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Newspaper
New Oxford Item
Location
New Oxford, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jun 16, 1905
Page
8
By H. J. Smith. Terma are $1.00 per year in advance, $1.50 if unpaid within the year. Subscriptions not discontinued unless the publisher opts to do so until arrears are cleared. Failure to discontinue at expiration is a new engagement. Advertisements at reasonable yearly rates with liberal reductions for yearlong advertisers.
A patchwork of town notices. An Act of Assembly targets working lame horses. Pension up for Josph FE. Kelly to ten dollars monthly. Dr H W Swartz builds a brick house in Hamilton. Jones Adams Carnival set for Hanover July 3–7 for fire company benefit. A four legged chicken in Littlestown. Abbottstown horse Annie euthanized aged 380 years. Brady of Abbottstown suffers eye injury from lime. Nace Co. sale offers goods at 1 to 3 off after smoke damage sale. Hamilton township school board organized with Isaac Thomas presiding. David Spahr to be hanged June 20. Alma Titus to wed Welden Kepner. Quips about pocket cork screws and drinking water. Reading township Health Board notes no epidemics. Travel sale: Eli Continuous Travel Way Baler and 4-Hp engine boiler. Penn Grove camp meeting to get electric light. Stock disease cerebro spinal meningitis reported in York County. Ladies White Lawn outfits offered at 50c. Mrs Martha J Haines ill from paralysis. Mrs Sarah St Himes loses valuable cow. Calvin Diehl advances to Gettysburg College freshman. Asher Chronister finds horse head wound. punishing deed urged. George Harrison dies after fall from roof dislocation.
Advertises the White Lilly washing machine as the lightest running and best on the market and invites readers to see it at D. F. Hientz’s on Carlisle Street. The note emphasizes quality and a local showroom display.
At the 122d annual Commencement in Carlisle on Wednesday President Heidbower of Gettysburg College received the honorary Doctor of Divinity degree. Four other individuals were also honored in the same manner.
Emory Wolf and his wife of San Antonio Texas arrived at Abbottstown and will stay with friends and relatives until September when they return to resume his teaching duties at the leading commercial school in their city.
Waldheim the summer resort of the Hanover Outing Club along the Conewago creek about three miles from here will be formally opened for the season on Thursday June 15. The grounds now feature new cottages and new boats among other improvements.
Russell Foutz of Latimore Township was injured while cutting timber last Saturday when a lodged tree fell and crushed his leg between the tree and a stump, risking loss of the limb. The accident occurred near his home and details indicate serious damage and painful injuries.
Charles Bowman of Conewago township near Hanover bought 18 head of cattle weighing 15 440 pounds from Worley and Kindig on November 8. Worley and Kindig repurchased the same cattle on Friday June 10 weighing 23 100 pounds total, a gain of about 425 pounds per head.
The message calls for annual financial statements from boroughs and townships to be published so taxpayers can see how public funds are spent. It criticizes relying on posters, noting that few residents view them and urging timely official action.
Monday forenoon Prof. 8 A Na gle of Abbottstown fell 14 feet while weatherboarding Leys Yohe's new house. He sustained bruises and a serious brain concussion from the broken scaffold.
A Tuesday night thunderstorm tore rafters from a barn at John Gulden’s Mountpleasant township farm near Kohler’s schoolhouse. In Abbottstown Alexander Englestine, employed by Davidson Heating, was struck by a truck handle Friday, breaking a tooth and cutting his lip needing stitches.
A collision between a street sprinkler and a trolley on Hanover Street left the motorman bruised and the sprinkler driver severely injured. The car was badly damaged and the sprinkler sent to the shop. Two Fire Co. No. 1 horses suffered head wounds. Mrs. N W Swartz, recently operated on in Baltimore, returned home on the 7 37 train, and is reported to be improving under her daughter Miss Nettie’s care.
The Gettysburg School Board re elected all existing teachers with raises from 35 to 40 dollars per month for the coming term. Miss Myra Ruff of Littlestown is among the teachers. Littlestown teachers were unanimously re elected, with Principal Bergoon’s salary up by five dollars and other teachers’ salaries raised by two dollars and fifty cents per month.
While Frank Hollinger ploughed a new field on David A. Hesson’s farm three miles south of Lit tlestown a horse tramped the lid of a buried box. Inside were a hatchet three hammers a hand saw eleven home straps two bottles of oil shirts pants and more. The owner was flush on home straps but short on shirts.
Have your watches clocks and jewelry repaired by skilled mechanics at bottom prices. When you wish to purchase a clock watch or anything in the jewelry line we have the largest and most complete line in the county. A Buocast Center Square Gettysburg May 5 1f.
The State Board of Health issues a formal warning urging the public to avoid toy pistols and cannon crackers during Fourth of July celebrations. Authorities warn of safety risks and potential injuries from similar devices used in displays.
Bargain seekers should check the ad for G B Nace Son & Co as the smoke damage sale enters its final week.
A baseball game between Hanover's second team and the home club is set for Saturday June 17 at 2 PM on the local diamond. Hampton residents host fundraising events to beautify Center Square. G B Nace Son Co offers a Smoke Damage Sale closing this week with bargains.
Rev 8 P Mauger will address the past present and future of the Re formed church at the Reformed church next Sunday morning. The talk follows coverage of the General Synod meeting at Allentown Pa.
A church festival benefit will be held on June 23 and 24 with location to be decided. The annual picnic is planned for Pfeiffer's grove on Saturday August 12. A 75 pound sea turtle, consigned from a Baltimore firm to Mr W S Olewine at the National Hotel Hampton, was exhibited at the express office Monday evening attracting many curious onlookers.
Town workers have finished trimming trees on Center Square enhancing appearance and sightlines while promoting grass growth. Other areas need cleanup such as brush along Pitt Street beyond the railroad where overgrowth is observable.
At a meeting of the Abbottstown school board 8 A Nagle and Miss Mellie Eisenhart were elected teachers of schools No 1 and 2 respectively. Terms and salaries: 8 months, 40 dollars for No 1 and 35 dollars for No 2. The tax rate rises from 4 to 6 mills to fund repairs. A separate note: John Brady of Hanover was robbed. three men arrested, with James K Dorsey confessing. A Black-billed Cuckoo observed in High School, sparking a Natural History lesson for pupils.
John Melhorn of near town, long nearly blind from past accidents, had the skin over his partially sighted pupil removed at Presbyterian Eye and Ear Hospital in Baltimore. The procedure restored some vision and he is to return home this Thursday.
An ad quotes William Myers of Cearfoss Maryland who suffered consumption and found relief with Dr King's New Discovery after other medicines failed. It touts prompt relief for coughs colds sore throat bronchitis and claims to prevent pneumonia. Available at Webler's drug store with trial bottles free and bottles priced 50 cents and 1.00.
Edna C. Dardorff, 11, daughter of Mrs. Wim. Dardorff, dies at home near Bonneauville. Interment follows a Mass of Requiem at St. Joseph Church with Rev. Costigan officiating. Meanwhile, about twenty Littlestown silk mill workers strike over a 50 cent wage increase, then return to work with most restored to the old pay after a brief walkout.
Two Sunday school classes greeted Mrs. Mauger and Miss Bessie Mauger upon their Bangor, Pa visit. They arrived at 4 15 p m to a quiet parsonage and a surprise dining room feast prepared by the congregation. The gathering was a warm expression of esteem for the pastor and family.
The Sunday School observed annual services with Blossm Time songs and recitations for the primary department. Off erings totaled 11.05 for Sunday school missionary work. The M E Sunday school also held events at 7 pm with Banners of June Tide, a large white cross, and decor. Off erings were 10 and music praised. participants receive thanks.
G W Forney division engineer of the Western Maryland Railroad surveys a tunnel line on the east side of the Blue Ridge near Monterey. The plan runs from Monocacy Junction to Emmitsburg then Fountain Dale to the foot of the mountain below Charmain with an eastern entrance at Red Run Gorge above Rouzerville in Washington county. Draughtsman G C Moore of the Wabash Railroad assists. surveying corps includes 14 members.
Examinations for teacher applicants in Adams County are set across numerous towns from July 10 to August 2 with sessions starting at 8:00 a.m. The Theory of Teaching exam will cover Seeley’s School Management and Sabin’s Common Sense Didactics. All exams are open to the public. directors are invited. H. Milton Roth, Co. Supt.
The White Lilly washing machine is presented as the easiest, cheapest, and best option. It is for sale by D, F S Lenv2 located on Carlisle Street.
A garbled sale notice lists items such as shorts gingham and bed spreads with various price points, plus a Norfolk crowd reference. The text also notes Mrs. Calvin Hamilton from Gettysburg underwent a serious operation at Church Home Hospital in Baltimore last week and remains critical.
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