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Newspaper
New Oxford Item
Location
New Oxford, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jul 23, 1908
Page
4
The notice from H.J. Smith announces a weekly Oxford publication issued every Thursday with annual subscriptions of $1.00 in advance and a yearly rate. It notes automatic renewal unless canceled and arrears policy, plus advertising rates and services for all kinds of printing needs including labels and posters.
A Lancaster County news page reports a mix of accidents crimes and strange events. Missing Floyd Jones found with $3000 awaiting him. a dynamite accident kills a man. a 13 year old ingests strychnine. a woman dies after saturating with coal oil and lighting a match. a boatload of other injuries drownings and lightning strikes are noted along with a shooting accident and a man’s mental health case. A Williamstown mine disaster kills twelve, with many injured. a rattlesnake bite proves fatal for a North Dakota homesteader formerly from York County amid a history of misfortune.
Gettysburg July 16 Private Bartley of Co. 1 Sixth Regiment was killed almost instantly when his train carriage ran over him near Sinking Springs Station just past Reading. He sat on the steps, fell under the wheels, and was mutilated. The body was sent to Lebanon. the soldier’s residence is unknown. Jacky Lewis of Rogers Ford, Battery, was thrown from his horse at the camp grounds, fracturing his skull and suffering a severe shock. He was moved home for treatment. Lizzie Linebaugh, five, fell from a second story window at Davidsboro and was killed instantly while her mother and a brother recently died or drowned.
Harry Blind of Philadelphia was instantly killed Saturday when struck by a fast freight train in Rutherford yards near Harrisburg. Both arms and legs were severed, the skull crushed, and the body mangled beyond identification. Unveiled letters to his mother revealed his Philadelphia residence and a plan to return home after quitting a Gettysburg job. He was about 18 years old.
Dr Engle and Dr Atkinson of Philadelphia camping in Gratenburg area saved 14 year old Mabel Hassler after a copperhead struck her bare foot near a spring house. Their prompt treatment led to full recovery aided by supplies from their field work capturing venomous snakes for the French Pathological Institute. A separate Perry County farming demonstration by 93-year old John Shull of Saville showcased cradle wheat and itch hay methods.
Gettysburg July 16 Parie Billett keeper of the telephone booth at the end of Long Siding on the Philadelphia and Reading near Murwasburg road was held up in broad daylight by two tramps at about 9 this morning. They threatened him with a revolver and took his watch and 325 dollars. The robbers fled west through the woods as police and soldiers pursued them. The incident lasted only a few moments before the theft.
Clayton Barr of Guernsey suffered bruises to arms and head when his horse bolted in Gettysburg on Broadway after shying at an automobile. The buggy struck a gutter, dragged along trees and debris, and was almost demolished as the horse raced away. The incident occurred near the home of George Eberhart on a Wednesday evening.
Mr William Hively, wife and 7 year old granddaughter Stargaret Bearson were in a bogey that plunged 20 feet from a bridge over Codorus Creek at Louck's mill. Mrs Hively, severely injured with skull fracture and other wounds, is in York Hospital in critical condition. The child and husband escaped with cuts, while the horse died.
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