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Newspaper
New Oxford Item
Location
New Oxford, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Dec 17, 1908
Page
2
Advertises a local weekly newspaper with subscription details, rates, and advertising services. Mentions H J Smith publisher, price one dollar per year, advance payment, and rules for discontinuation. Includes printing services for labels cards and large posters.
The Geiser Mfg Co plans sending five large plow rigs to south central Mexico. Each rig uses a 30 horsepower traction engine with eight shares per plow. The engines are the largest built for this purchase by Geiser. Mexican agents secured the order after other makes failed to meet requirements. A local note adds that Lewis Oberholtzer of Emmitsburg died recently and left a $3,000 gold and silver treasure found by his daughter in a tin box hidden since the Civil War.
An editorial urges building a state highway along the old road from Greensburg to York via Chambersburg and Gettysburg, noting the shorter distance of 297 miles versus the railroad’s 353. It argues the project would require surfacing roads, repairing bridges, and removing toll barriers, with scenic and historic appeal at Gettysburg and Chambersburg.
William Fritz of York Haven York County was injured when a live hog thought dead attacked him during hog butchering. He struck the animal, but it rose and ripped his clothing and flesh before he fatally wounded it. A physician cauterized his wounds. In contrast, four Waynesboro manufacturers paid $194,000 in dividends in the last month. They also paid about a million dollars in wages over the past year.
Frank Keckler a 10 year old of Waynesboro is jailed for 30 days for drunken and disorderly conduct. Magistrate Potter quieted the boy after a police restraint and Keckler refused to name his source for the pint of whiskey found on him.
The undersigned offers auctioneering services and solicits trials for personal property or real estate. Prices reasonable and satisfaction guaranteed. Chas W. Rinehart Irishtown.
Notice to stockholders of Farmers & Merchants Bank of New Oxford Adams County Pa that the annual election of eleven directors for the ensuing year will be held at the Banking House on Monday January 11 1909 between 2 and 4 pm Jas W Barnitz cashier.
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