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Newspaper
New Oxford Item
Location
New Oxford, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jun 08, 1906
Page
3
An extract from Arthur Davison Hicke in Scribner's Magazine presents a speaker seeking inner peace away from world turmoil. He imagines a private refuge where fear and hope recede and dawn lights reveal undiscovered horizons. The stanza contrasts external clamor with personal dawnward longing and unfinished dreams.
Evelyn Vanderzee tale follows Percy Preston as he and a mysterious heiress flirt at Prince's rink, planning to meet later. After a false promise and a sharp encounter at Gayford's, he flees in embarrassment, realizing he was deceived by a society matron in disguise.
Commissioner George W. Bowers of the Bureau of Fisheries returned from Florida and Cuba after studying sponge culture and fish marketing. He lauds cheap fish for the masses, noting Florida markets and St. John River shad sold to dealers at three cents and consumers obtaining two to five pound fish for a nickel. He cites Cuban and Catholic influence on fish consumption and calls chickens and fish great benefactors of mankind.
Dr Murray of Perry Ohio reports performing an eye surgery on a farmer George Blair's horse. He removed a white wriggling snake from the eyeball after an extended procedure and claims the horse regained sight and remained healthy. The event is noted as rare in veterinary literature.
A selection of twentieth century proverbs from The Buhemian offers quips on time prudence and learning. It contrasts old fools with young fools and notes that some dodge obligations while others worry about them.
A discussion from Outing Magazine on how elite dorms threaten campus equality and the value of athletic training. It asserts sports as the true democratizer on campus, allowing merit and character to trump wealth beyond social divisions.
In New York state leaders condemn widespread fraud while defending many honest workers. The speaker argues for rigorous punishment of criminals in insurance, rail, and finance, urges action over despair, and calls for renewing national character and moral resolve.
A speaker argues that working girls face unjust conditions and cannot be happy under exploitation. She blames wealthier owners for most cruelty and calls for awareness of dividend sources, noting personal factory experience and urging responsibility from capital holders.
A Providence Journal profile recalls Jemima Wilkinson born 1758 in Cumberland and known as The Public Universal Friend. She led the Society of Universal Friends from 1776, claimed miracles and resurrection, and attracted followers across Rhode Island and New York before dying July 1 1819 in New York. Her North Kingston farm ties to Judge Potter and Kingston library portraits.
A farmer explains how horses fear autos and how gradual exposure can train any horse to pass a moving car calmly. He notes drivers often frighten teams more than machines, urges gentleness and patience, and compares adapting horses to cars with lessons learned from bicycles and locomotives.
State zoology officials test a long box experiment to see if a nonpoisonous blacksnake can kill venomous copperhead and perhaps the rattler. Two live snakes from different parts of Pennsylvania are placed together to observe interspecies aggression. Harrisburg correspondent Philadelphia Public Ledger.
The Swiss economy rests on industrious thrift and strong exports. Tourism brings millions yearly, but Swiss cereals vegetables wines and a wide array of well regarded manufactured goods sustain growth, with exports reaching about 240 million dollars in 1905.
It states that Greater London omnibuses carry as many passengers as all local railways combined, with tramways carrying 50 percent more. One year’s omnibus passengers equal seven times the UK population, and total tramway railway and omnibus passengers equal three quarters of world population.
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