Rheumatism cures and court notes show New Jersey to Gettysburg
An advertisement touts Dr Miles Nervine as a remedy for rheumatism with claims of pain relief and improved sleep, plus an offer for free advice. The rest of the excerpts document various court cases, grand jury actions, property appraisements, and local incidents from Gettysburg and surrounding counties, including a road layout order, a forgery case, and traffic in highway tags.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miles Nervine
Miles’ Nervine
Ss. H. Sanders
P. O. Box 5
Rockaway
N. J
Miles
Miles Medical Co
Elkhart
Farmers’ Trust, Banking and Deposit Co
Baltimore
A. B. Mummert
Robert Shetter
Adam Doll
First National Bank of Gettysburg
G. Milton Bair
J. Emory Bair
William H. Gregg
F. K. Hafer
I. S. Miller
I. K
Webster A. Melcher
Tutton
Dr. McCool
Six Men Die as Timbers Overflow in Ellsworth Mine Cage
Pittsburg reports six men were instantly killed when a heavy timber loaded in a mine cage struck cribbing and toppled them 225 feet to the shaft bottom at Ellsworth mine No. 1 Washington county. Three civil engineers from the company and three foreign workers died or were injured. Harrison Randolph survived by grabbing a side chain after a blow to the head.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburg
Ellsworth Mine
No. 1
Washington County
M. G. Walsh
Eugene G. Smyth
J. B. Newcomb
Harrison Randolph
Local residents listed for notice in Gettysburg and Littlestown
Charles B. Hoffman of Gettysburg Rosie McSherry Gettysburg R F D Oliver C Beaver and Dasie M Blizzard both of Littlestown Charles F Noel of Bonneauville and Elizabeth J Small of dodge Grove named in the public notice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles B. Hoffman
Gettysburg
Rosie McSherry
Oliver C. Beaver
Dasie M. Blizzard
Littlestown
Charles F. Noel
Bonneauville
Elizabeth J. Small
Dodge Grove
Printer Joseph McCabe Killed in Snowstorm Express Crash
In York on November 14 a blinding snowstorm collision near Windsor Park crossing killed 57 year old printer Joseph McCabe instantly. He was returning from his employment when the wreck occurred and his body was terribly mutilated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
York
Northern Central Express
Joseph McCabe
Windsor Park
McCabe
Hts
Royal Arcanum Leader Visits Carlisle Fraternal Council
Mr. Millard F. Thompson of Carlisle, Grand Orator of the Royal Arcanum of Pennsylvania, paid a fraternal visit to New Oxford Council 1968 on Tuesday evening. Mrs. Jacob Kohler of Hanover slipped on an icy doorstep Sunday, breaking both bones of her right forearm. she lives with daughter Mrs. George W. Miller. Officer Duttera in Hanover arrested James B. Crist of Hampton on a warrant charging embezzlement, bail set for hearing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Millard F. Thompson
Carlisle
Royal Arcanum
Pennsylvania
New Oxford Council
Jacob Kohler
George W. Miller
Hanover
Duttera
James B. Crist
Hampton
Adams County
Justice Sell
R. C. Woods
G. W. Lewis& Son
New York
Germany Mine Disaster Claims 302 Lost at Radbod Mine
A powerful explosion at the Radbod coal mine near Hamm Westphalia ignited a fire trapping 380 miners. Only six escaped unharmed while 35 were badly injured and 37 died brought to the pit mouth. The remaining 302 were reported lost.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Germany
Radbod
Hamm
Westphalia
Falls 110 Feet to Death of Harvey Watterson in Wall Street Incident
Harvey Watterson, 30, lawyer and junior member of Wing Russell & Watterson, fell from the nineteenth floor of his New York office at 37 Wall Street. His body traversed 110 feet to land on a neighboring ten story roof. no witnesses. probable accidental fall while adjusting a window. He was married, son of Colonel Henry Watterson, editor of the Louisville Courier Journal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harvey W. Watterson
Henry Watterson
Louisville Courier Journal
Wall Street
New York City
Watterson
Widow of 81 Inherits $100,000 Estate
Mrs. Mary Wheeler Somerby a Newburyport widow aged eighty one is named sole heir to the estate of the late John Wells Russell of East Orange New Jersey. The fortune valued near $100,000 is to be inherited while she lives in a bare frame house with her only son in destitute circumstances.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Wheeler Somerby
Newburyport
Mass
John Wells Russell
East Orange
N. J
Somerby
Postmaster Finds Ruby Ring Sent to Elkins Woman
A ruby ring believed to be a gift from the Duke de Abruzzi to Miss Katherine Elkins of Elkins West Virginia was found by a Pittsburg postmaster as a suspicious unclaimed parcel. Customs authorities hold the gem delivered by the Elkins postmaster after learning no duty was paid and no declaration filed. The ring is in the custody of Surveyor M M Garland who received it from Postmaster W H Davis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburg
W. H. Davis
Elkins
Blinds Husband With Carbolic Acid Then Swallows Liquid
Abraham Oakum a Pottsville clothing merchant had both eyes destroyed when his wife Mrs. Oakum hurled carbolic acid in his face during a family quarrel. She drank the remaining acid and likely will die. Police found her convulsing as the husband staggered toward the street seeking help. Neither could explain the cause of the quarrel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pottsville
Abraham Oakum
Oakum
Oakums
Magness Sentenced by Courtmartial at League Island Yard
Navy courtmartial verdict reportedly includes dismissal from service and a brief prison term for Charles J. Magness husband of Ada Gorman Magness daughter of the late Maryland senator The record reached Judge Advocate General Campbell who ordered corrections to inaccuracies found in the case.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Naval Service
Charles J. Magness
Ada Gorman Magness
Senator Gorman
Maryland
Magness
League Island Navy Yard
Campbell
Court For Correction
Boy Killed While Hunting Near Kinzua
Adelbert E. B. Rose aged sixteen was accidentally killed near Kinzua Oil City Pa while hunting. Harry Cordner had fired at a grouse and the gun discharge struck Rose in the head.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oil City
Adelbert EB. Rose
Harry Cordner
Kinzua
Cordner
Rose
Stork Delivers Twenty-Second Child in West Chester
West Chester Pennsylvania reports Barclay Johnson of East Bradford welcomed his twenty second child as of November 17. Johnson, sixty seven, has been married twice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stork
West Chester
Barclay Johnson
East Bradford
Johnson
Prominent Chicago Real Estate Man Confesses Crime
Peter Van Vissingen, a renowned Chicago real estate dealer, admits forging deeds and notes to obtain over 700000 dollars. In four hours from arrest to sentencing, he pleads for swift punishment and is committed to a penitentiary for one to fourteen years. Two buyers who held forged notes, T J Lefens and William C Lipp, connected to the case.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Peter van Viissingen
Washington Street
van Vilssingen
van Viissingen
T. J. Lefens
William C. Lipp
van Vissingen
Joseph
Bertha Grossman
Two Years in Prison and 4000 Dollar Fine for Defaulter
Patrick J. Messett a 60 year old money order clerk in Scranton was sentenced to two years in federal prison in Atlanta and a 4000 dollar fine for a local post office shortage that exceeded the fine amount. Seven federal suits filed against American Sugar Refining Co. seek 3624121 dollars for forfeitures and back duties on sugar shipments at Havemeyer & Elder Brooklyn refineries amid alleged weighing fraud.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scranton
Atlanta
Patrick J. Messett
New York
United States
American Sugar Refining Company
Havemeyer & Elder
Brooklyn
Murder in Millville Ends Thirty-Year Crime Quiet
Hunters discovering a man about sixty with a shotgun beside him in a South Third street bushes found the town's first murder in thirty years. One barrel of a double barreled shotgun lay discharged. police ruled out an accidental shooting due to wound position.
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St. Millville
N. J
South Third Street
Hairless calf with woolly head and back wool fringe
A six week old calf on Ollie Williams's farm near Seaford Delaware is hairless except for a woolly head and a ten inch wool streak along its back. The freak of nature draws local interest as farmers study its unusual coat pattern.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seaford
Del
Ollie Williams
Count Moltke arrives as Denmark’s new U S minister
On Tuesday the Danish minister to the United States, Count Moltke, presented credentials to the president. Also noted, deaths of General Samuel Chamberlain at 81 in Worcester and other notable events from the period.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Count Moltke
United States
Samuel Chamberlain
Worcester
Mass
George M. Stewart
Seattle
Wash
Solomon Reilly
Wilbur Torrence
Savannah
John Irby
Spartansburg
S. C
Leila Dempsey
Duncan Cameron McCallwam
Farmers’ Bank of Canada
Toronto
Ont
Kingston
Edward Bostwick
Michigan
Benjamin Clark
Syracuse
N. Y
Jacob Wynn
Thomas White
Camden
N. J
Taylor
Warren Bicknell
Frank A. Scott
Municipal Traction Company
Cleveland
William Kieth Brooks
Johns Hopkins University
Baltimore
John J. Miller
Washington
General Assembly of
the Knights of Labor
St. Louis
Echo River
Mammoth Cave
Louisville
Georges. Terry
New York
Hamilton Fish
John Carter
John Rebosh
University of Illinois
Union Stockyards
Chicago
Roosevelt
Lexington
Home Missions Society of the Methodist Church
San Francisco
Treasury
William Jennings Bryan
Westminster College
New Castle
Agnes Lidner
Frankford
East Millsboro
Uniontown
Commodity Prices Reported From Baltimore Market
The Baltimore wheat market shows firmer No 2 spot at 3. lot 1.065% steamer No 2 spot 1.01% Southern 1.60. Corn firmer new mixed approximately 5 to 6 cents. Oats strong with various prices for different grades. Butter steady with Maryland and Pennsylvania dairy prints 17 to 18 cents. Eggs firm across Maryland Virginia West Virginia and Southern regions at 29 to 31 cents per dozen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore
Southern
Maryland
Pennsylvania
Virginia
West Virginia
Live Stock Prices From Pittsburg Yard Report
Livestock market notes from Pittsburg Unes Stock Yards show declines and steady trends across cattle and sheep. Hogs remain active with varied prices for heavies mediums and yorkers while calves and pigs fetch mixed bids.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburg
Unes
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Keith
Com
Frank J. Hartlaub
Alice J. Jacoby
Milton Klinefelter
Maggie Noel
J. G. Stover
Charles Nt. Peters
Grover Cluck
Abbie
William Bair
Basil Fink
Alfred Kemper
Myrtle Kemper
Alice C. Jacoby
Charles Donaldson
Chester A. Sprenkle
John Hart
Percy C. Noel
Joseph Slart
James Noel
Kate Seifert
John E. Reese
Harvey Dagwall
Clinton Markle
Emory Shue
George Shivert
L. A. Groft
Oxford
Joseph IF. Shank
Reading Towship
George D. Morrison
Straban
Oliver McCans
Tyrone
Amos J. Collins
Court of Common Pleas
A. U. Kroft
Reading Township
Rockdale Powder Company
Lewis Mizell
Borough of
Gettysburg Transit Company
Nelson Construction Co
County of
Adams
Charles H. Heters
James G. Stover
South Mountain Oil & Developing Co
G. C. Oviatt
A. D. Bowers
Chas. H. Duttery
Harry J. Reifsnider
J. H. Brubaker
Rebecca E. Hartman
M. E. Hartman
Citizens’ Trust Co. of
Bertha Cashman
State Highway Department
Edward L. Keiser
Connellsville
Frank Wasson
Meadville
James Dennis
Jacob Gilbert
Lower Windsor Township
York County
Gilbert
Stuart
Philadelphia
Emma Almoney
Whitehall
Middle Lehigh
Anthony Kero
John Loky
Pine Hill
Joseph Spitzner
Blackwood
Straban Township
Hunterstown
New Chester
Monarch
Hench & Drumbold
Reynold
Oliver
Jacob F
Thomas
Orphans’ Court
Chas. M. Wolfe
Isabelle Carl
Hamilton Township
Lewis Miller
Margaret F. Miller
Tyrone Township
Howard G. Blocher
B. F. Hesson
Alfred H. Staley
John W.F. Miller
C.t.a
Henry F. Miller
H. J. Sneeringer
Julian Noel
Mountpleasant Township
D. F. Steffy
Madame Dean
FEMA
United Medical CO
Lancaster
New Oxford
Ed. T. Auker
G. B. Nacy, Son & Co
Carlisle Street
Ruby
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