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Newspaper
New Oxford Item
Location
New Oxford, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Dec 17, 1908
Page
1
A poetic meditation on sunset and sunrise with imagery of shadows deepening on a hill, fading golden splendor, and the Master’s tints blending to dispel darkness. The verse contrasts daylight’s decline with dawn’s promise and faith guiding through gloom.
In a late 19th century tale, a sheriff’s office in a stormy New Orleans alley hosts eerie sounds and a tinkling bell that fans fear of a widow’s ghost. A patrol, armed and cautious, investigates the corridor as the bell drifts from floor to floor. The fright ends when a priest reveals a dead cat shot by a stray bullet, linking superstition to a stray tragedy.
The Kansas City Journal notes that saltpetre earth from Mammoth Cave, Kentucky, was sought after the 1807 embargo to supply gunpowder. Chemist Samuel Brown showed cave earth could yield potassium nitrate, prompting slaves to haul vast loads from pit and byways, producing about 100000 pounds in two years.
A Westminster Gazette piece describes a red backed shrike impaling prey on thorns as a grim natural larder. It examines instinct versus cruelty, notes the bird’s striking plumage and bold behavior, and reflects on nature's violence as a life driven by survival rather than human malice.
The Hon. Water Rothschild presents a rare hybrid at the British Museum of Natural History. A male cross between the Alpine ibex and an Italian domesticated goat displays ibex beard and shaggy coat with white eye and nostril marks of a goat. Horns resemble goat horns rather than ibex knobs.
A Strand Magazine note explains why a rider sits near the horse’s neck to gain speed. It argues the hind legs provide the forward thrust and placing weight over the thrust reduces efficiency, as weight over the tail wastes power with each stride.
A new simple instrument by Alphonse Berger is to be carried by Dr Charcot on the Antarctic voyage. It features a small compass card and a copper box with a perforated mirror. The observer peeps through a hole to read the card and determine the magnetic bearing of the target.
A terse quip from Armes about having no patience with repeated mistakes, echoed by his wife who adds there are many other mistakes to make, reflecting a sharp domestic exchange cited from Youth's Companion.
In Havana the Cincinnati baseball team fell 2 to 1 to Almendares. Larchmont Yacht Club beat Manhasset Y. C. five in a trap shooting match. Berwick Academy routed Kennebunk High, 71 to 0, setting the season’s high score. The Auto Club of France offers 40000 for aviation next year.
The piece notes acute unemployment in Britain New Zealand and Western Australia. Bluff Colliery NZ workers face wage cut as Melbourne timber workers win a strike. Roosevelt hosts labor figures at the White House while a Boston sheet metal union renews an eight hour day. International labor activity spans savings banks and women miners in Colombia and Glasgow shipyards. Over 5000 join New York Hodcarriers Union as Denver federation rejects disobeying injunctions.
A New York Press note describes a clever table leaf that splits in half to adjust for guest numbers, helping avoid an oversized table. The invention offers practical elbow room and is praised for its simple, ingenious design.
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