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Newspaper
New Oxford Item
Location
New Oxford, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jun 15, 1916
Page
14
The notice announces a weekly publication schedule by H J Smith with annual and arrears terms. It lists subscription prices of 31.00 per year, 190 if unpaid, and outlines discontinuance policies and advertising rates. It notes ads for all sizes from labels to large posters.
Peter Leas a Hyde Park blacksmith aged 41 attacked Abra ham Fick 56 in the barnyard near Leas shop at about 4 am Thursday. Leas was captured an hour later claiming a mountain charcoal burner and the Seventh Book of Moses compelled the murder. Evidence included a Handbook for Bible Readers and a memorandum with many scriptural passages. Leas had shown odd behavior for two weeks. his wife fled after he menaced her with a knife.
A Bonneauville resident notes the town of 125 people has ten cars, eight Fords and two Dodges, a ratio of one vehicle per 124 residents, the best in the county though last year’s tally rose. York Springs with 280 residents reports 33 automobiles, about one per nine people, challenging the Bonneauville lead.
William Heil of Brickerville claims a dream led him to hidden gold once owned by John Belleman. Belleman hid the money, died suddenly, and told no one where it lay. Heil unearthed a tin box under hay in the barn haymow and found $5,000 in gold, shared with Mrs. Belleman.
Judge C. B. Staples of Stroudsburg sentenced Orrin Arnst, a 20 year old joy rider, to one year in the county jail after finding him guilty of stealing an automobile from the Kittatinny garage. Arnst and another youth invited three girls for a ride. Zulu Meyers, 21, formerly of York Springs and sister of Jim Meyers of the Athletics staff, was killed in the incident.
Rev Dr Thomas 8 Land aged 66 of Manchester Md died suddenly from heart failure on Wednesday night in the chapel at Franklin and Marshall College Lancaster where he attended last week’s commencement. He was a well known Reformed church minister stationed in Manchester for ten years.
John D. Rockefeller Jr. will visit Gettysburg this week as a guest of Western Maryland Railroad President Carl R. Gray. The trip aims to study the entire system for a potential closer union with the Reading Railroad, with Rockefeller now the dominant factor in the Western Maryland.
Four head of cattle including three cows and a heifer died in a pasture near a barn during a storm. They were found piled together under a cherry tree after the weather subsided, and the loss is attributed to lightning for Miss Fannie Miller of Fulton County.
Gettysburg citizens may supply 100 automobiles to ferry passengers at $1 per ride as U S district passenger agents plan a Philadelphia convention visit to Gettysburg. In York a wedding for George W Stein and Isther Brostrom faced mishaps including a missed train and a bridal-car wreck. Philip Blair of York, now Paris based, left $50 000 to York Presbyterian churches.
Indications point to a 300 million bushel smaller wheat crop this year than last year. Winter wheat is forecast at 469 million, 30 million less than May 1 projections, mainly due to insects in Kansas and Oklahoma, while spring wheat is seen at 246 million, down 8 percent. Oats are expected about 300 million bushels smaller, with severe impact in the southern states Oklahoma and central Kansas from the green bug. Fruit crops are generally good though peach prospects are weak. apples look favorable, especially in the eastern states.
Athletics manager Connie Mack lauds Elmer Myers of York Springs as a future great pitcher. He compares him to legends and notes Myers's 6 ft 2 in frame, 180 pounds, fastball and curve, cool demeanor, and success against veteran pitchers.
Sixty four seniors receive diplomas at Gettysburg College's 84th commencement on a Wednesday morning. Thirty nine earn BA and twenty five BS degrees. Honorary Doctor of Divinity goes to Rev. John Jay Hill of Littlestown. Twelve honorary degrees awarded including J. Hay Brown M. William Jacobs Isaac R. Pennypacker and Elsie Singmaster Lewars. Masters of Arts awarded to Miss Elsie Gerlach and Spurgeon M. Keeny after special work.
Reports of several deaths including Joseph L. Lord a 70 year old Philadelphia guest at a Harrisburg G A R encampment who fell downstairs and died in hospital John W Hollingshead a Gettysburg student drowned near Nagerstown on June 3rd Michael Metlock 23 New Philadelphia killed himself after reprimand George Shambaugh 67 Blaine died after honey bee sting with heart and kidney issues Reuben L Young Towanda farmer killed by 12 foot fall from scaffolding in his barn Subscribe for the Item. Only 1.00
The 1916 season for lawful taking of all game fish in Pennsylvania opens June 15 excluding trout, which opened April 15 and closes July 31. Species include bass, rock bass, crappie, pike, pickerel, muskalonge. striped bass is a food fish open year round except Sundays. Size, daily limits, gear rules, and seasonal dates apply through November 30, with spears allowed July to October and outlines June 1 to December 1.
The Diocese of Harrisburg will issue an edict from Rt. Rev. M. M. Hassett forbidding dancing at church entertainments under severe penalty. The instruction follows a Cardinal Farley letter prohibiting dancing at church events and a Sacred Congregation decree dated March 31, made public in America May 10.
Frank J Cheney declares as senior partner that his firm will pay one hundred dollars for every case of catarrh not cured by Halt Catarrh Cure. The notice, sworn December 6, 194? in Toledo Ohio, promotes Trall's Catarrh Cure taken internally and directs readers to send for testimonials and buy Mall's Family Pills for constipation.
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