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Newspaper
New Oxford Item
Location
New Oxford, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jul 30, 1908
Page
11
An advertisement claims Dr Miles Anti Pain Pills relieve neuralgia by soothing nerves with no habit risk. It cites testimonials including Mrs W H Burkett of Macon Georgia and notes 25 doses cost 25 cents with a druggist guarantee and bulk sales avoidance.
Several residents from Chambersburg and nearby towns are visiting family members across town. Names include William Rinehart, John Rinehart, William Jacobs, Mrs Mary Sadler, Miss Mayme Slaybaugh, and others visiting relatives on West High Street, Carlisle Street, and surrounding areas.
Norman Zech and Miss Rosetta Britcher of York were married at the M E church in York on a Sunday morning by Rev W W Hartman after a delayed plan to marry in York fell through. The couple, with license in hand, rode a train and were helped by Mr Charles Bollinger to reach the church when ministers were unavailable in town. The ceremony followed the service as other worshippers continued.
About twelve o clock Monday night a cigar shop and adjoining stable on the premises of John A Sterner at Pleasant Hill near Hanover were totally destroyed. The barn hog stable chicken house and other outbuildings burned with contents. The new cigar making shop of Milton Sterner was damaged by fire. Cause believed overheated stove in the factory. The building held about 100 000 cigars and a large quantity of leaf tobacco.
Hanover area report details H F Bowman of Fulton Street narrowly avoiding disaster when a bridge over hil creek collapsed after floodwaters hid the structure. A local occupant warned him not to cross. Bowman chose to proceed and the bridge gave way, sending his team home via Sinsheim. Additional items note railroad bridge contract in Virginia and local illnesses and births.
Notice to legatees and interested parties that administrator and executor accounts will be presented for confirmation at the Adams County Orphans Court on August 24, 1908 at 10 30 a m. Accounts include Emanuel Dehoof and John A Dehoof. G W Koser. Edward J Roland. W O Rogers. Cyrus G Beales and Charles J Griest. Daniel Thomas. Geo W Minter and Lizzie A Minter. Wm A Trostle. Joseph Orndorff. John W Coulson. Howard O Hartley. Beatty H Buehler Trustee.
A party of four girls and five young men were saved by Captain Rider after their steam launch ran aground on a sand bar in Egg Harbor bay. Three hours of effort by the men failed to move the boat until a lighthouse keeper was alerted by a lighted newspaper. The report also notes drownings in Oswego river from a motorboat accident and a Kentucky incident where a 15-year-old shot himself after a brief marriage to a 12-year-old.
Harvey Spicer, Bethel fruit broker and politician, was robbed of 3000 dollars in bills as he prepared to deposit at Sussex Trust Company in Laurel Delaware on a Saturday afternoon. Three negro suspects fled after entering the bank to change a small bill. The wallet with papers and some money was later found in a cornfield on the city outskirts. Authorities pursued leads tied to a local camp meeting but the suspects were not present.
In Philadelphia the Tradesmen's National Bank on Chestnut Street hides details of a missing $15,000 from the counting room last Thursday. Officials refuse comment while detectives investigate a puzzling discrepancy after a teller's transfer and subsequent counts left the sum unaccounted.
In Philadelphia’s Rittenhouse Square area a crowd confronts William Jackson who stabbed Policemen John Murray and Morris Selman during a concert crowd disturbance. Jackson knocked Selman down, felled Murray, and repeatedly stabbed both officers before the crowd captured him.
August Eberhard, a Viennese man, admitted shooting his aunt Mrs. Ottillie Eberhard near Little Falls New Jersey to steal $2500 to fund a marriage with a New York girl. He was captured near Paterson and jailed in Hackensack. police expect his fiancée to testify. He led detectives to the money buried in a tree, leaving only a small sum on his victim.
United States circuit court of appeals in Chicago reverses and remands a Standard Oil of Indiana case. Judge Landis fined $29,240,000 in district court. appeals court narrows counts to 1462 carloads at $20,000 each, with about 500 shipments involved. Government to file rehearing petition within 30 days.
Henry Codman Potter, seventh Protestant Episcopal bishop of the New York diocese, died at Fernleigh, his Cooperstown summer home, after weeks of illness. He was seventy four, with death due mainly to embolism of the right leg after a long liver and stomach trouble. The end came after a severe relapse on Monday with oxygen provided as he sank into unconsciousness.
Chester Gibson a nineteen year old cripple fired on Bert Bland twenty and Frank Paddaux twenty eight after a dispute over sandwiches. Paddaux was killed and Bland fatally wounded. Gibson surrendered to Constable Bland at Ebensburg jail.
Wednesday to Tuesday brief items report a fatal rock fall at Scranton mine killing two men, labor shifts for farmers, a seasickness death at sea, auto crash deaths in Pittsburgh and Louisville, political resignations, a suit delay in Paris, humane society founder death, a transatlantic auto race leg, several murders and assaults, a street foreman wounded, a former VP candidate for Illinois governor, bank suspension in West Virginia, Harrisburg mill restart, two Lancaster sisters injured, a Marlboro murder trial rescheduled.
Baltimore quotations report firmer No 2 wheat at 98 percent and steamer No 2 at 92 percent Reece southern 92 percent corn firm with mixed spot oats rise with white No 2 at 61 64 cents No 3 over No 4 58 59 cents butter steady with creamery extras at 24 cents prints 2 21 cents Maryland and Pa dairy products 16 1 2 cents eggs steady fancy Maryland Pa Virginia West Virginia 18 cents southern 17 cents
At Pittsburg Union Stock Yards cattle movement was slow with prices around 6.30 to 6.35 for prime and common cattle. Sheep and lambs showed slow demand with prime wethers near 4.65 and lambs 4 to 6.1, veal calves about 7.50. Hogs were slow and lower with prime heavies around 6.30 to 6.85 and roughs around 5.00 to 5.50.
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