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Newspaper
New Oxford Item
Location
New Oxford, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Aug 27, 1908
Page
17
A quoted verse expresses playful affection for a frequent liar who buys books in bulk and sends gifts. The speaker admires the liar’s chorus of boasts about meetings and pretty women, savoring food drink and home fires while declaring a particular fondness for the liar himself. The poem blends affection with sly humor in a reflective tone.
In a tale from Youth's Companion, a freight trainer recalls Katzatoa, a Kiowa giant who befriends him after rescuing him from a buffalo stampede. Their bond endures through captivity, Apache attack, and a harrowing river fight before Katzatoa guides him back to Arkansas.
A Bengali youth Khurdiram Bose, who threw the Mozufferpore bomb that killed Mrs. and Miss Kennedy, was arrested while seated at Waini station eating rice. Constables noted his stopped saliva and unease, then seized him before he could shoot himself. The incident cites a traditional Indian police trick using saliva and fear to identify the guilty.
Los Angeles dispatch reports thousands of savage blackbirds feasting on fruit and nests, attacking dogs and pedestrians. Birds dive and strike with wings and sharp beaks, targeting eyes and heads, especially near trees with nests.
A taxicab driver joked that a rider overpaid by double, paying $2 for a $1 ride. The comic remark noted the meter and the passenger’s apparent confusion as the driver implied a sighting of double.
A sporting authority states the fishhook design has remained the same for 200 years. The remark is met with a humorous aside about fish lyin and a quip from the Omaba Beo.
Observations on social climb and the vanity of leadership. An ant colony and a human society contrast the futility of social ambition with the wish for ordinary life and real human ties. The piece questions what truly matters in life.
The account depicts villagers driven from homes in the Caucasus during the Russian invasion as Cossacks and troops loot shelters and burn villages. Women and children suffer starvation, exposure, and capture while some are harmed during the assaults. many perish in forests and snow. Harper's Magazine.
Language usage debates reveal how future time is often shown by context rather than verbs. The piece argues present tense can deliver clearer, stronger meaning as in Paul’s call to action “Let us eat and drink, for tomorrow we die.”
Harper's Magazine recalls Cleopatra as Egypt’s alluring ruler whose charm and wit defined the Nile region. The piece notes Alexandria as her glittering capital, Antony’s devotion, and her dramatic death, leaving a lasting royal imprint on Egypt and the sea port city.
The text states Lyell measured the mean land height above the SEG at 1,000 feet and the mean ocean depth at least 12,000 feet. It presents these as reported values without additional context or dates.
Dr. A Calmette in La Revue du Monde argues the sewer rat migrates with civilization, multiplies rapidly, and devastates crops and stores worldwide. He cites past spread from Persia to Europe and America, with examples of island infestation and cargo damage, urging a general war on rats to keep habitable conditions.
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