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Newspaper
New Oxford Item
Location
New Oxford, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jun 18, 1908
Page
4
Public notice style advertising pricing and policy from Tavrspar with details on discontinuance at expiration of paid time and terms for advertisements of all sizes from labels to posters. Mentions H J Smith and Thursday publication cadence.
Today the Corpus Christi feast is celebrated at Conewago Chapel with Mass at 6 a.m. by Bishop J W Shanahan of Harrisburg who will confer confirmation on many youths and lead the Blessed Sacrament procession with deacons and priests from the diocese. The 10 a.m. solemn mass will be in the Blessed Sacrament with Rev Father J Huber of Hanover as celebrant.
Otis G. Baughman and officers aided by a constable forced Ambrose Dittenhafer from the J. W. Baughman farm at Cedar Ridge after the lease expired on April 1 1908. Dittenhafer absent. wife and two children left with belongings, shelter in nearby woods.
The New Oxford baseball association warns fans that the club, built from home talent, needs strong attendance after gate receipts fell to about half expenses. A June 20 game with Fairfield was canceled for lack of patronage. a July 4 double header is planned with field improvements ongoing and urged subscription payments.
A burglar unlocked a rear sash Saturday night at the Hanover residence of A C Long. The intruder rifled second floor rooms and closets overturning a bureau and scattering contents. Jewelry and watches remained, suggesting money as the motive. the Longs were away in Baltimore. Maurice Long discovered the scene about 11 30 at night. In Mount Holly, Foster Swords, a machinist, died of heart failure after chatting at Clay Works.
The Washington Herald profiles Mrs. Anna Philpott known as Granny, a 92 year old charwoman at the Bureau of Engraving and Printing in Georgetown. Born December 11 183, she has worked 32 years in the Treasury and Bureau, rising early at 4 30 each morning, dusting the director’s office, tending a small garden, and greeting conductors as she rides to work.
A parchment deed dating to 1763 and 145 years old was found in Hanover. It records William Penn heirs conveying 213 acres to John Hamilton in Mount Pleasant Township York County now Adams County. The Heltzel farm name appears. current owner is Daniel Long of Pennville. The document grants rights to mines, quarries, timber and waterways and allows hawking, hunting, fishing, and fowling. The parchment is unusually wide 293 inches and long 12 inches with a 24 inch fold and a yellow silk ribbon and monogram.
Gates Slaybaugh cocked a gun to kill a crow on his porch and Mrs Slaybaugh, seeing it cocked, fired the trigger causing a loud discharge that pierced a door and lodged in another in the empty house. The incident prompted fright but no injuries.
The ad touts Ayer's Hair Vigor as the latest and best hair preparation from the J C Ayer Co. It claims to combat falling hair and dandruff with a new improved formula and scientific basis.
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