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Newspaper
New Oxford Item
Location
New Oxford, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Feb 27, 1908
Page
6
A humorous poem from the Detroit Free Press contrasts a mother who deftly carves a duck with a father who is eager for a mishap to reclaim his culinary pride. The mother’s steady skill leaves father forever in the wings, guarding his dignity as Thanksgiving Eve memories linger.
Flora Hugton decides to judge her fiancé Appleton Dickerley by making him manage her sister Jane’s house. He helps with cleaning, dusting, and caring for an apparently ailing baby as Flora spies on the situation for evidence of his suitability as a husband.
Flora consoles Dickerley after a failed home trial in which he admits he cannot handle household tasks. He plans to leave, but Flora embraces him saying she will marry him as long as he lets her manage the home. The bit ends with him accepting the arrangement.
A Minneapolis Journal piece warns barn owls and hawks risk fatal dives near water tanks and walls as they chase prey. It details young water dangers and netting tragedies among pheasants and small birds, noting drownings and fatal entanglements from curiosity and poor obstacles.
A San Francisco Call writer recalls divers’ tales of shipwrecks at the bay’s bottom. The City of Chester, San Rafael, City of Rio Janeiro, Escambia, May Flint, and Caleb Curtis lie entombed, their faded cabins and a dim light recalled amid seaweed and fog.
The Philadelphia Record notes muskrats in New Jersey and Delaware marshes face extinction due to rising motoring in cold weather. Demand for fur lined overcoats drives decimation, with one city concern producing 800 coats requiring pelts from 30,000 muskrats.
Summary of Dr. Russell H. Chittenden's experiments showing protein's role in the diet. He argues nitrogen balance can be maintained on lower protein intake, promoting vegetable foods over animal proteins. Findings include Army, university athletes, and dog studies showing preserved or increased strength on reduced proteid in meals.
The Westminster Gazette notes Alphonse Karr’s history of peasants’ sons and lists famed figures of humble origin including Balzac. It cites antiquarian Charles Portal who uncovered Balzac’s father born 1746 as Bernard Franҫois Balssa, a laborer, suggesting Balzac earned his nobility through merit.
Corinna’s Willow Brook farm, Rackliff pasture owned by B. W. Sprague, spans 400 acres with over 160 under cultivation for a 191? potato crop. Last season 90 plus acres yielded about 22 000 bushels of merchantable potatoes in a single harvest.
A Bardolph couple marked fifty years of marriage with a golden wedding anniversary dinner. They served gooseberry pie made from their own bush, the same plant that supplied the pie at their wedding fifty years ago. The bush remains vigorous today as it did in youth.
Erzberg in Austria, known as the Iron Mountain, is projected to supply ore for a millennium. The mine's long-term output supports continued mining activity and regional industry.
An editorial imagines a headline declaring that a community avoided a large theft. It contrasts sensational crime scares with stories of integrity, noting a clerk at Smith & Smith resisted embezzling 97 500, choosing self-respect over gain.
The president of the Blank Blank Water Company at his home refused a $1000 annual retainer from Boss Gallagher’s emissary last night. He said he would oppose graft and fight corruption rather than trade influence for city favors.
A Harper's Weekly meditation on the tension between strict conduct and pursuit of knowledge. The piece warns that rigid rules limit sympathy and ideals, while unchecked knowledge wanders without immediate application, arguing true wisdom blends ongoing growth with adaptable action.
Harper's Weekly editor questions New York as a living place even in favorable times. He argues the city is between stages, torn up to grow with population and industry, a tunnel where people pour in to make money and spend it, lacking repose on Manhattan Island.
The London Tribune notes 1906 world coal production with the United States rising by nearly 19,000,000 tons to lead the globe. Britain produced 251,000,000 tons, Germany up 15,500,000, and America at 70,009,000 tons in a record year.
Summary of notable women figures and events. Eliza Allen of Augusta Maine becomes a great grandmother at forty nine. Mothers Congress founder Theodore W Birney dies in Washington. Swedish hotels offer half rates to women who eat less than men. Paris novelist Tinayre laments snubbing Legion of Honor enrolment. Devonshire farmer offers to marry suffragist Pankhurst. Mrs Cobden Sanderson speaks in Boston to women. 120 year old Mary Ramsey Lemons Wood dies in Oregon. Duchess of Manchester born Helen Zimmerman updates in Dublin. Actress Henrietta Crosman and Maurice Campbell seek bankruptcy protection with debts near 119000. Paris polytechnic girls learn mandolin. a trainee learns to drive. Mme Gould may resume US citizenship within a year. Henry Miller donates six acres near Gilroy for girls training.
Americans donate 12500 to Keats Shelly memorial home. New York disease rise alarm. 12 million safety appliances planned for Harriman roads. Supreme Court rules employers liability act unconstitutional. Limerick contest to be banned in England as it grows. Japan halts Hsin Min Tun railway expansion angering British stockholders. 25 Belgian students study agriculture in California. Germany poised to fortify Heligoland per British naval circles. Roosevelt shows Congress photos of European officers’ riding skill. US leads in coal production and consumption per Board of Trade. Panama Canal cost revised at 200 million dollars. Rio reports 24 hour famine due to fleet purchases. Anti vivisection bills to curb cruel practices in NY NJ. Treat blames cash trolleys for weakened paper money.
A Wichita Beacon note recalls a social story where thirteen pears are set for twelve guests. Each guest resists taking the final pear until the lights go out and twelve hands converge on the last piece in a humorous pear maze.
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