08 Dec 1905
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Newspaper
New Oxford Item
Location
New Oxford, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Dec 08, 1905
Page
1
A unnamed narrator recalls a yearlong separation from Muriel a beloved woman. Their friendship endures as Muriel becomes engaged to another man, leaving the narrator to confront love, loss, and enduring loyalty while imagining a future novel.
A Northville resident recalls a superb Adirondack buck killed near Benson and weighing about 400 pounds in the woods. The dressed weight the day after kill was 300 pounds with seven wounds noted. The deer changed hands for $33 in Northville and Gloversville before its final destination at a political barbecue.
The Cleveland Plain Dealer quotes an eminent legislator say he was insulted by an invitation to attend a musical farce. His wife retorts that the audience expected something else, and the exchange turns on reception of the work titled The Grafcer.
Researchers using glass-bottomed boats report Monterey Bay California hides a vivid underwater forest. The seabed hosts sea oranges gren ribbons horse tail sea pompous and other plant life, some towering up to 30 feet in height.
In a periodical reflection, concerns arise over feminine fashion tilting masculine this autumn. Leather accents, bowler inspired hats, and walking sticks appear as gifts for women, prompting fears such styles may erode daintiness. Ambrosia notes continuing generational influence, while Harper's Weekly asserts male roles remain secondary on some levels of nature.
The piece surveys winter fashion with pale pink blouses featuring yoke embroidery, fullness below the waist on new coats, white shirt waists for cold days, and lightweight diaphanous scarfs. It notes a blue batiste blouse with a delicate dragon motif and Japanese-inspired fine work.
A historical column tallies forty five football deaths and many serious injuries over five years, attributing most fatalities to unnecessary roughness. It lists twenty eight major injuries including skull fractures and spinal damage, noting internal injuries and brain concussions as leading causes.
An amusing entertainment invites girls to a "new-fashioned candy pull" with riddles based on candy names. Attendees are urged to wear old clothes and aprons as an old fashioned candy pulling bee follows the game.
The piece praises American women seamstresses earning income from making lingerie waists. It extols a specific waist with sheer material, hem stitched tucks, deep yoke, and French knots, comparing it to a baby's garment. It notes American waists are not sold in lots and prices don’t drop like other handmade waists.
The Pittsburg Gazette reports Professor Chamberlain of Clarke University found women show greater ability than men in areas from acting and adaptability to diplomacy, politics, memory, patience, perception, and endurance. The list highlights superior traits across multiple domains.
A summary of recent scientific and social observations suggesting women possess greater development and vitality than men. The piece cites Montgomery and other data across invertebrates and vertebrates, noting female superiority in size, nervous specialization, and reproductive complexity, with examples from insects and bees.
At Union Station last night onlookers laughed as J. P. Sparker of Squirrel Hill missed the 9 o'clock train because his greyhound refused to stay home. The dog followed the cab from home to the station, barked at Sparker, and forced him to forgo the早train and ride a later one back to Squirrel Hill.
A Gary Gulch Vindicator editor, alerted by a newspaper item calling Comanche Pete a hustler, confronts Pete at the office with two revolvers drawn, aiming to prevent a threatened visit. The confrontation unfolds as Pete enters the room amid rising tension.
A mounted fox owned by I R Nelson of Winchester New Hampshire was killed in January. It resembles the cross silver and woods gray fox yet is distinct with a six inch black spot on the fore shoulder, black silver tipped sides, a red spine, and a long coarse coat. Standing seventeen and a half inches high and weighing twelve and three quarter pounds it is deemed unlike woods gray or cross fox by fur experts.
A Philadelphia Inquirer item lists a long set of prescribed female virtues and duties. It emphasizes sewing, cooking, mending, gentleness, time value, neat dress, secrecy, industry, self reliance, bread making, temper control, childcare, elder respect, housekeeping, avoiding gossip, and being a suitable wife while avoiding trashy literature.
A Paris tramp identified by police as Nicholas Glulot, once a chemistry professor at the University of Paris, carried documents proving his past as a noted lecturer. Investigations show he was sent to the Congo to study geological and related conditions, and he now pleads for a week in prison for food and shelter.
The Philadelphia North American notes that a Chinese boy's queue marks a major life event comparable to a American boy getting trousers. The queue is used in geometry class to draw arcs and circles, illustrating cultural quirks and student ingenuity.
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