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Newspaper
New Oxford Item
Location
New Oxford, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jun 29, 1906
Page
3
An old ad from H. J. Smith sets 81.40 yearly or 81.00 by advance payment, with discontinuation rules and renewal conditions. It notes new engagements for paid time and mentions advertising rate reductions for various formats from labels to large posters.
The report lists multiple deaths including Charles Sourbier the York glutton famous for three gallons of ice cream in a day. Andrew Johnson 40 killed after falling under a freight train near Warren. Mrs. Rachael Kell McCall dies of organic heart disease. F L Lichtenstin dies in Middletown fire. Fire destroys James Baltimore’s Carlisle dwelling. A 17 year old, George Greenback, is killed after being run over by ten cars on the Reading road. Several other accidents and local incidents are noted with brief details and survivor notes.
Mrs Cora L Wisler and daughter Ella spent the past week with her aunt Mrs W A Diehl on Pitt Street. Carvin A Diehl a student at Gettysburg College visits his parents in Charleston Missouri. Edwin J Diehl of Charleston Miss spends time with brother W A Dick on Pitt Street and friends in town. various neighbors from Carlisle Street York Frederick and Philadelphia Streets visited or hosted relatives over the weekend and Sunday.
Bernard Cashman 28 struck and killed by a Northern Central freight engine behind Key stone Farm Machine Works York at about 1 30 p m Thursday The engineer says Cashman jumped onto the track and was cut in half by the locomotive The liver and kidneys were crushed and the upper body removed from beneath the tender while the lower limbs remained under the pilot
New York canvassers travel to Adams County with a wheat seed phial claiming 40 to 60 bushels per acre. Agents offer two bushels seed with no upfront money, shipping by Sept 1, and in year two farmers must deliver ten bushels to the railroad station free of charge, netting the promoters eight bushels. Local farmers weigh legitimacy as doubts grow about achieving promised yields.
Town issues ordinance reminder to property owners to trim shade trees by July 2 and to merchants to refrain from selling cannon crackers toy pistols or other fireworks illegal a by order of Town Council Gro A Klingel Burgess.
A testimonial touts regular sleep for nerve repair and vitality. Mrs A B Gilbertson credits Dr Miles Restorative Nervine with deep sleep and relief from headaches and neuralgia after illness, urging readers to try the product with a money back guarantee from Miles Medical Co.
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