Dr Miles Nervine touted for nervous ailments summary
An advertisement for Dr Miles Nervine claims to restore nervous energy and improve heart action digestion and activity. It recounts a user Anna R Palmer of Lewistown Pa praising relief after two bottles, plus mentions of Dr Miles Heart Cure. Local notes report a bank interest in Lewistown, a horse lost to lockjaw in Biglerville, Annie Heagy death at the Almshouse, school-directors meeting in Gettysburg, and bounty payments for wildlife by county commissioners.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miles
Dr. Miles
Bendersville
Charles Bream
Biglerville
Annie Heagy
Court House
Gettysburg
Adams County Orphans Court notices for various estates
Registered list of estates with first and final accounts to be conformed and allowed at the Adams County Orphans Court on Saturday January 18, 1908 at 10 a m. items include John Reed Scott executor O S Pittentorf Abbie L Waltman John H Brough L Emory Kauffman Wilson Hollinger James W Leister Martha F Hollinger Teena W Thomas William McSherry and others as administrators executors and trustees. D F Steffy Register
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Orphans’ Court
Adams County
John Reed Scott
Anna Horner White
Liberty Township
O. S. Pittentorf
J. GO. Pittentorf
Syrone Township
Abbie L Waltman
Mary R. Mowery
Hamilton Township
John H. Brough
B. M. Miller
Oxford Township
Penna
L. Emory Kauffman
George L. Kauffman
Hamiltonian Township
Wilson F. Hollinger
William Hollinger
Daniel E. Hollinger
Dee d
Berwick
Kemper E. Thomas
Butler Township
Wm. McSherry
Susan Riley
McSherrystown
D. F. Steffy
Dissolution of Fair and Cashman Grocery partnership
The co partnership between Hayes B. Fair and J. A. Cashman under the firm name Fair and Cashman in New Oxford Pennsylvania is dissolved by mutual consent on January 6, 1908.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fair & Cashman
New Oxford
Hayes B. Fair
J. A. Cashman
Dentist Advertises on Carlisle Street in New Oxford
A local dentist on Carlisle Street in New Oxford, Pennsylvania offers neatly done work with a guarantee.
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Wepiubs
Carlisle Street
New Oxford
Local Social Notes and Purchases Mentioned
Mrs James Simpson visited John Wolf and family on Thursday. Miss Mabel Ehrehart stayed with friends in New Oxford. Vincent Bosserman spent last week in Harrisburg. Miss Guldie Naylor and Mrs Robert Chronister called on Jos Fitzgerald family. David Border and family spent Saturday at Hampton. Clinton Cashman lost a fine horse. H B Dicks bought a traction engine with bells ringing. Look up the new ad of the West End Grocery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Simpson
John Wolf
Mabel Ehrehart
New Oxford
Vincent Bosserman
Harrisburg
Guldie Naylor
Robert Robert Chronister
Jos. Fitzgerald
David Border
Mamie
Hampton
Clinton Cashman
Local News Brief on Injuries and Uncalled Letters
George E. Gilbert of Chambersburg is home with a broken ankle after being thrown from a sleigh Friday afternoon. The New Oxford post office lists uncalled letters for C M Berkheimer Annie Black son Charles Rupp Henry M Clark Signore Carlo Del Monde Signy Venser Ippo John Ferguson Mrs Vietta Heldebridle Michael Hommer Pete Huffeines Frank R Hetrick Daniel Laughman Mary Miller John W Miller Helen W Miller H M Pickel Mrs Charles Smith Dr Straus W J Shoenthal Dr J B Slater John Smith John Wintz Samuel Weaver T S Weaver. Claimants should cite advertisement. W H Emert P M.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Oxford
C. M. Berkheimer
Annie Blackson
Charles Rupp
Henry M. Clark
Signore Carlo del Monde
Signy Venser
Charles Smith
Dr. Straus
W. J. Shoenthal
J. B Slater
John Smith
John Wintz
Samuel Weaver
T. S. Weaver
W. H. Enmert
P. M
Gettysburg Orphans Court Meets for Real Estate, Tax, and Guardianships
The court set a rule for heirs in Henry Hoover's estate, confirmed sale of Basil Biggs' Gettysburg property, and discharged several executors. It ordered a special Cumberland township tax reform election for road work. Others included guardian accounts, personal property sales, deed amendments, and divorce actions with pending decrees and continued arguments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Hoover
Gettysburg
Basil Biggs
B. F. Gise
Henry L. Gise
Peter Gise
Tyrone Township
Joseph Strine
Pius Unger
Cumberland Township
C. A Beamer
Biglerville
Nisi
James B Carnes
Margaret Carnes
Berwick Borough
William McClean
Catharine Bortner Artzberger
Cam
Beulah Saylor
Sarah F. Hennig
Philip F. Hennig
Hamiltonian Township
Peter C. Smith
Lewis Bosserman
Jonah Hill Jr. Esq
George L Colestock
Adams County
Gettysburg Springs and Hotel Company
Elizabeth Jones
Joan Jones
J. Jonald Swope Esq
Silas M. Webb
George D. Stah Reya
A. Wright
William B. Long
Edith Long
Barn Fire Destroys Wvermiller Farm Structure in York County
A large barn on Daniel Wvermiller’s North Havewell Towne farm in York County burned Monday. The blaze started when a lantern fell from a pile on which it hung in the barn, destroying the building and its contents with an estimated loss around $2000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Daniel Wvermiller
Havewell Towneship
York County
Fire destroys log house near Hartman’s mill
A log house belonging to Israel Grim near Hartman’s mill in Berwick township was completely burned during Monday night. The unoccupied building contained recently repaired belongings being prepared for the family’s return. The cause remains unknown as few residents noticed the blaze until morning.
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Israel Grim
Hartman
Hanover Pike
Berwick Township
Panther Devours Woman in Louisiana Farm Country
In Columbia Louisiana on January 13 Annie Valentine wife of a farmer was killed and eaten by a panther while en route to a neighbor. Her husband organized a search and found her head and skeleton bare of flesh in bushes. Clothing fragments lay over two miles. A posse with hounds pursues the beast.
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Louisiana
Columbia
Annie Valentine
Man Kills Blind Son Then Shoots Self at Wife’s Grave
Ravenna Ohio January 11 Edwin Collier Sr shot his eight year old blind son at his wife’s grave in Ravenna cemetery then killed himself near the heart. The boy’s body was found frozen stiff and the father was unconscious from cold and blood loss. Neighbors say Collier has shown dazed behavior since his wife’s death six months earlier and had spent much to relieve their child’s condition.
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Edwin Collier
Ravenna
Edwin Colter
Edwin
Collier
Boy Dies in Elevator Shaft in Commercial Cable Building
New York January 14 Harry DeFreis a fifteen year old boy met a strange death in an elevator shaft at the Commercial Cable building on Broad street He appears to have fallen from a high floor and was crushed between a counter balance weight and the shaft at the sixth floor.
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Yiezts
New York
Harry DeFreis
Commercial Cable
Broad Street
Skater Drowns in Whatom Pond Race Incident
In Fitchburg Massachusetts on January 11 Otto Muller nineteen drowned after a skating run with companion Max Noremburger twenty was rescued just in time. Passersby heard Noremburger cry for help and pulled him from the water unconscious. He later regained speech revealing Muller's fate.
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Fitchburg
Mass
Whatom Pond
Otto Muller
Max Noremburger
Noremburger
Muller
Boy Strangles While Crowd Watches in Tennessee
Jellico Tennessee January 138 Walter Jones sixteen climbed an electric light pole and fell catching his clothing on an iron step causing him to hang head downward. A crowd stood by afraid to touch him thinking he had been charged with electricity.
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Jellico
Tenn
Walter Jones
Boy Kills Burglar in Father’s Home Near Greensburg
In Alverton near Greensburg Pennsylvania on January 11 14 year old Paul Bowers shot and killed a burglar who had broken into his father’s house. The youth awoke to noise and waited with a double barreled shotgun. He fired as the intruder climbed stairs striking him in the abdomen.
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Greensburg
Paul Bowers
Alverton
Here
Aged Couple King Die Together in Providence Farm Home
Jonathan King and his wife Abby died within minutes of each other at an old farmhouse in Providence. Both deaths were attributed to old age with Mrs King passing at 8 40 p m Sunday night and Mr King shortly after. He was eighty four and she eighty eight years old.
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B. W. Ziegler
York Springs
C. G. Morrell
Biglerville
Providence
R. L
Jonathan King
Abby
Mr. King
Fire Wrecks Boyertown Opera House In Panic
A tank explosion at the Rhoads Opera House during a Scottish Reformation performance sparked a blaze that killed and injured many. The crush and stampede as people fled led to most deaths being among women and children. Rescue efforts from Reading and Pottstown arrived as the town converted homes into temporary hospitals. Boyertown, population about 2500, lies between Pottstown and Reading.
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Boyertown
Rhoads Opera House
Monroe
Washington
Opera House
Pottstown
Reading
Colorado Congressman Charges Overzealous Land Fraud Prosecution
In a letter to the president and top officials, Hon. George W. Cook denounces federal land fraud prosecutions in Colorado. He cites Denver Federal Judge Robert B. Lewis’s quashing of indictments as evidence that government prosecutors acted too aggressively, branding upright businessmen as criminals.
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Washington
Cannon
Congress
Supreme Court
George W. Cook
Colorado
Cook
Robert B. Lewis
Denver
Austrian sues Doughertys for alienation of wife’s affections
Richard A Goebel sues D Webster Dougherty and Anna W Dougherty for 200000 dollars alleging they caused the estrangement from his wife Marion Dougherty whom he married in Europe. He says he was cut off from seeing her on June 6 in Dresden and has not communicated since. He is a chauffeur who came to Philadelphia after the marriage.
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Philadelphia
Richard A. Goebel
Marion
D. Webster Dougherty
Europe
Douserty
Anna W'lcox Dougherty
King
Goebel
Miss Dougherty
Londay
Dresden
Ari
Lee Opposes Blue and Gray Reunion in 1909
General Stephen D. Lee, commander in chief of the United Confederate Veterans, opposes the Washington 1909 Blue and Gray reunion. He says such a gathering could rekindle bitterness and offend veterans on both sides. He also opposes federal pensioning of Confederate veterans.
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Savannah
Stephen D. Lee
United Confederate Veterans
Washington
Lee
Chicago fighter Hattlingner wins clean KO over Clifford in Utah
Ogden Utah January 14 Hattlingner son of Chicago knocked out Jack Clifford of California at the Grand theatre in the fifth round of a promised twenty round bout Clifford was dropped to the canvas for several seconds before the referee counted him out in the fifth round.
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Ogden
Utah
Hattlingner Son
Chicago
Jack Clifford
California
Grand Theatre
Clifford
Week's News Condensed From January 8 to 14
A compilation of notable incidents includes Dennis Driscoll burned in a Worcester lodginghouse fire, jewelry theft at Charles F. Brooker's Ansonia home, and Ballinger resigning as commissioner of the general land office. Other items cover bank robbery losses in Kansas, deaths of union scout Captain Ellis and various accidents, firings from rail payrolls, and several crimes and civic developments across multiple states.
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Dennis Driscoll
Salvation Army
Worcester
Mass
Charles F. Brooker
Ansonia
Conn
National Republican
Richard A. Ballinger
General Land Office
Roosevelt
State Bank
Quenemod
Quenemo
Kan
Daniel Ellis
East Tennessee
Elizabethton
Tenn
Igois Central Railroad
John Hudson
Henry Campbell
Lawrenceville
Hudson
Samuel Schwartz
Waukegan
Chicago
James Moulton
Auburn
N. H
West Virginia Mining Association
Washington
West Virginia
T. L. Courtney
Richmond, Frederick & Potomac Railway
South
Richmond
B. A. Perry
Cambridge & Seaford
Delaware
Cambridge
Mississippi & Alabama Railroad
Vinegar Bend
Ala
Mobile
James Valentine
Bloomington
Thomas I. Robinson
Patriarchs
Odd Fellows
Detroit
William B. Miller
Churchtown
Lancaster County
John IF
Staunton
Quotations Baltimore Wheat and Corn Market Report
Market rows show steady prices for wheat and corn with mixed spirits. Oats are firm at various No 2 to No 4 futures and butter values indicate firm creamery and prints items in Maryland and Pennsylvania markets. Eggs remain firm across Maryland Pennsylvania Virginia regions with Southern prices at 25 to 26 cents per dozen.
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Baltimore
Southern
Maryland
Pennsylvania
Virginia
West Virginia
Live Stock Markets Pittsburg Union Stock Yards
CATTLE strong and steady with prime prices listed for choice and rime grades. SHEEP steady to lower with prime wethers and lambs priced around 5.30 to 5.50 and veal calves near 5.63. HOGS weaker across all grades at about 4.35 to 4.40.
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Pittsburg Union
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Alexander W. Himes
Sarah E, Himes
Court of Common Pleas
Conewago Alley
W &. Kapp
C. H. Mayers
Clement F Lingg
M. R. Snyder
Mvisearam
Round Hill
H. B. Dicks
West End
George E. Gilbert
Chambersburg
Chas, E Gilbert
First National Bank
John A. Meachey
W. M
Lancaster
Belleville
John Lynch
Albany
N. Y
Frank Lentzeck
Greenville
Charles K. Wolf
William J. Bryan
Dallas
Tex
Anneys
Kansas City
Louis McFarland
Pittsburg
J. W. Carpenter
Scranton
Lackawanna County
Stuart
John P Kelley
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