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Newspaper
New Oxford Item
Location
New Oxford, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Dec 19, 1907
Page
6
Original comedy drama Strife shown at Miller's Auditorium on November 27 at 8 15 p.m Doors open 7 30 p.m Admission 25c Reserved seat 35c This event notice promotes the show and ticket options.
Estate of Alexander W. Himes in New Oxford Adams County Pa appoints Sarahe Himes executrix and directs all creditors to present claims promptly for settlement with proper authentication.
A late week storm bringing snow rain and sleet has badly crippled telephone lines throughout the section, hindering communication and service. Local crews work to repair damaged lines and restore connections as weather improves.
Mr George Hiltebreck a farmer in Germany township near Littlestown suffers severe phosphorous poisoning from mixing rat poison. His left arm swelled and Dr Crouse with Drs Weaver and Gettier opened the limb twice to drain the poison.
Pensions issued at monthly rates of 12 dollars for Elias Dillfield of Gettysburg and John McLaughlin of Fairfield, 15 dollars for Isaac Pecher of Fairfield, and 20 dollars for Clinton Danner of Mt. Rock.
The Rev W G Minnick announced to his Mt Joy charge on Sunday that he will resign effective January 15 1908. He has served the Mt Joy Lutheran and Harney Lutheran churches for over 14 years quitting mainly due to health limiting the heavy driving the job required.
Members of Hebron Lodge F A M 465 with wives and friends held their annual banquet at the Oxford Hotel on Monday evening. The event met the usual high standard at the popular hostelry and was greatly enjoyed by all. Visitors attended from Hanover Gettysburg Hampton and other places.
Washington Feeser, a widower living alone four miles east of Union Mills, Md., was found dead in bed on Sunday morning, December 15. He wore most of his clothes, his body was cold and stiff, and a lamp burned on a shelf behind the bed. Judge Swope has again asked county licensed liquor sellers to keep bars closed on Christmas Day, a request noted last year as generally observed.
Alphonsus Small aged about 30 son of Mrs Daniel Small of McSherrys town died Monday night after a lengthy illness from a complication of diseases. He is survived by his mother and by three sisters and three brothers.
Mr A C Miller of Hampton slaughtered two pigs aged fourteen months weighing 515 pounds and 434 pounds. The note invites others to beat the record and report any surpassing weights.
Telegram to Ig natus Weaver of North Peters street announces the death of his daughter Miss Mary Weaver age 17 at Carlisle Hospital after sudden illness and emergency operation. She had resided with a Carlisle area family for some time and will be brought home for interment.
The column lists residents and visitors including Miss Fannie Ditenhaf er of Berlin Ave improving health, S Miley Miller of Farmers & Merchants Bank with pneumonia at home near Hampton, Mrs. W H Fowler of Fairfield visiting daughter in Philadelphia street, W N Myers of Baltimore visiting, E C Stock and wife from Baltimore at J W Stock's Pitt street home, Maud Deal returning from Blacksburg to live with Cashman parents, Geo Osborne and D F Slentz driving to Baltimore in Osborne’s auto, Misses Charlotte Keesey and Kathrine Small of York visiting Miss Himes on Center Square, and Geo Hl Little of West High street slaughtering two porkers weighing 344 and 349 pounds.
At Hebron Lodge No. 465 F and A M a regular meeting elected W M J M Hulick S W Rev Geo N Lauffer J W J R Hartman Secretary James W Barnitz Treasurer Z H Cashman Trustees G A Klingel W F Sheely W H Emmert and Representative to Grand Lodge Dr G J Spotz. The newly elected officers were installed after the vote.
In Norristown Pennsylvania two teenage girls Ida Bell 17 of Port Kennedy and Fannie Brunner 18 of Bettwood were struck and killed by a Pennsylvania railroad train at a deep cut near Bettwood. Their hats and a comb remained on the locomotive pilot revealing the tragedy. The bodies were found more than six hours after the accident.
Mrs Roy Wilson wife of an insurance broker attacked at home by a ferocious bulldog seized a sword and killed the animal after pinning it to the wall. She and her husband fainted from the encounter and were revived by neighbors.
Ten year old John Hetzel sent from Jersey City to the New Jersey State Home for Deaf Mutes in Trenton astonishes doctors. He has no ears only small lobes with no openings yet he hears and understands by keeping his mouth open, leading physicians to believe he hears through it.
Edward L. Heilman bought a perfectly formed four legged rooster from Fred Hollo way in Bethlehem for 70 dollars. It is a cross between a white Plymouth Rock and a white Leghorn. The buyer claims his servant Mary Blakeslee says the bird is bewitched.
George F. Fiske, a New York newspaper man and former Philadelphia and Pittsburgh correspondent, recently press agent for the Jamestown Exposition, was struck by a Pennsylvania railroad train in Trenton New Jersey. His death follows earlier stints with major papers.
An explosion in Yolande Alabama mine traps about 70 workers with 35 bodies recovered. Rescue efforts proceed amid extreme heat and deadly dust. Officials suspect dust ignition. mine ventilation began, and some survivors crawled out within an hour.
In Monongah West Virginia the Fairmont Coal Co search of mines 6 and 8 halted due to a new fire and extensive prior exploration. A total of 338 bodies have been removed with most unrecognizable from dismemberment and burns. Pit boss J M McGraw was found in mine 8 headless and disfigured but identified by clothing.
In Shenandoah a boarder named John Rodgers is sought after Mrs. Mary Perkatis 40 and her 4 year old son John were found murdered at their home. The crime was discovered by the woman’s 9 year old daughter four hours later as police search for Rodgers who had spent his pay on drink and left for New York. The husband was away at the mines.
Paul Niles, a hunter in Freeport Illinois, was attacked by a vast flock of crows after firing at birds accompanying them. The birds wounded him as he fled though he crawled to a barn where the attack ceased. Niles remains in critical condition.
John W. Gates won $500 in a race between two drops of water down a Pullman car window as rain fell outside. He was traveling with a fellow plunger. The scene occurred recently on a train.
Memphis residents recount a mock lynching when Willis Gordon, a 16 year old Black youth, was hoisted to a shafting at a local factory by companions. His clothing caught in a belt and his head and arms were severed from his shoulders. Several participants, all Black, were arrested for involuntary manslaughter.
In Robinson Maryland Anne Arundel County, Mrs. George Hall shot through a home window believing she aimed at her husband. The slug struck Howard Walton in the face and neck, killing him en route to a Baltimore hospital. Mrs Hall is in custody.
Frederick R. Romer, an undertaker, was found dead in his Park hotel room. The victim suffered a crushed skull from a hammer blow and extensive facial bruising after a robbery that took a diamond ring a gold watch and chain and about $150. No suspect or weapon found. Entry came via a window fire escape. evidence suggested the killer washed hands and clothing.
Ella Wright arrived at her Chescer Pennsylvania home on December 17 to find her mother unconscious in the kitchen and a younger brother unable to move. Other family members were found in the parlor. A doctor revived them after investigators determined a coal stove had caused the gas leak.
Mrs. Lewis DeHaven of Anahomink was killed and her son Arthur seriously injured when their buggy horses frightened and plunged. The buggy overturned and Mrs. DeHaven died shortly after from injuries. Arthur sustained internal injuries in the Stroudsburg Pennsylvania incident reported December 14.
Creditors of the late H. L. Evans & Company will receive John H. W. Evans silver matchbox as a division among themselves. Judges ruled the brothers may keep their jewelry, deeming it wearing apparel not subject to seizure.
Miss Jennie Beidelman, 25, daughter of Mr and Mrs A R Beidelman of Bethlehem Pennsylvania, died after taking a dose of oxalic acid mistaken for epsom salts administered by her mother in this city on December 17.
Eli Weitzel a bookkeeper for Lehigh Coal & Navigation in Philadelphia collapsed in Dr S N Wiley’s Norristown office after an injection of diphtheria antitoxin. Death cited as heart disease but relation to the injection or child’s illness unresolved. his daughter Ruth 18 months old is seriously ill with diphtheria.
In December’s final week notable events unfold across the nation. Augustus Willson becomes Kentucky's 38th governor in Frankfort, while the American National Live Stock Association announces Denver meetings for January. Sousa recovers from ptomaine poisoning and leaves Chicago to rejoin his band. At Cleveland a steam pipe blast kills two and burns twelve at the American Steel and Wire plant. Indictments arrive for John G. Jenkins and three sons in Brooklyn. A Bedford, Pennsylvania salesman dies from a fractured skull after icy slip in Cleveland. Executions are scheduled for foreign-born Philadelphia defendants in January. A Herschel Illinois cashier shoots himself, and fires devastate Forest Citys opera house and an adjacent store in Pennsylvania. Notables pass including Jane M. Carson, 82, and jurist Colgar, while children and workers suffer accidents and deaths across several states. In Philadelphia a boy is killed by a wagon, and a quarry blast in New York fatally injures three. Bank leadership changes occur in Reading, and ill health prompts resignation. A Mount Union mad dog incident and multiple fires claim lives, with other incidents of arson and crime reported in Mississippi and New York.
The latest closing prices show wheat firm at spot 99 and 99 AC, corn steady with mixed spot at 65 bb4ye, oats firmer white No 2 at 6G 56 2c, butter held around 28 29c prints 22 23c, eggs steady at Maryland Pennsylvania Virginia 31c per dozen with Southern 38G 29c.
Live Stock Markets. Pittsburg Union Stock Yards shows cattle slow and lower with primes at 6.10 and 5.25 for choice. sheep firm with primes at 4.80 and ewes and lambs quoted. hogs lower with heavy, medium, and Yorkers around 4.66 to 4.20.
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