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Newspaper
New Oxford Item
Location
New Oxford, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jan 23, 1908
Page
2
Publication details for Hew Oxford Thursday by H J Smith list annual subscription at 100 dollars in advance with arrearage rules. Advertisements offered at reasonable rates with year-long discounts. Printing services cover labels cards and posters.
The itemized report surveys a Bogerstown disaster with 172 dead and recounts multiple local tragedies. It notes Hanover planning an Old Home Week next summer, a man dying on his wedding anniversary at Bethlehem, a banker’s wife’s drowning, and other injuries and arson losses across York and surrounding towns.
Edward M. Crawford a Dunmore contractor was found dead after a door fall incident. F Milton Baer was buried with love letters as a pillow from courtship. Harry Bechtel Jacob LaMotte and William Delly search for coal near Larue York County. Montgomery county offers 500 reward for highwayman who killed Frank Reasor Hatfield hardware store owner. Hatfield residents add 1000 reward for arrest. Reasor was attacked after closing his store and leaving for his barn.
The Criswell barn about 1.5 miles from Winfield Carroll County burned Wednesday morning in an arson attack. Repeated petty mischief preceded the fire including torn harness livestock released and buggy axle nuts removed. William L. Criswell of Baltimore raced to the scene to find doors barred and stock saved while the rest of the barn contents perished.
A 22 year old man from near Starview, York County, was seriously injured when a revolver hidden in a hog snout cutting pocket discharged. He was helping Jacob Wambaugh at Codorus Furnace to butcher a hog when the weapon dropped out and fired into his chest.
The Rev W G Minnick closed fourteen years as pastor of Mt Joy Lutheran in Adams County and has accepted a call to Baltimore. A sermon summary listed 1431 sermons 850 addresses 826 baptisms 127 funerals and 6 more assisted 140 marriages 455 new members 250 at Mt Joy 205 at Harney. Congregations donated 4255.51 to Benevolence and 15625.21 to local expenses.
A collector’s jumble of quotes touts Dr King’s New Discovery for coughs and lung trouble with claims of hundreds healed annually. Ads cite testimonials from C O Floyd of Kershaw South Carolina and Ep t AUKER’s drug store offering trial bottles. Also noted are fatal incidents from burns to a fall-hip accident and a suicide linked to business troubles.
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