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Newspaper
New Oxford Item
Location
New Oxford, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Oct 29, 1908
Page
14
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Van R Wilcox of West Fairview York county completed his cross country walk for health He started after a sixty day fast to treat stomach trouble and say he would reach the Pacific Ocean around the 30th or 31st He traveled from Blyth Cal and sent letters home describing deserts and daily twenty mile treks with tied luggage and health lectures to fund his journey.
Waynesboro authorities and school directors, defiant of State Health Commissioner Dixon, reopen the borough public schools closed since before the holidays. About 900 of 1,200 pupils are unvaccinated as parents resist inoculation mandates. Directors and teachers meet to share responsibility and the bell rang Tuesday for classes.
Commissioner Dixon after a Thursday conference with Attorney General Carson decided to file papers in Dauphin county Court to compel enforcement of the compulsory vaccination law. The AG said Dixon will not tolerate Waynesboro teachers opening schools to unvaccinated children. A fire at Granville Haines estate near Union Bridge destroyed barn and outbuildings and killed cattle, calves, and pigs.
Public sale notices list dates and buyers for February and March with stock and implements. A separate incident recounts arrests at a railway depot over a bloodied ten dollar bill and subsequent money discoveries linked to two young men, causing regional shock.
W H Howard of Husband Pennsylvania credits Chamberlain s Pain Balm with curing years of rheumatism keeping her mobile. She could not move at times and walking was painful before using the balm. After a few applications she found it the best pain reliever she had tried and now uses it regularly to stay pain free. Ed Aura US period
William Trimmer aged 22 and Paul Leas aged 20, both friends from Adams county, are involved in a shooting in Fort Madison. Trimmer is in a Fort Madison hospital in critical but improving condition while Leas is jailed. Police and a Lutheran minister aided Trimmer after he crawled to Sponselier’s home.
A new state road law allows townships to petition for a special election to abolish the work tax. If approved, the township receives 15 percent of cash tax collected from the state. The article notes widespread adoption by townships and frames the measure as a major financial change. The piece also includes a medical alert about coughs and pneumonia and a testimonial from F.G. Huntley of Oaklandon, Indiana.
A wreck on the Philadelphia and Reading at Brandtsville Cumberland county on Saturday killed Samuel Anderson of Harrisburg and George Geiger of Harrisburg. Two others were fatally injured and the engineer badly scalded. The locomotive left the tracks, twenty coal cars wrecked, track torn up, and the fireman severely bruised with both legs broken.
Mrs. Cora Walker of Porterville California endorses Chamberlain’s Cough Remedy as the best for colds and as a preventive of pneumonia. She notes its quick relief and pleasant safe taste, insisting it outperforms all others. Distributed by Ho. To Auker, druggist.
A local testimonial from Henrietta Texas praises Electric Bitters as an effective malaria cure superior to quinine with no after effects. The ad notes Ed Auker's drug store offers the remedy for 50 cents with a guarantee.
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