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Newspaper
New Oxford Item
Location
New Oxford, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Feb 07, 1908
Page
6
Advertisement promotes Dr Miles Anti Pain Pills as safe effective neuralgia relief with soothing nerve effects. Includes customer testimonial from Mrs W H Burkett and dealer guarantee offering 25 doses for 25 cents. Also notes local notices about Baltimore visitors and rural mail routes changes and staff illness.
The report of viewers assessing damages and benefits from opening Conewago Alley in McSherrystown is filed in court. The 16 foot alley runs behind Church Street with a 8 foot setback, listing numerous landowners. The report, dated January 27 1908, includes a schedule showing total benefits of 1000 dollars to Paul Overbaugh and will be confirmed in 30 days unless exceptions are filed.
Hanover January 29. Aged resident Virginia Leader died last week and led a solitary life. She never rode a street car visited a theatre or used a telephone and rarely left her home aside from two wartime exceptions in 1863 and a recent move. She had not been away from Hanover since 1856.
A birthday party honoring Mrs. Wolf was held Monday evening February 3 at the home of Mr and Mrs Robert Wolf near New Oxford. Guests enjoyed social games instrumental music by Staub Brown and Strasbaugh and Mr M W Hildebrand played the Edison phonograph. A late dinner featured seasonal delicacies before guests departed wishing Mrs Wolf many returns of the occasion.
Charles Walters of Alleghany touts Bucklen's Arnica Salve as a universal remedy after 20 years in California. He asserts it heals burns sores wounds boils cuts sprains and piles rapidly. Guaranteed at Auckenl's drug store for 25 cents.
John Bream, working along the Berlin Road near Biglerville, was thrown while shoeing a broncho and kicked on the head above the eye, suffering a severe contusion. Doctors report no serious consequences feared despite the painful injuries.
G B Nacy Son Co announces a special sale of comforts and blankets at 1 3 off on Saturday February 8 and Monday February 10 at 11 13 Carlisle Street Hanover Pennsylvania.
Harry K. Thaw remains in Matteawan asylum after being acquitted of Stanford White’s murder. Judge Dowling ruled Thaw sane no longer fit for liberty, directing confinement as a dangerous lunatic. Thaw’s lawyers vow to pursue habeas corpus or wrongful detention actions to seek his release.
Rev. Dr. Frank Bristol, pastor of Metropolitan Methodist, narrowly escapes death after a ten pound plate ornament falls fifty feet from the ceiling and strikes him in the pulpit. The blow causes a scalp wound and nervous shock, with initial crowd panic and confusion as the incident unfolds.
In Wilkes Barre Pennsylvania Judge Staples sitting in Luzerne County sentenced Anthony Carron James Caffrey Dominic Callahan William Connolly and William Monahan to fifteen months in the eastern penitentiary for conspiracy related to last November's election. The Preston Hanoyver township election board members returned 225 votes for the leading Republican candidate and none for the Democratic.
Farm youth Charles Budd, formerly at League Island navy yard, used his savings to buy 1400 bushels of corn in Maryland at 43 cents a bushel including freight and quickly sold it in Woodbury for 57 cents a bushel netting $70 in hours.
In Lisbon a new regime faces upheaval after the assassination of King Carlos I and the crown prince. King Manuel III survived wounds, queen Amelie shielded her sons, and six attackers were involved with three killed. The funeral is planned for February 10 as Portugal pledges constitutional preservation.
President Roosevelt in a special message to Congress prosecutes a vast conspiracy of wealth hostile to administration policies. He advocates expansive federal oversight of railroads including valuation, financial supervision, and operational controls to curb dishonest practices by powerful interests.
Seven men were killed and over a dozen injured when a boiler exploded at Van Allen & Company rolling mill in Northumberland, two miles north of Sunbury. The dead are Grant Reeder Edward Kreps William Brouse Samuel Sarvis Duval Clark John Scholvin Thomas Jones. The seriously injured include William Morgan Harry Smith Daniel Sanders Wesley Reichenbach. The plant had been shut three months and was to resume Monday. damage estimated at 75000 with the building wrecked and victims found beneath the ruins.
Irwin A. Lewis is found guilty of murder in the first degree in Franklin township Pennsylvania for the killing of his step-daughter Mary Newlin. The jury returns the verdict with no motion for a new trial and Judge Hemphill discharges the jurors.
In Washington Emergency Hospital physicians performed a rare operation on Richard Denton, a Black man stabbed Saturday night. Denton’s heart was severed nearly in half and the breast opened to repair it. he arrived unconscious and survived the crucial hours as doctors monitor his condition.
A compact roundup from late January to early February covers Franco American reciprocity under the Dingley act, a massive school fire in Hooper Nebraska with 300 children safe, a fatal railroad accident in Norristown, and presidential pension proposals for life saving service members. It also lists numerous deaths, crimes, a fire in Virginia, epidemics, and political shifts including a senatorial deadlock and New York smoking ban veto.
Market notes show Easter wheat bids in No 2 spot at 99Y 699 with varying fractions and 4c shifts, steamer No 2 trading at 9 93% with mixed bids from southern regions at 35% and related prices. Corn ease with steamer mixed bids around 57144 67c, southern 5144 614. Butter creamery extras at 32% 33c and 38q 34c, Maryland Pennsylvania dairy prints 17 19c. Eggs steady with regional pricing: Maryland Pennsylvania Virginia 23c per dozen, West Virginia 22c, southern 27c.
Cattle higher with prime figures around 6.7 per unit and top around 560. Sheep active with prime wethers around 6 to 7. Calves and veal listed up to about 60 to 60. Hogs active with prime heavies near 6.0, standard and heavy hogs around 4.5 to 4.7, with several mixed prices noted.
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