kelly. An inquiry confirms poisoning and preliminary cause shows the family’s pest problem.
The ad copy touts Ayer's Pills for bilious attacks headaches indigestion and related symptoms with a small dose at bedtime. It also reports a Baltimore area railroad survey set to begin December 9 and notes expected construction costs and savings, along with local retail promotions and tragic on track accident details.
Public notice references Franklin township and Straban township and names the office of Register and Recorder with official L. Bubb as corresponding official. Details remain brief and formal as an administrative posting.
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