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Newspaper
New Oxford Item
Location
New Oxford, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Feb 20, 1908
Page
3
In a verse from Uncle Remus's Magazine the delicate pale flowers bloom under half sun and half shadow. They exhale a mild exquisite fragrance from Idens vale but tremble in wandering winds and wither at first frost. Hardier hillside flowers endure, while the haunting scent lingers through winter’s chill.
Mears Mitchell agrees to farm work with Silas Gridley at six each morning, facing tough labor and a stubborn employer. He negotiates fair pay, secures a written contract, and earns Gridley’s respect while pursuing scientific farming knowledge and supporting his family through hardship.
Chicago representative Charles McGavin denounces the international marriage habit in the House, criticizing women who sacrifice honor for titles. He notes tax proposals on such marriages, questions tariff classifications for nobility, and honors those who resist aristocratic enticements while praising true American women.
New York City reports over 500 American girls married to foreign titled men totaling about 204 million dollars. Many unions end in divorce or hardship, with Miss Anna Gould’s Countess Castellane case cited as a cautionary tale.
Cleveland notes the Win dermere Methodist Episcopal Church plans a social room eight by thirty eight feet, trustee and choir spaces, a pastor’s room, a women’s parlor and work room, plus a gymnasium kitchen and kindergarten. Pastor Rev N W Stroup leads.
Paris reports Dr. Leduc of Nantes claims intermittent low tension electrocution kills cattle without pain by first destroying perception then respiration and circulation. He asserts no suffering or reaction, making it preferable to existing methods.
The annual report of Col. John M. Carson, Chief of the Bureau of Manufactures, shows US production valued at fifteen billion dollars for the year ended June 30. Exports totaled 1.854 billion, up 136 million from 1906, with ready for consumption goods and further manufactured items driving the gain.
Dr. Klopsch of the Christian Herald recalls the Emperor of Japan gifting him the Order of the Rising Sun. He jokes he is as proud as a Highland chief who, in a tale, boasts none are his equal, then humorously dismisses others as not matching his own status.
An army officer in a South African native district gifts a Kaffir boy a pair of strong nailed boots. The boy wears them briefly, then wears them around his neck, explaining they are too slow for walking and are better kept for wearing in bed.
A compact moral list from the New York Journal outlines nine paired impulses: govern temper with tongue and conduct, cultivate courage affection and gentleness, commend thrift industry and promptness, despise cruelty arrogance and ingratitude, wish for health friends and contentment, admire dignity gracefulness and intellectual power, and give alms comfort the sad and appreciation to the worthy.
Local column humor recalls a furor over glossy car models as neighbors joke about sensitive topics. The snippet captures playful chatter between residents and a joking reference to domestic life.
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