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Newspaper
New Oxford Item
Location
New Oxford, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Dec 27, 1903
Page
8
The article covers balata as a gum source for gutta percha, noting vast Brazilian and Amazonian supply, methods like the Hubon process for acetylene black production in Switzerland, atmospheric snowflake formation, a cement recipe using sulphur and white lead with borax, Yucatan gardens with native grains, and a thermodynamic problem about a boy melting ice and the corresponding work on his body in BTU terms.
The Byron Republic reports a dog tied to a hunting expedition years earlier. the dog followed a wagon 250 miles from Galena Kansas to Mendon and back to Byron after being shipped from Kansas. The animal preferred the old route, recalling its journey through Oklahoma and salt plains while reuniting with its owner.
Florida orange growers hopeful as department of agriculture reports hybrids between hardy Japanese stock and Florida sweet orange yield promising frost resistant varieties. First fruits of the cross are described as intermediate in character with good seeds, offering commercial potential and hedge value. Meanwhile Maine hunts draw 8,000 to 10,000 out-of-state hunters paying guides, feeding a likely $1,000,000 in local spending.
Skeptics once doubted Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound and related medicines but a large and growing number of women cured by the remedies have swelled a nationwide following. Leading scientists and physicians now take notice of the beneficial impact reported among American women.
Dispatches from Mexico warn that bubonic plague poses a dangerous, unpredictable risk if it crosses borders. Health officials in northern states urge vigilant prevention as the cheaper, more effective remedy to curb any spread before it reaches new areas.
United States Senators in Hawaii accepted an invitation to a native banquet. The principal dish was dog, a long regarded delicacy in Hawaii. The Senators believed they were eating roast pig during the meal.
Old time advertisement summary noting Mother Gray a nurse at a New York Children's Home promoting Mother Gray's Sweet Powders for children with cures for feverishness stomach issues teething disturbances and worm destruction. It cites 30000 testimonials and 25 cent price at drugstores with mail sample offers. Also includes multiple patent medicine claims for catarrh cures nerve restorer and other patent remedies with marketing style notes and moral quips.
Year by year electricity grows as a factor in rail operation. Electric headlights, powered by a small steam operated dynamo on top of the engine, throw a powerful beam ahead. They are now common on most Santa Fe main line passenger trains and many New Mexico division engines, enhancing safety and comfort on night runs.
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