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Newspaper
New Oxford Item
Location
New Oxford, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jun 03, 1915
Page
14
BY H. J. SMITH Trans 81.00 per annum in advance 10.00 if not paid within the year. No subscription discontinued unless at the option of the publisher until all arrearages are paid. A failure to order a discontinuance at expiration will be a new engagement. ADVERTISEMENTS Inserted at reasonable rates liberal reduction to those who advertise by the year for printing of every description from smallest label to largest handbill or poster.
The Pennsylvania Conference convenes at Heidlersburg United Brethren church June 1 to 3 with ministers, delegates, and visitors present. The program features morning and evening addresses by Rev. Funk Shoap Burkett Burbaker Burkholder Bluhaugh and others, plus a Love Feast led by Rev. Lilly. Officers are J. C. Coulson president J. W. Burk baker vice president D. J. Michael secretary S. W. Coble treasurer.
Adams County teachers exams will be held at Gettysburg High School for provisional and professional certificates with dates June 16 25 and July 8. Tests cover spelling reading writing geography civics and more with certification by July 12. Separately the annual Church of the Brethren conference at Hershey will discuss tobacco and other questions affecting members in York Lancaster Adams and nearby counties. Levi Warner aged about 52 died by hanging at Brogueville York County while working for W H Shaull. He left a wife and five children.
A thunder storm struck Littles town and lightning hit a street light in front of the McSherry residence. The surge traveled via the wire into the bathroom, melting a water pipe and creating an improvised shower. No other damage reported.
The Cummins act imposes value declaration on all baggage checked on railroads with penalties for misstatements. Liabilities include up to 100 dollars per piece, with carriers insuring excess value at ten cents per hundred dollars. Also notes sign removal orders, a York death by gas, missing York man, fatal Erie car crash, and odd pea nut wager.
Western Maryland railway asks the Interstate Commerce Commission for a $16 differential passenger rate to Chicago, down from $18, to offset Baltimore and Ohio and Pennsylvania systems. The move follows B&O cut in Chicago Baltimore running times. An epidemic of typhoid fever appears at Sunville Blue Ridge Summit State Sanatorium with thirteen cases, Dr Rohrer directing response.
Mrs Minnie Simons widow of a Norris town newspaper man was awarded four thousand dollars for the death caused by a Reading railway train at Souderton. The accident happened during a campaign automobile trip with Washington party candidates in October.
An office advertisement urges patrons to use the ITem Office for neatly printed and up to date editorial work. It touts accuracy and timely production, targeting readers seeking reliable printing services.
An old testimonial advertisement offers a one hundred dollar reward for an uncured catarrh by Hall's Catarrh Cure. It notes endorsements from F J Cheney & Co and the National Bank of Commerce of Toledo. The ad claims internal action for blood and mucous surfaces and promotes Hall's family pills for constipation.
Hugh P. Cox plans to marry Florence Osborne of Harrisburg on June 10 despite losing a leg in a railroad accident last Tuesday. The bride will insist the ceremony proceed, even if at York hospital where Cox is confined while he was en route to lead the Montgomery Grand Army post in the Memorial Day parade. Edward Houser, 25, died suddenly from heart disease.
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