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Newspaper
New Oxford Item
Location
New Oxford, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jun 26, 1903
Page
2
Terms listed: $1.00 per year in advance or $1.50 if unpaid within the year. Subscriptions not discontinued unless the publisher agrees and all arrears are paid. Failure to discontinue at the end of paid time is a new engagement. Advertisements at reasonable rates with year-long liberal reductions. Printing services offered for all needs from labels to posters.
The Prohibition party's state convention in Gettysburg drew about 400 delegates, with Harold L. Robinson chosen permanent chairman. The ticket includes M. H. Stevenson and Herbert L. Ames for the Supreme Court, Elisha Kent Kane for Auditor General, and H. D. Patton for State Treasurer. Resolutions denounce the old parties, urge suffrage without sex distinction, and blame the new libel law on Senator Quay.
Mrs. B S Gilbert of West York presented the York County Historical Society with a mounted barbed owl on a branch it sat on when shot days after Gettysburg. The bird is said to have heard cannonading and musket fire of the Civil War battle from that limb. A Confederate sharpshooter on Culp’s Hill was shot while perched there, a fact residents of Gettysburg confirm. Some claim the marksman killed Generals Weed and Vincent when the Fifth Army Corps arrived.
On Tuesday 800 men were received into the Holy Name Society at St. Marys Catholic Church in McSherrystown. Bishop J W Shanahan of Harrisburg blessed the badges and delivered an eloquent address commending the society and its director Rev Father Galligan. Also present were Very Rev P P Hemler Rev P J Crane and Eugene Halstermeyer among others.
M H Plank of Gettysburg awarded the two year state contract to supply book printing paper as lowest bidder at Harrisburg. It is said he will supply the book paper at two cents per made. Gettysburg advertiser Henry C Gilbert urges residents to wait for better wallpaper deals.
The article notes a cooler June despite public belief, comparing June temperatures to 1801 and 1804 when the mercury fell to 47 degrees. It states current month temperatures never dropped below 58 degrees, yet the overall weather remains undeniably cool.
Harry N. Miller, a El Paso Texas telegraph operator, left for York after learning his father James D. Miller died and his wife fell seriously ill. He arrived too late for his father’s funeral as the funeral occurred Monday and his wife died Tuesday evening from consumption.
The pine atmosphere and high altitude at Mont Alto state reservation draw many with lung ailments. Harry Thomas of McSherrystown departed Tuesday to Mont Alto for a month seeking relief for his failing health.
The new deputy factory inspector Joseph Quinn vows strict enforcement of child labor laws in the district. Under 18 cannot be employed in cigar factories, while older workers need age certificates and affidavits signed before justices for identification. Employers must show a certificate for each child employed.
A public notice urges correction of the unsafe habit of leaving banana peels on pavements. It cites many slips and serious accidents, especially among children and the elderly, and calls on parents to warn their kids.
A three year old girl died after being frightened by a ragbuyer perceived as the bogieman in West Chester last Friday. The case highlights harmful tales about bogies and monster figures that terrify children and endanger their lives.
Church notices list services at First Evangelical Lutheran St Paul Reformed Methodist Episcopal Immaculate Conception and Saint Augustinus with service times Sunday school and youth groups. An advertisement touts Dr King s New Discovery for consumption and coughs with a testimonial and trial bottles offered. Also mentions wall paper carload sale at Harry Gilbert s Gettysburg Pa.
Nathan Kirssin brother of Gettysburg clothier Lewis Kirssin went insane at his brother’s Gettysburg home after financial losses at his Tanzytown store. He fought, broke a window, attacked family, and needed three people to restrain him as doctors failed to calm the delirious man.
Remote residence families face slow response to accidents and use Bucklen’s Arnica Salve for Burns Cuts Wounds Ulcers. 25c at Wehler’s Drug Store. Wall paper 2c up at Harry C. Gibert’s opposite Eagle Hotel Gettysburg.
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