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Newspaper
New Oxford Item
Location
New Oxford, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Feb 13, 1908
Page
1
A reflective poem questions the meaning of home for a wandering soul aboard a ship. It contrasts familiar memories with distant horizons and asks whether a true home exists beyond clouds and roiling seas, urging the traveler to heed a guiding voice toward a final resting shore.
The tale follows Bridget O Connell as she tends Mrs. Appleton with a hearty lamb broth and two raw eggs daily. A kitchen mishap spills broth and rice across the floor, prompting Mrs. Appleton to fear injury while Bridget frets over the patient’s care and her nursely duties.
Mrs Appleton recovers quickly after a mishap with a broken bowl and a pot of broth. Bridget, the servant, keeps spirits high as the doctor prescribes laughter and a stronger brew to help circulation and healing, with a playful note on stairs.
Birds perched on trees turn their heads to the wind as weathercocks. The midnight sun describes the sun during the long northern day when it stays above the horizon for months. The vine can live at least four hundred years, rivaling the oak in longevity.
The Singer Building in New York claims the tallest structure status yet lacks enough wood to fashion a lead pencil. Its internal structure is fire resistant and cannot burn from within.
Statistics of the Chicago municipal baths for 1907 record 577,684 baths served, down from 671,104 in 1906, a drop of over 90,000. The figures indicate a notable decrease in bath usage year over year.
Two men dedicated forty years to access and translate the Bible into Tahitan. They spent twenty years learning the language and twenty more translating the holy text for Tahitan readers.
In New York City new engineering projects are underway with a total estimated cost near 600 million dollars. This figure surpasses three times the expected expense of the Panama Canal project.
W. H. Logue Jr. of 981 North Broadway announces he has been assigned to jury duty in the criminal court and earnestly asks friends and acquaintances for their patronage and support.
New York records show newcomers without advisers start in lower apartment floors, then move upward with each relocation, and frequently depart from top floors to the suburbs as they settle into city life.
Dorleans Messrs merchants near 100 South Fourth Street housed Louis Philippe later king of France and two brothers. They lived at the northwest corner of Fourth and Princes streets in Philadelphia.
Wellstead of Wareham found four blind rabbits on his holding and took them home. He fed them to his cat which instead of eating them began nursing the litter. Under the cat’s fostering care the rabbits are thriving.
The Philadelphia Record describes a large city restaurant where two blind men eat daily. They specify lunch cost and rely on the head waitress to select meals, with constant table accessory arrangements to aid navigation and consistency.
The writer recalls Constantinople’s crowded streets filled with red fez hats and a male-dominated crowd, the chaotic traffic, and the powerful aura of the old city. He contrasts imperial ruin with modern communications and describes the sprawling mixed populace, the Janissaries museum, and the looming Sultan’s decline as Abdul Hamid ages. The piece ends with a nocturnal, dreamlike voyage across the Bosporus toward Europe, a vision of splendor and ruin.
The passage from Cent Per Cent argues that money depends on the mind behind it and not just effort. It urges feeding the mind as body labor alone won’t progress, praising ability ambition and initiative tempered by honesty. It contrasts mass mediocrity with those who excel and set their own price, and urges continuous study to keep the brain sharp.
The piece argues that France faces a demographic decline as marriage rises and divorces grow. If current trends persist, the population could vanish, a view echoed by Country Life.
A circus has set up a telephone line in its ticket office allowing patrons to order tickets by phone. The move aims to streamline sales and reduce in-person queues at performances.
Bernard P. Woods of Lonaconing Maryland says heavy lifting weakened his kidneys caused daily fatigue stiff limbs dizziness headaches and disordered secretions. After fifteen years he used Dean's Kidney Pills and was cured proving the remedy works. Sold by all dealers 50 cents a box Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY.
A small copper axe recovered at Presque Isle on Lake Superior appears harder than tempered steel. Metallurgists say its aboriginal origin and unusual tempering suggest ancients possessed metalworking knowledge possibly predating early American Indians.
Adolph Topperwein, a Texas native, smashed world rifle shooting records in San Antonio. Over ten days he hit wooden blocks tossed at 20 feet, missing only 4 of 50 000 and 9 of 72 500, with runs of over 13 thousand hits. He used two Winchester .22 rifles and Winchester smokeless ammunition.
Ernesto Nathan becomes the first Jew elected as mayor of Rome. The English-born leader, noted as a Past Grand Master Mason, ushers in a historic political milestone.
Paro Ointment promises to cure any case of itching bleeding or protruding piles in six to fourteen days or a full refund. Price listed as 50c.
Physicians warn American businessmen push themselves with rapid communication and long hours. Despite faster trade, the workday stretches, increasing duties and stress. The result is overwork, excess eating and drinking, and eventual physical deterioration when crisis arrives.
The piece urges national focus on conserving natural resources, warning that waste has harmed resources and that prosperity relies on wise management of forests. It argues forests are among the nation’s chief sources of prosperity and that economic science cannot compensate for a desert.
A reader explains how her mother quit coffee for Postum Food Coffee, reporting relief from seven years of nervous headaches. The letter notes a friend who switched after proper preparation and banished coffee from both homes, promoting Postum as a better tasting substitute.
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