Dr Miles Heart Cure Promises Relief for Weak Hearts
An advertisement touts Dr Miles Heart Cure as strengthening heart nerves and muscles to improve circulation. It features a testimonial from RS Mary C Hahl er of Sullivan Missouri describing severe breathlessness chest pain and nervous strain and claiming the remedy helped when doctors failed. The ad notes local druggists sell it with a money back guarantee from Miles Medical Co Elkhart Indiana.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miles
Dr. Miles
Mary C. Hahler
Sullivan, Mo
Miles Medical Co
Elkhart
Ind
Public Sale of Timberland in Tyrone Township Adams Co Pa
By order of the Orphans Court of Adams County the undersigned will publicly sell on Saturday July 25 1908 at 1 pm a tract of unimproved timberland in Tyrone Township Adams County adjoining John Kime Frank Eicholtz and heirs of Henry Hoover containing five acres more or less. Terms require 25 percent cash and the balance on November 1 1908 when deed is delivered. CORAE SLOTHOODUR Trustee. John D Keith Attorney.
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Orphans’ Court of
Adams County
Tyrone Township
John Kime
Frank Eicholtz
Henry Hoover
John D, Keith
Water rent ordinance sets minimum taps at five dollars yearly
The Burgess and Town Council of New Oxford enact a 1908 ordinance requiring water rents for taps connected to main pipes to be no less than five dollars per year starting July 1 1908. It lists nonessential charges for Walter Motors urinals watering troughs stables and livery services with specified rates and adds building taps must pay at established prices until occupied. The ordinance repeals inconsistent provisions and is dated June 2 1908 with approval June 8 1908.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Oxford
Walter Motors
W. F. Sheely
T. E
Public Sale of Housekeeping Goods in New Oxford
On Saturday July 18 1908 Mrs Mariah Stock will hold a public sale at her Hanover Street home New Oxford of personal property including stoves furniture bedding sewing machine chairs tables cupboards and various household articles plus jellies and groceries. Sale to commence at 1 o'clock p m with terms announced.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hanover Street
New Oxford
Tragic Childhood Chokes and Self Inflicted Gunshot
A five year old boy from West Schuylkill choked on a peanut kernel during a meal. In Scranton, Joseph Alexander shot himself with a revolver after calling for one, citing long melancholy. Edward Hill of Chester burned by igniting clothing after turning on gas with a match. condition critical.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wn. Ford
West Schuylkill
Joseph Alexander
Scranton
Edward Hill
Chester
Poisoned Ale Case Tangles Gies In Dr. Wilson Death
Philadelphia police face a tangled case as Frederick Gies Jr. becomes a central figure in the cyanide murder of Dr. William H. Wilson on June 26. Officials question whether Gies knew of his wife's death on June 19 and the infant’s death a day earlier. Evidence centers on a letter seal used by the killer and the timing of travel from Torresdale to Bristol, with alibi questions and misread dates complicating the narrative.
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Philadelphia
Frederick Gies, Jr
William H. Wilson
Gies
Bureau of Health
Olmstead
Wilson
Jermon
Bristol
Torresdale
John B. Williams
Curtis Publishing Company
Iresdale
New York
Williams
Ten Year Old Boy Held For Murder
Robert Jardine ten years old has been placed in jail at Lesueur Michigan from Casota charged with shooting and killing Russell St John a boy about his own age. He is said to have lain in wait for the victim.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Jardine
Lesueur
Mich
Casota
Russell St. John
Mint Director Reports U S Coinage By Fiscal Year
The director of the mint releases figures showing United States coin production for the fiscal year: gold 197,288,377 dollars, silver 16,530,477 dollars, minor coins 1,946,008 dollars, totaling 215,714,862 dollars. The statement highlights the year’s overall coinage output and breakdown by metal type.
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Mint
United States
Music for Red Men festival at Hampton
The Citizens Band will provide music for a Red Men festival at Hampton on Saturday evening. Visitors to Mr. F. J. Wolf's home over the weekend included Daniel Long and wife of Pennyville, L. J. Minter and wife and daughter of near New Chester, Clarence E. Wolf and wife and son, Calvin D. Fiscel and wife near Gettysburg, and Misses Unn Garber Buma Taughinbaugh and Mary Beamer.
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Citizens Band
The
Red Men
Hampton
F. J. Wolf
Daniel Long
Pennyille
L. J. Minter
Near
New Chester
Clarence E. Wolf
Calvin D. Fiscel
Gettysburg
Unn Garber
Buma Taughinbaugh
Mary Beamer
Larceny Case Against George Little Dismissed
Commonwealth v George Little of McSherrystown ended in discharge for lack of sufficient evidence after a July 3 hearing before Justice I R Witmer. David Stauffer of Hanover testified on oath. Squire Witmire held decision until Monday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Commonwealth
George Little
McSherrystown
David Stauffer
Hanover
I. R. Witmer
Squire Witmire
Bryan Dominates Democratic Convention Amid Opposition Crumbles
In Denver the 1908 Democratic National Convention opens with Theodore Bell as temporary chair. Bryan supporters push for his definite nomination path while Guffey wins the national committeeman post amid intra party battles. New York's silence stalls allied opposition and Bryan's momentum appears overwhelming as delegates debate the vice presidential pick and platform.
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Denver
Democratic Party
United States
Thomas Taggart
Taggart
Theodore A. Bell
California
Bryan
Mr. Bryan
Minnesota
Delaware
Georgia
New York
Pennsylvania
Maine
Murphy
Guffey
Johnson and Gray
Mr. Murphy
Alabama
Florida
Louisiana
West Virginia
North Carolina
Connecticut
Massachusetts
New Hampshire
New Jersey
Rhode Island
Vermont
Ohio
Wisconsin
Alaska
Porto Rico
Bryan Reads Guffey Out In Fiery Pennsylvania Feud
William Jennings Bryan denounces James M. Guffey as a bushwhacker and betrayer during a July appearance in Lincoln. Bryan warns that if he is the party's nominee Guffey’s presence on the national committee will embarrass him and urges bold party unity against the Guffey wing aligned with the Republicans.
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Lincoln
Neb
William Jennings Bryan
James M. Guffey
Pennsylvania
Bryan
Fairview
Guffey
Mr. Bryan
Bryan Called Ingrate Over Lincoln Speech
Colonel J M Guffey of Pennsylvania responded to William Jennings Bryan who accused the Pennsylvania delegation of being taken by conspiracy. Guffey cites that the state convention rejected endorsing Bryan, contradicting Logan’s claim that delegates misrepresented Democratic voters.
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Denver
Colo
J. M Guffey
Pennsylvania
Bryan
Lincoln
Logan
Heat Kills Twelve In New York City Heat Wave
New York July 7. A scorching heat wave forced tenement residents to sleep outdoors as up to four score people were struck by heat and twelve died. East Side areas emptied into roofs, fire escapes, parks and river fronts seeking relief from temperatures between 92 and 100 degrees.
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New York
East Side
Fall On Hay Fork Fatal In New Jersey Farm
Isaac Taylor aged sixteen was instantly killed at his Barnesboro New Jersey home when a load of hay toppled from a wagon. While seated on the hay his head struck a door frame and his body impaled on the fork tines, causing immediate death. He was the son of Edward and unnamed mother who own and operate the farm where he worked as a rural mail carrier.
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Isaac Taylor
Barnesboro
N. J
Edward Taylor
Taylor
Equitable Life plans 62 story New York skyscraper
Architects filed plans for a 62 story Equitable Life Assurance building towering 909 feet to the tip with a 150 foot flagpole. The flagball will rise 74 feet above the Eiffel Tower, making it the world's tallest structure.
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New York
Eiffel Tower
Paris
Equitable Life Assurance Society
Building Department
Equitable
July 1 1900s Briefs Admiral Dewey's Summer Plans
Condensed items report Admiral and Mrs. Dewey vacationing at Buena Vista Pennsylvania. A piano player Charles Cleveland lost both hands in a cannon firecracker accident in New York. A mutiny among convicts near Atlanta led to a fatal shooting of a Black man. A teen boy died after being shot near Chester Pennsylvania. A Norristown carpenter died from heat.
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Admiral
Dewey
Buena Vista
Charles Cleveland
New York
Atlanta
David Bowman
Eddystone
Chester
Ford
Norristown
Henry Baldwin
Three Die From Heat Wave in Philadelphia
City hospitals report three heat related deaths and over twenty prostrations after a spell of unprecedented heat and humidity. Street thermometers register 100 degrees as residents suffer in the heat.
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Philadelphia
Man Dies From Chicken Spur Scratch in Cumberland County
Henry Derrick, a young farmer from near Hogstown Cumberland County Pennsylvania, died from blood poisoning after sustaining a scratch from a chicken spur on June 27.
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Harrisburg
Henry Derrick
Hogstown
Cumberland County
Bishop Potter Improves Despite Heat in Cooperstown
In Cooperstown New York on July 7 Bishop Potter shows continued improvement from a recent attack as doctors report rising confidence in his recovery. His son Alonzo Potter and son in law Charles Russell departed for New York.
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Bishop Potter
Cooperstown
N. Y
Alonzo Potter
Charles Russell
New York
Basque Berwick baseball player dies after pitched ball injury
Elmer Cole of the Berwick Base Ball club died at City hospital Wilkes Barre after being struck by a pitched ball during a game in Bloomsburg last Saturday. The report notes the fatal injury occurred during the contest and the player did not survive.
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Wilkes-Barre
Elmer Cole
Berwick
Bloomsburg
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Mariah Stock
I tvEm
Fred Gies
Socialist Labor Party
Sherman
Cleveland
Hay Fork
Pieces—Guffey
Gray
Committee
Gompers
Mitchell
Chicago
James Kerr
Alton B. Parker
Democratic National Committee
McCarren
Sullivan
Illinois
Pittsburg
Exposition Hall
Senator Jones
Marcus Daly
William R. Hearst
Corporation
Nebraskan
Charles H. Rockwell
Chatham
Mass
William Burns
Reading
Lorenzo Dow Harvey
Menominee
Wis
National Education Association
Mae C. Wood
Thomas C
Missouri Pacific
St. Louis
George Deavatoria
McKeesport
Schenectady
Eugene Wilson
Kansas City
Clement
J. R. Montgomery
Orangeville
Fishing Creek
Lida Young
James S. Young
United States Circuit Court
Minneapolis
National Young Peoples Christian Union
Universalist Church
E. I. du Pont de Nemours Powder Company
Wilmington
Del
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