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Newspaper
New Oxford Item
Location
New Oxford, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jul 09, 1908
Page
9
A reflective poem urges letters to loved ones at home before night. A long memoir recounts a dramatic Black Mamba encounter in a South African store, detailing a tense battle in darkness and the eventual kill. An agricultural advisory warns dairy cows can spread tuberculosis via milk and butter, urging strict testing and regulation.
From Mountaineering in North America by Robert Dunn in Outing Magazine, the piece debunks a long running map hoax about 16 000 to 17 000 foot peaks near Athabasca Pass that were labeled Brown and Hooker. It traces the origins to Collie and Bancroft and notes trappers’ skepticism during the Klondike era.
A Boston Brown Book entry promotes work as a cure for ills and values fun, nature, music, and a positive outlook. It champions frankness, hospitality, comradeship, friendship, and love as virtues guiding daily life.
A correspondence links New South Wales coast wind direction to fish catches, varying in three to four year cycles. Scarcity in 1898 and 1905 preceded recoveries. by studying winds, fishermen may forecast prospects two to three years ahead.
A Young People’s Weekly piece describes Doctor Marago of Paris using a magnifying device to photograph the voice. It suggests voice records could replace writing and stenography, enabling forgery proof records and audio contracts.
D D Ross, a Democrat, was elected Supervisor in Taymouth township this week. The Ross family has held the office for nearly all of the township’s history across three generations starting with the grandfather before the Civil War, then his son, and now the grandson. The Detroit Free Press notes this as possibly unmatched in Michigan.
Bohemia once part of Europe now in the Austro Hungarian empire. It covers 19,822 square miles and holds nearly 400 cities.
The London Lancet reports Dr H Campbell Thomson's use of the cinematograph to record nerve movements in patients. Films run at sixteen frames per second reveal detailed motion for student instruction. He foresees broader medical demonstrations, including muscle electrical reactions, with safer, lighted projection and simple operation.
A German pigeon grower staged a short speed trial between bees and pigeons. A dozen bees and a dozen pigeons started three miles from their hives and cats respectively, with bees dusted in flour to mark them. The first bee arrived a quarter of a minute before the first pigeon, and subsequent bees beat the second pigeon. Bees win a short sprint. pigeons would win long distances.
Measures and weights once used in Kang Hi era are revived in China with minor changes. The move reintroduces historic standards to modern administration, linking current policy to imperial practices.
Government entomologist Augst Busch collected larvae on the Isthmus of Panama and found 83 species, 30 new to science, the largest number from a single locality. Mosquitoes threaten Canal Zone workers with 90 known species nearby, and specimens are in the National Museum.
An advertisement promotes Dr Kline's Great Nerve Restorer for fits St Vitus' Dance and nervous diseases. It offers a $2 trial bottle and a free treatise, giving the Philadelphia address 931 Arch St for orders.
Prof Hereward Carrington of the American Institute for Scientific Research asserts twelve ounces of food daily suffices for any adult. An advertisement touts Mrs Winslow's Soothing Syrup for teething children as a remedy to soften gums reduce inflammation ease pain and cure wind colic priced at 25c per bottle.
A Cleveland Plain Dealer report quotes a young couple recounting a Kentucky night ride by marauders who allegedly knelt to pray before burning a warehouse. The narrative portrays band members as believing divine approval justified their terror and destruction amid moonlit streets and siren hymns.
The Westminster Gazette notes rapid Japanese progress in western civilization with merchants visiting Greenwich Observatory and Tokyo’s rebuilt Naval Observatory under S. Hirayama F R A S. The piece highlights well-equipped Japanese observatories and their high, enduring scientific value.
In the June Century the article argues for a sane Fourth and cites five national birthday celebrations from 1903 to 1907 that killed 1,153 people and injured 21,520. Among the injured 85 were totally blind, 398 partially blind, 3,808 lost limbs, and 1,067 lost fingers.
A testimonial letter from a New York man credits Grape-Nuts with rapid recovery from fatigue and improved strength after excessive night work. He reports weight gain of 20 pounds and lasting vitality, noting the product helps him during travel and daily exertion. The Postum Company promotes these letters as genuine human-interest stories.
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