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Newspaper
New Oxford Item
Location
New Oxford, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Dec 20, 1901
Page
5
Local items report prices at Hireswen's and RitesHaw's, births and deaths, misfortunes, thefts, farms sold, and civic notes. Includes milk price at Silk station, new businesses in the area, a silk mill rumor, animal weights, and planned public auctions in January.
Deaths reported from Mountpleasant and Latimore illnesses claim two 27 year old women Ada Harbold and Ida Dieul. John Lobr dies of throat cancer in Union township. Bank bonds paid after a $57,000 defalcation with $25,000 added to surplus. Train accident near York kills T B Gonrad, a York school teacher, leaving a widow and four children.
A sequence of short social items reports visits and travel among locals and nearby towns. Hon Cyrus G Beales of York Springs makes a pleasant call. D H Myers and wife of Baltimore visit sister Annie Myers in Pitt street. Mrs Agnes Aumen of York visits sister Mary A Smith in Pitt street. J W C Austin of York drops by Monday evening. Mrs Katie S Deveney of White Hall visits townsfolk. John W Sheetz and Wm Shealy, Mercersburg Academy students, return home for holiday. Dr Gev P Weaver, back from Colorado, is in critical condition. Joseph Kellenberger and family visit his mother near town. Mrs W H Emmert spends several days at York Springs. Ada Lefevre of Littlestown visits locally. John Gulden of Hanover street leaves for several weeks to Baltimore and other places.
Mrs Ada Gilbert Dennis a Washington fashion dressmaker was found badly beaten in her room Tuesday morning at Garned Hospital she remains in critical condition unable to name her attacker. Dennis a Gettysburg native widow has lived in Washington about twenty years with a large trade and an estimated worth of 25000. Pocketbook untouched suggesting not a robbery motive. She is stepdaughter of Mrs Samuel Johns and aunt of Wa H Johns of Gettysburg.
Hebron Lodge No. 165 F and A M elected officers for the coming Masonic year at Monday's meeting. W M Charles K Yeager 8 W J Harry Plymire J W Ferdinand Hesse Secretary James W Barnitz Treasurer Zelotus H Cashman Trustees Alex W Himes Geo A Klingle John N Hersh Representative to Grand Lodge Michael Hoffheios
Miss Estella Hildebrand aged 34 died Saturday afternoon at her mother's home in York from pneumonia. The cigarmaker had worked with William Snyder at Isaac Kobler's factory. The pair had jokingly predicted that if one died the other would follow. Snyder died last Wednesday and Hildebrand died three days later.
Edward Stambaugh, farm worker for C E Ehrehart and Lewis D Sell in Berwick township, fell 60 foot down an 8 by 4 shaft while copper prospecting. A rope detachment sent him and a bucket plunging. another worker grabbed the rope and averted tragedy. Dr Meisenbelder treated severe back bruises.
First Evangelical Lutheran holds services Sunday at 7 p m and Sunday School. Catechetical Class Saturday at 2. Christmas program Wednesday at 7. Pastor Rev Ferpixano Hesse. St Pauls Reformed has Sunday 7 p m service. Sunday School 9 a m. Senior Catechetical class Saturday 9:30. Christmas program Wednesday 9. Pastor Rev Heimer. Immaculate Conception Catholic Church offers two Masses next Sunday Low Mass 8 and High Mass 10. Young Peoples Sodality 6. Solemn Vespers 7. Christmas Masses 6 and 10 15. Pastor Rev L Avenstus Rerpter. Methodist Episcopal church preaches Sunday 10 a m. Sunday School 9 a m. Epworth League 6 p m. pastor Rev Yaceux T.
Dec 10 Hanover ceremony for Milton W. Bish and Clara B. Strine. Dec 15 Arendtsville wedding for D H Godhenauer and Susanna E. Schlosser. Dec 15 Huntington township marriage Curtis J. Gulden and Elsie Meals. Dec 17 Gettysburg union of James M. Caldwell and Fannie Gelbach.
Deaths listed from December notices including Mrs. Daniel Diehl 26 years in Mountpleasant township. Edward Marshall near Gettysburg. infant daughter of Mr. and Mrs. S A Troxell in Gettysburg. Mrs Elizabeth Little colored 75 in Gettysburg. Mary Frances daughter of George Conrad in McSherrystown at 17 weeks. Mrs Jacob Albert in East Berlin in her 8th year. Mrs Jas Bowling in Liberty township aged 68.
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