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Newspaper
New Oxford Item
Location
New Oxford, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jul 30, 1908
Page
6
Appears to be a poetic verse from the Somerville Journal reflecting on life’s brief passage. The lines describe the small duration of daily struggles and social facades as people navigate work, worries, and shared human experiences. The piece questions whether that short span is enough.
A Boston professor and his pupil Bolling chase a twenty foot devil ray named Mania birostris on a sheltered shoal. The pair drift under pursuit and harpoon attempts fail as the creature circles the launch. They escape by leaping overboard and swimming to mangroves, vowing to pursue study and publish findings.
A historical overview of presentiments defining them as instinctive forewarnings of future events, mostly of evil, with examples from Caesar, Henry IV, Mozart, Lincoln, and Tu renne. It weighs dreams, coincidence, and instinctive deduction as explanations, noting good presentiments are rarer and often unfulfilled.
Judge Frazer, in the Juvenile Court, cites about 700 children seen in a few months and warns that letting youths go to theatres and amusements alone endangers them. He urges parents to assume responsibility and restrain liberties that lead to trouble, as reported by the Portland Oregonian.
A collection of practical home tips covers extinguishing oil fires with flour, preventing beans from burning, chest rubs with vaseline turpentine, and fashioning keepsakes with a gold chain and hairpin. It also includes food ideas like onion juice with earth and vinegar, lemon rind storage, and flavoring cake with drops of flavoring folded into the oven.
Morning view of All Hallows London Wall shows a strange appearance as the church opens early to serve girls and women arriving by workmen’s trains. A short service precedes needlework and reading, with materials provided yet curated for broad range.
The Baltimore American cites the college ideal of a sound mind in a sound body and rejects the older view of cadaverous scholarship, arguing students should integrate physical health with study during formative years critical to lifelong success.
A Boston pastor argues that a man could only justify tobacco use if his wife agrees to share it. He suggests wives should have a say in selecting the brand, a point noted by the Springfield Union.
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