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Newspaper
New Oxford Item
Location
New Oxford, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Dec 12, 1929
Page
3
An ad pitches Elgin as an American made watch offering comparable value to Swiss brands at the same price. It emphasizes affordability and national pride in domestic craftsmanship.
In Butler township on Monday morning a search of Edward and Raymond Shriver’s premises failed to locate a deer carcass but uncovered a moonshine still, three five gallon kegs of apple jack liquor and three 650 gallon mash barrels. Hess, grandfather of Raymond, was jailed and charged with illegal liquor possession while the Shrivers were said to be in Baltimore.
Adams county reports a record 1929 license sales with License No 4200 sold to Jesse Slick Mt Joy township and remaining calls directed to York or Chambersburg. Deer season opens Saturday December 14 with few licenses expected. post December 15 most licenses close. An execution issued at Gettysburg favors the Pennsylvania Joint Stock and Land Bank against David and Frances B Malcolm for 1673.73.
Public sale in front of the Hotel Gettysburg offered 100 shares of Gettysburg National Bank stock ranging from 40.50 to 43.75 a share. Buyers included C. W. Johnson and Officer Aughinbaugh who purchased, with others such as GC Beitman, Wilbur Geiselmin, J. L Williams, and C. J. Toot. Five 4 percent Gettysburg school bonds, par 500, were also sold to Beitman, Bible, Beitman, Weikert, and Beitman to settle several estates.
Judge D. P. McPherson signed an order directing Adams county jury commissioners to place 350 sober intelligent and judicious persons in the jury wheel for 1930. The wheel will later be replenished to 360 as directed, and the names already in the wheel may remain. Subscription note: Item 1 per year.
Azalea Furney, 46, living near the Hoffman orphanage, is jailed and designated for a sanity commission after allegedly discharging firearms at a carpenter who reported being fired upon. She has long feared spells and has carried a hatchet, with a court appointment naming Dr. Stewart, Dr. Gettier, and Raymond Topper to examine her.
Dr Westley Hummel denied a false claim that Clara Bow stabbed herself over a love affair with Harry Richman. Nurse Romayne Livingston cared for Bow at New Oxford hospital while Paramount and Famous Lasky studios backed the denial, calling the report a fake.
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