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Newspaper
New Oxford Item
Location
New Oxford, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Dec 05, 1907
Page
3
A fragmentary poem quoted by James E. Richardson in The Reader, invoking The Spinners and themes of sorrow sleep and love. It asks about weaving and reaving fate with strands of hair and rope styled as a ritual of mourning and toil amid names Eld Weird Hate Love Cole and grim imagery of curtal ax.
Katherine, a bright fifth grader, reads a tale of a prince imprisoned in a Cedar Room. Her curl catches in a shutter and she becomes trapped, only to learn from her mother that a simple window release would have freed her. The girl’s quick misjudgments and a playful twist end with communal laughter and a moral.
Francis Wilson proposed a bright one act tragedy to an amateur dramatist. The sketch opens with two lovers on a sofa, a traveling husband enters, shots are fired, and both fall dead. The would be killer then notes he is on the wrong floor under a chestnut tree.
The Journal of the Department of Agriculture for Western Australia endorses using red ants from South America to prey on rabbits. The ants are said to invade burrows and kill young rabbits within a day, potentially providing a biological control for the pest.
An undertaker named Roberts in Wathamstow England received 25000 dollars from an old gentleman who admired his act of burying a murdered woman and child at his own expense rather than laying them in a pauper's grave.
Burmah is cited as a leading gingle crop nation relying on rice for prosperity, akin to Hawaii's sugar and the Philippines on Qemp, highlighting monocrop dependence in global economies.
The piece argues humans work by fate and choice, tracing labor from primitive societies to modern industry. It cites Ward and Fourier, noting slavery's role in founding work habits, the transformation of peoples and races, and how leisure risks loss of caste while useful arts sustain society.
The Canonbury Tower rebuild promises to preserve a London landmark with a rich past. Once connected to Canonbury House dating back to 1362, the site counts notable residents from Lord Keeper Coventry to Oliver Goldsmith. The tower’s rooms and history link to Tudor and early modern England, including tales of raids, politics, and poetry.
Librarians across London report a clear drop in readers of fiction while interest shifts toward travel, history, and biography texts. The trend reflects changing public taste and book demand.
A formula for a leather finishing varnish calls for ten parts fuchsine and five parts methyl-violet dissolved in water or sand bath in 100 parts of ninety degree alcohol. Then five parts benzoic acid are added and boiled five to ten minutes until a brilliant bronze color is achieved.
A historical tale describes wireless operators hearing three taps every midnight. Investigations show no earthly sender, hinting the message arises from beyond Earth. References to Mars in 1901 describe a triangle of three luminous dots visible through telescopes, stirring questions about extraterrestrial communication.
The text projects wheat growth in western Canada with 8 580 000 acres in 1910 and a 20 bushel per acre yield, estimating 171 600 000 bushels. It notes Britain imports about that amount annually and foresees Canada possibly becoming John Bull’s bread basket while considering home use, seed, and export limits. The idea is drawn from Herbert Vanderhoof’s John Bull’s Bread-Basket in Metropolitan Magazine.
Report notes 250000 miles of cable lie on the ocean floor with a value of about 250000000 dollars. The cost to manufacture and lay this undersea cable is around 1000 dollars per mile, highlighting a huge capital outlay for transoceanic communications.
Alexander Hume Ford reports New Jersey ready to adopt the Western system of Pullman sleepers, buffet and freight cars on trolley lines. New York City could gain a vast new service linking the metro area with Jersey towns and country homes.
A collection of aphorisms about money work love and behavior drawn from Pointed Paragraphs in the Chicago News. The quips touch on time versus money reputation courtship and motivation with a humorous tone.
A new metal called madel is produced at Sudbury Ontario by the Canadian Copper Company. It combines copper nickel iron and other district minerals, claiming lower cost and rust resistance while matching nickel ductile strength for general industrial use, though not necessarily nickel steel armor plate, per the American Metal Worker.
Rice is described as the world's leading cereal and foremost crop in the Philippines. In Asia rice constitutes about half of the population's food supply, underscoring its vital role in regional nutrition and agriculture.
Uncle Allen Sparks quips about a man who incessantly speaks of the higher life and universal brotherhood yet neglects practical matters like changing his socks. The remark blends humor with a critique of impractical ideals.
Four and a half tons of bullets were excavated from a hill behind a rifle range at Yarmouth England. The raid captures two years of local volunteer shooting. They sold for 122.50 dollars per ton.
London readers debate the city’s unmarried population remarking that Westminster has 88,804 unmarried women and proposing the playful nickname Westapinster as a social jab in the London Bystander.
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