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Newspaper

New Oxford Item

Location

New Oxford, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Date

Mar 19, 1908

Page

20

Tillman assails trust influence in senate speech

Washington reports Senator Tillman delivered a fervent denunciation of executive encroachment and press assaults by wealth while urging a finance committee inquiry into New York banks and their role in funding speculation. He charged Wall Street with stock watering and warned of federal power favoring capital over labor.

Washington Tillman Senate Committee On Finance New York Supreme Court White House Mr. Tillman Wall Street

New Trials Asked After Guilty Verdict in Capitol Conspiracy Case

Jury convicts four men, including John H. Sanderson and William P. Snyder, of conspiracy after six hours of deliberation in Harrisburg. Motions for new trials filed. next case targets Cassel, Shumaker, Snyder, Mathues, and Irvine over a disputed furniture bill. Also reported is the Wilmington killing of Louis Kraschefsky by his seventeen year old son Matthew.

Pennsylvania Capitol Harrisburg John H. Sanderson Wiliam P. Snyder W. L. Mathues James M. Shumaker Dunkle Kunkel Sanderson Snyder H. Burd Cassel William P. Snyder William L. Mathues Frank Irvine

Nerve Remedy Promises Relief for Nervous Afflictions

A testimonial touts Dr Miles Nervine as restoring nerve strength to heal indigestion insomnia and heart palpitations. Mrs Howard Ford of Worcester credits rapid relief and renewed health after trying Nervine with a druggist guarantee and money back offer from Miles Medical Co.

Miles’ Nervine Howard Ford Summit Ave Worcester Mass Miles Miles Medical Co Elkhart Ind

Sudden Death of Hamilton Township Citizen Roland

Roland, aged 79 years, died suddenly at his York pike home from a stroke. He had been frail since a hip fracture years ago. Survived by wife, three sons Edward Linus and Milton, and daughter Mrs. John B. Ferry. Funeral at 9:30 Friday with services at the house and Lutheran cemetery burial at Abbottstown.

Josephus R. Roland Hamilton Township York Pike Roland Edward Linus Milton Lancaster County John B. Ferry Near Town Abbottstown

Estate of Margaret F Miller Executor’s Notice

Estate of Margaret F Miller Tyrone township Adams County Pa. Letters testamentary granted to L He Miller executor residing Mountpleasant seeks immediate payment of debts and presentation of claims properly authenticated for settlement. New Oxford Pa

Margaret F Miller Tyrone Township Adams County Margaret F. Miller Mountpleasant P.A New Oxford

Wanted Fifty Men to Learn Auto Operators

Advertisement seeks fifty men or boys to become automobile operators earning $20 to $40 weekly. Apply to Harrisburg Auto School at Third and Hamilton Streets, care Harrisburg Automobile Company, Harrisburg, Pa. 1-16 Communicated. Local residents urged about safety as wives and daughters face insults from rowdies in the evenings. Bucklen's Arnica Salve praised by D. N. Walker of Louisa Virginia for healing a nail wound without inflammation. Guaranteed at Ep. T. Auken Drugist. 25¢.

Harrisburg Auto School Third & Hamilton Sts Care Harrisburg Automobile Company Harrisburg D. N. Walker the Enterprise Louisa Ep. T. Auken Draggist

Pensions Issued at Varying Monthly Rates

Pensions listed by monthly amounts include 12 dollars with names Henry Becker Han over Wm H Frock Gettysburg David Hartzel R F D No 1 Tillie. At 15 dollars Wm G Small R F D No 1 Bittinger John Flaharty Gettysburg Geo W Keefer R F D York Springs Isaac W Hankey Two Taverns Lewis Carbaugh R F D No 1 Tillie James A Lawrence Irishtown. At 20 dollars Isaac T Schriver Gettysburg James Hersh Gettysburg Henry Little Arendtsville David Brougher York Springs John Zinn Gettysburg Daniel Bowers Two Taverns.

Henry Becker Hanover Wm. H. Frock Gettysburg David Hartzel Tillie Wm. G. Small Bittinger John Flaharty Geo. W. Keefer York Springs Isaac W. Hankey Lewis Carbaugh James A. Lawrence Irishtown Isaac T. Schriver James Hersh Henry Little Arendtsville David, Brougher John Zinn Daniel Bowers

W C T U Counts Local Option Funds in Gettysburg

The W C T U of the county appoints Gettysburg committee to receive Local Option campaign contributions. Members are Mrs Geo Houck Mrs Kate Wolf Mrs Twis den and Mrs Helen Keith. Checks will be acknowledged and given to the County Committee Treasurer. Sallie Blair to collect in New Oxford.

Gettysburg Geo. Houck Kate Wolf Twisden Helen Keith Temperance Sallie Blair New Oxford

Will probated for Mount Pleasant soldier Diehl

The will of Jesse Diehl, late of Mount Pleasant township, dated January 6, 1863 in Suffolk Virginia, was probated Monday. Diehl, a Union Army soldier, left his entire estate to his wife. Witness John S. Eckenrode, brother of Mrs. Mary A. Smith, died of typhus fever two weeks after returning from the war.

Jesse Diehl Mountpleasant Township Suffolk Virginia Diehl John S. Eckenrode Jerome M. Lawrence

Notary Appointed. Straley to Maintain Offices Here and Gettysburg

Daniel Straley is appointed notary public with offices in this town and Gettysburg. The report notes Mr Frank Sheely of Mountpleasant township is seriously ill with stomach cancer. Mrs Mary Holtzworth and Miss Louise Foster of Chambersburg visit Mrs G A Klinger in Hanover street. An auction on March 20 and 21 on Carlisle street New Oxford features store goods. An earlier误 clarified Dietterrich accident misstatement corrected. Squire Jacob A Appler of Mt Joy township plans Democratic nomination for Register and Recorder. Mrs H H Eckert and Mrs Helen Shively plan spring millinery openings April 3 and 4. Lilly Ferry of Conewago township arrested on assault warrant. case settled with costs paid by defendant.

Pitt Street New Oxford Surrey Dayton Portland Chas. H. Haar J. B. Crist BR. M. Straley Jacob 5 Mummert Borough of Hanover York County Orphans’Court of Adams York & Gettysburg Pike Oxford Bein Ion Adams County Vincent Staub Frank Miller Mks Annie BE. Mummert W.N. Ensor Auct Daniel Straley Gettysburg Frank Sheely Mountpleasant Township Mary Holtzworth Louise Foster Chambersburg G. A Klinger Hanover Street Carlisle Street E. M. Nege.y Squire Jacob A. Appler Mt Joy Squire Appler Register Recorder Appler H. H. Eckert Helen Shively J. A. Eckert Lilly Ferry Conewago Township Dougherty McSherrystown Squire Lilly Sadie Gulden Same Township

Rosenthal Arrested in Oklahoma for Reading Murder Charge

Abraham Rosenthal, sought in Reading Pennsylvania for a murder charge, is jailed in Perry Oklahoma. Arrested at Billings last Wednesday, he initially denied identity but later admitted it. He denies murder and plans to go to Reading without requisition papers. Noble County sheriff will escort him east.

Guthrie Okla Abraham Rosenthal Reading Perry Billings Rosenthal Noble County

Tragic Dynamite Blast Kills Father and Two Sons

Greensburg Pennsylvania March 17 three men from the same family were killed in a dynamite blast at Acme Pa They and twenty five pounds of explosive were used to dynamite tree stumps at a field behind the father David Brown and his two sons died in the explosion a large hole was left and shreds of bodies lay nearby only the father's trunk was recovered.

Greensburg Acme David Brown

Two Meet Fiery Death Near English Farm

The bodies of Lydia Carter of Bordentown and William Fleck of Roebling were found in the ruins of a farmhouse between Florence and Roebling near Burlington New Jersey. The English farm building was destroyed by fire Sunday night and had been unoccupied for a time. A farmer who inspected the ruins located the Carter body and the coroner later found Fleck. The two were seen together the previous Saturday.

Lydia Carter Bordentown William Fleck Roebling Florence Burlington N. J Carter Fleck

Treasury clerk kills wife in dream in Washington

Hugh Hollis, a Treasury Department clerk from Louisville, shot and killed his wife in their Newton Street home in Washington, D. C. He had obtained a revolver days earlier and claimed he was dreaming of burglars when the fatal shot was fired. Hollis slept through the act and woke later unaware of the crime.

Hugh Hollis Treasury Department Louisville Commissioner of Internal Revenue Newton Street Washington, D. C Hollis

Jeweled Hand Found After Fire Tragedy

Henry Moyer and Dr. Thomas J. B. Rhoads discover a human hand with a gold ring and a diamond bracelet in the burned Boyertown opera house ruins. The jewelry belongs to Miss Gwendolin Mayer, who died in the holocaust with her father Dr. Charles E. Hayer. her brother identified the ring as her class emblem.

Henry Moyer Thomas J. B. Rhoads Boyertown Gwendolin Mayer Charles E. Hayer Mayer

No Local Option In Maryland Heavily Backed By Legion

An unfavorable committee report in the Maryland House on the local option bill from the Anti Saloon League lowers chances for temperance legislation this session. The house’s adoption of the report and refusal to substitute the measure suggest little likelihood of new temperance laws this session.

Maryland Anti-Saloon League

Tragic Double Shooting at Laurens School

Miss Sarah Chamberlain Weed of Philadelphia shot and killed Miss Elizabeth Bailey Hardee of Hast Savannah Ga and then killed herself at the Laurens school in Boston. The bodies were found by Mrs Page the matron. Weed had been treated for nervous prostration in Newton before the tragedy.

Sarah Chamberlain Weed Philadelphia Elizabeth Bailey Hardee Savannah Laurens School Boston Page Miss Hardee Miss Weed Newton Stedman

Man Kills Father After Harsh Scolding

A man killed his father following anger over a scolding about his failure to seek employment. Police investigations are underway as the motive and circumstances are reviewed.

Fainted on Scaffold Warzel Hanged in Pottsville

Charles Warzel was hanged in Pottsville Pennsylvania for the murder of his 16 year old sweetheart Mattie Bolinsky at Shenandoah on May 25 1907. He walked from the prison to the scaffold with Sheriff Evans and Rev A Ziebura and spoke briefly in broken English admitting no guilt before collapsing and dying after the drop.

Charles Warzel Pottsville Mattie Bolinski Shenandoah Evans Rev A. Ziebura Minersville

Orchard Wants to Die Confessed Murderer Ready for Punishment

Harry Orchard, the confessed killer of former Governor Frank Steunenberg, told Judge Fremont Wood on his forty second birthday that he is guilty and ready to accept the death penalty. He refused to change his plea from not guilty and declined a lesser charge, stating he told the truth and understands the consequences. Public belief holds Orchard expects to die for his crimes.

Boise Idaho Harry Orchard Frank Steunenberg Caldwell Fremont Wood Orchard

Ex Judge Buchanan Wounded On Train In South Carolina

Ex Judge O W Buchanan of Winnsboro D C shot on a Southern railroad train near Ward S C while traveling to Augusta to visit a niece. The bullet struck his right side through an open window as the train started and he lies in critical condition. the attack is believed deliberate.

Buchanan South Carolina Augusta O. W. Buchanan Winnsboro D. C B R. Tillman Columbia Judge Buchanan Southern Railroad

GILLETTE MUST DIE EXECUTION SET FOR MARCH

Governor Hughes will not intervene in the planned execution of Chester Gillette at Auburn prison for the 1906 murder of Grace Brown at Big Moose Lake. He has read the Court of Appeals ruling and the case evidence and holds Gillette guilty, with the death sentence to proceed in the week beginning March 30.

Hughes Grace Brown Albany N. Y Chester Gillette Cortland Grace Billy” Brown South Otselic Chenango County Big Moose Lake Adirondacks Auburn Prison Court of Appeals Gillette

Magistrate Dies in Court During Larceny Trial in Brooklyn

John Maguire election commissioner of Brooklyn and a respected lawyer collapsed in county court during a plea for a client on trial for larceny before Judge Fawcett. He urged the jury to believe in the defendant's innocence, then suddenly fainted and died from apoplexy before spectators.

New York John Maguire Brooklyn Fawcett

Week's News Condensed March 11 12 14 16 7 190?

A rapid digest lists events from Napoleon fire destroying the largest school building in Ohio with $110000 loss to prolonged national topics. Notables include J Wood Lukens death in Norristown and night riders in Birmingham Kentucky.

Napoleon, O J. Wood Lukens Longmead Iron Company Conshohocken Norristown Birmingham Marshall County Kentucky Congress Tawney Joseph Sartine St. Louis Acheson Pennsylvania John Abner James Cockrill Sea Cliff L. I House of the Mississippi Hugh Bonner New York Bright W. G. Thompson Palmer Hardware Company Burlington N. J Savannah David Pratt Billings Montana Board of Stock Commissioners Helena Peter Graver Shhoenersville Howard Steele Chicago Frank Fuller Rittersville Thomas G. Penn Pittsburg American Sheet & Tin Plate Company South Sharon George W. Whittington Gloucester Miss College Hill Cincinnati Frederic Echoff Philadelphia National Mothers Congress Washington Treasury John H. Edwards New Amsterdam National Bank

Market Summary of Principal Prices and Commodities

The latest closing prices show iron prices in Baltimore firm for No 2 spot at 97 69 T%c, steamer No 2 spot 92 69 cc, southern 91 96c. Corn steady with mixed spot 63G 63c, steamer mixed 59 59c, southern 62g 654c. Butter steady with prints 1 32c to 20 721c, eggs steady at 20c Maryland Virginia and West Virginia, 19c for southern.

Irom Baltimore Southern Pennsylvania Maryland Ennsylvania Virginia West Virginia

Pittsburg Market Reports Cattle Sheep Hogs Prices

Pittsburg Union Stock Yards reports steady cattle with choice at 575 to 680 for 580 six, inc. Sheep higher with lambs at 25 to 40, veal calves 7.25 to 7.75. Hogs active with prime heavies and mediums around 4.90 to 4.96, pigs 4.40 to 4.50.

Pittsburg Union Stock Yards

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Matthew Kraschefsky Louis Kraschefsky Wilmington Del Mr. Roland Mra. Dietterrich Dietterrich Oklahoma Gilette
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