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Newspaper
New Oxford Item
Location
New Oxford, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
May 28, 1908
Page
2
By H. J. Smith. Terms one dollar per year in advance eight ten if not paid within the year. No subscription continued unless at publisher option. Higher rates until all arrearages are paid. Failure to order discontinuance after paid term will be a new engagement. Inquiries for advertisements at reasonable rates with yearly discounts. Printing of all descriptions from labels to posters.
Two men die in a Waynesburg quarry dynamite blast as caps explode. Mrs. Ann Dahringer pleads guilty to murder for life insurance on her husband Fred Dabringer, eight year sentence. A Waynesboro con artist eye specialist swindles with glasses and $5. A 9 year old Pitts ton boy shot by a playmate in an apparent accident. Miss Margaret Kramer fractures both legs in bed at her brother Dr. Chas Kramer’s Harrisburg home. A guinea hen commits suicide to hatch eggs after being thwarted by Mrs. Swensen. Local preacher Rev Dr Krantz offers free marriage to $5 church donors at New Cumberland dedication. An opium medicine error causes infant death in Chambersburg. A tramp injured by a freight train near York Haven abdicates identity. Mollie Snyder dies after hip injury leads to peritonitis. Democratic State Convention at Harrisburg declines Bryan instruction. Webster Grim named to Superior Court. Adams county delegation splits on Bryan vote.
Postmaster McIlhenny of Gettysburg, who was sheriff when Henry Heist was hanged on January 17, 1894, uncovered the will among old papers. The document dated January 16, 1894, bequeaths one brown suit coat and vest, gloves, suspenders to George W. Fleming.
In Gettysburg area woods, residents report many snakes and tell tales of Solly Calimer's crowbar snake from Franklin county that befriended a dog and escaped through a paled yard. Nearby Biglerville locals claim a remarkable water snake with forty nine legs crossed Conewago and vanished before the driver could blink.
A vintage advertisement touts L and M Pure Paint by P A and B Small of York as a durable coating. It claims a ready to use price of 1.20 per gallon, with ten years wear and over three decades of continuous use cited as evidence.
John R. Bittinger of Bittinger and W B Johnston of Spring Grove secure a Maryland road project near Hampstead worth 18000 dollars for a mile and a half. They also bid a 17 500 dollar two mile link from Chambersburg to Marion and won a Spring Grove to Dub s mill two mile State road project valued near 25000 dollars with eight bids.
In Biglerville on Sunday Constable Morrell brought two youths before Burgess Kapp for riding bicycles on sidewalks. The Burgess warned them of danger to pedestrians, imposing a 25 cent fine each with a warning that a repeat offense would incur quadruple fines. The youths paid the fines and no further trouble followed.
Information shows Charles Little once of Gettysburg who vanished about six years ago is alive. He is son of David Little from Highland Township, married Ada Brown of Waynesboro, and last traveled to Washington before disappearing. A photograph of him arrived at his wife’s address, postmarked Chicago, with the photographer’s name scratched.
Residents seek George Gorogivitch for the Friday night death of Michael Tintor a young Slav at a York county quarry camp. Tintor clashed with Gorogivitch after a party. a shot was fired wounding Tintor who died Saturday morning. No arrest announced as the suspect remains at large.
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