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Newspaper
New Oxford Item
Location
New Oxford, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Dec 18, 1903
Page
1
A speaker recalls a missing child beyond sunlight, fearing danger in darkness. The poem tracks a parent's heartbreak and anxiety as a child’s wanderings evoke tears, sleep disturbances, and thoughts of the child’s peril under a ghostly moon. The narrator seeks solace yet trembles at night.
Bob a nine year old girl stirs peach butter while fearing peach plucks loom outside. A visiting tramp, Jim, pretends to be a stranger but is revealed as her brother. He eats a full meal she serves and plans to leave, then stays to share stories with mother Nell and Jim.
A widow and her son are soon started. The piece notes a woman’s interest in jokes lies in finding the point. It contends a man’s stomach plays a larger role in reform than his conscience and ends with a remark about a woman making love to a man acting as if he were something.
The article outlines the ideal path for a Navy officer from the Naval Academy through sea duty to commission. It highlights persistent instruction, hands on guidance by Lt Edward H Watson aboard the Prairie, and the transformation from eager learner to confident instructor who praises a landsman’s swift knot tying.
At Philadelphia’s Cramps shipyard Captain Philip, inspecting the cruiser New York, corrected a pompous army captain who misidentified ventilators as smokepipes and armor hoists. The Army officer, Captain Blank, insisted on his expertise, but Philip persisted in his task.
Stoddard Dewey reports on Paris municipal colonies for poor children. Mandres sur Vair leads a program expanding from 200 to 1000 beneficiaries yearly, with 5536 children under 209 teachers enjoying a three week summer outing at a cost of 53 francs 18 centimes per child, about $10. The city boosted funding in 1891 to 200,000 francs plus 94,000 more from ward funds.
A proposal to organize a floating exhibition of British manufactures to tour the empire is reported. The plan envisions a large ship fitted with samples from all classes of goods Britain supplies to colonies, including machinery. Austria attempted a similar venture earlier, but a comparable Trieste freight tour ended in failure.
Farm notes describe corn stalks with blades eaten forming road lanes to barn. These stalks prevent mud buildup and become trampled in winter by stock, later hauled to the barn yard as absorbent material.
The article notes seed potato size affects yield with England using whole potatoes while English growers cut seed potatoes in half. It advocates deep plowing and planting and level culture for better results, and observes single plants produce larger tubers but fewer tubers than multiple plants together.
Farmers who deem 300 dollars too high for a fourteen pound butter cow are reminded that value comes from returns. A pure bred Jersey may cost more yet produce more butter, and a single fourteen pound cow can be more economical than two seven pound cows due to space, food, and labor costs, lowering cost per pound.
Instructions say to strain honey into a pan set in another pan with water, raised on wood to avoid burning. Bring to boiling point, skim wax and foam, remove from heat, skim again, pour into jars, cool, and seal tightly in a cool place.
Turkeys require larger range than chickens and other fowl for successful farming. Bronze turkeys are the most common breed, though several other varieties are also favored. The birds thrive in warm climates and are less troublesome when granted ample space.
The hay crop is pivotal for farmers as baled hay meets market demand or fuels on the farm. Hay yields more profit than other crops and supplies winter feed while its manure provides balanced plant nutrition. To maximize benefit, feed hay with bran or linseed meal, especially after a short hay crop.
A Colorado Experiment Station study by Professor Blount shows hand-picking seed wheat greatly boosts yield. Planting seven and a half pounds yielded 67 bushels per acre, then 72 bushels with minimal extra seed. A trial of 76 premium kernels produced 10.25 pounds per row, roughly 100 bushels per acre. Belgium farms also hand-pick seeds, achieving 60 to 75 bushels per acre.
In Camden's Kaighn Avenue M. E. Church Rev J William Lee preaches on "A Model Wife" urging wives to balance authority with partnership, attend to home duties, and live within their husband's income. He warns against gossip, extravagance, and fault finding linking moral failings to social vices.
A collection of aphorisms about time learning courage friendship and selflessness from Thoreau Confucius Selix Holt Atchison Globe Goethe Ashley George Eliot Lewes Priestley Richard Jefferies and others urging reflection, care for others, and the beauty of life with restrained optimism.
A thunderstorm struck Swiss marksmen during rifle practice leaving imprinted photographs on their bodies of the surrounding trees. The phenomenon, noted by Franklin and other scientists, is cited as long known lightning photography with historical examples from 18th century and a New York journal.
The German fleet aimed to force the Elbe entrance at Cuxhaven but was repulsed in a storm. Troops placed rifles in a guardhouse for rain protection, then could not locate the key before a second enemy attack, allowing a capture without casualties.
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