19 Dec 1907
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Newspaper
New Oxford Item
Location
New Oxford, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Dec 19, 1907
Page
1
A verse from Lippincott's centers on a sky ship guided by a moonlit pilot. Wilhelmina Franklin Pruitt’s poem evokes sails across luminous isles and winds that snare and steer the voyage toward the dawn.
Miss Telman, once the house fixture at Ryerson's, falls for Mr. Wellesley the South born Major. After a sudden reveal she quits the boarding house to live with relatives, then returns with a new fiancé and name, greeting diners as Mrs. Wellesley.
A compilation of world trivia notes including teakwood sinking in water, mass languages in Russia, a sacred Korean king portrait on stamps, Northwich Cheshire chemical works, Nile floods July to October, and a variety of global stats: population shelter, Peter the Great statue, tears shed at a Portland play, Maine’s Lincoln National Bank history, New York City docks and foreign trade, London's Pilgrim Congregational church, many St Mary churches, and the Imperial German Railways premium fund payouts.
The estimated output of 55 000 automobiles in 1908 will divert about 140 million dollars from other expenditures, employ many workers, entertain masses, boost inns, burden counties with road repair costs, tie up magistrates, and raise the national death toll.
Ain Onlooker presents a critique of equal pay for teachers arguing market value should cap wages. The piece personifies a Commissioner of Education who dismisses equal pay, warns of teacher unions, and predicts social disruption if salaries rise. It cites Harper's Weekly rhetoric and laments delaying the solution.
Congress man Burton of the Deep Waterways Commission argues river packets between St. Louis and Missouri River points have failed due to rail competition and winter ice. He notes that old river days saw extensive fleets and fortunes, but navigation is shrinking and deeper channels may not pay off.
A Life magazine quotation describes a woman constricted by corsets and cosmetics, claiming she embodies the Flower of Civilization while resisting gravity and suffocation of fashion. The piece comments on societal ideals, adornments, and the strain on health from beauty norms.
A passage contrasts reactions to legal obligation in Canada and the United States. Sir Wilfrid Laurier notes Americans move to the Northwest seeking English justice. The piece laments lawyers who sell out for money as betraying their brethren and questions equal access to justice for the poor.
The note reports a statistical claim about centuries of rainfall rising yearly. It introduces M Capazza of Paris and a new aeroplane dirigible capable of five passengers, 20000 pounds, and fifteen hours aloft. It also mentions J K Foster’s Newcastle dispatch on Queensland pineapple leaf fiber for silk-like cloth.
In England discussions center on compulsory installation of automatic controllers to prevent cars from exceeding a set speed. Officials say supplying the device poses no difficulty and progress toward adoption is anticipated.
Describes how rattles wear on the underside when snakes are killed and raised to sound warnings. Notes large crescent dunes near La Joya Peru studied by S I Bailey with dunes 160 feet apart and wind-driven 125 feet yearly shift. Compares Lombardy Teutonic Longobards with southern Italian Roman stock as basis for regional traits.
The text cites a death rate of 20 per 1000 and estimates about 31 million deaths annually worldwide. It notes that since birth, over two billion people have died, prompting reflection on humanity’s mortality and aging.
Harper's Weekly outlines how in 1898 Fessenden tackled wireless telephony by creating a rotating field transmitter producing rapid current reversals and a tuned receiver. It explains the antenna condenser setup, coupling to earth, and the process by which oscillations are amplified and converted into audible speech, marking progress toward continuous speech transmission.
Readers press for a safety feature in electric irons that automatically breaks the circuit when the iron is not in use. Inventors and manufacturers discuss possible mechanisms and reliability.
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