06 Feb 1891
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Newspaper
New Oxford Item
Location
New Oxford, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Feb 06, 1891
Page
1
A report from Inyo County notes a count of 1500 red skins and 600 white skins, detailing a local tally of skin color classifications in the region.
Captain Meade of the United States Navy argues that peace time recruiting fails to attract top native talent, and wages alone cannot secure the best sailors for the service.
Englishmen will soon have an automatic railway library a case of books fitted into railway carriages. The selection includes short novels and stories by good writers. Travelers may insert coins to access the volumes during the journey.
The Commercial Advertiser notes Argentina’s economy driven decision to shut its embassy in Switzerland. It quips Buenos Aires needs a minister plenipotentiary at Berne as much as Constantinople needs an envoy extraordinary in Iceland.
The Detroit Free Press notes a New York company sells a dummy sheet iron safe for $13, marketed to office users who seek an air of security. The fake safe reportedly boosts outsiders' confidence in a business spread.
John Laurens Irby, 36, tops a large group under fifty in the forthcoming Senate race. Also listed are Idaho’s Dubois, under forty, and peers Walcott 42 Gray 50 Wiggins 50 Spooner 47 Aldrich 49 Petti grew 42 Daniel 48 Allen 45 Faulkner 43 and Kenna 42 in a notable youth surge.
A Globe Democrat writer argues false teeth have vastly improved living in old age. He claims dentistry enables nourishing meals, preventing decline, and estimates life expectancy rises by four to six years due to modern denture manufacture.
Berlin Geographical Society meeting notes Chief Forest Master Kessler urging action against timber waste in the United States. He cites 1880 saw mill losses worth 120 million and predicts depletion in forty years, contrasting U S forest cover with Germany's, and warning of climate and soil fertility risks.
A poem about a youth and two maids finding happiness in marriage. Friends warn that love fades as the "new" wears off, but the couple discovers deeper shared joy as time passes. The verse implies old love grows stronger than initial ardor.
A collage of light jokes and wry quips culled from old papers. Items include tips on tipping, fashion woes, courtship, and civic humor. Notable lines feature remarks on dentists, doctors, and phonetic wordplay, plus a few digressions on trains, concerts, and gossip.
The article notes England relies on global seed sources for pasture. Italy yields rye grass varieties widely used in the country. New Zealand ships large seeds of cocksfoot and Timothy meadow grass with fescues, while Alsike clover comes from Canada and Sweden and white and red clover from Austria and France.
The Westminster clock in London is among the largest clocks ever built. Its dials measure 22.2 feet across and the weight well reaches 174 feet deep. The minute hand weighs two tons, spans fourteen feet, and the glass on the dials weighs twenty four tons. The large bell can be heard ten miles away and the smaller bells four to five miles distant.
A collection of curiosities mentions lifting engines, legislators Ham and Mustard, and the diversity of languages and religions. It cites Daniel Defoe as a hosier, traces James River naming to King James I, and notes Hague meaning meadow. It discusses Oregon's origin, watercress flavor, and Polynesian origins debates.
A collection of maxims on politics virtue honesty and leadership attributed to Sturdy Oak. Statements cover selfishness truth happiness voting suffrage and self correction while noting common sense and nature resisting manipulation.
Anecdotes from Longman's Magazine recount investors and hobbyists profiting from odd orchid traits. Ruth’s fragment plant yielded 360 dollars after a half crown purchase. Sander sold a yellow stalk cypripedium insigne half for 375 and half for 500, while Harvey’s Ilia anceps rose from 10 dollars to 1000 dollars after a notable mark.
A sailor recounts discovering a green caterpillar on a trained shrub grown in an ordinary pot aboard a ship in Japan. The creature fed with exact leaf contouring, then formed a chrysalis by partly suspending and gluing to the stem, proving an astonishing transformation observed by the crew.
A collage of fashion trends and notable women from society and history. remarks on dress, accessories, and tastes. mentions royal associations and prominent figures such as Julia Ward Howe, Miss Helen Gould, and Queen Victoria. notes include Mrs. Blaine and Mrs. Hetty Green, with references to scholarly honors and philanthropy.
The excerpt argues that sight and all senses are brain based and that light sounds touch taste and smell do not exist outside the mind. It claims the brain alone sees and sensations arise within the brain, with the senses as instruments for processing stimuli.
A profile of the royal huntsman who directs the Queen's hounds with a gaudy green plush outfit and jockey cap. The piece notes his influence, strong rights to his role, and deference shown by visitors at Ascot, with two gaudy whippers-in aiding in the kennels.
Mr CO Wood of El Paso recounts a Midland viewing of a Mexican farm described as a colossal, varied enterprise. He notes abundant crops coffee sugar rice potatoes and many fruits as well as untapped metals and stones across a farm sprawling over vast elevations and climates.
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