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Newspaper
New Oxford Item
Location
New Oxford, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Dec 13, 1906
Page
21
By H J Smith. CHEM S800 per annum in advance 1.0 if not paid within the year. No subscription discontinued unless at the option of the publisher until arrearages are paid. Failure to order discontinuance at expiration will be a new engagement. Advertisements at reasonable rates with liberal yearly reductions. Printing of every description from labels to posters.
Max Geiger a young German who fell from an apple tree on a farm near Hendrix Station in September sustaining a fractured spine is remembered with gifts of flowers and fruits from hospital visitors. The life story details his voyage from Silicia to North Europe then New Orleans before York County where he was injured. doctors say the spinal bones have knit but the spinal cord injury will leave him a helpless invalid if he lives.
Winter and spring sale announcements urge residents to have sale bills printed at the Inn office. The service offers low prices and free sale notice in the sale register until sale day. Upcoming dates include February 17 H P Treiber and March listings across multiple townships for farm stock and farm implements.
A Pennsylvania man cites his mother’s relief from years of rheumatism after using Chamberlain’s Pain Balm. He reports she could not move at times yet regained mobility after a few applications, and she now always keeps the balm on hand to ward off pain.
State Health Commissioner Dixon announces 950 Pennsylvania registrars for vital statistics with Adams county list including Dr. Henry Stewart and Dr. Geo L Rice. Law requires births and deaths to be registered within ten days, certificates needed for stillborns, penalties for noncompliance, and registrar pay for reports.
Gettysburg hosts brutal cock fights amid drinking and gambling with participants from town and beyond. Several birds died or were badly injured as the scene exposed a brutal pastime. Controversy grows over local tolerance and calls for justice against known participants.
In high demand medicine for stomach and liver troubles Breathes modern cleansing with Dr King’s New Life Pills. Try them at Ed T Auker’s drug store.
In 1906 there will be five eclipses three solar and two lunar. The first a total lunar eclipse occurs February 8 9 with totality from 1 57 to 3 36 AM visible in North and South America. The remaining eclipses February 25 July 21 August 4 and August 19 are partial solar or lunar events not visible from the United States except Alaska for the August 19 eclipse.
More than one hundred surveyors work on the Western extension toward Pittsburg. The project would provide a direct Wabash connection and make shipping from Baltimore profitable for Pittsburg. In the interim the line from the mountain top through Gettysburg and Hanover serves as a long siding to handle traffic.
Mrs. Cora Walker of Porterville California declares Chamberlain's Cough Remedy the best for colds. She cites rapid relief safety and pneumonia prevention as reasons to prefer it. Sold by Ed Tinker, druggist.
In York County 58 divorces were granted this year with 112 cases pending. Clerk W. R. Weaver issued 1125 marriage licenses. A 14 year old and a 76 year old bride noted. An Oakland Indiana reader praises Dr King’s New Discovery for Consumption and Coughs and Colds. Trial bottle offered by Ed Auker.
A seven year old son of John A. Carbaugh fell from a small porch at 757 W. King street and cut his forehead on a stone step. A physician treated the child at home with several stitches. Carbaugh is formerly from Berlin Junction. Electric Bitters touted for malaria and fever relief with a 50 cent price at Ed Auker’s drug store.
J H Duttera Jr announces a full supply of coal of all kinds available at bottom price in New Oxford Pennsylvania with a date 4 23 ly.
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