28 Feb 1907
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Newspaper
New Oxford Item
Location
New Oxford, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Feb 28, 1907
Page
1
A nurse in Bloomsbury watches from a doorway as a well dressed man bursts into a domestic scene across the street. The Moor Street glimpse shows a brutal assault and a shocked confrontation as the watcher cries out and the man reacts with fear.
A nurse recalls witnessing a murder three years earlier and failing to identify the killer. She later meets George Orton, the wounded man, who hides guilt behind charm. Through a telling at a Yorkshire hall, she learns his remorse and keeps silent, hoping he seeks atonement.
The article surveys how predators are often signaled by alarm from fellow animals. It describes Tibetan wildlife like the Ovis ammon, kyang, and the snow leopard, the burhel, humnal pheasant, and birds signaling danger to bears, musk deer, and humans, then travels to India’s plains with panthers and tigers, and finally to Southern Africa where birds warn hippos and rhinoceroses of approaching threats.
A verse noting a man claiming fame by making love to Eloise who lives on the hill. The crowd mocks his path to recognition while he boasts his own lasting memory. Poems contrast makers of bread, clothes, and sermons with a speaker prioritizing romance over craft.
Johnny trades his nuisance dog Tige for two yellow pups to collect a five dollar reward. The tale, sourced from Lippincott's, shows a boy exchanging a pet for cash and a pair of new dogs after his father offers payment to remove the nuisance.
A Chinese gambler named George frequented a Chinaman's opium den and gambled daily. He ran in and borrowed $10 with a promise to repay by noon if alive, then vanished. By the next afternoon a friend asked for George and the Celestial tearfully replied that George was dead.
The Hanover Province Government reports 175000 trees planted along roadsides with annual income near 40000. Each tree yields over twelve cents gross, about half of which covers care. The government runs a nursery and supplies trees for new or replacement road projects.
Prizes awarded at a Sturminster Marshall dog show near Wimborne England for categories including ugliest handsomest most lovable most faithful most attractive best behaved best named best at tricks best looking and the biggest mongrel in separate classes.
A publisher tells an aspiring author there is nothing of interest in the manuscript. The author responds that readers might have more intelligence and hopes readers see value in the work. Milwaukee Sentinel record of a literary exchange.
A set of ten kerosene safety guidelines warns against filling lit lamps, handling oil in flames, and keeping cans in ventilated areas. It advises proper lamp maintenance, wick sizing, and safe practices for lighting and extinguishing flames to prevent fire hazards. It also cautions against storing gasoline indoors and using kerosene to kindle fires.
The New York Sun notes England’s agricultural output declines and urban population rises as rural workers move to towns and factories. It argues the United States thrives on a balance of farming and manufacturing while England drifts toward a manufacturing heavy economy, risking food dependence.
The extract recalls Herodotus noting ancient cotton as fruit of trees in India, used for cloth. It traces cotton’s spread to Greece Rome and Sicily before Christ, with awnings at theater and the Roman Forum covered by cotton, signaling early adoption and ceremonial use.
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