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Newspaper
New Oxford Item
Location
New Oxford, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jun 06, 1907
Page
2
A brisk short poem urges quick action to seize a moment and not delay. It warns that time is brief and trains may depart without wait, urging readers to grab life with haste, accept risk, and save a minute as cash.
In an autumn evening a doctor reassures Mary Catherine that her father’s illness is mild but his imagination runs wild. Cephas Blake serves as a watcher but sleeps through the night, leaving Eben awake until dawn. By morning the father rests peacefully, Cephas snoring elsewhere, and breakfast awaits.
Yale professor Hopkins argues at the American Oriental Society that the sniff kiss started as a smell based greeting in ancient times and led to the modern lip kiss. He traces the evolution through ancient India and notes roots in the word for kiss and smell.
The Lancet argues that practices like rat pits cock pits and bull rings were cruel and rightly ended in the country and urges similar action to end the traffic in old horses.
The Brazilian automobile market grows with better roads while U.S. manufacturers show renewed neglect. This contrast highlights a shift in regional demand and investment as infrastructure expands.
James Jr. Murphy argues urban living harms family life and health. He advocates a blend of city and country life, praising small farms and diversification of work. He says population spread and rural opportunities counter urban congestion and preserve well being.
Government experiments show alcohol can power gasoline engines with no structural changes and yield about ten percent more power. The text notes black bort diamonds used for industrial drilling and a blue white diamond as the priciest gem. It reports Dr. O Pohl’s bread alcohol measurement at 0.058 grams per 100 grams of bread and cites a cotton stalk paper method that could boost Southern cotton value by roughly 100 million dollars annually, claiming strong texture and soft finish.
The New York Sun reports on unusual European periodicals like Luminaria in Madrid printed with phosphorescent ink for dark reading, Regal on edible dough sheets, and Le Bien Etre promising pensions and burial. Other novelties include handkerchief papers, waterproof bath papers, and rugged Norwegian papers that can be twisted into rope after use.
The National Review describes a ritual in Morocco where three impoverished women sacrificed two sheep at a camp flagstaff to appease the powerful Kaid. They claim the Kaid and Sultan are helpless against his rule, and note that the butchered animals cannot be eaten by the petitioners.
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