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Newspaper
New Oxford Item
Location
New Oxford, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jun 12, 1913
Page
2
Publication details for the Oxfordtter issued every Thursday by H J Smith with subscription terms. Rates include 1.00 per year prepaid and 1.50 if unpaid within the year. Continuation occurs unless arrearages are settled. Advertisements offered at reasonable rates for all descriptions from labels to posters.
A compendium notes a string of local events from Reading township mule loss to Buckhorn egg yield anomalies, a fatal fall, and a possible suicide, with numerous injuries, a river youth death, a train collision, a detective of church remains unearthed, and a centenarian miller near York Springs approaching his 100th birthday.
The notice touts a cure for catarrh claimed to be the only positive remedy, describes internal action on blood and mucous surfaces, and offers a $100 reward for any case it cannot cure. It invites testimonials and lists P. J. Cheney & Co of Toledo Ohio as the address, with sale by all druggists and a side note to take Hull's Family Pills for constipation.
James Neely, of Taneytown, died last Monday from a self inflicted gunshot wound. He was found in a woodshed on his property seated on excelsior with a pistol in his mouth. Once a large property owner, he had given most of it to his daughter and nieces but retained farm and town property, and the melancholy over possible dependence is noted.
J Taylor Roth a cement district explosive expert set off 40 000 sticks of dynamite in 60 000 tons of rock at a quarry in Thomasville York county. The blast rocked nearly the entire county and Roth who previously lost an eye to dynamite resumed blasting after a recent recovery.
The note extols common sense baby care including baths, soaps, powders, clean nipples and bottles, sanitary diapers, and more. Auker’s Drug Store on The Square advertises moderate prices and quality, with subscriptions for magazines and a call to shop for essential baby supplies.
The borough council levies a three mills tax for municipal purposes in 1913. Zacharias Groff, a Lancaster County carpenter, fell 27 feet from a rafter and died three hours later.
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