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Newspaper
New Oxford Item
Location
New Oxford, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jul 02, 1908
Page
1
The notice advertises a weekly New Oxford publication with a yearly subscription of $1.00 in advance and details on arrearages and discontinuance. It also notes advertising rates and printing services for every description from labels to posters.
A sequence of tragic incidents and unusual happenings spanning Pennsylvania towns. Reports include children fatally burned, electrocution, drownings, fatal falls, a man found dead after paralysis, and a storm damaging property. Notable cases involve Mrs. Espenshade, Ethel Yorkey, and W. G. Webb amid broader local calamities.
A daylong search by 250 farmers failed to find Mark Watson who wandered from Elmer Watson’s farm near Newville. He was located in a stream at sundown, having fallen in. A separate report from Rail Road Borough notes a fire at the Rosedale Flour Mill burning the mill and six nearby structures, with losses around $7000.
Harry Cunningham admitted stealing a horse from farmer Henry Behrens of Chanceford Township. In York County Court Judge Warner imposed a three year penitentiary sentence and noted horse stealing as a serious crime. Cunningham was arrested near Abbottstown June 18 with the horse in possession. He previously lived near Littlestown and worked for Augustus Lippy.
Jacob Knaub of Hellam York County and his two mules were killed when a North Carolina passenger train struck the crossing at Diehl's Mill between 6 and 6 oclock Saturday evening. Onlookers saw the team approach the crossing as the whistle blew but Knaub failed to stop and the wagon was struck. He and his mules died instantly. the wreck dragged the animals about 25 yards. He leaves a widow and three children and was about 42 years old.
Jesse Stambaugh, aged farmer of York County near Nashville, was hit from behind when a York Hanover trolley collided with his carriage on Main Street Spring Grove. He was thrown to the street, bleeding, unconscious, then moved to his nephew Chief Burgess Stambaugh's home. Dr. Roth listed his condition serious.
Abraham Newman travels to New York to secure his brother I M Newman’s return amid a Black Hand ransom demand. The missing man’s wife and family friends consider paying $10,000 to save his life as a letter claims Myer Newman is alive in Charleston and bound for Cuba.
A kitten playing near a pile of ties led to the death of Mable Seible six, in York. She was crushed while chasing the kitten as ties rolled. Nearby, four year old Guy Farmer near Wrightsville was kicked in the head by a mule tied to a fence. doctors fear for his recovery. R G Dun & Co opens a Har t isburg branch with J H Wallaz in charge.
Mrs. Clayton H. Myers of Pitt Street planned a birthday dinner for her brother Geo. Hummer on June 3 and turned it into a family reunion on Sunday June 28. Attendees included Geo. Hummer New Oxford J O Hummer Latimore Mrs. Mary Shaffer Dillsburg Chas E Hummer York and A Shaffer plus Mr and Mrs Hummer and many nieces and nephews. The day featured cider aged twenty seven years.
W McWilliams of a Sprenkle owned house near Nashville York county saved his wife and several children when a coal oil stove exploded in the kitchen Sunday morning. He led his family to safety as the dwelling burned to the ground and most household goods were destroyed.
Clem Shultz, once a 14 year old New Oxford lad from Adams county, returns after twenty three years as a wealthy Yukon adventurer. He greeted relatives in a city gathering and shared small gifts including a gold nugget watch given by Councilman Joseph Rose. Shultz had mines interests in the Yukon and York Daily notes his lineage with the late Anthony Shultz and Cedar Ridge origins.
A mother was sentenced to county jail on misdemeanor charges as six children aged 18 months to eight years were sent to the Lehigh county almshouse. A fire at the Edward Snyder brick plant on Centennial avenue, Hanover, destroyed one kiln and heavily damaged another, about 300 dollars loss with no insurance. Chelton Chase of Glenolden found his trotting horse with a broken foreleg after refusing a 1100 dollar offer. a vet euthanized the animal. An explosion and fire in a five story Chicago boardinghouse left at least five dead and over twenty injured, including the janitress Mrs Mary Nalon and her four daughters. A.F. King reports a remarkable healing case of Bucklen's Arnica Salve curing a leg sore from age 5 to 85.
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