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Newspaper
New Oxford Item
Location
New Oxford, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jan 23, 1908
Page
1
A poetic piece from the Houston Post urges readers to “be happy anyhow” by embracing music and pretend joy. It encourages lifting voices, playing the fiddle, and making the world glow with laughter until street echoes sing.
A Sioux youth Two Moons faces a posse of cowmen after stealing horses and fleeing across the Antelope frontier. His brother Little Chief attempts to rescue him as a siege forms. the agency chief persuades the cowmen to spare the boy and accepts his surrender. The messenger proves his courage, earning a horse and release rather than bloodshed.
Items on conscience thrift and character offer maxims about living well. The list urges tenderness, diligence, frugality, and discipline while warning against deceit and careless spending. It frames virtue as practical effort and self improvement through measured, thoughtful actions.
A New York Weekly note quotes a letter from a 27 year old man seeking easy money without hard work. The reply mocks hollow prospects and warns there are no easy livelihoods, lampooning various professions and urging hard effort, with a final blunt suggestion to take laudanum and sleep.
A essay argues that democracy falters more from excess party spirit than misjudgment. It contrasts democracy with autocracy and oligarchy, stresses citizen vigilance, and urges the people to seek, honor, and trust honest leaders while never surrendering judgment.
Tit-Bits notes the Countess Henckel holds the costliest necklace valued around 250000 dollars. It comprises three historic pieces once linked to the ex Queen of Naples Spanish grandees and an Empress agenie. A 412 pearl Duchess of Montrose necklace sold for 59100 dollars and Empress Frederick’s thirty two pearl necklace is valued at 200000 dollars. Lady I chester’s black pearl necklace stands at about 125000 dollars.
Justice Harlan hears a New York businessman's boast about spending over $100000 on fine time with a remark that it costs him eighty thousand a year to lie. The exchange ends with Harlan saying he would not pay it.
The essay notes that over five million of twenty million U S children in the 1907 school year leave before completing elementary studies. It argues the system lacks practical training with clear value, citing Dr. K Singsbury and the Massachusetts commission on Industrial and Technical Education.
An old column extols borax as a simple safe disinfectant for drains and sinks and as a multi use household cleaner. It claims two tablespoons in a gallon hot water flushes pipes of germs and lists benefits from laundry to skincare and baby bottle cleaning. A free Jingle Book offer is made to mothers sending baby details and two one pound cartons tops.
The text argues athletics, beyond physical benefits, yield moral discipline by reducing drinking during sports seasons. It notes athletes tend to be desirable soldiers, and successful teams enhance a post’s reputation, attracting strong recruits to the Army and Navy.
A London Globe note recalls ancient and medieval views on hippophagy. It cites widespread ancient practice in China, a papal ban by Gregory III in Europe, and a revival in Germany during Napoleon’s era that persists to this day.
A watch designed for the blind uses movable buttons in relief on the dial to indicate hours and a strong minute hand for minutes. A blind user can pass a hand over the dial to locate the hour by touching the raised buttons.
A testimonial from a Battle Creek reader describes relief from coffee related sickness after switching to Postum. The husband improved dramatically, skin yellowing faded, kidney function better, weight increased from 95 to 115 pounds, and the writer also gained strength. The piece notes misperceptions about Postum and credits the product with a healthier life.
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