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Newspaper
New Oxford Item
Location
New Oxford, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jun 01, 1906
Page
1
Alfred Percival Graves thanks Westminster Gazette for a Welsh lament about Gwendoleen a princess asleep with apple in hand. The verse recalls Gwalia shuddering at Norman blows and asks what angels whisper of a father and crown.
A Tyrolean wedding custom gives the bride a tear-kerchief before the church service. Made from new material, she uses it to dry tears at leaving home. It is never used again after marriage and is kept in the linen closet until the owner's death when it is spread over her face.
The author argues that life begins and evolves via bursts of mutation. He cites Lamarck and the primrose as evidence that new species arise suddenly from old stocks, not by slow change. Experiments seek mutable strains, testing seeds, culture conditions, and environmental factors to grasp mutability and control its outcomes.
The Harper's Magazine piece details Herbert Spencer's curious habit of red ink stamped over blue flower motifs on his carpet. A stout seamstress employed to apply the ink pressed each flower, a task lasting over a week on a large carpet, illustrating a playful, domestic side of the thinker.
A fragment describes a tear-kerchief made of new linen shelved in a closet, later removed and spread over a woman's face. The wording implies a personal, domestic incident without broader context or dates.
A city elocution teacher argues stammering stems from incorrect breathing rather than palate or muscles. She notes many stammerers also suffer deafness and says even brief instruction in proper respiration aids improvement, with men more affected than women.
King Edward I orders restoration of the Windsor Castle royal library uncovering ten missing pages from a celebrated French translation of Flavius Josephus History of Antiquities. The pages once belonged to the Duke de Berry and later Jacques D Armagnac, and were returned to France. Proceeds from selling Windsor engravings fund library acquisitions. A separate note reports French Academy discussion on hot springs and a theory by Armand Gautier that springs arise from distilled rock essence rather than rainwater.
A survey of scientific notes describes how latent images form in photography, selenium gas lighters, and X ray based gastric outlines. It covers toxines in eel blood, anti toxins, and experiments on growing crystals that lift heavy weights, with geology implications for pyrite in slate.
A Technical World account describes wrecking crews in large cities who pull down fire gutted buildings. They work on swaying walls with ropes and massed bodies, risking collapse and injury as they extract workers from debris. The piece highlights the thrill and danger inherent in this perilous occupation.
Decision to establish a vaccination institute at Medina, the city that houses Mohammed's tomb, signaling a major public health initiative in a place of historic significance. The project aims to enhance immunization access and bolster regional health infrastructure.
The United States Agricultural Bulletin argues West forests are millions of acres short of suitable growth due to fires and denuded slopes that hinder natural renewal. It urges aggressive planting and sustained conservation to meet timber and water needs, especially in Southern California where irrigation limits drive forest extension.
In Nuremberg Germany horse meat consumption has risen sharply. existing municipal facilities are strained. The City Council weighs building a new horse abattoir with an estimated cost of 43000 dollars to meet the increased demand.
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