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Newspaper
New Oxford Item
Location
New Oxford, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Sep 10, 1908
Page
5
A Kansas preacher recounts how three doctors declared his wife near death within six weeks. After starting Dr Miles Heart Cure and Nervine with Nerve and Liver Pills, her condition improved, and she lived years beyond the prognosis. Doctor’s guarantee offered with first bottle.
A Saturday trip from New Oxford to Arendtsville featured a 4 1 loss in the second game of a series. Pitching duel style ball saw Eline Felix and Lady star in the effort as Arendtsville pressed hard but could not overcome an eighth inning error.
Council met with all members present. Minutes of prior meeting approved. Building permit issued to Misses Bawden. Street committee to install iron crossings at F Martin’s and other spots. Lamp posts removal requested and referred. Town property committee to place lamps at pumping station. New gaage motion carried by council. Sanitary conditions reported OK. Bills totaling 174.74 approved for payment. water 481.64 and borough 93.10.
A list of marriage license pairs includes Allen Hershey of Mast Berlin and Ajima Chronister of York Springs. Norman D. McClear of Cumberland and Janetta G. Hoffman of Fairfield. James M. Kint and Rosa Belle Currens of Mummasburg. James L. Reever of Freedom and Emma M. McSherry of Straban. Starry J. Schuyler of Arendtsyville and Annie R. Heilman of Gettysburg. Clarence T. Shull of Tyrone and Maggie J. McFetridge of Philadelphia. Samuel D. Knox of Cumberland and Emma Menchey of Gettysburg. William Poff of Hellam and Edna F. Tate of Huntington. Elton H. Myers of Huntington and Emma J. Boose of Latimore. Jesse S. Myers of Littlestown and Carrie M. Wallick of Germany. Ralph M. Trimmer of Cumberland and Alma Leech of Harrisburg.
A large St. Mary congregation picnic in Conewago Park McSherrystown along the new trolley line attracted thousands, ranking as one of the biggest events of its kind in the area on Monday.
The text declares peroxide cream the best formula for tan sunburn freckles and related skin conditions as chosen by a National Manufacturing Association for 7000 druggists. Ep T Au vxer A D S Representative.
Civil War general Daniel E. Sickles and his wife are reunited in New York after a twenty seven year separation. Mrs. Sickles had lived in Madrid Spain during the estrangement and traveled home with their son Stanton, who arranged the reunion by bringing them together.
It is understood that the Vatican has practically decided to appoint Monsignor Aversa, current apostolic delegate to Cuba, as apostolic delegate at Washington to replace Monsignor Paleonio, who will take another post and not be made a cardinal.
Twenty buildings burned in Shiremanstown Borough seven miles from Harrisburg with seven dwellings destroyed. The town has no fire department or water supply beyond wells and cisterns. Harrisburg and Mechanicsburg chemical engines saved the blaze though losses exceed $40,000, including $9,000 on St. John's Lutheran Church brick building.
The United States government grants John R Early a pension of 12 dollars a month as a supposed leprosy victim. He is supported by District of Columbia authorities though his Lynn North Carolina residence is not covered by state responsibility.
Potato bugs halted eight trolley cars at Bristol Connecticut blocking excursionists bound for Lake Compounce. Despite the heavy disturbance the bugs remained on the rails until car crews could sand the tracks to clear them.
Frank P. Sargent, last six years commissioner general of immigration, died at his Washington home after a second stroke of apoplexy and a severe fall weeks earlier. He leaves a widow and daughter.
John Czolgosz, brother of President McKinley’s assassin, was sentenced to the Sharon workhouse for three months. Police say Czolgosz is insane and his case will be investigated.
Red Bank New Jersey resident Henry M Nevins was elected commander in chief of the Grand Army of the Republic at the organization national encampment in Toledo Ohio.
In Geneva on September 8 Senator Philander C. Knox of Pennsylvania and his son escaped serious injury when their automobile skidded on a narrow road near Evian les Bains. The car left the road and rolled into a ditch. Knox was unhurt while his son suffered minor bruises. The vehicle was damaged beyond repair and sent to Paris for repairs. Knox continued toward Basel.
Police report Chester Jordan of Somerville confessed to killing his wife Honorah Jordan aged twenty three after a jealous quarrel. He described dismembering her body with a butcher knife razor and shears and burning remains in a Somerville house furnace and kitchen range. The torso trunk was later sent to Boston from Somerville station.
George M. Spiegle, a lumber merchant, shot his brother Harry Spiegle during a struggle over a revolver in George's Philadelphia office. Harry demanded money to travel to Tennessee. after a wrestled revolver and two misfired shots, the burst bullet hit Harry in the back as he stood on a stairway, dying hours later in a hospital.
William Cameron Thompson aged nineteen from Latrobe Pennsylvania drowned off Atlantic City as lifeguards and rescuer William Crawford tried to reach him. Thompson weakened and sank while far from shore. death attributed to heart failure per County Physician Louder.
New York reports that John Tuck a retired real estate dealer died after returning to a burning Brooklyn apartment to rescue a missing child. He had saved his mother first using his coat then carried the infant to safety before his burns proved fatal. Mrs Clampet and the child escaped serious harm.
City of Sydney passengers report Captain Joe Cannon, a Cornell graduate and leader in Honduran revolutions, was captured near Panama and sentenced to death. He allegedly killed fifteen men in his final stand before capture.
An excursion train bound for Moosic Lake derailed on the Dunmore and Moosic Lake line near Scranton Pennsylvania. Two cars overturned injuring thirty passengers though none suffered serious injuries.
Four year old Gisanto Rosino is charged with luring the daughter of a friend while a guest in Cliffwood New Jersey and murdering her after assault. Police hunt for Rosino in several towns as the body is found in a nearby gully after a nightlong manhunt. The child had been taken Sunday with her family seeking help through Monday after her mutilated body was recovered.
A 35 foot sloop capsized in Penobscot Bay off Deer Island causing seven drownings from a party of ten visitors. identified victims include Miss Alice Torre Miss Eleanor Torre Miss Kellogg Lutie Kellogg Mrs Lucy S Crawley Miss Elizabeth G Evans and Jason C Hutchins. Captain Haskell attempted rescue guiding survivors to the tender and instructing others to board the rowboat, but the women could not be saved.
In a Dunmore strike riot near Scranton Pennsylvania two women Mrs Adam Kavalko and Mrs Anna Cordlach were shot by state police while on a back porch at 813 Throp Street. Police call the shooting accidental as a crowd of strikers confronted escorted non union miners home.
In Philadelphia on September 8, 15 year old Anthony shot William, 13, while hawk shooting near their home. The older boy’s gun caught on a stump, struck William in the abdomen. Anthony and Edward moved the wounded boy a mile, then to a hospital where he died. Their mother is critically ill and unaware of the tragedy.
In Richmond Virginia on September 8 W R Yost of Henrico county attempted to help a tortured horse tied to a post after it kicked over a hive. A swarm of bees swarmed Yost and he lies in serious condition while the horse is dead.
Baltimore Sept 8 General Harrison Gray Otis publisher of the Los Angeles Times underwent a surgical operation at Johns Hopkins Hospital. The procedure was reported successful in every particular and the patient is said to be doing well.
General John W. Claus dies in New York at seventy one. Mrs. Arch Pickett kills her husband in Arkansas. Kermit Roosevelt joins a separate hunt in the Northwest. Marjorie Coast earns a Carnegie medal for river rescue in Iowa. Charles Hall dies from injuries in Pennsylvania. Rear Admiral Henry Glass passes away in California. Vina Wood saves her brother at Port Huron, but Clayton drowns. William G. Haas is attacked in Erie. Bank insolvency closes The First National Bank in Niles. Brig. Gen. Calvin deWitt dies at Fort Yellowstone. Diver William Small suffers heart attack. Grand Army encampment to be held in Salt Lake City. Emanuel Mandel dies in Basel. William Owen Sossaman killed in Mobile. Edwin Gage commits suicide in New York. George Hawker killed by train. Navy yard renames Wyoming to Cheyenne. William Wolfram critically injured in South Bethlehem. John Y. Smith dies in Richmond. Frank Lesman commits suicide near Scranton. Flora Fagin drowns near M Iville. Mrs Edward Smoot kills husband in Flemingsburg and self-injures. Carroll Hall and Flossie Hall die in separate shooting incidents.
Baltimore markets feature firmer wheat with No 2 spot around 95 to 100 cents. Butter prices hold steady for creamery and prints, with Maryland and Pennsylvania dairy prints quoted between 16 and 26 cents per pound, while various corn and other grains show mixed figures.
Cattle steady at 6.25 for choice, prime 5.80 to 6.25. Hogs: heavies and mediums 7.25 to 7.30, Yorkers 6.00 to 6.90, sows 5.75 to 6.00. Sheep and lambs steady, prime lambs 6.00 to 6.10, culls and common 3.80 to 4.50.
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