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Newspaper
New Oxford Item
Location
New Oxford, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jun 13, 1907
Page
5
A Baltimore Sun poem honors wives and mothers who endure daily trials while supporting soldiers and workers. It lauds their steadfast, patient toil and silent courage as they balance home life with the wider struggles of others. The speaker praises their unchanged strength across changing times.
Aunt Esther welcomes a nickel telephone and learns slugs serve as payment pledges. Her nephew's minting of four slugs creates a dispute over value, but she insists slugs equal five cents to the company and plans to return or redeem them. The family negotiates moral arithmetic over nickels and dimes in a humorous domestic vignette.
The Baltimore Sun notes fashionable hats from 50 years ago cost $1.25 to $1.75. J. W. C. Brittingham brought three specimens from South Carolina mountains, including a biscuit colored straw bonnet with a straw bird, a miniature derby in velvet with roses, and a brown velvet helmet with a simple bow. Time changes taste and value.
A fragment of the old gallows beam and part of the press yard door remain in the new Sessions House. The condemned cell door sold for £13, fittings and bell went to Mme Tussaud’s for £100, the bell cast in 1775 bears a royal inscription. The scaffold steps sold for £1 12s.
Collier Cobb notes on Hatteras Island and Currituck Banks describe persistent winds driving sea sand inland, burying villages, lodges, and cottages while transforming islands into shifting dunes. He discusses dune formation, sand binders, reforestation efforts, and potential economic uses from timber to iron sands, with historical context from Cape Hatteras exploration and early wireless experiments.
A Bloemfontein-bound traveler recalls a Cape Town joke about Norval’s Pont Bridge once blown by Boers and repaired by the British. On approaching the bridge a train passes a series of notices with escalating absurdities including speed limits and do not touch fires, prompting a quip from an American passenger.
A detailed critique argues European visitors misread American social life, asserting that male dominance persists in the United States. It traces origins to frontier independence, later ostentatious wealth, and the social role of women as entertainment and status symbols in an evolving urban culture.
A Youth's Companion excerpt describes Burmese attitudes toward animals as humane and merciful. It notes most Burman avoid killing for food or sport, sparing cows and ducks, and even sparing venomous creatures. The piece contrasts Burmese compassion with other cultures and recounts anecdotes of sparrows, scorpions, vipers, and a householder who could not bear the thought of harming animals.
A three year old steer on the Threlkeld farm in Richmond fell ten feet into an ice house pit last Saturday night. Water filled the ice house and the animal stood in water for thirty six hours. Discovered Sunday night, the owner J F Smith hoisted the steer to the surface with a block and tackle. The creature is thriving again with its herd mates.
The Philadelphia Record notes Minnesota passes a new law making manslaughter for accidental shooting by hunters a crime. It argues the rule should spread nationwide to curb careless gun incidents. The piece also mentions a philanthropic woman visiting a class, and cites London’s population nearing seven million.
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