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Newspaper
New Oxford Item
Location
New Oxford, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
May 10, 1908
Page
2
The Yew Mxfordster, published Thursdays by H J Smith, lists subscription terms of 100 per year in advance or 81.50 if unpaid within the year. Discontinuation requires notice. continued engagement may occur if arrears are settled. Advertising rates offered with yearly reductions, including various formats from labels to posters.
A long list of tragic events from Abner Heller in Buyerstown to Mervin Stump of Altoona and others details serious injuries and deaths. Cases include gangrene after a hand injury, a man found dead after a fall while milking, a horse kick shattering facial bones, a fourteen year old killed coasting into a trolley, a cigar broker fined for counterfeit labels, numerous coroner inquests, grave illness from hiccoughs, a man found frozen near Germania, a Red Lion girl inventing a finger nail pen, a child fatally injured by scissors thrown in a school road quarrel, and more, with several local officials named.
A mad dog in Hazleton Sunday frightened residents and bit six children aged 1 to 15 before being shot. All victims were sent to the Pasteur Institute for treatment. In a separate case, Levi Green and wife awoke to find their infant Viola dead in the crib, death attributed to bronchitis with Coryza as a contributory factor and suffocation during sleep.
Mrs. Frank Dellinger of Gettysburg was missing for about an hour after mishearing directions from her husband. Police and Constable Ruhn searched central Gettysburg stores and transit hubs before locating her in the WW O railway station waiting room, where she said she waited for a Lancaster-bound train.
Richard McK Wayne, 28, from Charlotte, was convicted of first degree murder for the October 14 killing of Warren Peterson at Jacob's Mills. The men, both Black, worked for Philadelphia contractors building an 18 mile trolley line between York and Hanover. Wayne showed emotion as the verdict was read. Fletcher Venable, held as an accomplice, was released.
York officials warn rapid cattle TB spread due to lax precautions and insufficient inspections. Dr Graydill and Dr Lehman say without energetic measures the disease will plague cattle and threaten city health. Also notes telegraph about jewelry repair ads and a trolley conductor shot in the back near York to Wrightsville.
An advertisement offers The Philadelphia Press daily for one year plus White House Cook Book at a combined price. The deal states daily Press value $3.00 and Cook Book $2.00, total $5.00, but both together for $3.50 delivered to your home. The Cook Book is bound in enameled cloth, about 600 pages, illustrated, durable, and easy to handle.
Franklin township resident Harry M. Keller and Straban township resident Frank M. Thomas appear as candidates. For Clerk of Courts, Jacob F. Thomas is named as a contender. The tersely reported notice highlights local candidates and their townships without further details.
A letter from C O Floyd of Kershaw S C recounts a dramatic recovery from consumption after six months on Dr King s New Discovery promising healing for lung trouble. Ep T Auker s drug store offers guaranteed relief with trial bottle free for 1.00. Cumberland county doubles bounties on wild animal scalps as state funds dwindle. A missing key delays accessing a safety deposit box of late Hiram Kuntz Wilkes Barre. Aug Sherpe commends King s New Life Pills as superior for digestion and energy. Amelia Yingling 3 dies from burns after a lamp explosion in her Altoona home.
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