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Newspaper
New Oxford Item
Location
New Oxford, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jan 23, 1908
Page
12
A nostalgic verse recalls youth and admiration for a dashing suitor named Jim. The speaker admits resisting many admirers, then settles with Jim in marriage to quiet the attention. The poem frames social pressure and romance in a lively early 20th century voice.
Wilfred H. Auburn recounts Jones the Traveler’s perilous journey across Europe. From Blarney Castle to the Schwarzwald and Meiringen the daring feat includes a bicycle ascent and descent, a hub brake failure, ice water, a plunge through a grate, and a dramatic rescue back to town.
Capt Percy Pells and two companions plucked from Pelham Bay when a 267 pound turtle towed their rowboat a mile after grabbing Pells’s blackfish hook. They battled the creature for three hours, capsize, and finally towed the dead turtle ashore with the boat.
The piece surveys author handwriting, noting Longfellow’s bold back hand, Miller’s illegible script, Bronte’s cambric needle line, Thackeray’s tiny but neat script, Marryat’s microscopic marks, Napoleon’s illegible style, Carlyle’s crabbed hand, Bryant’s bold form, and Scott Hunt Moore Gray’s readable yet distinctive lack. Dickens wrote in blue ink on blue paper with frequent erasures.
A Munich medical weekly reviews several silk treatment methods for surgical use proposed by investigator Wederlake. Techniques include ether washing to remove oils, sterilization by bichloride boiling, silver deposition, india rubber coating, or acid soaking with subsequent drying and hardening. The treated silk aims to resist infection and absorption, remaining strong yet disappearing in four to six weeks after tissue burial.
An official recounts a curious incident with a watch that started running after he walked to a jeweller’s shop. He notes the watch halted after winding and only resumed functioning when adjusted, comparing it to a dentist visit relieving tooth pain as an unexpected outcome.
In winter 1840 Nelsons signalman John Roome was found selling watercress and herrings in Blackfriars after deserting the navy post Trafalgar. Captain Pasco lobbied for him, Greenwich granted a pension, and Roome earned a place at Greenwich Hospital. If he lived today he might receive a princely salary for signaling nightly at music halls.
In the Spring field Republican commentary, the idea is posed that inhabitants of stark landscapes have keener vision. The piece notes that Eskimo people detect a white fox on snow from afar and Arabs identify desert objects invisible to others.
The article compares time sales to loans, noting merchants finance buyers until payment and urging mutual awareness. It argues sellers extend credit like a loan, buyers seek cash equivalents, and recognition of this relation could improve self respect, reduce losses, and steer buyers from financial danger.
A Los Angeles woman real estate agent, in business two years, completed the largest land sale by a woman in the region nearly a quarter of a million dollars. She notes many women clients and says they are direct and quicker to close, but often lack practical knowledge to execute deeds and contracts without guidance.
A New Orleans Times Democrat correspondent describes Norman peasants as frugal eaters with beans and bread for breakfast and a simple midday meal, contrasting their diet with costly culinary art. Normandy women wear picturesque dress while peasants celebrate weddings with large, abundant feasts.
A Kansas City Journal report describes a farm incident where a red squirrel wrestled a nearly six foot black snake from a nest on Mr Withers’s property north of Carrollton. The snake was killed after the struggle.
A new vocation, itinerant auto repair, appears on major country routes. The first operator was seen on the Old York road near Jenkintown carrying tools in a bag with a sign Autos Repaired. He travels in a striped runabout, offering mobile repair services to motorists.
Paris operates seven free eating houses intended for impoverished mothers, offering meals at no cost. The initiative targets relief for households facing hardship and aims to provide nutritious options in the city.
A National Magazine description outlines growing a hardy Cuban rubber tree with six metre spacing. By age six the tree reaches thirty feet and can be interplanted with beans maize cassava and pineapple. Tapping begins around year five but yields peak after year six at one and a half pounds, rising to about six pounds annually from years eight to ten with long-term productivity.
A short anecdote about George Meredith who built a small yet cozy house. A visiting lady remarks on the modest size versus grand castles described in his books. Meredith explains that words are cheaper than stones.
Controversy over whether fish hear persists with new Paris bulletin reports by M. Marage. Experiments on carp tench pike eel and others found no evidence of a sense of hearing as sounds near the fish produced no reaction despite strong energy.
George G. Morton a machinist residing on Russell street laughed at a garden hose joke from a window and suffered fractured ribs with torn lining after the fit of mirth. A medical man treated him and he was helped to a seat.
District Attorney Jerome a neyes faces public ire as Admiral Dewey marks his seventieth birthday with officers toasting the President. Carnegie adds 2 million to a 10 million Carnegie Institution endowment. Signor Gianturco dies in Rome, fifth loss for Giolitti. Alfred Vanderbilt gives 100 thousand for Newport Y M C A memorial building. General T S Harrison sues for 10 thousand. Dawes to quit banking to compose music. Morley awarded Royal Society medal. Lewson forms third term bid with Roosevelt. Astor spends 250 thousand on Hudson private club house with indoor tennis provisions.
A Washington round up notes Taft world tour stage plans and snow delivery to Denver convention while McCarren predicts Hughes cannot gain the nomination. The piece cites first‑time House members, Fairbanks urged for president in Indianapolis, McEwen’s gubernatorial bid in Chicago, Iowa GOP support for Hughes, Mayor McClellan seeking fuller bill in New York suit, Tillman attacking Panama policy, Missouri Republicans backing Taft, Roosevelt's view that Taft is virtually assured, and NY County GOP stance on Hughes.
The New York Evening Post laments the rise of talking machines and automatic pianos eroding the field once held by amateur musicians and questions fair compensation for authors as families shift from sheet music to rolls and disks.
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