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Newspaper
New Oxford Item
Location
New Oxford, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Aug 06, 1908
Page
14
Recent instances of youth facing personal crises show many causes labeled as trivial. The notes indicate pattern in public records and school reports, highlighting concern over coping mechanisms and early warning signs.
A compilation of suicides by hanging poison and self harm among youth and adults in multiple cities, with Salvation Army figures and remarks on social strain. Also included is Consul Gracey on rising living costs in China, detailing rents, wages, and price shifts across Shanghai Hong Kong and Tsingtau.
The New York World cites police and health officials noting a flood of youthful personal crisis reports and violent deaths in New York in 1907. Officials say hard times drive many cases, with two thirds of crisis reports linked to youths and a small share to ages ten to fifteen.
T C Newton and two Chicago railroad men recall the Chicago and Alton Railroad introducing the world’s first dining car on the Chicago to St Louis run. They contrast its candlelit oilcloth setup with today’s mahogany cars and elaborate menus. Capital invested in Canadian factories stands at 834 million dollars, up 86 percent in five years, with factory workers rising 13 percent and wages 43 percent.
Edward L. Young discusses the hand's role in tool use and skill, noting the thumb's opposability, variations in nail growth, and lines on nails as health indicators. It cites fingerprint studies by Scotland Yard, left-handed prejudice, and physiological symmetry between limbs.
Howells satirically defends nurserymen arguing their erraticism stems from Nature and occupation. He warns that dealing in horses real estate and trees corrupts character, as nurserymen overpromise, mislead about planting timing, and scarce stock prompts unsuitable substitutions and delays.
A man dies in an Illinois county poorhouse after inheriting 100000 dollars. His sister, rich in wealth but poor in spirit, left him to a life in poverty for twenty years. The piece declares money useless without love and happiness and condemns the love of money as a disease.
Parisians harvest rats as a cash crop. A rat pound houses thousands of rodents in a walled pit. A nightly dead horse disposal yields meat by rats. Monthly gas mains a rat culled and the skins processed into leather and kid gloves.
A Birmingham News physician explains that hydrophobia is a germ disease not tied to temperature or climate. Dogs can suffer year round, and the mention of dog days is a myth. panicked owners kill healthy animals unnecessarily. Take precautions, not drastic action.
A California riding instructor recounts a cowboy's failed attempt to ride an ostrich in the United States. The bird fought by grabbing the rider and trampling him, necessitating three people to separate them. the tale casts doubt on stories of natives riding ostriches in Africa and Australia, per the New York Press.
The New York Press argues humans are not amphibious by nature and must acquire swimming through skill and effort. It notes animals have light heads and lack fear of water, while humans’ heavy brains and skulls hinder flotation yet mastery makes man superior to all land animals except fish in natation.
The Buffalo Express cites the Railroad Gazette urging passengers to complain and report abuses to headquarters to improve service. It notes most travelers fear job loss for employees and seldom file reports, allowing offenses to recur and degrade travel quality.
A newly shipped product from a renowned New England plant is a three-ply leather belt measuring 141 feet in length and seventy two inches in width.
Report notes carriages on the French Northern railway lit by acetylene show satisfactory results. In Australia the Parliament passes a bill to grant bounties to iron manufacturers.
Newsboys in Kansas City form a union and Belgian coal miners face wage cuts. Alberta adopts workmen compensation. farmers unions draw closer to organized labor. Cutters consider eight hour day. Germany reports 125000 unskilled in GFTU. Central Federated Union seeks price inquiry into Beef Trust. England unemployed 1908 7.6 vs 3.3 in 1907. Vancouver uses union label in printing. Fair wage clause in provincial contracts. Boston unions urge liquor serving ban for women. War Dept urged to hire under union conditions. Cigar makers seek union home site. San Antonio seen as likely. Estimated cost about 400000.
Paris to fine large hats in theaters. Mrs Egbert Parnell of Australia patents perforated underwear. Mary Mannering sues James K Hackett for divorce. Mrs Cornelius Vanderbilt tops Newport taxes with 1 010 200 valuation. Mount Vernon board battles flies spurred by women’s clubs. Mme Alla Nazimova buys 40 000 land in Byram Hill. Mrs Herty Green never uses a telephone despite busy business. Art Students League offers prizes from W T Evans to ambitious young men and women. Mrs Humphrey Ward opposes women’s rights as anti suffrage leader. The Figaro reports Mile Vallieres engagement to Jean Joseph Edmond Wes. Laura C Carnell dubbed Dean of Deans at Temple University Philadelphia.
A 130 mile long railway built by the Austrian government to serve Trieste traverses 679 bridges and viaducts and passes through forty nine tunnels.
The report cites total gains of 834 million dollars with factory workers seeing a 43 percent rise over five years, reflecting broad growth in industrial output and earnings across the sector.
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