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Newspaper
New Oxford Item
Location
New Oxford, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Dec 20, 1906
Page
4
A fragment from William Hervey Woods portrays Abbot Boniface near eighty dieing peacefully as a heavenly guide shows him souls of children lost in ancient conflicts. A second vignette, from Chicago News, follows the Van Allen family visiting Phyllis and Jack as they cope with a planned Saturday dress code and a polite social encounter.
Twins Jack and Phyllis mistake a routine call for a dramatic event. Their mother insists on dressing them up every Saturday, citing appearances, while the twins weigh the social pressure against casual attire and wonder if Uncle Harry will bring marbles.
Lieut W R Henderson arrives from the Orient aboard the transport Thomas wearing an overcoat sewn from two British navy blankets The officer is tall and striking in a cream sack he plans to wear at home in the East during skating season The ensemble is noted as a rare style in this region and hints at British naval influence.
Collier's Weekly notes the brain may hold about 9.2 billion cells with a perception and conservation center tied to memory. It estimates the reading center uses roughly 500 million cells and suggests about 25 thousand daily cells for words and sentences, underscoring finite brain capacity.
The private Santa Gertrudes Ranch in southwest Texas expands to 1,280,000 acres, larger than Rhode Island and Delaware, with Texas alone comprising about one eleventh of the U.S. area. Founded in 1853 by Captain Richard King, the ranch passed to his widow then to R J Kleberg who has increased acreage by more than fifty percent under his oversight.
A concise essay extols cheerful disposition as a practical virtue. It argues that cheerfulness converts misfortune into blessing, brightens appearance and conduct, and links good thoughts to healthy action. Lincoln’s example is cited, and cheerfulness is presented as a shield against grief, anxiety, and fear.
In a witty jibe, a stranger recounts how a fifty cent gift last winter changed his life. He claims that with the money he saved, he went to Alaska, earned a million dollars, and only then returned to share his wealth, noting he came to New York to offer a coin in repayment.
A distracted woman entered the church and joined the service. After placing a coin in the collection, she scanned the room with widening eyes. Realizing she was in the wrong church, she hurried out after withdrawing the coin.
Mrs Nagget recounts a tale from the Philadelphia Press about a man who implores a judge to imprison him instead of his wife so she can avoid jail and continue washing duties. The story notes his willingness to sacrifice for his wife despite her theft of clothes meant for washing.
Australia ships twenty four million rabbit skins each year as exports. The cost to kill this large number is estimated at about two hundred twenty five thousand dollars.
From 1878 to 1905 the telephone expanded from a few miles to cross continental scale. Bell systems employ over 87,000, with about 200,000 dependents on daily service. 5.7 million telephones, 6.0 million miles of Bell lines, and 4.48 billion conversations marked rapid progress toward oceanic telephony.
The article argues the vast plains stretch from the Missouri River to the Rockies as a zone of plenty where wage earning is ample and poverty barely visible. It portrays midwestern cities like Omaha Kansas City Minneapolis St Paul and western towns as thriving with farms, industry, and charitable care that prevents widespread hardship. It notes a limited poor relief system, occasional immigrant aid, and a steady tramp presence, with harvest labor needs drawing thousands each summer.
The Century notes the creation of phonetic archives to preserve voices of notable figures. The German Emperor recorded twice, with one set for Harvard and another for other purposes, using wax cylinders later cast into metal matrices and shellac positives.
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