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Newspaper
New Oxford Item
Location
New Oxford, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Oct 15, 1908
Page
1
Advertisement for Dr Miles Anti Pain Pills claims fast relief from pain and nervous irritation without habit formation. Endorsed by testimonials about headaches and fever where a druggist sells the pills and offers a refund for the first package if unfelt benefits.
Mr John HL Sp Yr and wife and daughter of Jchnevilly Md visited the home of Mr and Mrs ELC Bond on West High Street. Abbotstown guests included De and Feulvgret and Mr Quic and Mrs thraif. Philedel met Mn A Sheely and family of Hanover, visiting the Rane place. Mr J ML Neely and Mr John Rhea and family from Gettys West Fairview also visited friends. Mrs Wolf, sister of Mr G0 Sheely, and Mrs Mamie Mobinson with Edith Heist of Harrisburg were hosted by Mrs James Weikert. George Binder and wife of Bermudian visited Squire Staley.
Fragmentary wedding notices list Charles W. Bender of Geiners Station and Mettie E. Bream of spers, with George W. Chronizter and Phoebe Boese of York Springs. A Georgia farmer W A Floyd praises Bucklen's Arnica Salve. A Houston preacher is jailed for incendiarism. John W Kern’s son battles infantile paralysis. An elderly Kan farmer made canes for presidents, with autographs.
James Connelly of Washington was killed after colliding with a person at the Coperthwaite track in Berke Virginia. He was eighteen years old and died in a hospital from injuries sustained during the race.
Reports from Rome say the Due Abruzzi will not visit America with his trip abandoned possibly due to Dowager Queen Margherita opposition or Balkan troubles. Competing theories blame a rumored engagement break with Katharine Elkins and a visit by actress Louise Lonsdale seeking royal favor. Senator Elkins denies any engagement between Katharine and the duke.
In Bexslinton New Jersey Walter Doyle had a pocketbook stolen from him while in a saloon. C H Leith and Leica led a countywide search for the thief Dorle who was arrested after being released. Doyle himself was jailed for a time during the pursuit.
Walter W. Keen of Clayton New Jersey suffered rheumatism for weeks and could not walk without a cane. After a dramatic lightning strike during a summer storm, he discarded the cane and has not used it since.
Frederick Thorton and Charles Maddrix leave Grisfield for Chicago where capitalists plan a fish combine to dominate Great Lakes fisheries and Maryland's central fish industry. Mrs Beisel faces trial after confessing in court to involvement in the murder of Captain J Clayton Erb, with details of a prior quarrel, a Porter Inn visit, and multiple gunshots cited in the death verdict.
Newark dispatch reports Miss Mabel E Jamison’s wedding plans with Forsyth were recalled after Bishop O Dunnells disclosure to her father Rev E S Jamison. Forsyth left Andover, while Dr Jamison warned he might shoot if not a clergyman. Bishop O Dunnell confirmed the match’s breakup.
Seventeen year old Julia Madelin testified in New Brunswick that her father sold her for 3100 and forced her to marry Tony Madelin four months before she shot him. She described a night of beating and a threatening knife before she grabbed a revolver and fired as he moved toward her.
The Naval Academy called twenty three midshipmen to resign after an academic board found fifteen members of the new youth class and eight second year men failed the September mental examinations. With vacancies opening, losses will shrink brigade strength.
Charles Clark sixteen Barbadoes negro is a patient at Camden County Hospital Blackwood with a two stage leprosy. He arrived from Barbadoes with his father three years ago and had been treated in Philadelphia before being sent to the local hospital. He is housed in a rear shed under guard with an old inmate from the almshouse.
General Louis Fitzgerald dies at 71 in New York. Andrew Zrydusa of Jessup shoots wife then himself. Ben Price mobbed and hanged in Glenflora Texas. Train collision near Brantford kills three, injures two. Cardinal Gibbons returns from Europe aboard the Caronia. Jersey City cop Nicholas Nestor dies rescuing an aging woman from fire. Harry Garfield inducted president of Williams College. Henry McBride dies after falling from pole during baseball view. Robert Quailey, 14, dies from gunfire amid chauffeur strike clash. China U S arbitration treaty signed at state department. Wu Ting Fang and Secretary Root witness signing. John H Buckner convicted for fraudulent elections in St Louis. Joseph Painter Sr dies at 86 in Myerstown. Lucy Mitchell, 40, in Virginia charged with axe murder. jailed in Roanoke. E A S Blake convicted in Abs Ruef case. Myrtle Baker and M H Raney receive sentences. Ambro Watson found dead with self-inflicted wound near Meadville. George Breakell dies at 77 near Hancock Maryland. Mrs Charlotte Decker nears 110 in Seneca Falls. Chicago wholesale market burns. chickens and property worth 375000 destroyed. Colonel J Mansfield Davies dies in Burlington Wisconsin at 80. Harold Ewing dies by self-inflicted gunshot in Nashville. John Edwards of Philadelphia to jump Brooklyns bridge after jilting.
The page lists varied quotes including Baltimore wheat at spot and futures around $1 and $1.90, oats steady with No 3 and No 4 grades, butter firm with separator extras, and regional items from Virginia to Maryland. Southern prices appear and several items show cents per unit with uncertain spellings.
Pittsburg Union Stock Yards reports cattle at tower and prime ranges near 5.05 to 5.35. Sheep and veal calf listings show primes around 3.90 to 4.00 with workers and common grades. Hog and pork sections quote various weights, with prices near 5.00 to 5.50.
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