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Newspaper
New Oxford Item
Location
New Oxford, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jun 13, 1907
Page
11
The excerpt claims Hamburg possesses a fire record larger than that of any other city worldwide, implying an exceptional scale of incidents or losses. The source text provides no dates or figures to quantify the assertion.
A collection of wry observations on work money love age and social life drawn from Reflections of a Bachelor in the New York Press. The quips touch on sermons farming pride loneliness weddings and the value of money and manners in everyday behavior.
A stranger rode to the Duke of Wellington during Waterloo and, at his request, carried a pencil note to a regiment amid the fight. He delivered the message and vanished, with no one knowing his fate, a deed Wellington called among the bravest he had seen.
The first national publication for the visually impaired is released with funding from Mrs. William Ziegler. Cost projected at 70 000 dollars per year, it measures 12 by 13 inches, weighs about a pound, and uses a raised dot Braille type system printed on one side per sheet.
The professor accuses a woman of barbarism and illogic after a country walk. A young woman confronts a boy about nest eggs, asking how the mother would grieve, while the boy retorts the mother is in the hat. The exchange ends with a sharp taunt.
Senator Tillman railed against an offender who pleaded a hypocritical and false excuse. He contrasted him with a rich coal dealer who told his weigh clerk to trim a ton of coal for Mrs. Smith by 250 pounds so the poor widow would not tire herself carrying it up two flights of stairs.
Dan O'Leary known as Carnation Dan at racing tracks says he has eaten his last mince pie and may try home made pie, having devoured about 2000 store pies in 26 years while midnight snacks during races. He notes odds and odd finds in pies and recalls a surprising object found in a past bite.
A Brown University professor lecturing on welfare of citizens abroad discusses U S ministers duties and passport use. He presents a case from New York to Russia where growing a beard lets officers fail to recognize a traveler, prompting a student reply: shave.
The Indiana Star recounts Senator Pet tus of Alabama fainting from vertigo in his Alabama office while handling a law case. He recovered quickly as a clerk suggested calling a doctor. The senator quips about there being only one doctor, joking on receiving a single consultation.
Harper's Weekly recalls a New England hostess famed for cooking entertaining a well known Episcopal bishop. After enjoying generous mince pie the bishop falls ill and endures distress. When urged he would not fear death, replying he is not afraid to die but ashamed to die.
Eugene Field enters a Denver restaurant and orders nothing but an orange and kind words. The waiter rattles off a long menu of foods, but Field insists on simplicity and goodwill.
New York City diamond dealers are paying higher percentages for rough stones sourced from South African mines than they did a year ago, reflecting market shifts in mining supply and trading margins.
Manager Cantillon favors young players for Washington and Ollie Pickering excels with the St. Louis Americans. John Baxter signs for the St. Louis National Club while Wilmington adds Flynn and Lauterborn. Philadelphia releases Carisch to Newark and Sabrie to Savannah. Jack McGrath signs with the Springfield Connecticut League club. Amherst’s Alan Storke excels for Pittsburg and Dreyfus calls him season find. Cyrus Denton Young, a 40 year old winning pitcher, is viewed as Cap Anson's G. O. M. Newport News misses $6000 to buy the Norfolk Club. Murphy signs Sheckard, Lundgren and Brown to three years and Evers to two. Lord of the Athletics records three assists and throws out two runners. pitchers Brady and Al Orth discuss spitball usage and wind-up delivery.
Walter Miller tops American jockey lists. Regatta at Fall River Yacht Club planned for Memorial Day. Mrs George Vanderbilt won at Asheville horse show. Thistle Curling Club of St John New Brunswick won 14 straight. Beals C Wright trains for June Davis Cup events. Jamestown King Edward Cup race set for Sept 16. Two cars lost in Juniata River at Newton Hamilton weighing 14 and 7.5 pounds. Toronto civic reception for Indian Thomas Longworth after Boston Marathon victory. D P Rhodes loses to A F Wilding in London. Battersby and Sept 10 set for international swim at New York A C vs Henry Taylor. Jeffries hints at return if heavyweight title goes foreign. English track athletes likely to visit U S late summer. Yale and Harvard prepared to meet Oxford and Cambridge if challenges are held here.
The article offers practical guidance for nurses and caregivers emphasizing calm demeanor, proper meals and rest, kindness, and patient comfort. It warns against drafts and suggests an open fireplace as a ventilation method tested by burning paper to check air currents.
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