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Newspaper
New Oxford Item
Location
New Oxford, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jan 16, 1908
Page
1
A poetic fragment invites passage through an open door to the Main building. The speaker urges freedom to go or stay, warns of a misty sea beyond, and notes no return once you tread beyond the lintel while asking for no complaint.
A family reenacts independence with a homemadeDeclaration led by a narrator who reads of rights and grievances to Mrs Saunders. The scheme ends in swift punishment but the children press on with a bold pledge and a faux parchment sealed with ribbon.
A selection of remarks about rulers treated as deities by their peoples. A Mikado seen as both deity and Emperor, a British condolence tale with a saved portrait, and a Russian noble’s reply about the Czar as a god on earth. The anecdotes illustrate reverence and irony across nations.
Paul Firman buys a 110 acre tract containing the largest persimmon grove in the mountains and fences it to protect opossums to stock the land. He plans to breed the finest persimmon varieties and opossums, selling hundreds of animals and their skins to fur dealers, creating a unique local venture.
Mr Hanks obtains $100 cash after a lengthy process then discovers the cashier gave two $100 bills by mistake. He refuses to return the excess, offering to send a check instead. The banker thanks him for calling the error to attention.
From Life notes a sweeping rise in grand larceny concerns, labeling the crisis as a nationwide panic and urging awareness of theft patterns and protective measures.
A historical account recounts Napoleon Bonaparte's consideration of a royal Russian marriage after divorcing Josephine, the choice of a Napoleonic dynastic union, and the birth of his son which momentarily united France and Austria with bells and banners. It notes the looming Russian campaign and empire’s decline as the marriage's consequences unfold.
The text lists planetary year lengths for Mercury Venus Mars and Neptune with Neptune's year at 60 127.7 days. It notes Noorman could not reach a year on Neptune. It estimates global evaporation at 510 cubic miles daily and average annual rainfall at sixty inches.
Signor Alfani, director of the Florence Observatory, says sun spots he calculated twelve times Earth's size will reach the color meridian around mid November and may trigger violent magnetic disturbances.
Four deaths are linked to exposure to X rays with a mysterious disease thought to involve a great life principle. Dr. Weigel, president of the Rochester Academy of Medicine and the American Orthopedic Society, was the latest victim.
The incandescence of gas mantles is explained as an oscillatory oxidation. If cerium oxide added to thorium oxide is under one percent, incandescence ceases. Oxidized cerium combines with thorium, decomposes, reoxidizes, and recombines in rapid cycles.
The potato arrived in Europe from Peru via Europe and spread to the Americas. The term batata first referred to the sweet potato of tropical origin, with disputed routes from East or West Indies. The yam, a distant cousin, thrives in tropical regions with a large tuber and a vine needing a support pole.
The New York Press warns that many fruits and staples such as bananas lemons oranges and apples may host pests. It notes wheat weevils in grain products and worms in hominy corn meal and flour while claiming rice remains largely free of worms and urging caution with oats rye and barley.
The first steam plow in Saline County was sold to Wil Johnson who lives four miles west of Salina. The 12-disk plow cuts twelve furrows and can plow 30 acres in ten hours at 2.5 mph. It started in a 100-acre field at 3 pm Wednesday and finished Friday evening after two crews worked overnight.
AVegetarian Messenger argues that men cannot adopt a vegetarian diet without the cooperation of the women who cook and manage the household. The piece laments that many men blame women as the obstacles preventing the shift away from flesh foods, urging women to take up cooking the new dishes.
Chicago Evening Post notes a burglar on the North Side forces pantry windows for easy entry. With provisions priced as they are, such break ins appear more profitable than using safes.
A sudden darkness gripped Glasgow at midday as street lamps flickered on and shops switched to electric lighting. The city described the event as as black as night, leaving pedestrians and officials assessing the cause and impact.
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