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Newspaper
New Oxford Item
Location
New Oxford, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Dec 20, 1906
Page
3
A lyric verse expresses a single speaker’s old longing and new resolve to prove devotion to Elizabeth Payne. The speaker seeks to live for her, offering all they are and could be, framed as a personal pledge within a periodical context.
Archibald Quibble and son Percy chase a romance entangled with Fanny Fairlie at a West Eighteenth Street ballet. Percy’s engagement to another collapses as Mr. Quibble discovers shared pasts with Fanny and Lucy Lightfoot, ending in a comic reconciliation.
A critique in American Motherhood laments Sunday color supplements with immoral perversions seen as harming children. It urges parents to demand higher standards, warning such depictions erode respect for elders, disabled, and other faiths while fostering vulgarity.
The Philadelphia Record describes a rectangular sheet metal chicken coop that is simple, efficient, and durable. It details construction with bent top and sides, floorable flanges, moisture control, perforated end doors, and ground stools with a guiding rod to keep the coop in place against animal attacks.
The piece advises on constructing low turkey houses with low roosts and bottom ventilation via 18 inch windows that lift for air flow and floor lighting. It suggests sprinkling grain on the floor after roosting to keep birds busy, and emphasizes good feeding while turkeys are under cover to maintain condition for fattening later.
A thoughtful man notes facial expression is not limited to humans and recalls an incident with a friend's dog. He describes how the dog returned his gaze and, in a moment, the idea of the dog's teeth rooted him to the spot in a vivid image shared in the Chicago News.
The passage notes sheep as beneficial to land health. They graze without exhausting soil, distribute manure evenly, and trample it into the soil while feeding on plants others avoid.
A 19th century note by David Imrie advises keeping the colt with its dam for feeding, letting the foal suck, and training it to eat oats. It recommends twice daily rations or leaving the oat box lid open, plus pasture grazing with morning and night feeding to teach oats.
The text argues that balky horses are often mistreated by beatings and curses, noting such abuse worsens behavior. It claims many balks stem from inadequate care and emphasizes humane treatment to improve reliability.
It is claimed that potatoes grown on land tilled for perfect drainage have less tuber rot than on other soils. The most important matter is to use seed potatoes from localities free of disease.
Ten acres of small fruits can bring greater net income with less toil than larger wheat or corn fields. A well tilled small farm in fruits dairy or vegetables yields more satisfaction, with the main capital being a level head and knowledge of the business.
Advice on wintering brood mares not in work with daily yard turnout away from ice. Details on housing, feeding twice daily, and gradually reconditioning idle mares in spring. Recommends June foal turnout, clean stalls, annual whitewash, and disinfectants. gradual feed increase after foaling.
The article advises careful handling of early pullets to ensure winter laying, warns against keeping sick fowls, and notes axes and bone mills as valuable for poultry farms. It discusses horse conditioning, feeding, and the benefits of balanced team strength, plus cautions on draft horse development and fodder preparation to reduce waste.
Patten Maine dispatch recounts a forest fire driven mole invasion near town. Thousands of moles swarmed barns cellars and fodder stores forcing farmers to unleash raids on cats and use traps with little effect. The creatures vanished after fires died and the area began to recover.
Richard Adamson, veteran Ripon postman, retires after thirty four years and seven months. He wore six stripes on his uniform for good conduct and spent twenty two years on the Grewelthorpe and Kirkby Malzeard rounds totaling about one hundred twenty seven thousand miles. He served twelve and a half years in Ripon and is the oldest and longest serving local postman and official.
Herschel Island hosts the most remote Canadian mission station with the nearest post office 2000 miles away. Packets arrive rarely, often not more than twice a year, and the desolate island offers no trees and long polar winters. Missionary teaching is civilizing the Esquimaux and increasing demand for schooling.
A bronze tablet in Groeswen Chapel near Caerphilly honors William Edwards for forty years as pastor of the Groeswen Independent Church and for building many Welsh bridges including Pontypridd with the world’s largest stone arch at its erection. Edwards also worked as a farmer and builder.
Data from the St Louis Globe Democrat shows male teachers shrinking from 41 percent in 1870 to 25 percent in 1902. In the period there were 455,242 teachers nationwide with 113,744 men and 41,498 women.
Popular Science notes three hundred turtle species exist. Some grow large. Adenoids may disrupt breathing during sleep, also latent ear disease, tooth decay ache at night, or bladder stones could disturb rest.
Oxygen charged lemonade and similar drinks gain popularity in France, reported to stimulate digestion and offer benefits. They are especially recommended for diabetes and anemia sufferers.
The breath is found to conduct electricity, with a Wimshurst spark lasting longer in breath than in air. Dufour notes that lung and skin exhalations increase leakage from charged bodies, suggesting vapors above flocks may explain why lightning strikes huddled animals.
French electrician Maurice Chalin develops a practical electric apparatus to kill gnats and mosquitoes. A cylindrical lantern uses two charged rings and a network of chains. mosquitoes touching two live chains create a short circuit and die near the central light.
Germany operates about a dozen gas factories tapping volcanic carbonic acid near extinct volcanoes. A new large plant opened near the Puy de Dome in central France reports gas condensate purer than chemical methods. Excavations at Aigueperse reveal daily gas output around half a million liters and fossils including horse, bison, mammoth bones.
London report says King Edward VII, famed for many roles, uses Buckingham and Windsor accounts to curb wedding gift spending by about fifteen thousand dollars a year. He reviews every item, insists on quality aligned with his initials, and aims for value over ostentation while encouraging restraint across royal households.
The record notes that Parliament Bluebooks were first issued in 1681 but were not sold until 1826. This marks a shift in availability and access to official parliamentary documents for readers and scholars.
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