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Newspaper
New Oxford Item
Location
New Oxford, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Feb 07, 1908
Page
1
An advertisement touts Dr Miles Anti Pain Pills for neuralgia relief with a soothing nerve effect. It claims safety with directed use, no habit formation, and local druggist endorsements plus a money back guarantee if the first package fails.
The court hears a report by commissioners on damages and benefits from opening Coneways Alley behind Church Street in McSherrystown. It lists 16 foot alley width, holding damages awarded to several landowners, and schedules hearings to confirm the report within 30 days from January 27, 198.
Hanover dispatch details Virginia Leader who never left her home for decades except during the 1863 battle when Confederates burned a printer’s office nearby and five years ago when her home sold. The obituary notes she did not ride streetcars attend theatre or use a telephone. A separate item reports a birthday gathering for Mrs Robert Wolf near New Oxford with music and a phonograph.
Pauline Emmert returns from Baltimore visit. Chester Folckemer and Willamma Folckemer visit Pitt street home. RB F D route from Bittinger O discontinued February 3. wagon added to Hanover office. J E Rich ter resumes Hanover route. Sickness hits printing staff. editor confined two weeks. foreman Prof F S Smith ill. patrons asked for patience.
John Bream of Berlin Road Biglerville was thrown by a broncho while shoeing it and on the floor was kicked causing a deep cut above the eye and a head contusion. He is reported to be suffering but without serious consequences. Also advertised a sale on blankets and comforts at G B Nace Sox Co Hanover Pa with 1-3 off on February 15 and 18.
In New York on February 3, Harry K. Thaw, acquitted of Stanford White’s murder, is confined to Matteawan asylum for the criminally insane after Justice Dowling ruled he could not safely be freed. Thaw’s lawyers plan habeas corpus or illegal detention suits to seek his release, aiming to prevail before a jury by summer.
Rev. Dr. Frank Bristol of Metropolitan Methodist Episcopal Church survived a ten pound plate ornament falling fifty feet during prayer. He suffered a scalp wound and nervous shock but was not in serious danger. Congregants panicked briefly before calm was restored.
In Wilkes-Barre Pennsylvania Judge Staples sentenced Anthony Carron James Caffrey Dominic Callahan William Connolly and William Mczaohean to fifteen months in the eastern penitentiary for conspiracy tied to last November’s election. The five men were Preston Hanover township election board members who cast 225 votes for the leading Republican candidate and zero for the Democratic Farm Boy a Future Financier. In Woodbury New Jersey Charles Budd, a laid off League Island navy yard worker, used cash saved to buy 1400 bushels of corn at 3 cents a bushel and resold it for 57 cents a bushel, netting about 370 in hours.
Lisbon reports the assassination of King Carlos I and the crown prince as six gunmen struck the royal carriage near the Ruz de Arsenal. Queen Amelia shielded her sons while Manuel, wounded, attempted to fire back. A regicide—Manuel Buba—was named. two other assassins died. the court and nation reel amid revelations and a new cabinet under Rear Admiral Ferreira De Amalar.
The assassination sparks mass grief as Lisbon braces for unrest. King Manuel II wins praise for restoring constitutional aims while Queen Amelie receives condolences from rulers worldwide. Roosevelt advocates anti corruption measures and new laws to curb stock manipulation and protect public welfare.
President Roosevelt in a special Congress message accuses a vast wealth conspiracy of attacking his administration. He urges broader federal rail line control, physical valuation, and supervision of financial operations while warning of dire repercussions if lawbreaking wealth escapes restraint. He defends lawful corporations and condemns Standard Oil and railroad conspiracies.
Seven men died and more than a dozen were injured when a boiler exploded at the Van Allen & Company rolling mill two miles north of Sunbury. The plant, shut for three months, had planned to resume work Monday. The blast wrecked the boiler room and left workers buried in debris. The dead included Grant Reeder and John Scholvin among others. several severely injured were listed with serious head, internal, and scald injuries. Estimated property loss stood at $75,000.
In West Chester Pennsylvania on February 3 Irwin A Lewis, a young Franklin Township farmer, is found guilty of murder in the first degree for the death of his stepdaughter Mary Newlin. The verdict follows a calm courtroom demeanor and no motion for a new trial.
Doctors performed a rare heart suturing on Richard Denton, a Black man, after his heart was severed nearly in half. Denton, unconscious on arrival, had breast opened and heart raised and stitched within an hour. physicians monitor his condition with interest.
Secretary Root and Jusserand signed a France America reciprocity under the Hagler act. Hooper Nebraska saw 300 children flee a blazing school. Reading brakeman William Sweeney died after stepping in front of a train near Norristown. Roosevelt urged pensions for life saving service members. Philadelphia child Pearl Pitts burned to death while playing with matches. A. C. Burr killed his father in Dallas mistaking him for a burglar. Rev. John W. Venebal, long Odd Fellows chaplain, died in Hopkinsville. A mob lynched two men in Commerce. Ferguson died in Manila. Judge Morris collapsed en route to court. Big Stone Gap fire cost 125000. Aberdeen official E. G. Anderson arrested for stolen coal. Vita shin killed near Norristown. Hahn murdered in Batangas. McDonald school closed for scarlet fever. McGee shot by a tramp after ordering him away. Kentucky legislature backed popular vote for senators. Barr died of heart disease. Colonel Lawlor, Rockford postmaster, died. County school candidate George Smith hanged. New York smoking ban veto overridden. Mellon died on ninety first birthday.
Quotations show Baltimore wheat easier with No 2 spot at 69 percent and steamer at 93 percent. Corn softer with steamer mixed at 57 14 and 57 1/2 cents. Oats varied with No 2 at 26 1/4 to 54 cents. butter firm with multiple grades between 17 and 23 cents. eggs steady with Marsland and regional prices around 20 to 23 cents per dozen. Live stock at Pittsburg Union Stock Yards: cattle higher with top cattle 5.75 to 6. sheep active with lambs 5 to 7.50. hogs active from 4.19 to 4.70 depending on type.
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