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Newspaper
New Oxford Item
Location
New Oxford, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Dec 27, 1906
Page
7
A poem fragment reflecting war weary souls who fought hard yet fell short. The speaker recalls marches and scorn endured, rejects applause for victors, and seeks quiet valleys to cover their weary lives. The piece cites Marion Couth and a magazine source.
A heiress and her guardian George Edgar navigate love and duty as the nineteenth birthday nears. Ethel confesses feelings and hints at marriage while George weighs resigning to grant her freedom. The engagement shifts as a promotion of guardianship becomes a personal vow to protect and be with her.
The New York World notes that boot trees, once common for adults, are now produced for children as well. Mothers pay the same high price for a No. 6 child’s tree as for a man’s No. 10, signaling rising wealth indications in grooming habits.
The Philadelphia Bulletin reports Australia hosts enormous bird nests. Jungle fowl create mounds up to fifteen feet high and 125 to 150 feet around using grass leaves and vegetation weighing about a ton. Brush turkeys form even larger pyramidal nests. one removed filled seven carts and weighed five tons.
A traveler notices a river rise mark in a country town. A native explains the mayor had the mark raised thirty feet higher to keep it out of reach of mischievous village children, not to reflect the actual flood height.
The Stoller Commission Company decorated its offices with cancelled checks as wallpaper. Dozens of checks valued at up to $30,000 each covered walls, totaling over $8 million in one room and about a quarter of a million in another. Frank F. P. Stoller signed every check, some tied to cattle and Cuba shiploads. More than 2000 checks were used in one room.
A string of witty maxims on love marriage and society from the New York Press column Reflections of a Bachelor. The quips joke about dull husbands, smart women, costly habits, and the folly of appearances with a playful, observational tone.
The Des Moines Capital argues that strong newspapers like the Los Angeles Times the Kansas City Star the Seattle Times and the Indianapolis News contribute more to urban greatness than many other forces. It calls for fair advertiser support and encouragement of newspapers founded on sound lines and governance.
New Prussian regulations require Russian students to be free from political suspicion and meet academic standards as well as prove adequate means of support for admission to universities, per the Frankfurt Gazette.
Norwich Baseball Club sold at auction for 25 dollars. Lucius Horatio Bigiow of Montclair New Jersey elected Yale football captain for next year. Glidden tour contest winner to run a tedh dier event after finish in 1907. Ceo O'Donnell Boston Holy Cross elected captain of football team. Warner favors twelve men on football squad. Charles Comskey says no changes to Chicago Americans. Fred Garke denies leaving National game in 1907. O'Brien Burns fight drew 26500 with 12000 purse. club cleared over 10000. Cgangs Herman world light heavyweight title will be in Tonopah Nevada New Year's Day. Wanton will not sell Miller Hugenns but open to Kenney Corcoran Wicker Fraser Livingston. San Francisco to get new baseball park in 1907.
A roundup of social and cultural items includes Mary Anderson de Navarro's memoirs, a Cincinnati church paying a pastor's wife, Rev Parkhurst on trial marriages, the Newport Newsboys dinner by Mrs Frederick W Vanderbilt, Mrs Elizabeth Davidson's presidency at a county bank, Mrs Roosevelt's Rembrandt prints at Oyster Bay, the Marlborough Duchess and her husband amid court actions, Dieffenbach on disease and jewelry, Princess Fehim's American romance, the Sultan's ban and exile, Britain's Woman's Trade Union League growth, Mme Benezed's Paris debut as advocate, and a rediight cadet case.
Inexpensive blue denim makes pretty room hangings with a lighter underside. Cutout figures edged with an irregular buttonhole stitch in white or dark blue create decorative borders such as fleur de lis or horse chestnut leaves.
Advice on purchasing colored lawns and wash goods in excess to allow future alterations. It recommends adding extra material to cover the waist and sleeves for next season and to include it when laundering to avoid color differences. The note warns about the impossibility of perfectly fading new cloth to match worn fabric.
The Greensboro News urges state control of railroads and a law limiting attorneys to one for every two miles of road, proposing a measure to curb legal representation in railroad management.
A collection of brief notices notes and remarks: former Vermont governor George W Hen dee dies at 74 in Morrisville. Lord Curzon sails to Europe. Pope Pius urges passive resistance to a Church State Separation law in France. Justice Harlan rules on Kentucky governorship. Andrew Carnegie gifts Carnegie Lake to Princeton urging cleaner sports. Senator Henry Cabot Lodge impresses Washington with his wit. Eton head master praises President Roosevelt as a world figure at a London dinner. General Ignacio Mejia dies in Ayotla Mexico at almost 93. Louis N Parker the dramatist born in France with mixed heritage. Speaker Cannon’s critics contrasted with trust in his late wife. Roosevelt breaks cabinet-change record with twenty seven since 5 years in office.
The Wiener Salonblatt joke notes a customer refusing a photo for making her look nose-less while the photographer explains the plate is not sensitive to red. The exchange highlights early photographic sensitivity concerns and light color effects.
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