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Newspaper
New Oxford Item
Location
New Oxford, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jul 09, 1908
Page
10
New Oxford ites published every Thursday by H. J. Smith. Terms 800 per annum in advance 810 if not paid within the year. No subscription discontinued unless by the publisher. Arrears must be paid. Failure to discontinue at expiry will be a new engagement. Advertisements at reasonable rates with yearly discounts. Job printing offered from labels to posters.
A string of brief reports from Harrisburg to Allentown details losses and incidents. A poultry raiser reports a $500 Columbian Wyandotte rooster loss near Dillsburg. York Shoe Manufacturing wins a Navy contract for 10 000 pairs of shoes. Several drownings are described in the Susquehanna and nearby creeks. A 14 year old boy dies after an automobile collision in Allentown, and a 72 year old man dies from heart trouble after a tree fall near Lititz. Admiral Dewey and the Turkish minister plan summer stays at named resorts. A Red Lion man courts via butter note pranks and a York contractor dies in a field accident. Fractured reports include a 14 year old shot in the leg and a possible fatal outcome.
William Burns aged 88 collapsed and died at Reading police station after arrest. He was found asleep on a City Park bench and died from a stress reaction to the incident. He leaves a widow and four children. James Snyder, long believed dead, returns from Chicago to hometown Yee York County amid family concern.
Philip Zacher an 18 year old York resident said he taunted a traveling gypsy group with stones. They captured him last Saturday night beat him unconscious and locked him in a box car for four hours as the train moved to Harrisburg. He was released and sent back to York.
York report describes 18 year old Dawson Rohrbauch fatally burned when flames from a paint can ignited his clothing at a local plant. He died at York Hospital after his father, painting a filter tank, left a brush with him and a gas burner lighted the can.
Congressman D F Lafean plans a December introduction of a seven million dollar bill to build a 72 mile Lincoln memorial boulevard from Washington to Gettysburg via Westminster. The project, approved by President Roosevelt and others, would feature a 150 foot wide avenue with dual 50 foot roadways and central green space.
Miss Hattie Williams of Pittsburg attracted a flock of six blackbirds while walking in the suburban district. They circled her Merry Widow hat, pecked at a stuffed bird, tore feathers, and teased her face until she shed the hat. her escort and a coat drove the birds away.
William Heller, aged 14, of York, was critically injured when a toy cannon exploded in his yard. He tested the device with powder and a match, tearing off a finger and causing serious injuries to his head and face. A companion was present at the time. He is in York Hospital.
Reports from Adams county sections indicate a large berry crop with blackberries raspberries and huckleberries. Observers in the mountains especially South Mountain say the huckleberry yield this year may exceed any in the past decade.
A E Rieker of York fell 20 feet from a balcony while examining a rainspout and landed in a garden at home. He sustained neck shoulder and chest contusions and may be internally injured. He weighs over 200 pounds. Mary Olsen, 18, died at DuBois after her dress caught fire from a firecracker tossed under her feet. She ran, and most of her clothes burned before death at the hospital.
Mrs Frances Stock aged 69 died at Centre Cumberland County Saturday afternoon from apoplexy induced by heat. She was the wife of John Stock.
A 9 year old Walter Wilbert son of State Senator David Wilbert was killed by a wagon in Pittsburg. A 6 year old son of Geo Prosser of Conshohocken was found dead in a quarry after disappearing Thursday. A tank barge Shenango explosion caused a fatal fire with two men dying and ten injured near Philadelphia. Edward Rifle near Emmittsburg killed a large rattlesnake in his orchard. Fireworks explodes in Cleveland store killing five women and a boy with many injured. Mary Powell of Oil City drowned when her boat overturned on Crooked Creek. her companion Davis Houck survived. A man killed his wife then himself after a short marriage. A. Byron N. Y. reports a remarkable healing case with Bucklen’s Arnica Salve curing long-standing leg sores. 25c.
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