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Newspaper
New Oxford Item
Location
New Oxford, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Dec 26, 1907
Page
5
Monumental Square in Hanover offers a wide variety of suitable gifts with moderate prices, presenting a festive shopping surge for the season. The display promises substantial selections and value for shoppers seeking Christmas surprises.
John Geiger of St Clair attempted to buy Christmas gifts but shot himself twice on his porch and is dying. Separately, 42 year old John A Neid hammer of Wormleysburg killed himself by shooting through the temple, found near his door after two shots fired at his wife, who had recently been arrested for assault and battery. Neid hammer left substantial property.
Notice to legatees and concerned parties that administration accounts will be presented for conformation and allowance on Saturday January 18 at 10 o clock AM in the Orphans Court of Adams County. Accounts include Scott for Anna Horner White Pittentorf Mowery Brourh Kaufman Hollinger Leister Hollinger Thomas and McSherry estates with various executors and administratrices. D F Steffy Register.
Jacob Keeney of Folma near Shrewsbury York county was fatally injured when his clothing caught in a saw shaft at his mill shortly after 8 pm Friday. He was whirled around, sustaining severe body injuries and loss of clothing, then thrown to a corner and carried to his home after revival.
Philadelphia authorities report George Wilson alias Williams, under arrest for the Romer murder in Orange New Jersey, gave a partial confession through Captain Donaghy. He says he killed Romer in self defense, the first substantive statement obtained from him.
Clarence W. Johnson claiming Sioux heritage was found probably guilty by the district court in Providence after medical testimony described a bullet perforating a pulmonary artery and filling the lungs with blood, leading to death by drowning.
Pittsburg December 19. Policeman William A. Schwartz killed his mother Rachel Schwartz sixty one during an accidental discharge while cleaning his revolver. He then attempted suicide but was restrained by relatives. The fatal bullet struck Mrs Schwartz in the head as the weapon discharged.
Senator Tillman has received from the farmers clearing house association of Henley Oregon a certificate reading Ten pigs ten dollars the pigs are back of this certificate. The certificate shows pigs feeding in a trough and was sent to the senator due to his opposition to permitting banks to issue clearing house certificates.
Arthur Stanton twelve son of Mr and Mrs Stanton of Stanton's Mills Somerset county was caught in a shaft at his father s grist mill and instantly killed his body was whirled against floor and ceiling and every bone in his body broken
Antonio Continello aged eighteen and Tony Ricardi aged fifteen, Italian youths, were killed when a Lehigh Valley passenger train struck their wagon as they crossed the tracks at Plains near Scranton. They were employed by a Pittston bakery.
Pittsburg reports the season's first skating death as John Kennedy aged 22 drowned after breaking through ice on a small pond in Mifflin township on December 18.
In Aydenham township Ontario a two year old boy, left alone with his baby sister, set a roll of paper alight and burned the child's dress. The baby died within thirty minutes from injuries sustained in the blaze.
Seth Low, former president of Columbia University, was elected president at the closing session of the National Civic Federation in New York. He succeeds August Belmont, who retires due to business pressures.
Thomas Failey, a railway postal clerk, was removed from his Harrisburg residence to the Harrisburg Sanitary Hospital suffering from smallpox. He is believed to have contracted the disease from handling foreign mails between New York and Pittsburgh.
At the Pittsburg Coal Company Darr mine in Jacobs Creek a catastrophic blast left 200 or more miners trapped under slate and rock. Rescue teams worked from the mouth of the mine as heavy falls blocked access. only one man escaped, Joseph Mapleton, while officials organized continued relief efforts. The event drew crowds to the river crossing and raised fears of widespread casualties.
Mrs. Molly Desmond known as The Needle Lady is dying at Fordham hospital after twenty six operations to remove needles from her body. Desmond swallowed twelve dozen needles during a personal crisis related to marital troubles and has endured repeated procedures with X ray and magneto to locate and extract the metal fragments.
Constable James Dolan went to arrest coal thieves in the Reading Railway supply area. In self-defence he fired into a crowd of foreign residents, killing two Hungarians who attacked him after rescuing the man he arrested. Dolan is in custody as public sentiment leans toward his release.
In Philadelphia a bold plot to steal 60 000 dollars in bullion from the Buffalo express was foiled by a Reading railway yardman who spotted three men under the train. One conspirator was arrested as the others fled among the trains and streets.
Miss Maud McCrumb a local schoolteacher is in serious condition after an attack by Charles Summers a Turnersville farmer. Summers was captured by a mob and moved to Greenville for safety as hundreds gathered at the jail in the manhunt. Summers escaped earlier and was found hiding near a cemetery monument after a several hour search. Miss McCrumb suffered scratches and bruises and was nearly choked to death during the assault.
Christiania Norway December 20 The Norwegian minister to the United States C Hauge died during a snow shoeing excursion. He left the city alone. A search party found his body in the road. Physicians tried to revive him but he died of heart failure likely from over exertion.
Alfred Clarke, an animal trainer with Ferrari's show, was fatally wounded after a lion attack at Idlewood Park Richmond Virginia December 20. Assistants fired fifteen shots into the lion to subdue it before Clarke died in hospital.
Washington Dec 21 The department of agriculture released final farm crop estimates detailing acreages and production. Winter wheat area 28 132 000 with 409 442 000 bushels at 88 2 cents a bushel. Spring wheat 17 079 000 acres 224 645 000 bushels at 86 cents. Corn 99 931 000 acres 754 692 320 000 bushels at 61 7 cents. Oats 31 837 000 acres 754 443 000 bushels at 44 3 cents. Average weights: spring wheat 56.9 lb winter wheat 58.9 lb oats 29.4 lb.
James H Oliphant senior member of the Oliphant Company died from a bullet wound at his New York office. Charter A Geiger a Beaufort South Carolina customer shot Oliphant then killed himself after failing to settle a $5000 debt. Geiger reportedly lost $75000 in Steel common gambling.
From Durango to Clinton and beyond a sequence of daily calamities and events includes a bank failure in Durango a nurse killing in El Paso a nurse killed by a train a census move in Cuba a Pullman conductor death a bishop chute stunt a hangings in Peoria and a Torrington dynamite blast plus numerous injuries and transport notes.
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