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Newspaper
New Oxford Item
Location
New Oxford, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Aug 01, 1907
Page
1
A reflective portrait of a gentleman dog with a noble pedigree. The pet is described as dignified and unfailingly kind, never spreading unkind rumours or snubbing a stray. He meets others with direct, confident eyes, free from diffidence or arrogance.
Narrative recounts Lieut. Biddle of the Seventh Cavalry at Fort Lincoln and the Tongue River campaign in 1876-77. During a buffalo hunt he misfires, cripples his horse, and suffers a sprained ankle after a dramatic chase, while Sing Sing Star of Hope fills in with first-person color.
Italian crime reports show 3106 murders and 93768 wounds in 1903, with fewer killings than the prior year due to better surgery but more injuries. Across 27 years, about 97000 violent deaths and 2,000,000 wounded, Sicily worst at 42 murders per 100,000 in Girgenti. Naples lower, Bergamo only one murder per 100,000 in the north.
Major-Gen Henry Ronald Douglas MacIver, a prolific soldier of fortune with service in the Confederate army and many other nations, died alone at 228 West Twenty-second Street. Born 1841 off Virginia, he fought in Cuba, Brazil, Argentina, Crete, Greece, Spain, Bosnia, and the American Civil War. He authored Under Fourteen Flags and earned medals from rulers worldwide. He was last living in New York, with a long, globetrotting career and a pending Scottish inheritance claim.
A Philadelphia Records anecdote recalls odd tips from diners at a principal hotel. A prosperous looking man paid his bill then handed a cough drop as a coin, while a preacher type offered chewing tobacco. The waiter says he never mentioned these tips and has seen them again since.
Lovett complains after losing ten dollars and jokes about kicking himself. He asks the girl of his heart to speak to her father that evening, in a brief Brooklyn Citizen item.
New York City has earned a reputation for the most disc urteous railway employees among world cities, reflecting persistent frustration with transit service and worker behavior.
The London Express reports Newfoundland whalers seek to market whale hide for glove leather, noting the vast carcasses yield baleen and usable intestines. Experts question skin quality but suggest whale intestine could become durable driving or motoring gloves if pliable and tough enough.
Billy Powell recalls a Berkeley track day where he claims multiple world records in low hurdles 220 yard dash and long jump. He describes a dramatic finish with a dream of a varsity mark and a playful exchange with Olie Snedigar about record verification and a buried rubber home plate joke.
A collage of jokes and witticisms from various era magazines and newspapers. Quips touch on voting, clergy, pseudonyms, education, coaching contracts, medical advice, cooking, and politicians with punchy one liners and playful wordplay. Multiple lighthearted postcards of social humor and public figures.
A New York Tribune special notes the completed National Tehuantepec railroad and regular steamship service from Coatzacoalcos to US and European ports. It highlights Tehuana dress, markets, iguana meat, local manners, American plantations, and a Pan American rail spur toward Guatemala with expected year‑end completion.
The Imperial Railway Administration Bureau of Japan will build eighteen railways totaling 1275 miles in length, outlining a major expansion of the national network.
A Chicago Daily News verse piece ponders the futility of worry and fret. The speaker argues that worry does not help and fate remains unmoved. The tone is humorous yet reflective about daily anxieties and patience.
Judge Buffington showed friends a rare invitation received by Dr. Neal in China. The red envelope invited the physician to a reception by Yong Shih Gang the imperial governor of Shan Tung province. The note, written in boxlike Chinese characters, translates to a carefully settled present moon on the eighth day, afternoon six o'clock, half hour, clean cuffs, respectfully await the sight of your presence.
A Philadelphia Press item quotes a political leader and his wife as they discuss reassignment of a police officer to a beat and the peculiar note that the new officer should prefer rare beef, reflecting a lighthearted edge in the public life narrative.
A New York Sun report notes an enterprising girl profiting from salt ed peanuts sold to diners. The piece contrasts the rising popularity of peanuts with lingering prestige of almonds, suggesting peanuts may replace the almond at affluent tables if trends continue.
Dr D L Thomas medical officer of health for Stepney testified at Thames police court that 75 percent of tins from America arrive unlabelled. English firms later add their own labels and sell to the public. He had warned the government board five years earlier about the practice.
A reader recounts finding a stone statue in a field showing Cain slaying Abel. The sculpture appears ancient and unique with Cain kneeling and his arm raised, believed to mark the murder site mentioned in Tit-Bits.
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