Nervine Promised Relief for Nervous Indigestion
A testimonial from A. S. MilEton of Asheville, North Carolina, claims Dr Miles Nervine restores nervous energy to aid digestion. The ad touts a money back guarantee through Miles Medical Co, Elkhart Indiana, and states one bottle should benefit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miles’ Nervine
Lnst
Dr. Miles
A. S. Mielton
Ashville
N. C
Miles
Miles Medical Co
Elkhart
Ind
Public Sale Of Entire Livery Outfit In New Oxford
Ill health prompts owner to auction 7 horses including a bay trotting mare and a sorrel mare with gait records, 4 top buggies and 12-seated wagon, sleighs, harnesses, a corn cultivator, and other equipment at Pitt Street stables on March 21 1908. Sale begins 12 30 pm with terms listed by CHAS H HAAR and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pitt Street
New Oxford
Surrey
Dayton
Portland
Chas
H. Haar
R. M. Straley
Public Sale of Estate Land in Adams County
On March 21 1908 Annie Mummert administratrix will sell at public sale a tract of 18 acres along the York Gettysburg pike in Oxford township Adams County adjoining Vincent Staub and Frank Miller. The property includes a large frame shed with threshing door and sale starts at 10 oclock A M. Auction by W N Esso administrator with Orphans Court approval.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jacob
Mummert
Borough of
Hanover
York County
Orphans’ Court of
Adams
York & Gettysburg Pike
Oxford Township
Adams County
Vincent Staub
Rank Miller
Leims Will Beneade
E Mks
Annie So Mummert
W. N. Enso
Executor's Notice for Margaret F Miller Estate
Letters testamentary on Margaret I Miller of Tyrone township Adams County Pa granted. Executor L H W Mibbieat of Mountpleasant Township New Oxford Pa urges debtors to immediate payment and creditors to present properly authenticated claims for settlement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Margaret F Miller
Tyrone Township
Adams County
Margaret I. Miller
Adgvs County
Mountpleasant Township
L. H W. Mibbieat
B. P.U
New Oxford
New Oxford Cemetery Association Members Meet in March 1908
Notice of a meeting for lot holders to be held at Cheely Bros. Store on Saturday March 21 1908 at 2 PM. The president and managers will present the fiscal report and an election for a President and four Managers for the coming year will follow. Full attendance requested. A C Diehl secretary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Oxford Cemctery Association
Cheely Bros
Mure
Harrisburg Auto School seeks trainees for operator jobs
Fifty men or boys sought to learn to become automobile operators and earn from 20 to 40 dollars weekly. Apply at Harrisburg Auto School located at Third and Hamilton Streets in care of Harrisburg Automobile Company Harrisburg Pennsylvania. Printing services offered at the Irem office with satisfaction guaranteed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harrisburg Auto School
Third & Hamilton Sts
Care
Harrisburg Automobile Company
Harrisburg
Irem
Council Proceedings February 24 Final Adjournment Planned
Council met to finish business with all present except C. W. Myers. President Sheely led the session. minutes of the previous meeting were approved. Bills totaling 181.75 were approved with payments for Borough 136.88 and Water 44.87. Adjournment set for Monday evening March 2 at 7 o'clock for final adjournment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. W. Myers
Sheely
T. KE. Bower
Sec’ Y
March 2 Council Adopts Water Rents and Elects Officials
The council met with all but one member present and approved last meeting minutes and the secretary's water rents report. The auditor's treasurer report was approved, secretary to publish as required by law, and adjourned sine die. New officers elected include Wm Sheely president T I Bower secretary John Weaver treasurer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. W. Myers
Sheely
H. K. Schnell
Messrs. Schnell
Taughinbaugh
Myers
Anxious Tenants in Littlestown Assault Case
Commonwealth v John Gobrecht before Squire Blocher an assault and battery charge arose after Burton Miller of Union township and his son demanded possession and furniture at the Miller farm. Gobrecht waived a hearing, posted bail, and plans to move this spring.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Commonwealth
John Gobrecht
Burton Miller
Union Township
Squire Blocher
Littlestown
Justice Self
Gobrecht
Miller Farm
Miller
Sheriff sale scheduled in Gettysburg and Reading Township
On Saturday March 21 at the county seat in Gettysburg a parcel with improvements and an 8 acre timber tract in Hamilton township, owned by James A Cornell, will be sold. Also on Saturday March 28 a 168 acre farm in Reading township, owned by H B Bushey, is to be offered at public sale.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Colestock
Gettysburg
Hamilton Township
James A Cornell
Reading Township
H. 8. Bushey
Gerkensmeyer Drowned Saving Boat in Flooded Creek
York man Fred Gerkensmeyer a prominent local manufacturer drowned in Codorus Creek while trying to save a small boat caught in the swollen current. He attempted rescue with two friends Augustus Platt and William Derman, but the craft capsized and he vanished beneath the waters. He leaves a wife and three children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
York
Fred Gerkensmeyer
Codorus Creek
Gus Stenger
Gerkensmeyer
Augustus Platt
William Derman
Two Meet Fiery Death In Burned Farmhouse Ruins
The bodies of Lydia Carter of Bordentown and William Fleck of Roebling were found among the ruins of a farmhouse between Florence and Roebling near the English farm in Burlington New Jersey. The building had been unoccupied and burned Sunday night. the two were last seen together Saturday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Burlington
N. J
Lydia Carter
Bordentown
William Fleck
Roebling
Florence
Carter
Fleck
Two Killed By Express Train In Baltimore Incident
Frederic George and Harry Tucker died when an express Baltimore and Ohio train struck them after they stepped between tracks to avoid a heavier freight. A companion watched Tucker fall behind before George shouted a warning that went unheeded.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore
Irederic George
Harry Tucker
Baltimmore & Ohio Railroad
Tucker
George
Jury secrecy dispute ends with admission of mistake
In Harrisburg a capitol trial juror controversy closed as the district attorney admitted that arrest of Humphreys for attempted bribery was a mistake and that no juror was suspected of misconduct. Testimony reviewed the juror's visits and statements, followed by rebuttals and witness testimony on furniture values in the capitol project. A separate item notes a large New York wedding and substantial charitable gifts, plus a dangerous mine cave-in near Wilkes-Barre threatening homes and rail lines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harrisburg
Capitol
C. F. Humphreys
A. A. Poist
Gilbert
Weiss
The
Commonwealth
Humphreys
Julia A. Cooper
Philadelphia
Senate
House
Sanderson
Three Arrested For Patent Fraud In Washington
Three arrests in Washington reveal a patent office scam tied to an invention valued over five million dollars. Ned W. Barton Henry W. Everding and John A. Heany face conspiracy to defraud and destroying public records charges with bail set at ten thousand dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Patent Office
Ned W. Barton
Henry W. Everding
Philadelphia
John A. Heany
York
United States Grand Jury
Neil
Barton
Heany
Sverding
Bomb mail aimed at Easton solicitor shocks readers
Easton Pa city solicitor N R Turner received a mail bomb containing a stick of dynamite with an explosive cap. The cap burned during transit nullifying the blast. Turner, once an assistant to the district attorney, is believed to have been targeted by Italians he prosecuted and who returned to Italy after release.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
N. R. Turner
Easton
Italy
Turner
Rich Gold Find Stuns West Virginia Near Arroya
In Hancock county near Arroya an oil company drilling on Miss Virginia Brown farm hit gold ore at 200 feet. The sample yielded $7.50 worth of gold, estimated at $7000 per ton, prompting local landowners to form their own company and mine the area while turning down capitalist leases from Pittsburgh interests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Virginia
Hancock County
W. Va
Arroya
Sawmill Run Ofl Company
Miss Virginia Brown
Insane Sailor On Cod Schooner Bites Thumb At Sea
Ed ward Anderson aboard a cod fishing schooner near Atlantic City snapped into a frenzy and bit off his own thumb after attempting to throw crewmen overboard. Overpowered and tied to the cabin floor, he later freed an arm and caused screams that alarmed the crew before police placed him in a padded cell after docking.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlantic City
N. J
Edward Anderson
Anderson
Doc Watts and wife charged in child death arson case
Doc Watts and his wife, both Black, were arrested after allegedly defeating a five year old child and later setting their home on fire to burn the body and hide the crime. A mob threat prompted close guard to prevent violence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Doc” Watts
Indelible Pencil Poisoning at Wilkes-Barre Laundry
Miss Mamie Shales, a laundry clerk in Wilkes-Barre Pennsylvania, lies critically ill after placing an indelible pencil in her mouth during work. Doctors fear she may not recover as she marks sent articles and repeatedly lodges the pencil between her lips. In a separate incident, Mrs William Speat of Harrisburg was overwhelmed with guilt after giving her baby morphine by mistake, causing the infant’s death while medicine near the child’s illness was confused.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mamie Shales
Wilkes-Barre
William Speat
Warrisburg
Counterfeiter Gets Five Years in State Prison
Bartholomew Ruelli, an expert silver coin counterfeiters in the east, was sentenced to five years in the state prison by Judge Lanning in the United States court. He was arrested at Atlantic City last summer for passing counterfeit money and convicted on that charge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Renton
N. J
Bartholomew Ruelli
Lanning
United States
Ruelli
Atlantic City
Fire devastates northeast Tampa section and cigar plant
A massive blaze in Yampa Florida on March 2 destroyed the extreme northeastern city area, covering about fifty five acres and wrecking 308 buildings. A silver display case valued at 25000 burned from the Stachelberg factory and a child’s coffin was cremated with the flames in Miguel Rodriguez’s home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yampa
Fla
Stachelberg
Miguel Rodriguez
Fire destroys Harlem car barns and paint factory in New York
March 2 reports two major fires in Harlem. The New York City Railway car barns on Second Avenue suffered 740 surface cars burned and an estimated loss of 2.5 million dollars. Nearby George W Grote & Company paint factory valued at 125 thousand dollars also burned. This followed another railway blaze on Madison Avenue earlier in the year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
New York City Railway Company
Second Avenue
Harlem
George W. Grote & Company
Railway People
Madison Avenue
Wanamaker Heir Thomas B Dies in Paris at 47
Thomas B Wanamaker son of John Wanamaker died suddenly in Paris at the Liver pool hotel from kidney trouble. He was forty seven, had been abroad for health, and recently retired from the North American newspaper business. He helped move the plant to Broad and Sansom and had been head of the North American.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas B. Wanamaker
Philadelphia
Thomas Wanamaker
John Wanamaker
Paris
Liverpool
Mr. Wanamaker
Orient
France
Thomas Brown Wanamaker
Wanamaker
Week's News Condensed Front Page Timeline
J P Morgan sails to Europe on the Adriatic. George Rogers, allied with Farragut at Mobile Bay, found dead in Mobile. Caesar collier to be refitted for submarines Plunger and Porpoise for Pacific transport. Lee Hart kills mother in law Mrs Edwards, wounds husband, dies by train. Kalinowski murders wife Katie and boarder Schmelzer in Cleveland. escapes. Ernst Meier, German consulate clerk in Cincinnati, shoots himself. Rear Admiral Converse testifies navy ships are top, defends fleet. Carnegie Institution building permit in Washington. D Anderson of National Cash Register dies after horse accident. Mrs Margaret Smith dies aged 101 in Wilmington. Frazeur Lore commits suicide after wills. Five Monessen men plan farming move to Portland, Tenn. Pa. GOP picks April 7 for state convention. Leroy Adamousky ar rested for Barnesboro fire. Bruner brothers note cow with four calves. Calif. timber lands bought by NY/PA capitalists. UMW President Mitchell calls soft coal convention for March 12. Rosa Bendi burns in Monessen home explosion. George Dawkins in Brooklyn convicted of burglary. eight years. Bishop Duncan dies in Spartansburg. Senator Allison turns 79. Columbus Day holiday proposal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. P. Morgan
New York
Europe
Adriatic
George Rogers
Admiral Farragut
Mobile Bay
Mobile
Ala
Caesar
Hampton Roads
Plunger
Pacific Coast
Lee Hart
Lamar
Joseph Edwards
Andrew Kalinoski
Katie
Jacob Schmelzer
Cleveland
Ernst Eugene Meier
Cincinnati
Converse
Senate Committee On Naval Affairs
United States
Washington
Carnegie Institution
Co. D. Anderson
National Cash Register Company
Dayton
Margaret Smith
Norris Dixon
Wilmington
Del
Frazeur Lore
Dragston
Burlington, N. J
Bruner Brothers
Rarnestown
Pennsylvania
California
Mitchell
United Mine Workers
Indianapoli
Rosa Bendi
Monessen
Market Quotations Teletype For Dairy and Grain Prices
Quotations show steamer and mixed oats firm with varied ratios. Southern flour and butter prices stable with creamery extras and prints. Eggs remain firm across Maryland Pennsylvania Virginia and neighboring states with slight regional variations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
LAD
Vlad SlEade
DVL
Tiwaimbc
Southern
E. Cor
Marylans
Pennsylvania
Maryland
Virginia
West Virginia
Livestock Market Report from Pittsburg Union Stock Yards
CATTLE steady with prime prices around 5.60 to 5.70, heifers and cows near 5.30. SHEEP steady to higher with prime wethers around 3.70, veal calves about 5.0. HOGS active with prime heavies near 9.60 to 9.93, mediums 5.00, light Yorkers 4.95, roughs 2.50 to 3.50.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburg
Union
Prine
Also Mentioned on This Page
J. B. Crist
A.C. Diehl
Sece’y
Council Proceedings
Annie M. Weightman Walker
America
Frederick Courtland Penfield
St. Patrick's Cathedral
College of Physicians
William Weightman
Franklin Institute
Historical Society of Pennsylvania
Robert J
Jersey Central Railroad
Blackman
Lehigh Valley Coal Company
Gladden
Watts
J. C. Spires
Tampa
DIZS
Tenn
Delaware
Republican State Central Committee
Dover
Barnesboro
Johnstown
Leroy Adamousky
George Dawkins
Brooklyn
W. W. Duncan
Methodist Episcopal Church
South
Spartansburg
S. C
Allison
Harrison
Columbus
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