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Newspaper
New Oxford Item
Location
New Oxford, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jun 01, 1906
Page
11
In Adams County the new road law prompts questions about taxation and duties. Attorney General Carson explains taxable property owner status, cash tax payments, allowances for treasurer and secretary, work tax rules, district roadmasters, notices, and possible outside roadmaster hire.
The Philadelphia Sunday Press offers a free 14x21 inch color supplement titled The Skipper to every subscriber on June 3. The image features a summer girl and a skipper, valued at a dollar, and available exclusively with paper sales. Also notes Dr King’s New Life Pills and Blue Ribbon Factory Buggies at Bonn & Co New Oxford with low prices.
A Riverhead New York user testifies that L and M Paint costs about $1.20 per gallon and delivers long wear. The Zinc hardener and White Lead base supposedly make the paint wear like iron, enabling a moderate sized house with four gallons of mix plus eight gallons of linseed oil. A. T. Terrell endorses the product after sixteen years since first painting.
A colored man named Nelson, living near Bittinger and employed by the Bittenger Lime Co., was killed by a freight train near Berlin Junction around 9 PM Wednesday. He was reportedly intoxicated and failed to move out of the train’s path, leaving a wife and children.
Clarence Lippincott was arrested Wednesday evening by Policeman Wm. Hensil on a warrant from Squire R. M. Straley based on Mrs Vertie Lippincott information. He pled guilty and was committed to jail for the August term after defaulting bail. The Jersey native had worked at Emmett's shoe factory for a year and married Vertie Deatrick on April 7.
Wednesday marked a quiet Memorial Day as businesses closed and crowds gathered for parades. Henry Flemming of New Chester was arrested by Detective H K Fickes of York on a warrant issued by Alderman Philip H Emig of York, and a defendant accused of skipping a board bill was jailed in York.
A scanned advertises Electric Bitters as a universal cure including stomach and liver disorders. It cites A. Brown of Bennettsville SC praising restored health from dyspepsia and tepid liver, claims to cure chills fever malaria biliousness lame back kidney and bladder issues. Sold by Ed T Auker at 50 cents.
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