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Newspaper
New Oxford Item
Location
New Oxford, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Dec 13, 1906
Page
6
A reflective meditation on success and virtue contrasting wealth with character. The speaker condemns hollow triumphs and extols humble integrity, love, and service as the enduring rewards of human effort.
In a busy upper-floor playroom the Hale sisters and their mothers react to Wilhelmina Malcolm's convulsions. Eleanor Winthrop and friends call for a doctor as each family hurriedly administers improvised remedies while Mrs Williams and Mrs Malcolm fret over the child’s condition.
Laughing girls fool a doctor by pretending Wilhelmina in a tub is convulsing. Eleanor and Bridget eventually reveal the ruse as the doctor prescribes molasses candy and a vertical inspection ends with a candy haul for the “invalid.”
The most costly garment in the United States is a Hawaiian ceremonial cloak stored at the National Museum in Washington. Made from yellow feathers of native birds, it was a gift from King Kamehameha I to Commodore J. H. Auntick and once belonged to Tamehamehka. The feathers and labor valued the cloak at about a million dollars. The piece illustrates the lost Hawaiian feather work, worn by kings and high chiefs, and its royal significance at coronations and state ceremonies. Helen Keiler’s health has improved. she remains cared for at Mrs. Sullivan-Macy’s home in Wrentham, Massachusetts.
The article discusses that phonetic spelling is the ideal yet acknowledges the massive upheaval required for full reform. It notes the impracticality of rapid alphabetic reconstruction and stresses practicality, human nature, and gradual change as essential to the Simplified Spelling Board’s campaign.
The text argues two dangers unlimited profit and the misuse of mental power by stronger individuals. It envisions future social controls like limits on profits and a ban on exploiting others with intellect, likening mental power to physical force that must be restrained for communal welfare.
A traveler through American culture notes rising musical literacy and interest across the nation. He argues factors like leisure time and new technologies boost access to music and deepen understanding beyond simple popular tunes.
The Culturiat essay argues that dogs reveal human decency by flattery of a stranger’s loyalty and virtues. It asserts dogs model gratitude, enterprise, initiative, affection, patience, and courage, shaping character from early childhood lessons.
Excerpted lines from Reflections of a Bachelor in the New York Press offer wry maxims on love money duty and social norms. The quips touch on planning happiness music lessons mourning poverty and courtship behavior with humorous bite.
European scientist J J Laudin Chabot argues in Physikalische Zeitschrift that radio activity shows analogies with ebullition and with albumen decomposition. He links unstable atomic states to explosive-like transitions, compares this to boiling liquids, and suggests cyanogen as a semi living molecule in living matter. He asserts life and radio activity follow similar decay laws and share limited lifespans.
An excerpt notes how Quito in 1538 banned attorney Bachiler Guevara from practicing law after his arrival stirred conflicts. The Cabildo forbade him to advise or participate in litigation under penalties of 100 pesos and one year banishment on a second offense.
San Francisco reports the death at 79 of Tom Sawyer, pioneer and veteran volunteer fireman linked to Mark Twain as the supposed real original of the famous character. The note ends with a quirky aside about whether sponges belong to the plant or animal kingdom.
Practical guidance on caring for hot water bags lamps and dust removal for ferns and carpets. Tips include filling bags through a funnel to avoid rotting rubber, inverting lamps to clean dust, placing paper bags over chimmers, preserving maidenhair ferns in boiled water, and saving rug roving to patch worn spots while removing soot promptly.
A brief instructional note explains how to reduce oven temperature quickly by closing the door, using the flue damper, and removing a ring from the hot plate if the oven runs too hot, thereby cutting heat without letting cold air in.
A short note asserts potatoes have cleaning properties. Cold potatoes substitute for soap to wash hands and keep skin soft. Boiling water from twenty potatoes is said to be excellent for sponging dirt from silk.
A collection of do it yourself instructions for mending tin pans with solder, making household slushes, browning brushes with initials, and several fish dishes including haddock souffle creamed codfish and salmon pudding with sauce. Practical advice mixed with recipes and frying tips.
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