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New Oxford Item

Location

New Oxford, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Date

Nov 26, 1908

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Dr Miles Anti-Pain Pills Promised Fast Headache Relief

Mrs Louise Lewellen of Powell South Dakota endorses Dr Miles Anti Pain Pills for rapid headache relief after trying other remedies. The ad notes 25,600 druggists nationwide and a 25 cent price for 25 doses. Miles Medical Co. of Elkhart Indiana backs a money back offer on the first package if no benefit.

Miles Tey Tauere U. S Frank Snyder Louise Lewellen Powell South Dakots Fibles Miles Medical Co Elkhart Ind

Public Sale Near Hunterstown Slated For Personal Property

A public sale on November 28 1908 at a residence in Straban township between Hunterstown and New Chester offers 2 horses 3 cows farming implements a Whitely Binder and mower a Farmers Friend grain drills fodder cutter plows harrows harnesses and extensive household goods including a cook stove tables beds and crocks. 12 months credit on sums over and 4 percent off for cash sale begins at 1 o'clock a m with terms announced at the time.

Gertysburg Straban Township Hunterstown New Chester Monarch Farmers Friend Drumbold Reynold Oliver Perry Spring

Adams County Orphans Court Notice of Accounts

Notice to locatees and others that accounts of Chas M Wolfe admin of Isanelle Cari late Hamilton Twp Adams Co Pa deceased Lewis Miller executor of Margaret Stiliez late Tyrone Twp deed Howard G Brother and B F Hesson executors of Alfred H Staley late Eastown Adams Co Pa deceased John W Miller admin c t a of Henry F Miller Tyrone Twp Adams Co Pa deceased A J Sneeringer executor of Julian Noel late South Pleasant Twp deceased will be presented for confirmation and allowance on Monday December 7 1908 at 10 7 200 oclock a m

Orphans’ Court Adams County Elogk A.m Chas. ML. Wolfe Isanelle Cari Hamilton Township Lewis Miller Margaret F. 3Tiliez Tyrone Township Howard G_ Brother B. F. Hesson Alred H. Staley Lestown John W.F. ‘Miller

You Will Look Fine In Our Suits If Seen By Others

The ad promises you will be pleased with your appearance when others view you in one of our quality suits. It highlights confidence and style, urging readers to shop for fitting attire.

Bryan William J. Bryan San Antonio Tex

Hart Schaffner and Marx Suits Offer Wide Range

Hart Schaffner and Marx advertise all wool suits with reliable quality, perfect tailoring, and correct style. They showcase fine suits in blue serge and black Thibet for all occasions, sizes from 15 to 27.75, with free pressed and cleaned clothing.

Dynamite Blast at Simpson Coal Mine Wounds Several

One man was blown to pieces and five more likely fatally injured when dynamite exploded in the chair of the Simpson coal mine, four miles south of Brownville Friday. Authorities investigate the blast and identify victims and survivors.

Simpson Brownaville Fnday

Bernard Concert Co to Open Citizens Lecture Nov 28

The first Citizens Lecture Course tender will appear at Mifer's Halls on Saturday evening November 28 featuring Bernard Concert Co of Chicago promising a premier New Oxford entertainment. Tickets on sale at Anker's drug store.

Citizens Mifer Bernard Concert Co Chicago New Oxford Ankers Drug Store

Marriage Licenses Issued For Several Local Couples

Samuel Shindledecker and Fannie A. Bigham of Hamiltonian township Frank FE Weigle of Hamilton township and Vertie E. Baker of Berwick township Han B Jacoby and Catharine Anna Gochevonr of Littlestown John W Seifert of Bermudian and Xora B Comfort of Dillsburg James Noel and Grace Fidler of Gettsburg Charles H Lobry of York Springs and Ada V Coulson of Hanover.

Samuel Shindledecker Fannie A. Bigham Hamiltonian Frank FE. Weigle Hamilton Township Vertie E. Baker Berwick Township Han B. Jacoby Catharine Anna, Gochevonr Littlestown John W. Seifert Bermudian Xora B. Comfort Dillsburg James Noel Grace Fidler Gettsaburg Charles H. Lobry York Springs Ada V. Coulson Hanover

Molten metal burns dozen workers at Eastern Steel plant

Several hundred pounds of molten metal splashed over a group of about a dozen Eastern Steel Company workers, severely burning James Devers, Benjamin Stone, and Albert Dockweiler. The metal penetrated flesh to the bone while others sustained facial and neck injuries.

Eastern Steel Company Lar James Devers Benjamin Stone Albert Dockweiler Edward Transue Easton Linemen’s Union Warwick N. Y Transue Samuel Niecklan Luzerne County Nanticoke

Fighting Cattle Plague Inspectors Kill Infected Herds

Philadelphia reports show inspectors destroying cattle and sheep with gobthous fever to stop spread. Infected animals were killed, buried, and burned. New cases appeared in Dauphin Potter and northern Northampton counties, with hogs affected in Westmoreland and eighteen cattle killed in Willisstown Chester County.

Philadelphia Eagle Dauphin Potter Norrthumberland County Westmoreland County Willistown Chester County

Carnegie called to testify on steel tariff reduction

Washington November 24 Andrew Carnegie is asked by the Ways and Means Committee to appear this week to discuss the iron and steel industry and the potential tariff cut. Hearings on iron and steel rates run through Friday with flexibility for Carnegie to testify Thursday or Friday if needed. The committee unanimously declines to discuss Carnegie's Century article.

Washington Andrew Carnegie Century Magazine Wars and Means Committee House Carnegie Mr. Carnegie

Gatun Dam Slippage Reported Amid Panama Rainfall

Panama City November 24 The Journal reports that heavy rains produced a slide at Gatun dam causing a section sixty five feet wide and fifty feet deep to sink level with the surrounding surface. The Chagres river overran the site and water covers the railroad tracks pumping station and canal sides. Lt Col Goethals says the slide is not of great consequence as such slides occur during the rainy season along the canal line.

Panama The Journal Gatun Chagres Goethals Panama Canal Commission

Lucky Stone Causes Death of Ridley Park Man

Oscar Brown aged 30 of Ridley Park was walking with a companion along Pennsylvania railroad tracks near Crum Lynne station when he stooped to pick up a stone believed to be lucky. He was struck and killed instantly by an express train due in Chester at 4:21 p.m.

Ridley Park Chester Oscar Brown Crum Lynne Station Read Chum William Read Vineland X. J Herbert Grigsons Walter Zeller Cline Wheeler Grigg Zeller Oi i Wheeler Reni ZeHer Readé_ al

Congressman Burton Opposes Silver Service for Delaware

Wilmington November 24 Congressman Hiram R Burton denounces plans to buy a silver service for the new battleship Delaware to be launched at Newport News in spring. He urges funds instead for seamen needs a current reading program and gunnery prizes funded by half the interest of a dedicated fund.

Wilmington Del Hiram R. Burton Delaware Newport News Wilmington Board of Trade Burton

Taken From Jail and Lynched in Luray

Jim Gilmore, a 20 year old Black man, was seized from the guard house in Luray Hampton County South Carolina and lynched by a mob after attempting to assault a farmer A C Fitts daughter while she and her sister slept in their home.

Charleston S. G Jim Gilmore Luray Hampton County Gilmore A. C. Fitts

Mental Suggestion Cure Touted by Newark Pastor

Pastor CURE EVERY BAD HABIT in Newark describes mental suggestion methods. He says sleep aids susceptibility and recounts anecdotes of wives reforming husbands by speaking softly at sleep to end drinking and club outings, promising happy dinners and family life.

Newark N. J C. Rose Mr. Rose P Tency Henry

Father killed by son in Hazleton area family abuse incident

John Hin kille Jr of Upper Lehigh surrendered to authorities in Freeland and confessed to striking his father Fenn Hinkie with a brick after a night of drunken abuse on November 6. The blow fractured the skull and the coroner’s inquest was awaited.

Hazieron John Hinkile, Jr Upper Lehigh Squire Buckler Freeland Fenn Hinkie Young Hinkle Hinkle

Ejected Brother Dies En Route to Home in Passaicville

In West Chester Pennsylvania on November 24 Joseph Boznski, suffering in the final stage of consumptive decline, was ejected from his brother’s home. Constable Walters found him on the street and a desperate chase to the Chester County home began. He died just as the destination was reached with his relatives denying reentry. Nearby, sixteen year old Mazzie Garver died instantly in Blair County when a gun misfired in the kitchen as twelve year old Elis Heisel prepared to hunt. Roosevelt to Speak in London on an African tour impressions are expected during an April 1910 visit. In Red Bank New Jersey a patient named Jozer McCormick bit a red-hot poker in a fit of insanity, was restrained and sent to an asylum.

West Chester Passaixville Joseph Boznski Chester County Boynski Altoona Mazzie Garyer John Heisel Point View Blair County Elis Heisel Mr. Roosevelt London Roosevelt Royal Geographical Society Society

Quick Justice in Maryland Trial

In Easton Maryland the circuit court quick verdict found Clarence Foster colored guilty after a thirty minute hearing. He was sentenced to eight years in the penitentiary for attempting to assault Mrs Sadie Arrington wife of Walter Arrington a prominent local farmer near Easton on July 15.

Easton Atkins Clarence Foster Sadie Arrington Walter Arrington

Carnegie Favors Tariff Revision

Andrew Carnegie argues in Century Magazine for tariff reform aiming to protect the rich use luxuries, reduce duties on manufactured goods, and preserve revenue. He says steel can compete without protection and urges careful review of oils, thread, and cutlery.

Carnegie Andrew Carnegie Century Magazine Congress

Gas explosion in Brooklyn buries workers and injures many

Fifteen people die and many are injured after a gas main leaks and a spark ignites escaping gas in a fifty foot excavation on Gold Street Brooklyn. The blast lifts the street surface, throws debris around and traps workers as crowds of schoolchildren flee.

Brooklyn Gold Street

Notable 1920s arrests and deaths across states

Dated items report William S. McKinnon dies in Cleveland after long illness. Sentencing in Chicago for Herman Buck who killed five Viral family members by hanging on Dec 11. Confession to murder in Hamilton Colorado and sale of Groton shipyard plant. Multiple fire losses and notable deaths including Gustave A. Wolff hydrophobia, Major General Duvall selected for Philippines command, and other violent incidents across November 18–24 with accidents and trials.

Wiliam S. McKinnon Ohio Cleveland Herman Buck Barnes Chicago Gene Deuidell kHling Ernest Walsh Hamtun Charles N. Hanscom Eastern Shipbending Company Groton Mass Minnesets Dakota Greer Brothers Frederi Burs Gustave A. Wolff W. H. Duvall John F. Weston Philippines Wabash Screen Door Company Memphis Tenn A. McClung Common Pleas Court of Pittsburg Stuart Mary Harbour Rose Adams Sioux City Samuel E. Campbell New Haven Conn G. Brinley Morgan Campbell John Krauss Pacific State & Sunset Telegraph Company San Francisco Adriatic Queenstown Ireland Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Highland Lagrange Henry L. Schrifegel Mary Hamilton Criminal Court Washington Joseph Merer Margaret Atkins Calumet Brian Nebraska West Alston Pen Argil Martin Parson Freq Campbell Franklin, Pa East Charleroi

Quotations for Agricultural Commodities Decline to Readable Form

Wholesale price listings show mixed steamer grains including corn oats and butter with regional references to Maryland Pennsylvania and Virginia. Egg markets remain steady in Maryland and surrounding states with price ranges per dozen noted for various regions.

Southern Maryland Pennsylvania Virginia West Virginia

Live Stock Prices in Pittsburg Union Stock Yards

CATTLE strong at 5 6 per cwt and up to 46.35. SHEEP steady with prime getters around 4.15 to 4.25 and feeders 1.50 to 2.50. HOGS active and higher with prime heavies 5.60 to 6.10 and mediums 5.55 to 5.90. light weights and pigs not in demand. Veal calves fetch 7.50 to 8.00.

Pittsburg Union Stock Yards

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