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Newspaper
New Oxford Item
Location
New Oxford, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jul 02, 1908
Page
2
The New Oxford Item sets price at $1.00 per year in advance with arrears policy. Subscriptions continue unless the publisher opts to discontinue. Advertisements charged at reasonable rates with discounts for annual advertisers. Printing services offered for labels, cards, handbills and posters.
A July 2, 1908 bulletin notes multiple deaths and injuries in towns like Wrightsville Pottsville Norristown and York. Incidents include burns from gasoline coal oil fires electrocutions falls and a hay pulley injury. A 75-year-old man paralyzed in York and a 17-year-old struck by a train are listed among other calamities. A Dover York cyclone caused structural damage and threats to lives.
Harry Cunningham received a three year penitentiary sentence in York County Court after pleading guilty to stealing a horse from farmer Henry Behrens of Chanceford Township. He stated he was drunk and this was his first offense. Arrested near Abbottstown on June 13 with the horse, Cunningham formerly lived near Littlestown and worked for Augustus Lippy.
Jacob Knaub of Hellam York county was struck by a North Carolina passenger train while crossing the Diehl's Mill crossing near York. The two mule team and Knaub were killed instantly. He left a widow and three children, age about 42.
Jesse Stambaugh, an axed farmer living near Nashville York County, was struck from behind by a York Hanover trolley car on Main Street Spring Grove. The carriage was demolished, he was thrown unconscious with bleeding from mouth rose and ears, and rushed to his nephew Chief Burgess Stambaugh’s home. Dr. Roth pronounced his condition serious.
Abraham Newman of a Scranton jeweler is in New York negotiating for his brother I M Newman believed kidnapped by the Black Hand. A ransom of 10 000 is demanded. a letter claims Myer Newman alive in Charleston and en route to Cuba. Local family friends consider paying the ransom to spare the wife. Black Hand threat follows police pressure. Another item notes a York County girl Mable Seible died after a toy incident with loose ties. A Wrightsville boy injured by a mule near his home. R G Dun opens a Harisburg branch led by J H Wallazz.
Mrs. Clayton H. Myers of Pitt Street plans a birthday dinner for her brother Geo. 8. Hummer on June 3 and also a family reunion on Sunday June 28 to bring kin from New Oxford Lati more Dillsburg York and beyond. Present were Geo. 8. Hummer J. O. Hummer Mrs. Stary Shaffer Chas. E. Hummer and A. Shaffer plus Mrs. Hummer and their children and grandchildren. A cider treat aged twenty seven years was a notable feature provided by Geo. 8. Hummer.
W McWilliams of a Sprenkle owned house in York county saved his wife and several children from a fire that started when he lit a coal oil stove wick. The kitchen exploded and the dwelling was consumed along with most household goods.
Clem Shultz, long absent since leaving New Oxford at age 14, returned Thursday a wealthy man. He traveled with Klondike adventurers to Alaska and Yukon prospects, then shared gifts with relatives in this city. His sister Lizzie Shultz and brother Anthony Shultz note his Yukon mine interests and Cedar Ridge origins.
A mother with six children aged 18 months to eight years was sentenced to county jail on misdemeanor charges and sent to Lehigh county almshouse. A brick plant suffered two kilns destroyed or damaged by fire with about 300 dollars loss and no insurance. A trotting horse named Chelton Chase was destroyed after breaking a leg following a prior offer rejection. A five story Chicago boarding house suffered an explosion and fire, killing Mrs. Mary Nalon and four daughters with many injuries reported. A testimonial claims Bucklen’s Arnica Salve cured a leg sore after 80 years of pain, offered by Ep. T. Auker.
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