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Newspaper
New Oxford Item
Location
New Oxford, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jun 11, 1908
Page
2
Readable lines of archaic style speak of blessing the plough and leading with a sharp coulter. The fragment hints at communal fertility and satisfaction but lacks clear context or events. No identifiable person or place is provided to ground a full news-style tease.
Poem in solemn dawn imagery describes Life as master over death eternal. The speaker portrays alms to the worn and needy, vows abundance across seasons, and claims dominion over life through labour and agrarian toil. Some biblical and ancient emblems appear as pensioners.
A Parisian looking governess and a mistaken identity spark a train journey to Wryborough. The narrator discovers Diane is Diane only after misreading a telegram and meeting Julie Angelique Danton, then Augusta appears and the intrigue deepens as a playful yet tense revelation unfolds.
A collection of curious data cites ostrich speed at 25 mph, the pygmy mouse of Siberia, and a hare’s cry like a distressed child. It notes Hungary mandates insurance, Berlin prizes for nursing infants, and German soldiers' arcane routines. It also mentions a Paris airship school and New York City birth and death rates for 1907.
Mrs. W C Lewis of Bogard says a hen hatched 11 chicks from a sitting of 10 eggs. She asserts she counted the eggs repeatedly and knows there were only 10.
The Olney Bucks residence of poet William Cowper, long his home, has undergone a thorough renovation by the truste es who manage it as a museum, in reverent style.
The 25th anniversary of Russian surgeon Pirogoff was marked by naming a street and a hospital after him in St Petersburg and by funding an annual prize for surgical works. In Bellefontaine Ohio, First United Presbyterian services were disrupted by alarm as a bell tolled during a lightning strike.
Reverend D. L. Leonard compiles world missionary statistics showing foreign missions received 22,459,680 dollars last year, up nearly 1.2 million from the prior year.
Gasoline engines and electric motors replaced manual labor on turntables reducing cost from about $15 per 24 hours to $5 for turning 400 locomotives. A compressed air motor under the turntable uses air pumped from the locomotive brake system, with 50 pounds pressure turning a locomotive in two minutes, making steam use negligible.
A Balkan banquet tale describes a diplomat accusing the minister of justice of stealing his watch. The prime minister promises restitution and later the watch is returned, though the diplomat learns the minister was unaware the return occurred.
The piece argues broncos are vanishing along with cowboys, threatening cavalry mounts. Fort Collins studies aim to breed an American carriage horse capable of endurance, lung power, and intelligence while suitable for military and civilian use. Carmen the stallion leads the program, with Colorado air deemed ideal for cavalry stock.
A curated sequence of aphorisms and witticisms about life love pride and society taken from Eve's Exii grams in the New York Telegram. The reflections mix social satire romantic notions and cautions on wealth and vanity. Dominant voices reference gendered perspectives and clever turns of phrase across varied topics.
In a San Francisco Call excerpt, two traveling Democratic campaigners, Foote and English, ride out a night in a backcountry Los Angeles area farmhouse. They slept in chairs after the farmer, who saved beds for two expected Democratic orators, finally reveals no guests arrived.
The 1907 American Telephone & Telegraph annual report shows an average of 18,624,000 telephone calls daily, up over 2,000,000 from 1906, averaging 75 talks per person. It notes no other country matches the record and endorses public control as urged by Governor Hughes.
An Englishman and brother of Lord Kitchener is building an earthquake proof house in Jamaica. Walls use rows of drain pipes on end filled with cement with a cement outer casing and thin wooden interior. The design has been approved by leading building engineers.
Railway bans rice and old shoes on trains after a honeymoon special and growing wedding pranks. Officials say a strict order will curb missiles harming unsuspecting passengers.
The article notes Virginia Tennessee and Georgia as leading peanut producers with white and red varieties. Humphreys Perry Hickman and Dickson counties are key regions, peanut farming expanding, and East West Tennessee less productive. The 1904 census tallies 11 964 000 bushels valued at 7 270 000 with various names for peanuts and a reference to the song Grabbing Goober Peas.
A Northern visitor brings gifts to Ezekiel in a tumble down Florida shack. The Christmas moment reveals Ezekiel smiling from a narrow door opening and joking that his pants were taken, saying he received only a Black person.
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