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Newspaper
New Oxford Item
Location
New Oxford, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jun 04, 1908
Page
2
By H J Smith, term prices listed annual rate $1.00 in advance and $1.80 after year. Subscriptions not discontinued unless publisher consents until arrears paid. Failure to discontinue at end of paid term creates a new engagement. Advertisements offered at reasonable yearly rates with scale for all items from labels to posters.
A series of tragic deaths and mishaps across towns including Shamokin Dam and Mt Royal. Robert Cole 15 drowns while learning to swim in the Susquehanna. Eva Getery 9 drowns crossing a dam in Perkiomen Creek. North Wilkes-Barre trench collapse kills Carmine Brice and fatally injures others. Laura Owens arrested on eve of wedding for ring theft. Oscar Sheetz father dies in 1906 style accident. boy badly injured. Lucas Ziegler 2 chokes on a rosebud. William Gunther dies from a colt kick near Belair. Kirssin's clothing store robbed of about 150 suits in New Cumberland. Postmasters told not to disclose patrons names or addresses.
Wm. Armstrong a Texas native rode a bicycle from near Houston to Philadelphia to visit his brother after starting December 15. He travels with camping gear and a pet dog that was given to his brother. a second dog joined, tied by a rope. Armstrong wears a wool shirt jean trousers and a broad hat with a revolver visible at his hip.
An advertisement for L and M Pure Paint claims it keeps a home harmonious and beautiful, prevents decay, and costs $1.20 per gallon. It cites decades of use and lists P A and colleagues as York L and M paint agents.
In Brockton Massachusetts Grace Ball aged seven and Thomas Ball aged five were found buried in a field. Their mother Mary Ball had wandered off with the children in December and later was confined to an insane asylum. Decomposition prevented exact death cause but authorities believe the mother killed the children after months of search by hundreds.
The body of Francis Bloom, missing for twenty days, was located in Shamokin Creek near Sunbury. Bloom, a bookkeeper at Sunbury Trust, had recently attempted to alter bank records on May 6 prompting bank examiner suspicion. He disappeared after leaving the bank for an early evening return.
In Fedora Tennessee C V Pepper credits Dr King s New Discovery with saving his life after severe lung and throat hemorrhages. He reports instant relief and recovery enough to return to work in three weeks. Michael Covashin, Shamokin butcher, was badly injured when his wagon overturned and knives pierced him. he remains in critical condition.
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