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Newspaper
New Oxford Item
Location
New Oxford, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
May 07, 1908
Page
3
Terms state $1.00 per annum in advance or $1 if not paid within the year. No subscription discontinued unless at the publisher's option. A failure to order discontinuance after time paid for will be a new engagement. Advertisements inserted at reasonable rates with reductions for yearly advertisers. Jos Pratina described for all advertising items from labels to posters.
Deaths from overdoses, suicides, and accidents occur across towns including Stroudsburg Meadville and Steelton. Notable cases involve Charles Bowers Pearl Snyder Isaac Becker Henry Turpin and others. Local officials report arrests, trials, and maintenance bills for prisoners while farms report contracted crops and tree planting plans.
Frank Eisenhower of Carlisle was found dead with his body hanging from a buggy after an apparent accident. Marks on the revolver and buggy suggest he reached for his lines, dislodging the Army pistol which fired on impact. A nearby girl recalls hearing a man call for his horse to stop.
George J. Zinn superintendent of Mt. Olivet Cemetery Hanover was taken to the Protestant Infirmary in Baltimore Saturday a week. On Tuesday afternoon Dr. Pancoast and assistants began liver incisions but found the liver was not diseased and shifted to an appendix operation. The diagnosis is a malignant appendicitis attack, one of the most severe seen by the surgeon.
Last Sunday marked the 72nd birthday of Mr David Rhodes of Freedom township. Born in 1886 he has long lived at Rhodes Mill, built in 1797 by Henry Arnold. The mill passed to Rhodes, Sr. in 1820 and was run by Rhodes as a youth for 86 years. His son Lewis Rhodes now manages the property. At age 86 he was elected Adams County auditor and in 1876 appointed county commissioner to complete John Nunemaker’s term.
Describes oxide of zinc wear as the durability factor in L and M Paints, compares to white lead as elasticity, claims 15 year outside use, and notes price about 1.20 per gallon via P A Small York L and M Paint Agents.
Fate haunts the Bievins family of New Castle Pennsylvania. John Bievins the city treasurer was murdered ten years ago at midnight. his widow Ruth died in Warren asylum. Smith Bievins died in a mysterious accident. Mary Bievins died after nervous collapse. Elizabeth Bievins has been gravely ill from nervous disease.
Eli Loucks who has been stopping at a hotel at Franklin and Vine Streets in Philadelphia for several days was held up beaten and robbed in that city at an early hour Saturday morning. His pockets were rifled of $85 and he was left without a cent.
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