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Newspaper
New Oxford Item
Location
New Oxford, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Feb 06, 1908
Page
5
A verse describing escape from city noise to a hospitable refuge called God's Green Inn. The speaker seeks rest, silence, and peace, where wealth and want are equal at the gate and wine flows from swift, noiseless winds. It contrasts tavern life with serene hospitality for starving and worn travelers.
In a drawing room Miss Ferringham and Montfort discuss Archie and a doomed engagement. He arrives as a supposed enemy but as friend in disguise, while she resists marrying Archie, recalling obstinacy and past ages. Their exchange hints at love, pride, and unspoken heartbreak.
In a drawing room Montfort confronts Miss Ferringham about Archie's future and his own role. She admits Archie loves her and faces the temptation of remaining with him rather than pursuing a former romance with Montfort. Montfort argues a last chance exists if they marry now, while she contemplates stepping aside as stepmother.
A group of men at a bar swap yarns and notes before turning to apples. A fat man muses that wet weather spared the crop, extolling a juicy apple since childhood. The talk devolves into fragmented chatter about baked apples, sweetness, and survivals, with a stray tease about a final round.
A fragmentary wire note describes Spain's rail system facing delays and service challenges. It mentions trains and schedules but lacks full details. Authorities urge caution for travelers amid ongoing timetable adjustments.
A London lecture by W Herbert Garrison FRS described dramatic volcanic facts. Krakatoa’s 1832 eruption produced a 17 mile high cloud heard 3009 miles away, with dust circling Earth for three years. The Pacific “belt of fire” holds about 300 active volcanoes, water proximity driving activity, with towns like Edinburgh Keswick CandY and Auckland cited as historic craters.
The article traces mankind’s illumination journey from burning sticks to torches and early lamps. It notes the torch as the initial lamp, then the use of resinous splinters for longer, brighter light, and finally a candle-like form with wax surrounding a wick of leaves, reflecting stages of light technology.
The piece recounts a tribal creation myth explaining why Native Americans paint their faces. A hunter, pursued by a lion, is saved as blood marks his face, giving rise to the tradition. The text blends hunting imagery with ancestral explanations and references to figures like Jacroy Ya Stripes in a mythic context.
A cryptic line hints at ongoing wagering and a preference for a different outcome. The fragment suggests a focus on continuing expectations and alternative possibilities.
A fragment from Harpers Weekly argues against reading too many authors. It suggests the best approach is not to read vast numbers but to choose carefully and focus on enduring writers, cautioning against overexposure to new voices.
The Weyerhaeuser Timber syndicate near Orofino Idaho will spend two million dollars to build what is described as the largest sawmill in the United States. Output planned at 200 000 to 250 000 feet daily, connecting with two logging roads to the Northern Pacific railway and tapping 3 060 000 000 feet of pine timber. The project includes a log reservoir and a dam to flood 200 acres, with further timber holdings north of Orofino. The note indicates federal and state forest protection moves may restrict such expansion. Frederick Weyer of St Paul is cited as planning continued growth of timber interests in the Northwest.
A nervous young man debates buying a ring for his partner as diamonds are displayed. The jeweller counsels choosing a ring within budget to avoid disappointment when a bigger ring appears later. The two weigh the idea of letting her pick. The Kansas City Star notes the exchange.
A Lafayette Indiana dispatch reports Geo Klotzenbacher donated nearly 100 square inches of skin from his body to his four year old son Emil after burns from a toy street car with a lighted candle. Emil died from the injuries a year later. the father endured grafts and illness, giving freely though the wounds did not heal properly.
A Georgia student on vacation at a farm asks an old darkie about washing a tub near a pump. Marie George replies she does not know. Jim jokes that the tub is for keeping water or soap, implying a humorous misinterpretation while the scene hints at daily farm life and language of the period.
A 19th century patent-like note describes Captain Eleon’s torpedo able to act as a mine. The device can be fired from tubes or used in air and water, with adjustable depth for strategic placement. It aims to threaten ships in sheltered waters without exposing crews to mine danger.
Dr Woods Hutchinson argues in Harper's Magazine that urban life harms workers through overwork and overcrowding, driving the highest death rates among laboring classes. He notes census data from 1900 showing 20.2 deaths per thousand for laborers, 17.6 for farmers, 12.1 for merchants, and 23.5 for clerical and official ranks, with workers suffering despite hospital care.
In a Royal Institution talk, Prof Stirling described eye quirks and winking as a learned art. He noted lash counts, directions for pleasant eye sensations, and three kinds of tears while mentioning Japanese eyelid folds and a universal infant fold observed in babies.
In Cochran Georgia Judge Edwards famed as a farmer halts a tense case to announce he will deliver his ruling after weighing down a note with a panel weight. He instructs the arguing captain and major to proceed, then steps out to plant potatoes as rain approaches. The scene unfolds with local humor.
George Edgement, a paperhanger from Jefferson street and Hermitage lane, Manayunk, shut a safe door on his beard while alone at work. He was detained until his daughter released him. He had forgotten the safe’s combination after collecting money, with a report noting 250 appeared secured.
A fragmented discussion on human vision compares powers among peoples and cultures. It mentions Eskimo and desert Arabs as examples of keen sight at long distances, notes errors in eye shapes and aging, and hails Norwegians as having superior cross-sight abilities within a civilized context.
A party hiking the lower Adirondacks meets Starbuckville’s self-proclaimed Mayor. The old man quizzes them on origin and stay duration, compares today’s New York with its 1860s past, and recalls North and South Ticonderoga becoming one joined village.
Paris plans to remove the existing morgue after years of crowding and criticism. A city council commission will tour Europe to study mortuary designs as a new, larger facility is planned to replace the old building near Notre Dame.
A Chicago News fragment depicts a hotel proprietor guiding a guest through scenic surroundings as an electric storm looms. The exchange includes playful banter about energy and being on the porch, hinting at a charged mood and audience among late arrivals.
In a charged exchange cited by Life, a debate over whether a notorious Beatrice star bout is true prompts sharp questions about credibility. An odd note mentions rainfall with a quirky measurement equating an inch of rain to 169 ters per acre, hinting at eccentric or misread historical data.
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