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Newspaper
New Oxford Item
Location
New Oxford, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Apr 23, 1908
Page
1
A Chicago News style digest notes rumors that Germany may make electricity a imperial monopoly. It argues municipal electric systems vary in profitability and warns state control could raise rates, impede private power, and burden cities with debt while gas could gain.
Laura promised to marry Crisper as his chest swelled with triumph. He mocked rivals Winship and Gawtrey, noting Winship’s elegance and failure to win Laura, while Crisper’s plain features and strong voice stood out as decisive factors in the imagined betrothal.
A well dressed young man in a downtown restaurant displayed a roll of fifty one thousand dollar bills to an older friend. When urged to hide the money he laid a revolver on the table and said it would protect it. The scene, cited from the Philadelphia Record, suggested a risky cash haul from a solvent institution.
While touring Plainville with a visitor, Colonel Bingham reveals a vacant block slated for a town hall and public lecture space funded entirely by voluntary subscriptions. He notes he has personally raised five hundred dollars for the project.
A satirical letter from the Live Oak Florida Democrat denounces the razorback hog as a degenerate monster and allegory of starvation, arguing praising it would insult the memory of Epicurus and degrade civilization.
Distinguished British scientist asserts successful psychic tests with Mrs Piper and Mrs Verrall. He believes messages from the dead were obtained and that mediums are controlled, proving intelligence survives death and can speak to the living.
The government bids for infested pine timber as it moves to curb the pine bark beetle. All infested timber, standing or felled, will be sold fast and debris burned to prevent spread. Officials warn the beetle could reach other regions if unchecked, offering timber at very low prices to buyers.
Texas yams are praised as superior to Northern and Georgia varieties in the Dallas News. The piece extols the sweet, luscious potatoes as appetizing and seductive, claiming they inspire poetry and song and outshine rival crops in flavor and appeal.
Arthur W. Towne, secretary of the State Probation Commission, outlines in Albany the extensive vagrancy problem in New York. More than 31,000 people were given free lodging in 1906, with 1907 numbers likely similar. many youths as young as ten or twelve received food and shelter, while prisons provide little incentive to reform. Towne urges abolition of free lodgings by police and jails and replacement with work-based relief. winter lodging in jail attracts tramps, raising annual costs and ineffective punishment. He highlights ride stealing, youth arrests, and calls for stronger rail patrols and industrial colonies for habitual vagrants.
A Country Gentleman excerpt explains beef toughness arising from connective tissue and muscle cell texture. It notes older cattle show coarser meat with larger muscle fibers and more connective tissue, increasing toughness compared with younger animals of similar quality.
Orange Judd Farmer advises using salt in various home remedies. Gargling with salt water treats sore throats, inhaled salt eases nasal congestion, heated salt bags provide heat without moisture for sprains, salted vinegar compresses help sprains, salted water foot baths aid tired feet, salt with soda relieves bee stings, and a weak solution may prevent hair loss.
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