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Newspaper
New Oxford Item
Location
New Oxford, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jun 15, 1906
Page
4
An Erie Pennsylvania testimonial extols Dr Miles Anti Pain Pills for neuralgia and nerve pain relief. The ad claims rapid relief from headaches and states the product is sold by druggists with a money back guarantee. 25 doses cost 25 cents and are not sold in bulk.
NOT CE is hereby given to allegatees and other concerned that Administration accounts will be presented at the Orphans Court of Adams County Pa for conformation and allowance on Monday June 18 1906 at 10 30 a m viz 38 The first and final account of N C Deatrick Executor of the will of Jacob Deatrick late of Tyrone township deceased 89 First and final account of Edwin G Lough Administrator of the estate of Christianna Lough late of New Oxford deceased 40 The first and final account of Julia A Staley Executor of the last will and testament of James J Staley late of Butler township deceased ... 49 The first and final account of Robert E Wible Administrator and Trustee to sell the real estate of Joseph Marshall late of Philadelphia 525td
On Saturday June 28 1906 at 1 PM a tract of about twenty acres in Franklin Two Adams County Pa along the road from Scott’s schoolhouse to Poplar Springs schoolhouse is to be sold at public sale at the Gettysburg Court House. The property of Javos H Kimp seized under a writ of fieri facias issued by the Court of Common Pleas. Twenty acres more or less with house out house well and fruit trees plus chestnut and locust timber. Ten percent must be paid immediately after bidding or the property will be resold. Sheriff GEO L COLESTOCK Gettysburg Pa May 18.
Old Donohue Farm now owned by El mer Freed in Straban Inp near Newchester and Hunterstown offers 45000 feet of solid oak boards and planks, 800 ft of 2x4 and 4x4, 50 cords oak and hickory slab wood, 12 acres of uncut tops and standing timber, 150 posts, 80 cords of old wood. Sale starts at 1 o clock P M with 3 month credit on notes. cash for smaller sums. Mussselman and Rudisill conduct sale. Caldwell auditor. Miller clerk.
The undersigned informs New Oxford residents that his tin shop has moved from the country to the Pitt street store room recently vacated by I. W. Livingston. H. B. Fair, New Oxford, Pa, now offers all kinds of tin work.
Regular session with Wehler Myers Taughinbaugh Colestock and Feiser present. Minutes approved. Law on auto speed discussed. Grass and guard rails for creamery pond noted. Tree trimming and bridge repair plans set. Permit to build buggy shed granted. Bond redemptions announced. notice to cease after July 1 1906. Police officer terms and town property measures approved. Bills totaling 95.95 examined. payments made. T. E. Bower secretary.
Riley Sneeringer reports a theft at The Maples Conewago stealing 50 bushels of corn 80 chickens and the evening milk totaling about 50 in value A St Marys parish class of over 100 children held their first Communion at a 730 am High Mass at St Marys Church St Josephs Academy set to hold its annual commencement June 19 at 230 pm Conrad Brothers butcher horse powering a chopping machine caused 7 year old John Little to suffer a severe foot injury treated by Drs Rice and Bittinger with multiple stitches
Mrs. George Jlooyer wife of the Railroad hotel proprietor at Wrightsville attempted to shoot her husband and Elias Blouse shortly after 2 PM Friday. Both bullets missed by inches as she waved the revolver in the streets before being overpowered. She is detained in York in the insane ward of the county almshouse pending a sanity investigation.
L Gwinn Hartzell of Holly Springs was found dead in his bed Monday morning after suffering heart trouble. He retired about 10 that night in usual health. He was 52 or nearly 53, and left a wife and five children. He was brother of Mrs James Neely of York Springs.
Washington reports the President signed the Denatured Alcohol act, removing the tax of 2.08 dollars per gallon for non drinkable grain alcohol used in arts and manufactures, lowering light and fuel prices to 20 cents per gallon and boosting farmer earnings.
A massive blast at a dynamite plant near Pequea Pennsylvania killed eleven men and seriously injured another. Victims named include Benjamin Gebhardt George Rineer Fred Rice Collins Parker Phares Shoff William Funk John Boatman and two York County men. Debris and severed remains were found over a wide area as the plant’s cause remains unknown.
The Feast of Corpus Christi will be celebrated at Conewago Chapel this Thursday June 14 with a Solemn High Mass at 10 oclock. Rev Fr Halstermyer renews the tradition of holding the celebration on the day it falls and a procession with the Blessed Sacrament will visit three altars on the grounds and end with Benediction.
Three pension records list beneficiaries Matilda Snell Julia A Staley and Caroline E Oyler. Snell and Staley receive original monthly pensions of 8 dollars from late 1905 or early 1906 with accrued amounts for deceased spouses. Oyler receives 12 dollars monthly from January 1906 plus 2 dollars per month for each of five minors and accrued pension for Wesley J Oyler.
Harry Hoffman of Midway was found guilty of cruelty to animals in a hearing before Squire R. M. Straley. He was fined ten dollars and costs, appealed, and has since paid the costs totaling about thirty dollars, settling the case.
Harrisburg June 6 Edwin S. Stuart of Philadelphia was nominated for Governor by the Republican State Convention on the first ballot with 271 votes though 214 were needed. Robert S. Murphy Campina county named Lieutenant Governor Robert K. Young Tioga county Auditor General and Henry Houck Lebanon for Secretary of Internal Affairs.
Thomas Norris was instantly killed by a falling tree he felled with a co worker on the B. and P. B Slate Co property near Delta York county. The tree struck Norris as it swayed and rebounded after entangling a grape vine, fracturing his skull. He leaves seven grown children.
Miss Sadie Schriver and Mrs. Frank Schriver of Gettysburg attended a visit with Mrs. H. G. Wehler on East High Street. Dr J J Snyder U S N returned from Egyptian waters on June 12 and is now with the U S Ship Tacoma, involved in towing the dry dock Dewey to the Suez Canal.
Wm Livingston aged 69 died at his home in York Springs Sunday night. He is survived by his wife three daughters and two sons.
John Bucher a butcher from Aspers injured his knee when a butcher knife slipped while cutting the hide from a beef. He suffered a severe cut near the knee and required medical attention.
A horse owned by Claude Conover of Mountjoy township broke loose from a tree and, while trying to clear a fence, broke its neck. Elmer Kepner of Straban township C. E. Stable Gettysburg and Newton Bucher near Littlestown each lost a valuable horse.
In Frederica and Dover Delaware two Black men Juniper Benson and Buck Causland shot Umpire C W Cameron in a dispute after a Frederica Felton game. Luther Howell was killed instantly when Benson and Causland opened fire, both suspects later captured and jailed as state detectives arrived to curb possible lynching.
In Manheim Pennsylvania Zion Evangelical Lutheran church held its annual feast of roses. A red rose was presented to Miss Ida Boyer of Harrisburg, descendant of Baron William Henry Stiegel, to pay the rent on the church ground deeded in 1770. The rose was demanded twice by Baron Stiegel and paid. Since 1890 the ceremony is revived annually with W S Brinton presenting the rose and Thomas L. Montgomery delivering the memorial address. Three Perished in Flames at Walpack Centre
A Jersey Central Atlantic City express derailed at Eatonton New Jersey killing vaudeville musician George Van Duzer of New York and injuring over 20 passengers. Most injuries were minor with several bruises and shock reported among New Yorkers returning from Atlantic City.
Boston reports the execution of Charles L. Tucker by electric chair for the murder of Mabel Page in Weston in March 1904. Tucker proclaimed innocence in a final statement and letter, lamenting wrongful accusation and seeking God's mercy before his death.
A digest from June events: a trio killed in a Ga dillac Mich rail collision. a boy aged 12 confesses arson near Mt. Molly. a Ky saw mill boiler explosion kills three and injures three. Norwegians depart Chicago for King Haakon VII’s coronation. Roosevelt signs denatured alcohol bill. various local tragedies and notable appointments fill the week's tally.
New York June 12 Recorder Goff denied a motion for a new trial in Albert T. Patrick the convicted murderer of William Marsh Rice. Patrick's lawyers prepared for possible adverse ruling and a writ of error and habeas corpus.
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