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New Oxford Item

Location

New Oxford, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Date

Mar 12, 1908

Page

15

Three Doctors Declared Hopeless Then Healed by Miles Cure

Reverend P Milligan of Genda Springs Kansas recounts a wife in dire heart failure given six weeks to live by three physicians. After using Dr Miles Heart Cure and Nervine plus Nerve and Liver Pills the patient improved and later remained well. the minister notes he has practiced 44 years. The Miles Medical Co at Elkhart Indiana advertises a guarantee with first bottle benefit or refund.

Miles Lke Nervine Rev. P. Milligan Genda Springs Kans Miles Medical Co Elkhart Ind

Public sale of entire livery outfit in New Oxford

Ill health prompts CHAS. H. Haar and partners to auction a full livery lot at Pitt Street stables New Oxford on March 21 1908 starting 12 30 PM. Included are seven horses various roadster draft and saddle types, four buggies and assorted harness robes and implements with additional unlisted items. Auctioneers J B Crist RB. M. Straley clerk.

Pitt Street New Oxford Surrey Dayton Portland Chas. H. Haar J.B. Crist M. Straley

Public sale of 13 Acre Adams County estate land

On March 21 1908 Annie S Mummert administratrix will sell at public on York Gettysburg pike Oxford township Adams County a 13 acre 119 perches tract with a large frame barn and threshing floor in high cultivation. Terms to be announced at 10 am. Enger and Mummert listed as auctioneers.

Jacob Mummert Borough of Hanover York County Orphans’ Court of Adams York & Gettysburg Pike Oxford Township Adams County Vincent Staub Frank Miller Annie Enger

Executor's Notice in Estate of Margaret F Miller

Letters testamentary issued to L H Miller Executor of Margaret F Miller deceased Tyrone township Adams County Pa creditors must present debts for settlement and claimants must file properly authenticated claims Mountpleasant Township Pa New Oxford Pa

Margaret F Miller Tyrone Township Adams County Margaret I Miller Adames County Mountpleasant Township L. H W. Miller P.U New Oxford

Harrisburg Auto School hires drivers in Harrisburg PA

Wanted fifty men or boys to learn to become automobile operators and earn from $20 to $40 a week. Apply to Harrisburg Auto School at Third and Hamilton Streets, care Harrisburg Automobile Company, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. January 16.

Harrisburg Auto School Third & Hamilton Sts Care Harrisburg Automobile Company Harrisburg

Ob Printing at Ire Office Satis Faction Guaranteed

Ob description shows printing of every description executed at the Ire office with satisfaction guaranteed.

City Council Proceedings March 3 Officers and bids set

Council met in regular session approving minutes and naming standing committees for Street Water Town Property Finance Health and Ordinance. Wm E Hensil chosen Police officer salary five dollars monthly and W C Sheely Borough Attorney for a year. Notice to publish bids for Pumper Lamplighter Street Commissioner Tapper. meeting March 24 to consider bids and bonds.

J. E. C. Miller Thos. McGaughy Neely Dicks M. D. Feiser J. M. Hulick C. T. Hersh T. McGaughy M D. Feiser J. FE W. C Sheely J. FE. C. Miller T. I. Bower Sec’y

Two Young Men Jailed After York Theft Case

Chief of Detectives White coerced a confession from Charles Wilson of Buffalo to a Feb 22 break in at N B Carver & Sons. Wilson admitted theft after intimidation. Chauncey Weaver, who accepted stolen cuff buttons for $50, was charged with receiving goods. Both jailed. Wilson sentenced to three years total.

Hanover White York Charles Wilson Buffalo N. Y N. B Carver & Sons O’bold Kiser Squire Sell Wilson Chauncey Weaver Bittinger

Disappearance and violence linked to York area threats

After a threatening Black Hand letter and an incendiary fire the grocery owner John M Harman of Pennsylvania Avenue York vanished. His wife says he has been odd since a street car crash two years ago. A father in law received a letter hinting a burden on his mind. Separately Miss Anna Delaney aged 19 fought off two attackers near Palo Alto with a pin from her hat. A York Hanover trolley derailment near Sunnyside left many passengers lucky and John Rusk of Pittsburgh died working as a lineman at a high pole.

John M. Harman Pennsylvania Avenue York Hartman Calvin Miler Anna Delaney Schuylkill River Palo Alto Hanover Sunnyside Spring Grove

Death Toll 167 In North Collinwood School Fire

Cleveland March 6. A fire catastrophe at North Collinwood school claimed 167 lives among students and staff. Horrific scenes at the rear door and stairwell, overcrowded exits, and a single fire escape cut off all escape within minutes as teachers and survivors recount the disaster.

Cleveland, O North Collinwood Cleveland Collinwood School Board

Two Negroes Lynched and Bodies Burned Near Hawkinsville

Curry Robertson and John Henry were hanged from a tree near Hawkinsville after being arrested Wednesday for the murder of Mr. and Mrs. Warren Hart. A confession cited robbery as the motive. The couple’s bodies were burned after the lynching and no ensuing excitement followed.

Curry Robertson John Henry Hawkinsville Warren Hart Robertson Henry

Vaccination Fatal to Nine Month Old in Philadelphia

Viola Marguerite Lusby aged nine months of Philadelphia died from blood poisoning declared to be caused by vaccination. She was strong before inoculation three weeks earlier, but sores appeared two days after the operation. Dr J W Thatcher treated her until death and linked the illness to vaccination.

Viola Marguerite Lusby Philadelphia J. W. Thatcher

Murder at Slate Run Leaves Victim Dead

In Slate Run, Williamsport district, Mike Mingliozzi, a naturalized Italian, was murdered by a hidden attacker who beat him with a club. The killer remains at large as police search for Frank Minnicutz, linked by rumor to an imagined grievance against Mingliozzi.

Williamsport Slate Run Mike Mingliozzi Mingliozzi Frank Minnicutz

Two Die in Farmhouse Fire Between Florence and Roebling

The bodies of Lydia Carter of Bor Ge town and William Fleck of Roebling were found among ruins of an English farm house near Burlington New Jersey after a Sunday night blaze. The unoccupied building burned to cinders and was discovered after a farmer spotted the site. Coroner investigators later confirmed Fleck's death. the two were last seen together Saturday.

Lydia Carter Bor Ge Town William Fleck Roebling Florence Burlington N. J Carter Fleck

Custer's Messenger Thomas Callan Dies in Duty

Veteran courier Thomas J. Callan, long trusted by General Custer, died while answering a summons for reinforcements. His service connected with the Civil War era duties marked a noted end to a storied frontline career.

Custer Thomas J. Callan

Ride Man's Son a Firebug

Dallas Willard son of a wealthy Paine Ohio resident confessed in Lacrosse Wisconsin that he was a pyromaniac and had started several destructive fires in Lacrosse and West Salem. He received a two year sentence to the state reformatory at Green Bay.

Ride Dallas Willard Paine, O Lacrosse Wis West Salem Green Bay

Senator Proctor of Vermont Dies in Washington

United States Senator Redfield Proctor of Vermont died at his Champlain apartment in Washington after a weeklong illness. He passed away at seventy seven as his condition, grip progressing to pleurisy with pneumonic heart strain, overwhelmed his strength. He is survived by wife two sons Governor Fletcher D. Proctor and Berfield Proctor Jr and a daughter Emily D Proctor.

United States Redfield Proctor Vermont Washington, D. C Fletcher Proctor Senator Proctor Champlain Fletcher D. Proctor Berfield Proctor, Jr Emily D. Proctor

Receiver Appointed for Western Maryland Railroad in Baltimore

Bowl ing Green Trust Co files in U S circuit court at Baltimore seeking receivership for the Western Maryland railroad. Judge Morris names President Benjamin I Bush as receiver after the railroad agrees to the appointment amid claims of $1 250 000 due April 1. The Fuller syndicate for the Gould interests bought the road in 1902 for 8 million while city mortgages and accrued interest totaled 12 million at the time.

U. S. Circuit Court Baltimore Bowling Green Trust Co New York Western Maryland Railroad Thomas J. Morris Benjamin I. Bush Bowling Green Trust Company Western Maryland Maryland Fuller Syndicate Gould Baltimore City

Wealthy Boston Chinaman Warry Charles found guilty of multiple murders

Warry Charles and eight other Chinese defendants labeled Hatchetmen were convicted in the superior criminal court of first degree murder on four counts for killings of four Chinese men in Boston on August 2. A tenth defendant died in jail. The feud stemmed from Hip Sing Tong and On Leong Tong rivalries. Witnesses say Charles proposed hiring Hatchetmen from New York Philadelphia and Chicago to avoid capture.

Warry Charles Boston Superior Criminal Court Hip Sing Tong On Leong Tong New York Philadelphia Chicago

Farmer fatally injured by pitchfork in Duncannon area

William Ebersole, a farmer near Duncannon Pennsylvania, fell from a hay mow and struck his abdomen on a pitchfork handle. Doctors say his injuries are believed fatal.

William Ebersole Duncannon

Torpedo Boats Leave Lima After Eight-Day Visit

The American torpedo flotilla, after an eight day stay in Lima, sailed for Panama. The boats exchanged salutes, departed the harbor, and began their 1500 knot run northward.

Lima Panama

Bedfast 27 Years Ends In Ills Boiler Blast Tale

Captain Daniel Stewart aged ninety four died in Upper Alton Illinois after lying in bed twenty seven years following injuries from a steamboat boiler explosion in 1885. He smoked a pipe most days and was dragged from a burning bed after a recent flare up. The shock worsened his condition and hastened his death at his granddaughter Mrs John H Diamond's home.

Upper Alton Ill Daniel Stewart John H. Diamond

Longtime survivor of broken neck dies in Ellwood City

Effie Frishecorn twenty three years old died in Ellwood City after living six years with a broken neck and paralysis. She fell from a porch six years earlier. portions of vertebrae were removed but no recovery was expected. She outlived doctors with her tenacious hold on life.

Ellwood City Effie Frishecorn Miss Frishcorn

Defense Pleas Tie to Pennypacker in Harrisburg Trial

In Harrisburg on March 10 two defense speeches in the capitol conspiracy trial urged jurors to follow ex-Governor Pennypacker's judgment. Percy Allen Rose for ex-Superintendent Shumaker and William I. Shaffer for ex-State Treasurer Mathews attacked Architect Huston and defended officials against allegations of wrongdoing.

Harrisburg Capitol Percy Allen Rose Johnstown Shumaker William I. Shaffer Chester Mathues Pennypacker Huston Lewis Commonwealth Shaffer Todd John Bannister Gibson Lyman D. Gilbert William P. Snyder W. L. Mathues Stanford JR. Lewis Cunningham Gilbert

House Committee to Probe Electric Boat Corruption Charges

Washington March 7 without discussion the house adopted a resolution to investigate charges by Congressman Lilley that Electric Boat of New Jersey maintained a Washington lobby, spent large sums to entertain members, had an attorney draft a senate amendment to bar competition, funded campaigns, influenced the navy, suppressed submarine competition since 1893, and subsidized newspaper representatives.

House Washington Lilley Electric Boat Company New Jersey Electric Company Congress Senate Navy Department

Four Weeks of News Condensed Highlights March 4 10

Summary of events across politics, crime and society from March 4 to 10 including leadership changes at newspapers, a grand naval review planned in San Francisco Bay, church and political sitings in Pennsylvania and South Carolina, plus notable deaths, fires, accidents and legal cases across states. Mentioned figures include Charles H. Grasty Frank A. Munsey Admiral Evans Asbury C Latimer Carl Muck and more.

Europe Charles H. Grasty Baltimore News Frank A. Munsey Evans San Francisco Bay East Pennsylvania Evangelical Conference Shamokin General Assembly of South Carolina Columbia Asbury C. Lattimer Max Fieldler Hamburg Germany Boston Symphony Orchestra Carl Muck New York Philadelphia Metropolitan Association Middle Atlantic Association William F. Weimers Highland Park Circuit Court Cook County Waukegan, Il Lake County Grand Jury Fayil Muskogee Okla el- His Beck Bridget King Sheffield John Frank A. Pargond Branford Conn Anna Arnold Florida Arnell Tampa B. Gary Asbury C. Latimer United States Senate Alfred Johnson North Boston Mass John Benson Secretary of the Interior Moses Friedman Carlisle Indian School Carlisle W A. Mercer McClellan William R. Hearst

Commodity Prices Report From Baltimore Wheat and Corn Mixed

Market brief on grain and dairy values with quotes for Baltimore wheat No 2 and steamer Nos 2 and mixed lots, corn firmness with several spot quotes, oats firm for No 2 and No 3 grades, butter creamery extras and prints, eggs down across Maryland Pennsylvania Virginia and West Virginia.

Baltimore Southern Maryland Pennsylvania Virginia West Virginia

Live Stock Markets Pittsburg Cattle And Hogs Report

At the Union Stock Yards in Pittsburg cattle hold steady with prime bids around 5.6 to 5.7 and select lines at 5.30 to 6.50. Sheep remain active with prime wethers near 5.75 to 6 and lambs around 5.70 to 5.76. Hogs show gains with prime heavies about 5.15, mediums 5.10 to 5.25, lights 4.90 to 5.00, and roughs 4.40 to 4.60 per cwt.

Pittsburg

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Farmers & Merchants Bank of New Oxford W.S. Owen & Bro W. Market Street Council Proceedings Wm. E. Hensil John Rusk Little Big Horn Montana Yonkers Callan Ravery U. S Proctor Bedfast First Baptist Church Altoona Hod Carriers’ Union Calvin Fells Ashtabula John O’brien Lancaster Marie Maud Olhme Richard C. Russell State Minneapolis Minn Edward H. Chase Luzerne County Wilkes-Barre Treasury Department New Orleans Smithfield Street Monongahela River Jessie Daw Brooklyn Fishkill Landing
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