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Newspaper
New Oxford Item
Location
New Oxford, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Dec 26, 1907
Page
2
The New Oxford terms listing announces weekly publication by H. J. Smith. Subscription is $1.00 per year in advance or $1.25 if unpaid within the year. Advertisements are accepted at reasonable rates with discounts for yearly advertisers and painting services offered for items from small labels to large posters.
A York woman Mrs Ida Hoban reveals she has endured six marriages in seventy five years and declares she is tired of men and would wed ten more. Other notes tell of a wagon accident near Claysburg killing Stephen Feathers, a courthouse fire in Mercer County leaving intact records, and a fatal train derailment near New Midway injuring crew and a York county teacher burned.
In Chambersburg the jury awarded Mrs. Elizabeth Rowe eight thousand eight hundred thirty eight dollars and seventy five cents for her husband John N. Rowe killed crossing the Western Maryland tracks near Midvale on October 31, 1906. The freight car struck the team. no engine was attached.
Mrs. Martha Weaver aged 75 dies at her Newville home Cumberland County after her clothes catch fire while smoking meat. Her daughter Miss Annie Weaver warned her mother then rushed to help as the blaze spread leaving Annie severely burned trying to extinguish the flames.
An 1908 text extols Ayer's Cherry Pectoral as a versatile cough remedy with doctor’s approval. It includes dosing notes for Ayer's Pills and claims for laxative strength. It also lists the Republican and Democratic National Conventions dates and locations, expenditures for Denver, and a satirical remark on courtship. The ad closes with King’s New Life Pills at 25 cents.
Stockholders of Farmers and Merchants Bank of New Oxford Pa are urged to vote for eleven directors at the banking house on Monday January 13 1908 between 2 and 4 pm. Cashier Jas W Barnitz signs the notice. Look up the new ad of West End Grocery.
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