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Newspaper
New Oxford Item
Location
New Oxford, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Oct 08, 1908
Page
12
A testimonial ad for Dr Miles' Nervine claims nerve energy controls respiration and digestion and that Nervine cures nervous breakdowns. It recounts a customer from Myrtle Creek Oregon who recovered after using Nervine and urges readers to try it with a price refund offer through Miles Medical Co.
An advertisement claims the action is mild and suitable for delicate persons. It promotes Dr Miler Nerve and Liver Pills offering 60 doses for 25 cents.
A two-horse team owned by Mrs. W A Himes of New Oxford vanished from in front of the Mansion House on Monday night after driver Eryin Treiber left it to await a York arrival. William Himes took the team away, Treiber returned and it was gone, prompting police alerts and telephoned notices across towns. the team later reappeared at New Oxford, and York travelers hired a local team to return home.
Marriage license records show Daniel H. Flickinger of Germany township and Carrie M. Feeser of Littlestown. Raymond L. Darone of East Berlin and Sadie M. Raffensperger of Arendtsville also issued licenses.
Sunday guests visited the home of Mr. and Mrs. Jacob J. Weaver near Littlestown. Attendees included Misses Alice and Adelia Noel of Bonneauville, Gertrude and Katharine Gebhart of White Itall, Arthur Noel, Milton Palmer, I V Noel and Karl, John Iloff and Bertha, Claud Weaver, Mrs. Jacob Hemler, Mrs. Kuhn and two children.
Parker Cline and John Ieiges were riding at Mt Tabor Saturday when the buggy crash left Ieiges with facial and head cuts. He was cared for at a nearby house and released home the next morning.
Albert Zambruin of West Manheim township York county was riding in a spring wagon smoking a pipe when sparks ignited straw saturated coal oil in the wagon. The wagon and horse were soon engulfed in flames. the horse bolted, collided with a post, and escaped as Zambruin leaped free.
Two people died and twenty or more were injured when a powder storage house exploded in the yards of the Southern Railway in Spencer North Carolina. The blast damaged nearby buildings as fire followed. Firemen C. H. Layton and W. F. Stafford were restraining a hose when the explosion buried them. they were recovered after efforts by workmen.
Dr Alexander Mall of Plymouth Episcopal church Boston Mass was elected bishop of the Protestant Episcopal diocese of Washington on the seventh ballot. In Los Angeles a courtroom lynching attempt led to riots injuring several. Edward Martin, the accused assailant of singer Edith Ralston, was moved and later pleaded guilty in Superior Judge Wilbur's court and sentenced to life imprisonment.
Dover Del Oct 6 A Maryland farmer James H Furbush plans to marry for love and to care for his three children He reportedly offers his bride a dowry of four thousand dollars on their wedding day and expects a wife in her sixties to accept his age and family duties.
London reports that in Tirnovo Bulgaria declared independence with the czar of the Bulgarians as ruler. Austria-Hungary will announce Bosnia and Herzegovina's new status, as global powers debate potential war, treaties, and possible congress revisions. Britain and France oppose unilateral violations, seeking to defuse conflict while Bulgaria and Turkey edge toward cautious standoff.
Constantinople October 6 Turkey charges Austria with aiding Germany to back Bulgaria in declaring independence and weakening the Kaimil regime. A European conference is expected to consider the crisis and the constitutional issue.
Vienna dispatch reports Bulgarian forces marching toward the frontier while Turkish units advance to meet them. Austria Hungary mobilizes two army corps as tensions rise in the region.
Yonkers New York October six a kerosene lamp explosion ignited a cottage killing Mrs Mary Cummings seventy and her two grandchildren Jeannette Howland nine and Harry Howland eleven The Cummings family escaped from a first floor bedroom but others were trapped in a hall The grandmother and Mrs Maria Howland died in the blaze and injuries to Mrs Howland were reported after she fell from a veranda roof while trying to reach her children
Wladyslaw Buter, a Pole, drank a pint of alcohol on a wager in Syracuse on October 6. As the last drop went down he toppled unconscious but may recover.
The Belgian steamer Tiflis reports picking up a raft with Alexander Sjohlm, sole survivor of the American schooner Beulah McCabe, after a hurricane sank the crew. One dead body was found. Sjohlm was exhausted from the ordeal. The Beulah McCabe was built in Bath, Maine, and home ported in Crisfield, Maryland.
Richard Harding Davis, noted author and playwright, reported three valuable horses stolen from his country place stables in North Castle on Sunday night. The incident follows his recent appointment as deputy sheriff of Westchester County, a fact that has drawn wide, good natured comment.
An elderly tortoise marked “Jacob Twisler, 1794” was spotted in Clayton New Jersey by Dr. Jacob F. Crane and Jacob Bowers while walking in the woods. The well known reptile, tied to the area’s first settler, has appeared at intervals for over a century, and was believed dead before being found again after years.
East St. Louis on October 6 reports August Figi took his own life to avoid leaving his wife and eight children in poverty due to illness. He, a lead paint grinder, suffered a wasting disease from poisoning and declined further medical bills.
Miss Mary Johnson a Canadian woman, traveling as Frank Woodhull, arrived on the American liner New York and, after detention by Ellis Island authorities, was allowed to continue to New Orleans in masculine attire. She said gender disguise enabled fifteen years of work as a book agent and maintained her respectability.
In Stroudsburg Pennsylvania on October 6 a funeral for Mrs. David Smith near Bangor saw pallbearers unable to lower the coffin into the outside box because the box was too short. After relatives and the undertaker agreed, a coffin end was sawn to fit and burial proceeded. One mourner fainted at the sawing sound.
The Lord's Day Alliance announces a national convention in the Second United Presbyterian Church Pittsburg on December 1 2 and 3 to form a United States alliance modeled after Canada's. Religious bodies labor groups and other organizations are invited to send representatives.
The sixth triennial Tuberculosis Congress in Washington voted unanimously to recognize the possibility that bovine tuberculosis bacilli can infect humans. The resolution urged continued preventive measures against bovine tuberculosis and the human spread of infection, prompting cheers and a dramatic clash with Dr. Koch’s views. Dr. Abraham Jacobi condemned prioritizing a scientist’s reputation over infant lives.
Peter Young thirty four and his eight year old daughter Helen were killed instantly when their car plunged over a foot embankment at Gordon Pennsylvania. Young's wife and two younger children survived with fractured skulls and internal injuries. The steering gear failed and the driver tried to brake causing the three thousand five hundred pound vehicle to veer over the embankment trapping the victims. The injured were taken to the State hospital with poor prospects for recovery.
Four year old Melvin Robbins son of Mrs Robbins of Emmons a mountain town near the Sullivan county Pa line has been lost in the woods since Tuesday. Organized posses are searching the area but no trace has been found and reports say bears have been seen nearby raising fear the child was attacked and eaten.
W Reagan Rice, Madison County North Carolina registrar of deeds, shot himself at his home near Marshall after telling friends he would rather die than hear reports from political opponents. He was elected on the Republican ticket two years ago.
In Stroudsburg Pennsylvania eighty three year old Samuel Hohenshelt was knocked from his front porch by his son John during a money dispute. He died within twenty minutes after striking his head on a stone. The son was arrested.
John Burkhardt aged sixty six shot his son Richard after demanding money then drank carbolic acid and leapt from a window. In a hospital rush the father attacked the wounded son, was fatally injured, and died as the ambulance arrived. Richard Burkhardt likely to recover.
Samuel Calhoun, 65, died of a hemorrhage while talking to students at Princeton University. For 23 years he served as a day policeman on campus and was famed for never failing to ring the bell on schedule, earning respect across generations of Princeton men.
A scan of September to October items shows robberies in Ladysmith Wisconsin, a 96 year old Masons death in Lynden Washington, and a Supreme Court ruling nullifying Wisconsin eight hour telegraphers law. Other reports note a New York bigamy case, Dallas fire losses, and multiple accidents and crimes nationwide.
Market quotes show wheat steady with No 2 at 1.055 and steamer N at 1.004. corn firm with June at 68% and 68% oee. oats firm with No 2 at 68cc and No 3 at 52 5e. butter steady with creamery extras and Mary and Pennsylvania dairy points around 21 29c. eggs steady with Maryland Pennsylvania Virginia West Virginia at 23c and southern 22c.
Cattle and sheep higher with prime cattle at 5.65 to 6.25 and prime wethers 4.25 to 4.40. Lambs 4.76, calves 8.00 to 8.75. Hogs slow with prime peers around 7.15 to 7.30, heavy Yorkers 3.75 to 6.90, pigs 6.50 to 6.60, roughs 5.5 to 5.9.
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