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Newspaper
New Oxford Item
Location
New Oxford, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jan 09, 1908
Page
9
Local publication announces weekly Thursday issues by H. J. Smith with annual rates and renewal terms. Advertising rates offered with reductions for yearly advertisers. Printing services advertised for all job sizes from small cards to large posters.
The Berks County court granted 186 divorces in the prior year, up 34 from 1906. Reports recount fatal accidents including Calvin Fenstermacher crushed by gear in Lawrence Cement Mill, Michael Pico killed near South Pottsville tracks, and Walter Yost crushed by a wagon wheel. Additional items note aWillow Street cigar theft, Colonel Robert Thomas’s death, and a major steel plant accident at Edgar Thomson with multiple casualties. Descriptions cover other incidents, such as a shotgun accident injuring an invalid wife, multi generational Urich descendants living together in York County, and a grocery ad prompt at West End Grocery.
George M. Gable, missing from Lancaster for eighteen years and declared dead, appeared in Orphans' Court and was awarded more than 11 000 dollars. He was located in Sacramento, California, and identified by friends and his former wife, who had remarried. The court action followed efforts to verify his living status and repay his wife for the desertion.
Daniel Lowery of near Waynesboro outwits two highwaymen on the Hagerstown road as they request a ride. He knocks one man down then flees, with bullets whistling past his head. Near Boonsboro Harry Wyand and wife are accosted but spook the attackers. they drive to Boonesboro and seek help, but the robbers elude capture.
George Bershinger a 60 year old retired farmer died instantly from a fall down stairs at his home near Felton York County He likely broke his neck His bachelor brothers William and David were in the kitchen when the accident occurred about 4 am and found him at the bottom They did not summon a physician and the coroner was not notified with the body given to an undertaker.
A Friday hearing before the County Commissioners tax revision board involved Henry M Schmuck of Hanover and Black and Ehrhart. He is alleged to owe $48,000 in state personal property taxes not returned in 81 years. Schmuck’s counsel argued the commissioners lacked legal authority to act, and the case will proceed to the courts.
Offer from The Philadelphia Press presents The White House Cook Book and the paper for $3.50. The press touts a durable enameled cloth bound cookbook with 600 pages and fine illustrations, delivered to your home included in the price.
Have your watches clocks and jewelry repaired by skilled mechanics at bottom prices. Articles left at Klinger's barber shop New Oxford will be promptly forwarded. When buying a clock watch or jewelry we offer the largest complete line in the county at right prices C A BLOCHER 718 11 Center Square Gettysburg
The post office department approves a new end mounted rural mail box on a pivot. The carrier can reach deliveries from the vehicle using a rod and pull the box in, avoiding exits in rain. The box returns automatically to its position parallel to the road, and owners can see from a distance if mail is present.
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