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Newspaper
New Oxford Item
Location
New Oxford, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Dec 27, 1906
Page
1
A lyrical portrait of Father Boniface the Abbots headlong life of stern rule and ascetic piety. As he nears death in a chapel he encounters angels guiding him past a garden wall to the souls of the departed and orphans from the wreck of their fathers. William Hervey Woods.
A family scene centers on twins Jack and Phyllis learning the value of dressing well for visitors. Their mother insists on neat Saturday attire, explaining the rule while hinting at an upcoming guest and a tactful capitulation to parental authority.
Jack and Phyllis navigate a tense visit from Mrs. Van Allen as the twins display quiet defiance and politeness. The mother hurries between conversation and a phone call while the visitor prods about their clothes and Saturday dress.
Lieut. W. R. Henderson arrived from the Orient aboard the Thomas with an overcoat sewn from two British navy blankets. The tall handsome officer wears a cream sack and a loose coat recalling the exodus from the Occidental Hotel on April 18. The garment, a striking but uncommon sight in the region, marks a gallant naval presence this skating season.
A tramp recounts how a fifty cent act of kindness changed his life. He says the money helped him get a shave, meal, and job, leading to Alaska riches and a return to New York to share wealth, only to ask for more aid.
An absent minded woman enters a church and becomes absorbed in the service. When the collection basket arrives she drops a coin then scans the room with confusion. She realizes she is in the wrong church and retrieves the coin before leaving quietly. The anecdote appears in the Chicago Inter Ocean.
Mrs Nagget reads a Philadelphia Press item about a man who begged a judge to jail him instead of his wife. The man’s plea stems from her theft of clothes she was assigned to wash, arguing that jail would prevent her from working and earning.
Australia ships 24 million rabbit skins each year with killing costs around 226000 dollars, outlining production scale and expense.
Colliers' Weekly notes that the brain houses about 9.2 billion cells and that daily impressions from reading and senses must be stored. It estimates a reading center uses about 500 million cells over a lifetime, allowing roughly 25,000 cells per day for words and sentences, stressing limited brain capacity and sparing cell use.
Harper’s Weekly notes the Santa Gertrudes Ranch in southwest Texas has expanded to 1 280 000 acres from 1 700 000 acres, claiming it is the world’s largest private estate. Founded 1853 by Captain Richard King, the ranch was bequeathed to his widow and then run by son-in-law R J Kleberg who has boosted the acreage by over fifty percent.
This piece extols cheerfulness as a practical virtue that transforms misfortune into blessings. It cites Lincoln’s humor during the Civil War and argues that a cheerful outlook improves health, mood, and action, urging readers to cultivate serene optimism to resist grief, anxiety, and fear.
A historical summary notes the rapid expansion of telephone use from 1878 to 1905. It cites 5.7 million telephones, 6.0 million miles of wire, and 4.48 billion conversations, with Bell Companies employing 87,000 and supporting about 200,000 dependents. It highlights industrial growth, future long distance reach, and the collaboration of science and money behind telephony.
A survey of the western plains from the Missouri River to Oklahoma describes booming towns like Omaha Kansas City Minneapolis Saint Paul and Des Moines and argues that widespread poverty is absent. It notes plenty of work for laborers, minimal charity needs, a small tramp presence, and charity driven by local church councils with modest yearly baskets and aid.
The Century describes the first permanent phonetic archive in America preserving the German emperor's voice. Charlemagne Tower arranges two records for Harvard University and other institutions, with wax master recordings converted to metal matrices and positives stored in National Museum, Library of Congress, and Harvard.
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