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Newspaper
New Oxford Item
Location
New Oxford, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Oct 08, 1908
Page
5
An advertisement asserts nerve energy governs respiration circulation digestion and elimination and that Dr Miles Nervine cures nervous breakdowns. A testimonial from Mrs W L Burke of Myrtle Creek Oregon describes dramatic recovery after using Nervine and urges trials with a money back offer from Miles Medical Co.
Advertisement notes mild action suitable for a delicate person and promotes Dr Miler Nerve and Liver Pills priced at 60 doses 25 cents.
A two horse team owned by Mrs. W. A. Himes of New Oxford disappeared from in front of the Mansion House after 10 pm Monday. Ervin Treiber, who drove the team to Hanover to meet York visitors, found the horses missing upon their late arrival. Treiber notified police and authorities in Baltimore and Littlestown. The team later returned home as New Oxford reported its safe arrival, and York visitors had to hire another team to complete their journey.
Daniel H W Vlickinger of Germany township and Carrie M Feeser of Littles town. Raymond L Darone of East Berlin and Sadie M Raffensperger of Arendtsville. Licensing authority details not provided.
A list of Sunday callers includes Misses Alice and Adelia Noel from Bonneauville, Gertrude and Catharine Gebhart of White Hall, Arthur Noel, Milton Palmer, I V Noel with wife and son Karl, John Iloh? with wife and daughter Bertha, Claud Weaver, Mrs Jacob Hemler, Mrs Kuhn and two children, at Mr and Mrs Jacob J Weaver home near Littlestown.
Parker Cline and Heiges from West Point were in a buggy accident at Mt Tabor on Saturday night. Heiges was thrown from the buggy, injuring his face and head, treated at a nearby house, then sent home the next morning.
Albert Zumbrum of SWest Manheim township York county was riding in a spring wagon when sparks from his pipe ignited straw saturated coal oil in the wagon. The wagon and horse were burned. the horse escaped after colliding with a post, while Zumbrum leapt free.
In Spencer North Carolina a powder storage house at the Southern Railway yards blew up injuring twenty or more and damaging nearby buildings. Fire fighters found C H Layton and W F Stafford buried in debris while holding a hose. Their bodies were recovered after workers arrived.
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 Oct 6 a courtroom riot occurred as a mob attempted to lynch Edward Martin the colored man who assaulted Miss Edith Ralston a concert singer at College Grove. Martin pleaded guilty in Judge Wilbur's court and received life imprisonment.
Dover, Oct. 6. James H. Furbush, a rich Maryland farmer, plans to wed a Dover girl who will love his three children and accept his age. He reportedly offers five thousand nine dollars to the future bride and promises to support her with four hundred dollars on the wedding day.
In Tirnovo Bulgaria declares independence with a Bulgarian czar, signaling sovereignty over eastern peoples. Austria-Hungary plans to grant Bosnia and Herzegovina similar status while Britain and France urge restraint to prevent war. Berlin treaty signatories may meet to discuss violations and compensating advantages amid a shifting power landscape.
Constantinople October 6 Turkey accuses Austria with German backing of pressing Bulgaria to declare independence to strike at the Ottoman military and compromise the new constitution. A European conference to discuss the issue is expected, though concrete steps are unclear.
The Temps reports Vienna dispatch that Bulgarian forces advance toward the frontier while Turkish troops push forward to meet them. Austria-Hungary mobilizes two army corps as tensions rise along the border.
Yonkers on October 6 reports Mrs. Mary Cummings seventy died in a cottage fire along with her grandchildren Jeannette Howland nine and Harry Howland eleven. The blaze started from a kerosene lamp explosion trapping the family in the hall while Cummings and his wife escaped from a first floor bedroom. Mrs Howland reached a veranda roof and fell breaking her leg and arm while trying to rescue her children.
Wladyslaw Buter, a Pole, drank a pint of alcohol on a wager in Syracuse New York on October 6. He collapsed unconscious as the last drop passed his lips and may recover.
Belgian steamer Tiflis reports picking up raft at sea with Alexander Sjohlm sole survivor of the American schooner Beulah McCabe. One dead body aboard. Sjohlm says crew died from exhaustion and starvation after a hurricane sank the Beulah McCabe. Schooner built in Bath Maine and home port Crisfield Maryland.
Thieves broke into the country place stables of Richard Harding Davis in North Castle New York on Sunday night and stole three valuable horses. The incident adds to Davis's local note after his recent appointment as a Westchester County deputy sheriff.
An old tortoise marked Jacob Twisler 1794 was spotted in Clayton New Jersey by Dr Jacob F Crane and Jacob Bowers while they walked in the woods. The reptile, first noted by Clayton’s early settler and seen every few years, had been presumed dead until this sighting on October 6.
East St. Louis on Oct 6 August Figi, a paint factory worker, cut his wrists to prevent his wife and eight children from poverty due to his illness. He said there was no use wasting money on doctors as his lead poisoning caused a wasting disease.
Miss Mary Johnson a fifty year old Canadian woman arrived on the New York in male disguise under the name Frank Woodhull. Immigration officials in Ells Island detained her but allowed her to proceed to New Orleans still wearing masculine clothing. She said she adopted the male role to earn a living after being shut off as a woman, working as a book agent for fifteen years.
In Stroudsburg Pennsylvania on October 6 a funeral for Mrs. David Smith from near Bangor ended with pallbearers cutting a coffin to fit the grave. After a coffin could not be lowered, relatives and the undertaker sawed a piece from each end to proceed as a woman fainted at the sound of the saw.
The Lord's Day Alliance announces a national convention in Second United Presbyterian church Pittsburgh on December 1 2 and 3 to organize a United States Lords Day Alliance. Religious bodies labor groups and other organizations are invited to send representatives.
The sixth triennial Tuberculosis Congress in Washington adopted a unanimous resolution recognizing the possibility of bovine tuberculosis spreading to humans. The text urged continued preventive measures to curb transmission from cattle to people, a stance opposed by Dr. Robert Koch. Dr. Abraham Jacobi argued the lives of thousands of babies outweigh Koch's reputation.
Peter Young thirty four and his eight year old daughter Helen were killed when the car veered off a Gordon Pennsylvania embankment. Young and Helen were trapped beneath the 3500 pound vehicle and died instantly. Injured were Peter Young Sr. six year old Peter Jr. and Charles Clarl nephew of Mrs Young. They were taken to the State hospital where physicians said recovery was unlikely. Steering gear failed and in attempting to use the emergency brake Young pressed the accelerator causing the plunge.
Four year old Melvin Robbins son of Elis Robbins of Emmons near the Sullivan county line has been missing since Tuesday. A search by posses and locals yields no trace as reports of nearby bears raise fear the child may have been eaten by a bear in the woods.
W Reagan Rice registrar of deeds for Madison County North Carolina shot himself at his home near Marshall after telling friends he would rather die than face reports about him from political opponents. Rice had been elected on the Republican ticket two years earlier.
In Stroudsburg Pennsylvania 83 year old Samuel Hohenshelt was knocked from his porch during a money dispute by his son John. He died within twenty minutes after his head struck a stone. The son was arrested.
John Burkhardt aged sixty six demanded money from his son Richard and when refused opened fire wounding Richard then drank carbolic acid and leapt from a window. As both were taken to a hospital an attempted strangling occurred before the father died at the scene. Richard Burkhardt may recover.
Samuel Calhoun aged sixty five collapsed while speaking to students at Princeton University. A veteran of twenty three years on campus police, he was famed for punctual bell ringing at the hour and throughout the day. He died of a hemorrhage.
The sequence covers a Ladysmith bank robbery three thousand dollars stolen by armed raiders who fled by hand car, a 96 year old Masonic member Rev LeClaire dying in Lynden Washington, and the Wisconsin Supreme Court ruling the eight hour telegraphers law unconstitutional. It also notes a New York drug clerk killed after leaping an airshaft, a Canadian Pacific rail strike ending, Cardinal Gibbons sailing for New York, a suicide in New York amid arrest fears, Dallas fire causing extensive damage, and several other incidents through October 6 including murders, accidents, and arson.
Market quotes show wheat firm at No 2 spot 1.05 and 1.04 for steamer, corn steady with Jan 683142, oats firm with No 2 at 68c and other grades ranging to 50 54c, butter steady at 28 29c, eggs steady with Mary land Pennsylvania Virginia West Virginia readings around 22 23c.
CATTLE higher with prime at 6 6 25 and 5.65 for 590. SHEEP higher with prime wethers 4.25 and lambs 4.76. cattle calves 8 8.75. HOGS slow with heavy hogs 7.15 to 7.30, mixed 7.05, heavy Yorkers 5.75 to 6.90. pigs 5 to 6. Boroughs 5 to 6.
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