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Newspaper
New Oxford Item
Location
New Oxford, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Dec 19, 1902
Page
4
The notice urges all subscribers who have not yet paid to remit funds before the New Year to meet heavy obligations faced by the newspaper, stressing that operating a newspaper requires money.
Clinton Rickrode, a steel works worker at Sparrows Point Maryland, was nearly killed when a valve burst while he stood beside a locomotive dumping molten metal. Hot metal burned his hands and he was squeezed between the firebox and track bed as the engineer backed away. He was hospitalized in Baltimore, returned home, relapsed, and went back to the hospital.
A twelve card set showcases York landmarks including the old courthouse where the Continental Congress met, the new courthouse, Zion Reformed church visited by Washington, Trinity and St. John’s churches, the Paine writing house, Wayne’s Yorktown headquarters, Gates banquet site, the Soldiers Monument, and views from Farquhar and Center Square arches.
Many soldiers in the last war wrote that Bucklen's Africa Salve is the best for scratches bruises cuts wounds corns sore feet stiff joints burns scalds boils ulcers skin eruptions and piles. Cures or no pay. Only 25 cents at Wehler's drug store.
The Gettysburg area hears little about the mysterious Snyder death at New Chester. Rumors persist of pointed evidence and possible deliberate murder. Some claim a party tried to silence three others, with money as the motive, while heirs face questions about their conduct and the case remains a dangerous precedent.
Local Hanover paper lists Christmas goods such as linen, silk and wool dress fabrics, umbrellas, lace curtains, and novelties from G. B. Nace, Son & Co. Notices mention Dr King's Life Pills curing ailments, Meisenhelder's cough syrup, and Chamberlain's Stomach and Liver Tablets. Reports note coal theft near York, new houses for Wetzel Bros. at Hunters Run, and future York County railroad expansion. Reverend John H. O Rourke announces the Jesuit order's move from Frederick to St Andrews on the Hudson January 15 with extensive effects and belongings.
First Evangelical Lutheran Church reports Sunday services at 7 p.m. with Sunday School and Junior C E in the afternoon and midweek prayer on Wednesday. St Pauls Reformed Church lists 7 p.m. Sunday sermons and 9 a.m. Sunday school with a Christmas service at 7 p.m. Ch. Methodist Episcopal notes 10 a.m. Sunday worship and 9 a.m. Sunday School. Immaculate Conception Catholic Church advertises Low Mass and High Mass at 10 with Vespers and Benediction in late afternoon and Sacrament at 6:50.
On Monday December 22 Sheriff Morrison will sell at public sale in Gettysburg a tract of land in Huntington township containing 12 acres more or less improved with a frame bank barn as the property of Join Goodermuta.
A testimonial from Mrs. W. Waitman of Mechanic Falls Me credits Dr Miles Nervine and Nerve and Liver Pills with relief from severe nervous trouble and dyspepsia after years of illness. She states improved sleep, restored strength, and ongoing use with gratitude and recommendation. The ad invites readers to obtain a free book and to contact Dr Miles Medical Co Elkhart Indiana.
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