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Newspaper
New Oxford Item
Location
New Oxford, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Dec 13, 1906
Page
9
A Denver News column envisions a future era of peace and progress dubbed the Golden Age. It speaks of unity, wisdom, abundance, and universal brotherhood guiding the present toward a promised tomorrow. The piece emphasizes leaders must illuminate the path for future generations.
Kate Claxton plots to win Walter Sheridan by posing as a flirtatious coquette to thwart Steinworth Audubon. Sheridan and Kate confess their feelings after the staged courtship, with Kate jokingly testing his sincerity and ultimately accepting true love amid playful banter and rustic wedding plans.
The piece notes women revive simple hoop rings and close-set stones for a refined look, reworking family treasure pieces into pendants and brooches, and visiting old shops for beads and curios to adapt into current fashion. It also discusses shifts in gendered labor viewed through the London Mail’s lens, suggesting women’s greater work options may boost morality and economic position while not erasing male employment.
The article outlines tunic skirts with straight lines and contrasting edge bands and basques seen on dance tracks and dinner gowns. It discusses separate coats and bodices over lace skirts, peplums, and the popular Valentine dress as practical, economical options for varying outfits.
The London Mail cites a New York correspondent on how women replacing men in labor could harm workers and the State. If men lose jobs to lower paid women, social conditions worsen as fewer marriages occur and birth rates drop, with potential long term demographic and economic consequences.
Mrs Henry Graham in the Onlooker argues that true friendship deepens life beyond acquaintanceship and requires total personal sacrifice. She notes intimate bonds between men and between women thrive on neutral ground and cannot be easily abandoned unless mutual consent or impossibility ends them, though obligations may endure after delights fade.
Mrs. Russell Sage argues in North American Review that revitalizing women through self-help and service will unleash vast talent and energy. She emphasizes the home as duty but urges single and childless women to seek beneficent outlets, noting courage and idealism exceed that of men, and calls for aiding laboring sisters.
Gottlieb O'Brien of Mentanne Michigan found forty pounds of ambergris in sick catfish pulled from a drained slough near Mystic River. He sold the substance for $40 a pound, totaling $1600, and the landowner dropped any dispute after lawyers advised no case existed.
The text explains how African sandstorms form from extreme desert heating and dry air. Hot sand heats the overlying air, causing updrafts and cyclones swept by the wind. The gusts reach intolerable temperatures and choking dust, devastating caravans and even historical armies.
A 60 year old monument to Old Bet the elephant faces razing by a commission condemning land for New York City watershed needs. Old Bet was brought to America by Wackaliah Bailey when his sea captain brother bought her in 1821, then transported the animal to Somers where Bailey launched the first American circus and built the monument.
Linen care advice from a fabric firm. Use mild soap avoid alkali stains. Wring by hand or with loose wringer rollers. Rinse thoroughly. A gum arabic solution improves laundering. Do not wipe razors on towels to prevent damage.
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