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Newspaper
New Oxford Item
Location
New Oxford, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Nov 19, 1908
Page
10
An advertisement for Dr Miles Nervine promises relief from rheumatism and urges readers to request free advice. The page also covers numerous court actions, grand jury rulings, guilty pleas, and civil case continuances in Adams and Gettysburg area courts, plus notable accidents and local incidents.
Pittsburg reports six engineers and three foreign workers died when a loaded timber projecting from a mine cage struck cribbing near the shaft top. The six fell 225 feet, others injured or escaped. Harrison Randolph clung to a chain and was rescued.
In York on November 14 a Northern Central express fatally struck 57 year old painter Joseph McCabe at the Windsor Park crossing. He was returning from work when the accident occurred and his body was terribly mutilated.
Carlisle resident Mr. Millard F. Thompson, Grand Orator of the Royal Arcanum of Pennsylvania, paid a fraternal visit to New Oxford Council 1968 on Tuesday evening. A separate report notes Mrs. Jacob Kohler of Hanover slipping on an icy doorstep and breaking both bones in her right forearm. Hanover officer Duttera reported the arrest of James B. Crist of Hampton on a warrant charging embezzlement, with bail entered for a hearing.
A massive explosion and ensuing fire at the Radbod coal mine near Hamm Westphalia traps 380 workers. Only six escape injury, 35 rescued badly hurt, 37 dead at the mouth of the pit, leaving 302 listed as lost.
Harvey W. Watterson a young lawyer and son of Colonel Henry Watterson editor of the Louisville Courier Journal plunged from the nineteenth floor of his New York office building at 37 Wall Street to death. His fall totaled 110 feet and he landed on the roof of a neighboring ten story building. No witnesses saw the event which appears accidental. Watterson thirty and married was a junior member of the law firm Wing Russell and Watterson.
Mrs Mary Wheeler Somerby a Newburyport widow aged eighty one is named sole heir to the late John Wells Russell of East Orange New Jersey. The estate is valued near one hundred thousand dollars and she lives in a small frame house with her son in modest circumstances.
In Pittsburg on November 17 a beautiful ruby ring believed to be a gift from the Duke de Abruzzi to an American girl is held by the customs authorities. The package was addressed to Miss Katherine Elkins of Elkins West Virginia and opened by the local postmaster after he became suspicious of the undutied gift. The ring is with Surveyor of the Port M M Garland who will explain why duty was not paid and why the item was not declared.
Abraham Oakum, a Pottsville clothing merchant, was blinded when his wife threw carbolic acid in his face during a quarrel and then drank the remaining acid. Both spouses were found in convulsions as police arrived. Oakum may recover but the wife likely will die.
Charles J. Magness, husband of Ada Gorman Magness daughter of Senator Gorman, faces dismissal from naval service and a brief imprisonment as sentence for desertion. The courtmartial record reached Judge Advocate General Campbell but was returned for corrections after inaccuracies were found.
Adelbert E B Rose aged sixteen was accidentally killed while hunting near Kinzua when a shot from Harry Cordner struck him in the head as both boys fired at a grouse.
West Chester Pennsylvania November 17 stork visits Barclay Johnson of East Bradford delivering the twenty second child in the Johnson family. Johnson is sixty seven years old and has been married twice.
Peter Van Viissingen, a leading Chicago real estate dealer, confessed to profiting from forged deeds and notes amounting to more than $700,000. He was swiftly arrested, indicted, and sentenced to an indeterminate term of one to fourteen years after pleading for immediate punishment. Two buyers of forged mortgage notes, T. J. Lefens and William C. Supp, traced the scheme to Van Viissingen, who used a glass desk top with a light beneath to copy authentic signatures onto fake documents.
Seven suits filed by the United States against the American Sugar Refining company seek 3 624 121 15 to recover forfeitures and back duties on shipments from Havemeyer Elder refineries in Brooklyn over six years. The government says the Brooklyn checker manipulated scales to hide true weights and that the company arranged devices and practices to defeat customs weighers.
Hunters linked to a rabbit drive discovered a dead man about sixty on South Third street near homes in Millville New Jersey. A double barreled shotgun lay nearby with one barrel fired. Police ruled out accidental discharge after examining the head wound.
A six week old calf on Ollie Williams's Seaford area farm is hairless except for a wool covered head. A ten inch wool streak runs down its back, making it a noted freak of nature in the area.
Wednesday reports say Count Moltke presented his credentials to the president as the new Danish minister to the United States during a ceremonial acknowledgment at the White House.
Baltimore wheat firmer with No 2 spot around 1.0654, steamer No 2 at 81 percent. new mixed oats 69c, Nov. oats strong across grades with No 2 at 54c and others near 50s. Butter steady with separator extras at 30 to 31 cents, prints 31 to 32 cents. eggs firm in Maryland Virginia at 31 cents per dozen.
Livestock market report shows cattle prices down for lattle and prime. sheep steady with prime wethers around 4.15 and lambs at 4 to 5. veal calves at 8 to 25. Hogs active with heavies around 6.90 to 6.95 and sows and barrows in the 4.50 to 5.25 range.
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