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Newspaper
New Oxford Item
Location
New Oxford, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Apr 09, 1908
Page
11
A dramatic speaker recounts a mother at the gallows by a tree. She laments her broken heart asking for sympathy as Mother Mary and Jesus respond with words of peace and shared sorrow for all the world. The verse contrasts private grief with divine empathy.
In May 1878 the narrator and Len Gaskett travel from Fort Laramie toward Montana aboard a buffalo-skin bull-boat. After losing their ponies in a flash flood, they evade a Blackfoot hunter and survive rapids by skill and luck. A later ruse by Gaskett turns danger into a friendly encounter as they continue to the Yellowstone and reach a heading steamer.
An overview of germ roles, distinguishing good from bad microbes, and how proper hygiene and a strong resistive system prevent infections. It explains incubation, contagion versus infection, and practical advice on living conditions, diet, and ventilation to reduce disease risk.
A London press discussion asks if marriage is too expensive, citing dress and pleasure driving costs and women's independence. The piece challenges the view that women seek marriage for subservience and notes some women prefer bachelorhood, arguing for equal worth of single life.
The narrator and Len Gaskett flee along a river in a bul boat while a lone Blackfoot Indian presses their escape. Len guards the riverbanks, plans a quick strike, and they improvise a trench camp to endure, fearing pursuit and noting arrows near their position.
Rutile described as the purest ore of titanium and expected to drive demand for bearings and axles in flying machines. A large deposit discovered in Timaroo district Queensland.
A curious tale notes a gentleman capturing a spider and weighing it. By measuring meals, the spider reportedly ate four times its weight at breakfast, nine times at dinner, and thirteen times its weight at supper, illustrating a striking daily intake.
The count of permanently designated minor planets rose to 635 by June. Many reports prove duplicates of known asteroids, with fifteen such re-findings recorded in 1906 and the first half of 1907.
The article notes Switzerland's early forest system by year one thousand and scientific forestry by the fifteenth century. It cites Louis XIV recognizing forest decline in France long before. Today France spends 34 dollars per acre to reforest watersheds, while Italy bears a 20 dollar per acre cost.
French aviator Henry Farman, winner of the Deutsch Archdeacon prize, predicts an aeroplane omnibus will cover Paris to London in five hours. He asserts that within a year air travel could reach seventy five to one hundred miles at a fraction of automobile running costs for the same distance.
Raphael Dubois reports to the Academy of Sciences experiments with phoshorescent animalculae that illuminate a room with moonlight intensity. The light is produced without radiant heat, by cultivating many microorganisms in suitable media.
Lieutenant Albert S. Jones of the National Rifle Association warns that about 15 million untrained civilians lack small arms skills while only 85 thousand are trained. He calls for civilian rifle clubs with national and state trophies to spur training and urges reading his Harper's Weekly article.
A New York Press note describes bakers testing oven temperature by tossing in flour. rapid browning signals the oven is ready, a method labeled a quick oven.
A gravestone ad in a Harlesden undertaker's shop bears the message You may telephone from here as cited by the London Daily Mail.
The San Francisco Call recalls a severe rat infestation in 1852 when uneven sidewalks on Kearny and Montgomery streets made the town dangerous at night. Rats of colors gray white brown and black swarmed the streets, forcing women to stay indoors and men to dodge ro dents. Some killed rats by stepping on them or using makeshift tools.
The London Practical Teacher notes fourteen thousand Berlin youths rely only on bread and coffee for meals, lamenting urban social organization. The piece compares Berlin to English towns, urging recognition of widespread hardship in great population centers.
The article notes a historical rise in per capita sugar consumption in the United Kingdom from twenty nine and a half pounds fifty years ago to nearly one hundred pounds today, reflecting changing dietary habits and tastes.
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