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Newspaper
New Oxford Item
Location
New Oxford, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jan 16, 1908
Page
7
Meranic a feared Cayuse leader on the Umatilla reservation southwest of Spokane abandons pagan rites after Rev Edward Connor is ordained at Tu tuilla Presbyterian Mission. The chief vows to stop theft deceit and drinking and to live a better life amid revival cheers.
Mrs Zana Miller recalls using Cuticura Soap and Ointment to treat her infant’s Cuban Itch sores. After three applications the lesions dried, and within two weeks the child recovered fully, now five years old, with the treatment costing 75 cents.
The article traces early war balloon use from 1794 with Guyton de Morveau during Fleury battles to 1859 at Solferino and the American Civil War near Washington. It notes mail bag drops from besieged Paris and explains balloon word origins including non aeronautical meanings.
Advertises Vall's Catarrh Cure as a constitutional remedy. Claims internal action on blood and mucous surfaces to cure catarrh, with a $100 reward for any case it fails to cure. Mentions Hall's Catarrh Cure and Hall's Family Pills as supplementary products.
Official tests of Yate reveal extraordinary properties as the strongest native wood in western Australia. Its average tensile strength reaches 24 000 pounds per square inch, with some specimens tested to seventeen and a half tons per square inch, comparable to wrought iron. The sawn timber may be the strongest in the world. The Yate tree grows up to 100 feet tall and 2.5 to 3 feet in diameter.
Advertisement claims Paro Ointment cures itching bleeding and protruding piles in six to fourteen days with a money refund if not cured. The offer promises guaranteed results and refunds.
A description of producing tinfoil by encasing a lead core in pure tin then beating the composite like gold leaf to reduce to a very thin sheet. The resulting product can reach a thickness of about one eighteenth of an inch.
An advertised remedy touts relief from itch within 30 minutes using Woolford’s Sanitary Lotion and claims strong results from a drugstore product.
A farmer's boy from Cottage Grove Wisconsin using a homemade telescope discovers two comets. J FE Mellish, barely into adolescence with a country education, attracts attention from leading scientists who arrange chances for further study in astronomy.
The author laments British agricultural lag in livestock and crop yields, arguing intensive, properly fed farming on smaller, well-managed plots boosts profits. He praises foreign competition in cheese, poultry, and horses, urges early haying and phosphatic manures, and stresses scientific, intensive culture and efficient manure use. He closes with practical tips on yard cleaning and manure hauling.
Fowls vary in eating habits and may reject unfamiliar grains until trained. Even oats or wheat can be refused by birds unused to them, but can be educated to accept new foods by restricting them to one grain at a time.
A sketch shows a rope passed over the cow’s hip and under the udder, drawn snugly and tied to prevent kicking. The method is said to be effective without restricting milk flow.
The Breeders' Gazette cautions that the plan could injure the mammary veins extending forward from the udder. These veins drain blood from arteries to the udder and do not affect the milk production supply.
A 1200 pound steer yields detailed portions under modern packing rules. Ribs 165 pounds loins 115 round 165 chunks 150 plates 113 shanks 45 and more with minor byproducts listed such as suet glue fertilizer and fertilizer uses for various parts. All parts are used with only water wasted in the carcass.
Budapest correspondent notes Germany Italy and England wield heavy sway over socialist thought. Literature of social democracy floods villages and towns despite rising fines and imprisonment. A vast Budapest socialist printing establishment shows large money and organizational power.
Mrs. Douglas laments the strain of catering to her convalescent daughter Amy saying the convalescent business is harder than her illness. She recalls offering a pork chop and marshmallows for dinner, only for Amy to refuse it.
A dissatisfied tourist scoffs at the lack of scenery amusements and food, while the innkeeper explains visitors come for the grand label on their luggage. The anecdote highlights marketing success and tourist expectations in a humorous exchange.
Germany's population grows faster than Great Britain or France, signaling shifting demographic patterns in Europe. Analysts note acceleration in birth rates and migration influence while regional differences persist across states.
The article argues many dairymen starve dry cows in winter, causing thin cattle and poor future milk. It emphasizes strong winter nutrition to prevent flesh loss, improve next year's milk, and reduce progeny underperformance, citing Prof. H. H. Dean.
Stanley Wright, a 17 year old prodigy from Richhill Township, Greene County, stands six feet seven inches and weighs 256 pounds. He wears a custom No 18 shoe and will teach at a Richhill Township school, challenging any pupil who mocks him.
Colombia advances a sweeping railroad program to connect distant regions and integrate the country’s economy. Officials say new lines will link cities from coast to coast, enabling faster movement of people and goods nationwide.
The article advises using clover as summer hog feed and stresses feeding discipline. Hogs thrive on fresh clover or clover hay, and should have bulky food. Do not overfeed. clean troughs and wait for hunger before feeding again. Pasture for pigs and cows is the only paying system.
John Hetzel, a 10 year old sent from Jersey City to the New Jersey State Home for Deaf Mutes at Trenton, astonishes faculty and doctors. He has no ears just lobes and no openings yet appears to hear and understand spoken words. He often keeps his mouth open and experts suspect he may hear through the mouth though this is unconfirmed.
The word tram traces to Thomas Outram of Derbyshire who in the early 1800s devised friction reducing track for wheels. His Outramways evolved into tramways and then trams, a naming habit used in Britain to honor inventors. Macadamized roads are also noted as a naming custom.
A manager named Ybor shie markets Avebenia a land 250 miles by 90 in Africa offering throne crown scepter dominions and subjects for 200000 with life and death power and royal concessions. The crown is a diadem of human skulls and the throne from skulls and thigh bones. Also advertised are remedies and odd notices about Bowdoinham widows aged 29 to 99.
Advertisement touts Bromo Quinine laxative and cold cure with the slogan used worldwide to cure a cold in one day. Signature appears as lk. w. Grove initials on the promo, priced at 25e.
A field of wheat at Blochley Worcestershire began reaping at 9 AM and produced bread within 60 minutes illustrating rapid processing from harvest to loaf.
An early advertisement promotes Mrs Winslow’s Soothing Syrup for Children Tea ting dentition. It claims to soften gums reduce inflammation ease teething pain and cure wind colic with a 25 cent bottle price.
The record notes an Ataldus of Reims crosier bearer who died in 9383 and an ancient Winchester cathedral font reputedly showing a bishop with a crosier, possibly England’s earliest. It also cites Bartholomew, Bishop of Exeter (1161–1184), with a rudely shaped crosier on his tomb.
Mrs Arney McElroy Brett is hailed as the telephone queen of the Southwest. She serves as president of the Southern Independent Telephone and Telegraph Company and as president and general manager of the Brett Construction Telephone and Telegraph Company. Her ventures, built from nothing, represent more than half a million dollars in value.
The maximal altitude Mars can ascend to without harming his health is 16 590 feet, a limit identified for safe ascent. This threshold indicates how high he can go before experiencing significant health effects.
The text touts Syrup of Figs and Elixir of Senna as an excellent health product. It claims worldwide acceptance by the Well-Informed of the World and endorsement by physicians. It warns buyers to purchase the genuine product from the California Fig Syrup Co through leading druggists.
An item notes that service or goods are available postpaid upon receiving 25 cents in stamps. This terse notice implies a billing by mail arrangement and a request for immediate payment via stamps. No additional details are provided.
An ox wagon race or competition undermines short railway routes in South Africa, rendering certain local lines economically unviable and prompting discussions on transportation policy and rural freight viability.
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