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Newspaper
New Oxford Item
Location
New Oxford, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Dec 20, 1906
Page
5
Public notice outlines annual subscription at 81.00 with 3$ advance, arrears may end or renew automatically if not discontinued. Publishers may discontinue at option after time paid. Advertising rates offered rearward with discounts for yearly advertisers and printing of all descriptions from labels to posters.
The article details a string of local events including deaths by suicide in Moorestown and Hagerstown, a massive 400 year old tree in Lancaster County, a 100th birthday in Spring Township, a 106 year old Blair County resident, a near total loss fire at the York cigar factory, and notable medical cures and curiosities from nearby towns.
A Texas man named W. L. Hill reports growth from 90 to over 180 pounds after suffering a cough and consumption. He credits Dr King’s New Discovery for Consumption Coughs and Colds with his recovery after twelve doses, with a guaranteed finished bottle offered by Ed. T. Auker Druggist at 50 cents or 1 dollar.
The Post Office Department held a sale of unclaimed mail from the dead letter office. The catalog listed 26 000 parcels misdirected to foreign countries, 36 000 domestic mail items, and 42 000 loose articles. Items ranged from inkstands and whips to jewel boxes watches and diamond pins, none returnable due to missing sender addresses.
The Columbia Baking and Manufacturing Company plant at Columbia was destroyed by fire Sunday evening with estimated losses of 75000 dollars. The Ness Brothers office in York was broken into Saturday night, the safe opened and money stolen. Martha Hurt of Salina Kansas aged 105 filed for divorce from her 15 year younger husband on grounds of cruelty.
An old advertisement notes that a severe cold can leave a child susceptible to diphtheria and touts Chamberlain's Cough Remedy as rapidly curing colds and reducing germ disease risk. Sold by Ed. T. Auker.
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