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Newspaper

New Oxford Item

Location

New Oxford, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Date

Oct 15, 1908

Page

10

Dr Miles Anti Pain Pills Praise From Users

A testimonial laden notice extols Dr Miles Anti Pain Pills for rapid pain relief without habit. Mrs G H Webb of Austinburg Ohio and others report headaches backache pleurisy and other pains alleviated within minutes. The Miles Medical Co promises to refund the first package if benefits fail and notes availability through local druggists in Elkhart.

Miles G. H. Webb Austinburg Ohio Miles Medical Co Elkhart

Local visitors and guests visit town residents

Mr John J Snyder and family from Johnsville Md visited the Bond home on West High street last week. Dr and Mrs Foultzgraft and Mrs Quickle of York and Mrs Graff of Abbottstown spent Sunday with Mr and Mrs W F Sheely on Philadelphia street. J A Sheely and family of Hanover were in town Friday. J M Neely of Harrisburg visited his sister Mrs Augustus Feiser on Philadelphia street. John Rhea and family of Gettysburg visited their mother Mrs C A Cashman on Pitt street. Rev Adkin Wolf and family of West Fairview are visiting friends in town. Mrs Wolf is sister to G C N and W F Sheely. Daniel Straley has returned home after weeks abroad. Mrs Mamie Robinson and daughter Mrs Edith Heist of Harrisburg are guests of Mrs James A Weikert at the town edge. George Binder and wife of Bermuda spent Sunday with Squire Straley and family on Center Square.

John J. Snyder Johnsville E. C. Bond West High Street J. M. Neely Harrisburg Augustus Feiser Philadelphia John Rhea Gettysburg C. A. Cashman Pitt Street Adkin Wolf West Fairview W. F. Sheely Daniel Straley Catharine Straley Mamie Robinson Edith Heist Starrisburg James A. Weikert

Marriage License: Bender-Bream and Chronister-Roose

Charles W. Bender of Gardners Station and Mettie I. Bream of Aspers obtain a marriage license. George W. Chronister and Phoebe Roose, both of York Springs, also receive a marriage license.

Charles W. Bender Gardners Station Mettie I. Bream Aspers George W. Chronister Phoebe Roose York Springs

Bucklen’s Arnica Salve Praised By Georgia Farmer

W. A. Floyd of Rural Route 2 Empire Georgia says Bucklen’s Arnica Salve healed two severe sores on his hand and leg. He claims it is worth its weight in gold and would mortgage the farm to obtain it. Available for 25 cents at Ed T Auker’s drug store.

Wovup Morrecagee Empire W. A. Floyd Ed. T. Auker

Preacher Held As Firebug In Island Falls Arson Case

Rev T V Hunter former Monticello church leader is jailed in Aroostook County charged with arson in the September 28 Island Falls fire that destroyed his house and barn. He was bound over to the April term of the Supreme Court after a Island Falls justice found probable cause from state evidence.

Houston T. V. Hunter Monticello Arostock County Island Falls

Kern’s Son Stricken by Infantile Paralysis in Indy

John W. Kern’s eight year old namesake and son is seriously ill in Indianapolis on October 18 with infantile paralysis, the Democratic vice presidential candidate’s child aiding concerns as medical care is sought.

John W. Kern Indianapolis

Cane Carver William McKinzie Left Autographed Keepsakes

William McKinzie, an 84 year old farmer in Wyandotte County Kansas, spent his life crafting canes for Presidents from Grant onward. Each cane bore his carving and the recipient sent an autograph letter in acknowledgment.

William McKinzie Wyandotte County Kan United States General Grantdown

Motor Cycle Racer James Connelly Killed at Burke Track

James Connelly of Washington died after his motor cycle collided with a post during a Burke Virginia race at Coperthwaite track. He was eighteen years old and died following injuries at a hospital.

Coperthwaite Burke James Connelly Washington Connelly

Tragic Child Fatally Struck by Locomotive in Nanticoke

Five year old Adam Miscovitz of Nanticoke Pennsylvania died after his foot was caught in a railroad frog. He was unable to cry out as a locomotive approached and struck him.

Adam Miscovitz Nanticoke

Twenty Years For Boy Murderers Haupt and Benzner

Herman Haupt and Joseph Benzner two boys aged eighteen and sixteen were sentenced at Doylestown Pa to twenty years each in the eastern penitentiary for the murder of Mrs Frances Kade. They broke into her home near Falsington Pa last April.

Herman Haupt Joseph Benzner Francis Kade Doylestown Haupt Benzner

Woman Dies of Hydrophobia in New Jersey Home

Mrs. Harvey Day of Elizabeth New Jersey died after two weeks of convulsions from hydrophobia. Her husband a neighbor and a mail carrier bitten by the same dog last August are watched for symptoms. The dog first attacked a mail carrier entering the Day yard before biting Mrs Day five times in the arm.

Harvey Day Elizabeth N. J

Gossip Spoiled the Romance and a Royal Jilting Rumor

New York World reports the Duc Abruzar will not visit America and that the fleet voyage may be redirected. Rumors claim engagement turmoil with Miss Katharine Elkins and scandal involving actress Louise Lonsdale influence royal plans. The king and queen reportedly oppose marriage to Elkins, prompting changes two weeks before planned departure.

Duc Abruzar America Margherita Katharine Elkins Balkan Duke Miss Elkins Elkins Louise Lonsdale Blaine Elkins Elkinses Young Elkins Miss Lonsdale Turin

Elkins Denies Wedding Engagment Reports

United States Senator Stephen B. Elkins denied any engagement between his daughter Katharine and the Duke of the Abruzzi. He said there was no foundation for the reports and that no engagement announcement had ever been made. He also stated his wife had not made any denial.

Elkins Pittsburg United States Stephen B. Elkins W. Va Katharine Duke of the Abruzzi Europe America

Thief's Victim Searched in Vain for Two Weeks

Burlington New Jersey October 13 Walter Doyle of the city had himself sent to the county jail to hide from C H Leith who says Doyle robbed him of a fat pocketbook. Leith searched the county for ten days then enlisted the police. Doyle was arrested shortly after being released following the chase in a saloon where the theft occurred.

Doyle Smith Grand Jury Burlington N. J Walter Doyle C. H. Leith Leith

Former Congressman Scranton Dies in Scranton Pa

Joseph A. Scranton aged sixty nine died at his home after a yearlong illness that followed heat prostration last summer. A native of Augusta Georgia he served as revenue collector postmaster and county treasurer and was elected to Congress in 1880 and re elected to the forty ninth fifty first fifty third and fifty fourth congresses.

Scranton Joseph A. Scranton Augusta

Lightning Cures Rheumatism In Walter Keen Case

Walter W Keen of Clayton New Jersey reportedly recovered from rheumatism after a summer lightning strike. Once unable to walk without a cane he discarded the cane and has not used it since the bolt during the storm.

Clayton N. J Walter W. Keen

Fishermen Head to Chicago To Form Great Lakes fish Combine

Frederick Thorton and Charles Maddrix left Crisfield for Chicago to meet capitalists forming a fish combine. The aim is to control the Great Lakes fish business and Maryland's center of the industry.

Fish Combine Crisfield Frederick Thorton Charles Maddrix Chicago Great Lakes Maryland

Drowns In Vat Of Wine In California Vineyard

Mrs George Collier wife of a prominent vineyardist accidentally drowned when she climbed the rim of a wine vat in Santa Rosa California and, overwhelmed by fumes, fell in. The incident occurred on October 13.

Santa Rosa Cal George Collier

Bride and groom-to-be split as bishop hushes wedding

In Newark a planned Oct 15 wedding of Miss Mabel E. Jamison and Alfred Forsyth was called off after Bishop W C O'Donnell questioned the groom's past. Notices to 300 Newark area guests were sent as Forsyth fled Hawthorne before a family confrontation.

Newark N. J Mabel E. Jamison Alfred Forsyth New Jersey Andover Jamison W. C. O'Donnell Methodist Church E. S. Jamison Alfred Brookfield Forsyth Bishop O’donnell Hawthorne O’donnell Forsyth

Forced marriage and murder claim by teen wife

In New Brunswick New Jersey Julia Madelin seventeen says she was sold for 100 dollars and forced by her father to wed Tony Madelin. She shot him four months after the marriage claiming self defense from stabbing and beating after he ordered her to cook and found her ill. Police say the body showed a back shot at the supper table and a knife was found on him.

Erb Captain Erb Catharine Beisel South Fifteenth Street Philadelphia Richard Doyle J. Clayton Erb National Red Gables Media Delaware County Robert Smith Beisel Clayton Erb McDade Commonwealth Eric Village Green Mrs. Beisel Sirb New Brunswick N. J Julia Madelin Tony Madelin Madelin

Naval Academy Calls 23 Cadets for Resignations

Annapolis Md Oct 13 The academic board announced twenty three midshipmen must resign after September mental exams showed fifteen from the new fourth class and eight from the second class failed. Vacancies already exist and losses will reduce brigade membership.

Annapolis Naval Academy

Leprosy Patient From Barbadoes in Camden Hospital

Charles Clark a sixteen year old Barbadoes negro is a patient at Camden County hospital Blackwood with a well developed case of leprosy. He arrived from the Barbadoes with his father three years ago and after brief treatments in Philadelphia was admitted to the local almshouse hospital where a shed was built behind the building for his care.

Charles Clark Camden N. J Blackwood Barbadoes Philadelphia

Prominent New York figure General Louis Fitzgerald Dies

Obituary notes General Louis Fitzgerald a major New York figure who died at his Garri son-on-the-Hudson home at age seventy-one. The condensed tally covers a string of violent and tragic events including a wife shooting suicide in Jessup Pennsylvania and a mob hanging in Glenflora Texas.

Market quotations note steady grains and dairy prices

Baltimore wheat at No 2 level 1.0044 per bushel up 1.06 percent. Corn and oats show steady to firm bids across southern and white markets with No 2 oats around 53 to 53.5 cents. Butter firm with creamery extras around 28 to 29 cents and dairy prints in Maryland Pennsylvania Virginia and West Virginia steady at 23 cents a dozen.

Baltimore Southern Maryland Pennsylvania Pennsylvana Virginia West Virginia

Live Stock Market Prices From Pittsburg Stock Yards

At Pittsburg Union Stock Yards cattle market eased with lower bids for choice and prime steers. Sheep fell while wethers and lamb values softened. calves held around eight to nine dollars. Hogs showed mixed results with prime heavies around six dollars and several lighter classes trading lower.

Pittsburg Union Stock

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