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Newspaper
New Oxford Item
Location
New Oxford, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Aug 01, 1902
Page
7
American shipbuilders express optimism that ongoing steel industry development will enable building vessels here at lower cost and with higher quality than abroad without cutting wages. The Prospect envisions strong national craft and competitive industrial growth.
A Danish Navy commander, a Royal Greenwich School graduate, will head a special marine architecture course for cadets at MIT. He met Rear Admiral Bowles in Washington, then prepared to lead the program before resigning his Danish post to join the institute staff permanently.
Prof. Hubert Jansen of Germany announces a three language Technical Dictionary to be printed in English German and French. It will include about 50000 technical words with aid from 23 English speaking technical societies. The project aims to be epoch making.
In a humorous anecdote Carnegie recalls a magazine editor asking for an article on organization in business. Carnegie jokes about the cost being far beyond four figures and admits he could not sell it for less than its total cost, highlighting the high value he places on his work.
Puerto Rico shows a strong disposition to focus on practical matters. An automobile line serving tourists runs from San Juan to Perce. A plan to place powerful craw trailers on the same road is under consideration for foreign freight. Many roads are being built and the bull cart used for freight will soon disappear.
An old advertisement touts Allen's Foot-Ease as the sole remedy for swollen feet corns and exnions urging readers to shake into shoes for relief while walking. Also notes samples offered from LeRoy New York and lists various patent medicines and cures from multiple vendors with prices and locations.
An American woman writes from Cuba about life in Santiago and nearby areas. She notes colorful houses, a palm avenida, and a ball for officers and Americans, then contrasts old sanitation with new American improvements. She recalls visits to Morro Castle, Hobson’s dungeon, and battlesites near Daquiri, Cienfuegos, Havana’s modern streets, and the daily diet of coffee, bread, and meat-heavy meals.
Dr Hartman promotes Peruna as a cure for female troubles and catarrh with free correspondence offered to sick women. Letters from users in New York and Ontario praise its effects, claiming cures for bearing down, back pain, and lung catarrh, urging others to write for advice.
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