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Newspaper
New Oxford Item
Location
New Oxford, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jul 23, 1908
Page
10
Alfred J. Whitehouse in Sunset presents a poem about the man who blows his bugle and the mixed public praise or disdain he receives. The verse weighs vanity discipline and merit, arguing judgment erres and praise often rests on self laudation.
A Sioux youth known as Lone Boy scales a canyon to capture two young bald eagles after stalking their nest. He endures a dangerous fall and perilous descent, then uses the eaglets to leap to safety, surviving a brutal ordeal before returning home to be renamed Wambit Yuza, Catches Eagles, by his people.
Dr. John Aitken argues gas forms the basis of smell. Glass bricks are translucent and acid proof. Copper gauze offers a nonflammable, crack-resistant alternative to celluloid wind screens. Silver content in volcanic ash from Cotopaxi and Tangurague is quantified. Electrical currents traverse the globe NW to SE, possibly sun driven. A Belgian astronomer cites the sun and earth as a dynamic dynamo. A rail company tests steel train collision resilience. Radium shows efficacy in Tizzoni and Bongiovanni rabies treatment, reducing fever and saving treated animals.
Agra hosts a famed monument begun in 1630 by Shah Jahan as a tomb for Mumtaz Mahal Arjumand Banu. Estimates place cost between 18.5 and 30 million rupees with much unpaid. The mausoleum, its gardens and pools, is praised as a marble poem of beauty.
A roundup of famous figures and leaders noting unusual habits and positions. George Meredith is seventy eight. King George of Greece favors incognito strolls. the Pope supposedly smokes. President Fallieres avoids publicity. the Mikado backs football in Japan. Prince of Palermo profits from Sicilian snow sales. the Sultan of Suryk? loves odd pets. Roosevelt favors corn pone breakfast. Willian plans to present the Hohenzollern yacht to Crown Prince Frederick William. Colonel Grant frequently in civvies. Dr. Joseph Wright rose from mill hand to philology professor. Richard Croker’s old New York home to be sold. Tweed’s shadow fades. Frederick VIII hosts editors for political talk.
A turkey and a goose competed in a 100 yard walking race in London drawing hundreds of spectators. After a false start the goose sprinted ahead and won easily under his master’s guidance amid applause. The goose wore a box on his back to collect pennies for a local hospital before and after the race.
A Harpers Weekly note says the Kea parrot of New Zealand, long accused of killing sheep by pecking holes in their sides, shows no evidence to justify the evil reputation. The investigation found the claim based on curiosity about carcasses rather than actual predation.
A historic home remedy describes soaking Iceland moss overnight then washing, simmering in water to a starch like thickness, then combining with sugar to form a creamy syrup. The syrup is poured into buttered tins to half inch depth, cooled and cut into pieces.
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