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Newspaper
New Oxford Item
Location
New Oxford, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jun 18, 1908
Page
11
Oxford letterman paper published every Thursday by H J Smith. Terrmen subscription rates $1 per year in advance $1 if paid late. No discontinuance allowed until arrearages paid. Advertisements priced reasonably with yearly reductions. Jon paintings offered in all descriptions from labels to posters.
The Corpus Christi celebration at Conewago Chapel on Thursday features Mass at 8 am by Bishop J W Shanahan with confirmation for a large class of youths. Solemn Mass at 10 am with Rev J Huber as celebrant and a procession with the Blessed Sacrament, aided by several priests and ceremonies.
Otis G. Baughman acting for J. W. Baughman of Hanover with Officer Duttera and Constable Dougherty arrived at Cedar Ridge to dispossess tenant Ambrose Dittenhafer as the lease ended April 1, 1908. Dittenhafer absent. mother and two children removed. house abandoned with only nearby woods as shelter. Baughman, 88, ill and bedridden, has alleged threats to burn the property.
The New Oxford A A reports a strong homegrown lineup and urges public support after low gate receipts. A June 20 game against Fairfield was canceled due to poor patronage. a July 4 double header is planned, with efforts to improve the field and cover the grandstand.
A thief entered through an unlocked rear window of A O Long in Hanover on Saturday night. Second floor rooms were ransacked and bureau drawers overturned, but watches and jewelry left untouched as residents were away in Baltimore. Maurice Long discovered the break after returning home around 11 80 p m. A separate note says Foster Swords, a machinist at Clay Works in Mount Holly, died of heart failure during a conversation there.
The Washington Herald highlights Anna Philpott known as Granny a 92 year old charwoman at the Bureau of Engraving and Printing born December 11 1815 near Hanover. She has served the U.S. government 82 years working in the Treasury and later the engraving bureau and keeps a daily routine from 430 am to 9 pm.
A 145 year old parchment deed once granting William Penn heirs land to John Hamilton for 213 acres in Mountpleasant township York county now Adams county. Known as the Heltzel farm, it is owned by Daniel Long of Pennville. The 1763 patent in King George II’s fifth year covers mines, quarries, meadows, waters and rights to hawk hunt fish and fowl. The parchment is unusually wide 294 inches and long 12 inches with a 24 inch fold tied by yellow silk ribbon and a monogram.
Gates Slaybaugh of Biglerville aimed to shoot a crow on his porch but left the gun cocked. Mrs Slaybaugh, seeing it, pulled the trigger. The weapon discharged loudly sending a shot through one door and into another while no one was inside. She was startled by the unexpected gunfire.
A retired farmer John Raffensberger near Mt Royal is found dead in bed age about 65 from stomach cancer. neighbor Daniel Dierdorff reported. Charles Roeder, 54 of Black Horse Pottsville dies by self inflicted gunshot in woodland. Fleetwood incident covers Geo Lease foot injury from broken bottle and surgery. Philadelphia Press advertises summer earnings for teachers.
An advertisement touts Ayer’s Hair Vigor with a new improved formula as the best hair remedy for falling hair and dandruff. It credits J. C. Ayer Co. of Lowell Massachusetts as the maker.
The two month old infant was found nude in a newspaper wrapped body with a bloody mouth. Inquest verdict of suffocation by mechanical means. Post mortem noted congested organs, lungs filled with blood, head lump and throat marks suggesting strangulation. Local suspicion points to nonresident involvement.
Auditors report the year ending June 1 1908 for New Oxford School District. Receipts include balance carried, state appropriation and taxes, tuition, loan from bank. Z H Cashman treasurer, figures deemed correct by auditors John Feerie John O Flean Harry J Plete Enture.
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