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Newspaper
New Oxford Item
Location
New Oxford, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Sep 17, 1908
Page
2
Public notice from New Oxford publishing weekly issues by H. J. Smith. Subscriptions run $100 per year in advance with $1.50 rate if unpaid within the year. Discontinuance requires notice at expiration to avoid a new engagement. Advertising rates offered and printing services described.
A collage of incidents from York Haven to Kane highlights child burns, fatalquin deaths, robberies, suicides, and fires. Notable items include a 14 month old burned by a hot stove lid, workers crushed at Oil City, a dynamite blast in Bethlehem Works, William Booth found after a missing week, and a nurse’s infant drowned during a house fire rescue. An 8 year old saves his mother’s life amid oil lamp explosion, while a 14 year old Elizabethtown boy dies by self-inflicted gunshot after threatening to skip school. The column notes local burglars entering the Wolf cottage, a church fire in Williamsport, and civic notices alongside ads for Arnica Salve and L M Paint.
Detectives Burnett of Hagerstown and Meat of Baltimore tracked a group of boys who broke a W M A R box car on the Highfield switch and stole candy cigars tobacco and pipes valued at 10 to 15. They recovered much of the loot found in outbuildings on various properties on the mountain after questioning Buena Vista School pupils. Prosecutions may follow.
Thomas Stine a Felton miller keeps tame wild geese after hatching eggs from a nest. The birds roam daily over the town to a marsh and return each night. He fears their first honk may lure them south and plans to cut their wings to keep them from flying away.
Benjamin Tracey aged 19 from Pa tapeco Carroll county was fatally struck by a southbound freight train while walking along the W M railroad tracks near Westminster just after midnight Monday. He belonged to Co H First Reg Maryland National Guard stationed at Westminster and had left the armory with a friend to walk home. After being struck he was taken to Union Protestant Infirmary Baltimore where he died Tuesday morning.
The piece notes that under Section 499 of the Postal Laws no newspaper may print prize winners listings or advertise lotteries or gift enterprises. It warns that distributing such material via mail is a misdemeanor risk with fines up to 500 dollars or one year in prison, or both.
The undersigned will sell at public sale on Friday September 12 1908 at the National Hotel Bonneauville One Car Load of Steers Heifers and Bulls also 12 fresh Cows and close springers Stock described as good and fine all stock to be sold rain or shine sale to begin at 1 60 o clock p m H J March G R Thompson Auctioneers
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