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Newspaper
New Oxford Item
Location
New Oxford, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Dec 12, 1907
Page
8
The article notes that long standing belief in Brazil’s inability to grow wheat commercially is challenged by Rio Grande do Sul settlers. They report successful experiments yielding commercially viable wheat crops based on new methods and promising harvest prospects.
A minister told a Sunday school tale about Jacob's Ladder when a boy asked why angels need a ladder if they have wings. A second child replied that it was moulting time and they could not fly, prompting puzzled reaction from the class.
An old London curiosity shop specializes in heathen deities. Showcased items range from a heavy stone Aztec god to a marble Delty from Mandalay and a gilt joss from a Chinese temple, plus wooden carvings from Ju Ju land and West Africa.
An expert cited by the Philadelphia Record notes Japan supplies chief cities with filtered water and uses meters to bill users, asserting sanitary safeguards for public health have been effectively enforced according to Engineering News.
A young Texas teacher writes that after quitting coffee for Postum Food Coffee she gained clearer skin and better digestion. She notes reduced nervousness, improved complexion, and no headaches, praising the product and its preparation instructions from Postum Co. Battle Creek Michigan.
A New Idea column suggests substituting finely rolled cracker crumbs for part of the eggs in pumpkin pies. One rounded tablespoonful of cracker crumbs per pie replaces part of the filling, allowing three eggs to make three pies without a heavy or soggy texture, while improving nutrition and digestibility.
A New York Journal quote discusses diners’ dislike of cold plates, noting hot plates are a modern convenience. The speaker recalls meals with excellent food spoiled by cold service and muses on why some places still don’t use hot plates.
Select green or yellow split peas washed and soaked overnight. Simmer with four quarts cold water two cups peas pork ham bone or bacon optional for five to six hours. Add onions celery parsley an hour before serving. Strain, return, season, add milk if desired, thicken with flour and butter, cook ten minutes, serve with croutons.
A vintage tips list covers stain removal for iodine alcohol soap cocoa scorch blood grass mildew ink rust and more. Methods vary by substance using soap water kerosene bleach lemon juice salt glycerine ether turpentine or oxalic acid with cautions about fire and fumes.
Franklin P. Adams praises three great authors for their vast output of verse and prose. He notes their prolific signing of boilerplate works and lauds their enduring influence and wit in a playful exchange.
The article recounts color blindness as a long-understood condition with 130 year recognition. It cites Dalton in 1774 as the first to describe his own case, a red blind Quaker who confused scarlet with trees and nearly faced excommunication for the offense.
A humorous Atlanta Constitution anecdote shows a new debt collection idea. A talkative debtor brags about paying and the rich man ignores him at the gate, prompting a brisk offer of sixty cents and a quick exit.
The piece promotes the lobster cocktail as a superior alternative to oysters with instructions to prepare diced lobster meat chilled and served with cocktail sauce and pepper. It also details cream cheese uses with red Spanish peppers chives caraway and butter or cream for varied dishes.
An ironmaker highlights the six week effort to forge a massive chain across the Hudson at West Point to block a possible British assault on Kingston and Albany. Weighing about 200 tons and nearly a mile long, it required 60 workers at 17 forges, costing around $400,000.
The Boston fish mart at T wharf receives over 2,000,000 pounds of cod haddock hake pollock halibut and more in two days. About 100 schooners dock with crews averaging twenty men and earnings around 20 each outside of captains. Vessel catches vary from 5 000 to 75 000 pounds and crews range in size from five to twenty five.
German scientists claim a 150 pound man's material comes from white and yolks of 1200 hen eggs. If liquefied, he would yield 98 cubic meters of illuminating gas and hydrogen to lift 155 pounds. The body contains iron for seven nails, fat for fourteen pounds of candles, carbon for many crayons and phosphorous for 820000 matches, plus salts, sugar, and water.
Census Bureau reports 1820 artificial sea plants in the United States in 1905, a sharp contrast to only four in 1870. The figures reflect expanding industrial use of seawater related installations over the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
Published records of desertions in the past year show the cavalry bears the largest share. Coast artillery and infantry follow, field artillery smaller. Engineers report isolated French leaves, signal corps nearly none. Deserters from four negro regiments are fewer than from white regiments.
The article notes Illinois evolving into an oil state with rising production. Before 1900 Montgomery county produced 200 to 500 barrels annually. In August 1996 daily output topped 25,000 barrels, and by June 1907 daily production averaged 112,000 barrels from 5,214 wells across Clark Cumberland Crawford and neighboring counties. The 1906 state output accounted for 4 to 5 percent of US total.
Lucas County, State of Onto, Taiwan? The senior partner Frank J Cheney of Cheney & Co claims a reward of one hundred dollars for each catarrh case uncured by Hall's Catarrh Cure. The document is sworn before a notary on December 8, 156. The firm promotes Hall's Family Pills for constipation and lists Toledo as a location.
The article extols French highways as the best in the world due to meticulous preliminaries. Embankments are built in shallow layers, earthwork leveled and rammed, ditches cut at proper angles, rammed, and paved with stones near masonry.
Mrs Henry Porter of Albion Neb recalls a seven year run of scaly head and neck sores after measles. Treatments failed until the Cutiura Remedies, which she says healed the condition in about a week and total twelve days, with no recurrence since August 25 1906.
The first snow of the season began falling Saturday August 31 at 12 30 p m on Mount Washington marking the exact anniversary of last year’s first snowfall.
A Chicago woman writes of years of night sweats and weakness, claiming doctors advised surgery until a letter to Dr Hartman led to Peruna treatment. After four months she says she improved, supported by her family and small children. She offers to share details with others.
The Annapolis Valley Nova Scotia and nearby areas are touted as the world’s great apple region as this year’s yield tops 700000 barrels. Americans hold options on more than twice the typical imported amount, signaling strong demand and record production.
Advertises permanent cure for fits St. Vitus Dance and nervous diseases by Dr H R Kline. Claims $2 trial bottle and free treatise. Provides address 938t Arch St Philadelphia Pa.
Report states Germany alone exports about 20 million bird feathers each year to London for millinery use. The figure highlights a substantial trade in decorative plumage and reflects ongoing fashion demands in the capital.
An old advertisement touts Mrs Winslow's Soothing Syrup for teething babies. It claims gum softening inflammation relief pain reduction and wind colic cure with a 25 cent bottle price.
Old Dutch homes feature a door kept closed except on special occasions. The couple enters by this door at a wedding and the doorway is nailed shut until a death occurs, at which time it is opened to remove the body.
The highway connecting Chill and Argentina across the Andes, completing a South American transcontinental route from the Atlantic to the Pacific, is nearing finish with full opening anticipated next year.
Woolford’s Sanitary Lotion claims a thirty minute cure for itching. The slogan promises quick relief and a tested remedy while an unrelated note mentions Hamburg’s record for number of fires at its druggy gut facility.
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