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Newspaper
New Oxford Item
Location
New Oxford, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jun 12, 1913
Page
7
Thieves carried away a wagon load of plunder worth several hundred dollars from two Delta stores Friday night. The Jones and Harris Brothers shops were entered. goods were hauled away in a wagon.
Runk and Peckman’s Realty Report highlights Adams County properties in June 1913. It urges buyers to act, citing Smith and Jones as examples, and lists several farms near Chambersburg Pike, Knoxlyn Mills, Hampton, and a 100 acre tract by the Pumping Station with prices from 1000 to 4500.
Real estate agents Rank and Peckman operate from the Masonic Building in Gettysburg Pennsylvania. The listing indicates a local agency serving property buyers and sellers in the historic town.
Hebron Lodge F. and A. M. members including cashier J W Barnitz and Dr W R Snyder attended the dedicatory exercises of the new Masonic Home in Elizabethtown Pennsylvania on Thursday. Local residents and relatives continue to visit neighbors across Hanover Street and East Berlin during a season of travel and family gatherings.
J. J. Hamm of Franklin township near Clear Springs York county was badly hurt trimming locust trees when a ladder slipped, throwing him to a fence. He suffered multiple rib fractures and a severe head wound requiring stitches. he is reported improving.
June nuptials are listed for Ruth E. Metzgar and Emanuel M. Myers Jr in Hanover with Edith Hurst and Reuel Hoke in Lemoyne, Mary Gair and I Marcellus Staub in St Marys church Harrisburg, and Ella E. Smith and Hunter Wathey in Zion Lutheran parsonage Harrisburg area.
William Cashman eight year old son of Mr and Mrs Samuel Cashman near Pine Run School House Hamilton township fell through an open inching to the entry below. His right hand was pierced by a fork with two tines penetrating the palm and thumb. A local physician dressed the wounds.
William Skivington of Mumford New York claims $9 after his baggage twice routed from Gettysburg to New Oxford and Hanover with delays. He says the bag was consigned to New Oxford and the Pennsylvania Railroad Commission advised court action to resolve the matter.
Wherley Brown of the old Rahn farm near McSherrystown found $43 in a rolled stack of greenbacks under a snowball bush along with silver coins under a peach tree a watch and a revolver under a walnut tree. The loot had been stolen from his home while the family slept and no thief was identified.
Justice of the Peace L D Sell fined four youths Andrew H Hershey Alfred Wineka H M Mummert and A Weaver for illegal fishing. Hershey Mummert and Weaver were fined 25 dollars and costs for taking frogs out of season while Wineka paid 20 dollars for gigging suckers. All faced Saturday night hearings.
Melvin Ream, a tenant on the Z. L. Bowman farm near Hanover, suffered a painful six inch gash in his left arm while grinding a mower knife at Oscar Dechenbolt’s blacksmith shop. The knife was dragged toward the belt and forced into the arm near the wrist, nearly severing veins.
Thieves visited Emma Shelleman on the Emmitsburg road two miles from town and carried off 21 chickens. This marks a second raid in two weeks after a prior theft of 14 fowls. Congressman A. R. Brodbeck is assigned to Public Lands Merchant Marine Fisheries and Expenditures in the Post Office Department.
A York county man Clayton Krout was injured when a two mule team bolted and wheels passed over him near Abbottstown. A baby in Jefferson area was bitten by a nonpoisonous garter snake while nursing, swelling the neck but not poisoning. Albert Noll nearly drowned in a barn accident as a pipe broke filling his lungs with water. In Williamson W Va J R Whitten shot at William Miller in a domestic dispute, disabling Miller's hands. both were arrested pending a hear ing.
J. T. Beyard, about 35, of Fmmitsburg, was found unconscious near Rocky Ridge along the W. M. railroad on Sunday morning. He was taken to Hagerstown hospital with little hope of recovery after reportedly falling from a platform or being thrown during an alighting attempt while returning from Baltimore excursion.
Mr and Mrs Ruel Diller of Hanover fell violently ill after supper from canned corn that appeared fresh. A physician found spoilage in the remaining corn in the can. Mr Diller had been from York Springs. Both recovered after several days of illness.
A blaze at Orrtanna Monday noon damaged the wash house and wood shed of Snarry Weikert. Sparks from a kettle used in washing earlier caused the fire, and firefighters saved the large stone dwelling with effort.
Mike Murphy trainer of athletes died at his Philadelphia home after a two year tuberculosis illness. He passed away quietly as students and faculty at the University of Pennsylvania paid tribute with lowered flags and heartfelt grief. Murphy trained the champion American Olympic team last year.
Attorney General McReynolds questions the adequacy of the Standard Oil dissolution decree under the Sherman act. He signals readiness to pursue a broader investigation into whether an oil trust persists and outlines possible actions if a trust remains.
Authorities report the death of a two day old girl in Newark New Jersey from a fist blow to the head. The infant’s twenty month old brother Angelo showed jealousy and had scratched her face in front of witnesses before she died from a brain hemorrhage.
A gas explosion at the Scott shaft of Susquehanna Coal near Shamokin Pennsylvania killed two men and injured several others. The dead are George Saduskie and Steve Worgus. Injured include Lewis Harris and Peter Harris, Edward Becker, Stanny Silkus, Stanny Yede navigation, with seven rescued after being overcome by black damp.
The department of agriculture in Washington issued a bulletin noting beef demand greatly exceeds supply and prices rise. It cites a 30 percent drop in U S beef cattle over six years and a 13 percent fall in meat animals killed under government supervision in early 1913 versus 1912. It gives January 1 1907 cattle totals of 51 566 000 declining to 36 030 000 at the start of this year and reports higher prices for cattle sheep lambs and hogs.
General markets show dull to steady movement across staples in Philadelphia. Flour prices range 4.40 to 5.50 per barrel with rye and wheat firm, corn steady, oats quiet, poultry and eggs steady with varying color grades, and potatoes listed for old and new stock with per barrel and per bushage figures.
Live stock prices show cattle strong with prime at 3.40 to 3.60 and good at 3.40. Sheep steady with prime wethers at 5.35 and culls around 2.50 to 3.00. Calves seen at 10.50, hogs active with prime heavies near 8.85 and night Yorkers around 8.95 to 7.75 for rougher grades.
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