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Newspaper
New Oxford Item
Location
New Oxford, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Dec 13, 1906
Page
7
The piece notes November as a volatile month in temperate zones with shifting weather precursors. It cites a New Hampshire law from 1837 setting a ten hour legal workday, and portrays era neuroracial views from Century Magazine discussing the limitations of negro development and cross-race mixing.
An overworked Ohio physician describes severe health decline from heavy practice and stress. He credits Grape-Nuts breakfast and bananas with rapid, lasting recovery, noting weight gain, restored vigor, and improved mental focus, and he shares the pamphlet The Road to Wellville.
The piece explains how pearl oysters are cultivated in Japan on the Mikimoto farm near Age Bay south of Ise. It details planting spat, growing for three to seven years, inserting nuclei to form pearls, and processing via a London Times style system with rotting, washing, classifying, and separators, achieving high yield with minimal pearl loss.
The piece notes a steady decline in jury trials in county courts from 1875 to 1905 with only 43 cases tried by juries in 1905, the lowest on record. It cites ten circuits in 1986 showing few jury trials and mentions judges’ bias as a factor, citing the Lesden Law Journal.
At a church fair in England a weight guessing contest of the pastor boosted receipts. The event drew attendees and added to the fair’s fundraising notes.
Mrs Alex Weeks of Newburgh recounts dramatic skin relief for her 17 month old baby after using Cuticura Soap and Cuticura Remedy. She notes rapid skin healing after the ailment worsened to peeling and describes ongoing use as essential. The claim includes age and weight details, praising the products.
The text promotes Allcock's Porous Plaster as the leading external remedy with sixty years of public use. It claims the product has the largest worldwide sales and outperforms imitations for a weak back chest cold or local pain from strain or cold, asserting it is unmatched.
Public attention again centers on France's declining birth rate after vital statistics for 1905 show 7 292 births, down 10 937 from 1903. The report notes a slight rise in marriages over 1894.
An advertisement claims Hall's Catarrh Cure can restore hearing damaged by inflammation of the Eustachian tube with a one hundred dollar reward for non curing cases. The British Australasian notes New Zealand's Habitual Criminals bill allows longer detention in reformatories after multiple convictions with wage credits for detained offenders and court-backed discharge.
Pleasant Porter, head of the Creek Nation, is named president of the Indian Central Railroad. The charter was filed at Guthrie with capitalization of $25,600,900. Plans call for 460 miles of track in Indian Territory and Oklahoma within two years, from Ponca City southeast to Paris Texas, with a branch toward Oklahoma City and Kansas City.
An advertisement extols Dr. Pierce’s Golden Medical DiscOVERY for torpid liver and digestive disorders. It claims to restore stomach activity, boost secretions, and cleanse poisons, urging avoidance of bread and biscuits and promoting continued use for vigor. It emphasizes known composition and endorsements by medical writers.
The New York Times reports on a land reclamation effort between Bridgeport and Stratford that turns salt meadow into productive hay and crops. Led by E J Hollister and Frank R Sammis, the work aims to yeld at least 45 to 100 dollars per acre with further soil treatment and cultivation of crops like corn celery and asparagus.
New Zealand Premier Richard Seddon urged troop dispatch to South Africa. When challenged over sending the colony’s men, he recounted signing a commission for his own son and dared him to return unwounded, silencing the critic.
Fearful pains and irregularities are described as common female woes best addressed by Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. Letters from Nellie Holmes and Tillie Hart praise relief from pain, regular cycles, and improved health, urging others to seek Mrs Pinkham's advice and treatment in Lynn Mass.
Black walnut is produced in the United States at about 33 million feet annually. Most supply now comes from Southwestern Missouri, Arkansas, Oklahoma, and Indian Territory, with smaller amounts found in Indiana, Ohio, Tennessee, and West Virginia. The largest remaining eastern stand lies along the Guyandotte River in West Virginia. Domestic demand is modest, used mainly for gun stocks and novelties, while Germany is the primary buyer, Hamburg serving as market hub.
Justice Geo E Law of Brazil Indiana nicknamed The Marrying Squire after having performed about 1400 marriages. He recalls kidney trouble ten years ago and credits Dean's Kidney Pills with curing him, noting nine years free from kidney issues. Also: Ecuador plans immigration of white German/Dutch families. 20th Century Limited service details. lace imports from Nottingham. Mrs Winslow's Soothing Syrup ad. New Zealand clerk wages listed.
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