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Newspaper
New Oxford Item
Location
New Oxford, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Dec 18, 1903
Page
4
A poem describes a sunken galleon near the Irish coast. The ship rests in still water beside a cliff with gold cargo and bones in its holds. Ghosts of captains and slaves are implied as the wreck lies spoil to salt and sea. The sea drums with gulls and wind while the gilded boat rots beneath the breakers.
A passenger recounts riding the Lightning Express from Burlington to Boston on a frigid January night. Amid blinding snow and near blackout conditions, the engineer and fireman maintain poise as a trackman warns of a broken rail. An Irish tracknt sacrifices a lantern to signal danger, earning a fifty dollar reward from grateful passengers.
Improvements in rail and steam transport in Europe boost ore field yield in Norway and Sweden north of the Arctic circle. notes limited beginnings at Eastern Cuba deposits. Lincoln Wharf Power Station unloads coal at 320 tons per hour from ninety feet, setting a world record. A New York City pact unites three manufacturers giving tire and rim dictates to automakers by rubber suppliers.
Egypt plans a mobile ophthalmia hospital visiting district clinics to aid patients unable to access existing hospitals. If successful, additional dispensaries will be opened to reach more regions.
In Poolesville Maryland a practical joke spreads as residents hear of a seed said to be new. One woman receives a plant she nurtures as a cherished curiosity only to discover it is the Jimson weed, a trick from jokers who claimed success with the seed.
The first cement plant appeared in 1865 and progress was slow until 1890. Portland cement output rose from about 200000 barrels in 1890 to 8600000 barrels in 1901, with Lehigh district producing an estimated 12 million barrels in 1903.
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