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Newspaper
New Oxford Item
Location
New Oxford, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jan 30, 1908
Page
12
Poem excerpt questions how long greed and industry will crucify babies, with Marys and Calvary imagery. It cites Garnet Noel Wiley from The Reader, imagining a future where mothers lose children to factory walls and the state of society bleeds until divine tears fall.
Two suburban couples pursue a frugal dream of luxury, saving through a surprise “surplus fund” box system. The narrative follows Number Nine and Number Seven as they resist impulse buys, debate instalment plans, and track every cent for a coveted lounge. The wife’s disciplined savings clash with the husband’s wish for comfort.
A family tracks small savings through a personal “Driblet Box” system. The narrator and partner count coins and a five dollar bill, revealing eleven quarters, ten cent pieces, nickels, pennies, and a five dollar note. Ned and Walter contribute weekly allowances, forming a growing household fund. The scheme inspires a club paper on household economics and defends driblets as expressions of self sacrifice rather than waste.
W Is Curtis asserts in Chicago Record-Herald that Duluth and its sub-port of Two Harbors handled 27,376,201 tons in 1906 with most freight being raw materials. He compares Duluth to London Liverpool and New York, noting U S and Northwestern producers contributed over 250 million dollars in freight value.
In 1880 Argentina held 40 million dollars in railways but by 1906 investment reached 645 million, an increase of 605 million in twenty six years. Rail mileage neared 12 500 miles and freight total reached 26 000 090 tons. Two new concessions granted this year to French Belgian capitalists. Argentina has 22 railroad companies twenty two with eighteen English based in London one French and three government owned.
Broadway Magazine notes Japan’s naval expansion after victories in the Yellow Sea and Korean Straits. It cites twelve battleships and armored cruisers built from captured vessels, a large shipbuilding workforce, and a fleet ready to defend waters, urging the U S to reconsider officer to enlisted man ratios.
Appleton's Magazine describes life under forty pounds per square inch in a heavy atmosphere. The piece explains physiological changes including muffled hearing and altered voice, along with practical effects on fire, lighting, and sealing a corked bottle.
A Chicago News account recalls Vincent Lunardi’s ascent from Moorfields on September 15 1784. More than 100000 spectators watched as the balloon drifted across London crowds many were injured in the crush. one old woman died from fright. Lunardi’s flight near Ware Hertfordshire sparked fear and wonder with calls for harsh punishment mixed with astonishment.
The Michigan Daily is a seven day college paper with Sunday issues unique among colleges Its Sunday edition differs from city papers in Ann Arbor and Ithaca while Telegraph world news appears but not on the front page keeping the paper strictly collegiate
A Burnett man shipped 650 pounds of live frogs in a large box to Milwaukee dealers at five cents per pound. The frogs, gathered from spring holes in creeks before winter, were prepared for market by local workers. Twelve bush el baskets filled the load. Fox Lake correspondence Milwau kee Sentinel.
The article notes that Great Britain harbors around 200 varieties of moss on its islands. It highlights the island nation’s rich bryological diversity and the abundance of moss species across its landscapes.
A collage of aphorisms and quotes from Latin Bunyan Dryden Juvenal and others on virtue happiness and conduct. The snippets touch on prudence memory service youth enthusiasm and social expectations in a periodical tone of home notes and moral reflection.
A San Francisco Chronicle snippet recalls a railroad agent challenging Fre l to drink before noon in the Flood Building. Despite repeated invitations Fre l declines, while colleagues press for a pre luncheon drink and a return by four for another round.
A Future newspaper article reflects on rising white paper costs and predicts free distribution within fifty years. It envisions compact book forms, reduced lead repetition, and wireless news delivery, as noted by H. W. Palmer in the New York Herald.
London philanthropists started places of rest for early workers. All Hallows London Wall and St. Katharine Coleman in Fenchurch provide lighted warm sanctuaries with services, books, sewing for women, and small daily crowds. New York Tribune notes similar missions and night outreach aiding the needy.
A quirky roundup notes 41 million population with only 441 Japanese holding fortunes over 50 000 dollars. New York City 1908 expenses rise by 34 500 dollars daily. Britain owns 7 900 of 14 000 large steamers among leading nations. NYC surface cars carry daily riders equal to California’s population. London spans twelve miles by street width and seventeen the other way, with about twenty miles of new streets added yearly.
Greenland glaciers are described as averaging about one thousand feet in thickness and moving roughly fifty feet per day. They discharge into the sea with an ice front of about four square miles and near a thousand feet thick.
The old headgear worn by Geronimo in his final battle with General Miles was purchased by Robert W. Wells of Washington and will be donated to the Smithsonian Institution.
New York state records the highest total assessed valuation for the 1906 fiscal year at 8 015 090 722 dollars. Pennsylvania ranks second with 4 405 378 339 dollars and Massachusetts follows at 4 222 281 054 dollars.
A sygamore statue in Gizeh Cairo museum is described as about six thousand years old yet the wood is said to be entirely sound and natural in appearance despite its extreme age.
At Grand Central Station last week four sleeping cars carried odd names including Aurelian Eglantine Idelweiss and Annarello. The traveling public wonders why such names are used for rail cars.
Dutch navigator Adrian Block discovered the Connecticut River in 1614 and sailed about sixty miles upriver toward the northern state boundary. The name Connecticut stems from an Indian phrase meaning the Long Tidal River. Block's legacy lives on in Block Island.
The article argues colds are more common in winter not from cold but from people staying indoors. It says indoor living and less open air exposure lowers health and increases susceptibility to colds.
A collection of aphorisms from the Greenwood Lake philosopher notes on truth, ambition, marriage, and human folly. The quips touch on listening, dignity, luck, heaven, widowers, and hustle with a wry, reflective tone.
Government report shows over 15000 domesticated reindeer used by Alaska natives and 52 native public schools operated by the Bureau of Education in the year ending June 30, 1907. Enrollment reached 2483 with 1076 average daily attendance. Initiatives include industrial training and practical instruction in fishing, skin processing, boat handling, coal mining and agriculture.
An Irish neighbor, Patrick Halloran, influenced by a political candidate who debated him beside a pig pen, ultimately voted for the candidate. After the election, the candidate learned Halloran had opposed him, but recalled how the candidate’s action of scratching the pig’s back softened his stance and earned Halloran’s vote.
A blue crane was found dead near the White Water Canal between this city and Milton by Motorman Bottsfield of the T H J E line. A large white fish wedged in its throat caused death by strangulation as the bird frantically struggled to swallow and free itself. The specimen stood about five feet one inch tall with six foot two inch wings.
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