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Newspaper
New Oxford Item
Location
New Oxford, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Sep 24, 1908
Page
4
Hanover's Leading Tailors advertises fall and winter fabrics on display with hundreds of patterns. All clothing is man tailored and made in a sanitary shop with emphasis on fit style and quality. Garments bought or custom made are pressed cleaned and kept in repair for one year gratis.
Miss Helen Ruth leaves for Bucknell University in Lewisburg after high honors. Various relatives and residents visit town or travel: Rev Charles E Wehler, Carvin Diehl, F C McCadden, Mrs. Alice Miller, Herman Dunst family, Walter Winand family, and others. Incidents include a freight train collision at Meadville Junction killing Lynn Curtis and injuring two. Belin auto accident. coal prospect near Red Lion. and promotions for a millinery opening in Carlisle Street.
Four people die after a launch capsizes in Long Island Sound near Stratford Point Connecticut. Frederick L Roswell Mrs Roswell and two children perish while three other party members survive the voyage. A rescue party brings the survivors ashore after hours in the water.
Three boys were freed by a donkey placed by Col. Harry C. Trexler to protect 30 Shetland ponies in Allentown after last week’s chase killed two ponies worth 300 dollars each. The donkey stamped and bit as it treed them, ending the intrusion.
The National Manufacturing Association of 7000 druggists selected A D S Peroxide Cream as the best formula for tan sunburn freckles and related skin conditions. Ep T Auxer A D S Representative.
John Roberts and wife resisted Sheriff Mooney and deputies near Prestonia Missouri one mile from the Arkansas line during an arrest for killing neighbor Obe Kessinger. Mrs Roberts mortally wounded Sheriff Mooney and both she and Roberts and two deputies were seriously hurt. The pair held a barricaded defense for hours as the house was stormed and she died from fourteen wounds.
The drought worsens with streams lower than a century, Big Conewago Creek nearly dry near York Haven and no water passing the York Haven dam. Many fish die in stagnant pools while Red Lion Water Co. bans backyard sprinkling.
The Juniata River in Lewistown Pennsylvania has fallen two feet two inches below all recorded levels. No rain since June 30 has damaged crops with corn shrinking and late paste tomatoes failing across the Juniata valley.
Mahanoy City Pa Sept 22 The Buck Mountain and Vulcan collieries of the MilTl Creek Coal company shut down due to boiler water shortage in the Schuylkill field. The mines will stay idle until the drought ends. About 1500 workers are affected.
Firefighters battled spreading blazes around Lock Haven Pennsylvania as 1500 acres of state lands and 20 000 to 30 000 acres of corporate and private lands burned. A new fire roared up Nittany mountain forcing workers to toil through day and night. At Glen Union the flames forced volunteers to seek safety.
William Harrison of Riggles near Wilkes Barre Pa was arrested by state police and held on 500 bail for starting a forest fire. He admitted guilt saying he built the fire to burn weeds on his farm. The blaze has already caused thousands of dollars in losses.
Reports from Ashtola near Johnstown Pa say a forest fire is under control after burning several days. Ten million feet of logs at Ashtola and six million feet at Arrow were destroyed, with total losses estimated at $300,000.
In Allegheny County court records the Singer family disclosed that W H Singer of Pittsburg distributed 16 million dollars among his four children at a golden wedding supper on May 27. Each child received four million in checks bonds and deeds placed at their plates. The recipients include William Henry Singer Jr George Singer Mrs William Ross Proctor and Margaret Singer. The event, described as celebratory, highlighted one of the city’s oldest industrial families.
Bedford county farmer D J Blankenship bought unclaimed goods sold by the Norfolk and Western Railroad company for 6.50. In a clothing bundle he found a soldier’s outfit with $100 in gold and two diamond earrings worth a fortune.
A young man believed to be named Slay was found dead in Altoona Pennsylvania railroad yards. He appeared to have been struck by a passenger train while walking the tracks. A paper bearing the name Andy Oberle and a Snyder Steel company payroll check were found in his pocket. He was about twenty four years old.
Smallpox appears in Enola Cumberland county near Harrisburg with three quarantine cases under state health department orders. Investigators seek contagion source as Enola, a railroad town, employs over 10 000 workers and sees hundreds of railroad men pass through daily.
Reading the list of incidents from September includes deaths due to burns from old leaves in Olyphant Pa, a foreman shot in New York, a Princeton graduate found dead in Philadelphia, a child scalded in Philadelphia, and a man struck by a train in Devon Pa. Other notes cover factory hours, train dispatch methods, and multiple homicides or accidents with victims named from various states.
Market summary shows wheat firmer for No 2 spot with steady odds and quotes around 99 99% to 102 cents. Corn eased slightly year to 64 69 cents. Oats held firm with multiple No 2 and No 4 grades between 50% and 55 56 cents. Butter steady at 22 24 cents with prints at 24 25 cents. Eggs firm for Maryland Pennsylvania Virginia and West Virginia fancy grades around 22 23 cents.
At the Union Stock Yards in Pittsburg cattle prices show mixed levels with fresh quotes for prime beef and medium stock. Sheep and lambs move steadier with prime wethers around four dollars, calves and hogs show strong demand with notable price ranges for various weights.
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