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Newspaper
New Oxford Item
Location
New Oxford, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jun 13, 1907
Page
7
A vivid rural vignette from Progressive Farmer depicts corn planting time with fields alive in spring. Birds, bees, and animals populate a scene of farm labor and hopeful harvest as frost and drought loom later in the cycle.
Mrs. Jabez Hunter, famed for spotless house and strict rules against mess, falls ill and faces a quiet turning of the household. Her absence reveals how her rigid regime shaped her family, inspiring neighbors to reflect on loss and the value of small comforts over perfection.
Kennebec Journal reports Maine lobster fishermen face extreme scarcity and rising prices. Harsh winter, cold weather, and storm damage have many trappers quitting, fishing catches plummeting, and crews fearing need to seek alternate work. Prices soar with 50 cents per ten inches and twelve dollars per dozen for larger lobsters.
A fevered wife speaks of recovery and new plans for her home. Her husband Mr Hunter reacts with tenderness as they imagine a transformed house into a true home. The scene ends with a hopeful vow to provide for the children and welcome change.
The collection notes laws on frogs treated as fish and poaching. U S peanut crop at 11 million bushels. total sales 8 to 10 million dollars. Ivory billiard balls wear out in a few years and are recycled. Nuremberg pencils involve 30 to 40 factories and up to 10,000 workers producing 350 million pencils yearly worth over 2.5 million dollars. Canada hosts giant log hauling motors. King Alfonso XIII’s nurse receives a gold tooth ring inscribed by royal custom. Snails take fourteen days to walk a mile in Florence tests. Hawaiian livestock never drink water due to rainless high ranges and grazing grass.
The article argues catchers are key to success, shaping strategy and defense more than hitting. It cites Kleinow, Bresnahan, Bowerman, Kling, Sullivan, and Doc Powers as models, noting catchers read plays, signal pitchers, and tire mentally, influencing outcomes even with weak sluggers.
A motivational speech urges young men to believe in themselves and America. It predicts vast development in the next fifty years, encourages getting into work, warns against pessimism, and notes cooperative business trends and untapped mining wealth.
The article contrasts Britain's and Canada's development with the United States. It notes America's rapid, self-assertive growth and Canada’s steadier maturation under a dominion population mainly of English, French and Scottish settlers. It highlights Canada’s vast geography from Atlantic to Pacific and its English-spread influence.
The excerpt presents a series of maxims urging a life of activity gratitude humility and virtue. It emphasizes enjoying life yet pursuing personal improvement despising falsehood and cowardice valuing kindness and gentleness, cherishing friends, pondering Christ daily, and spending time in nature.
Harvard expedition begins exploration of No Man's Land in South America. The report notes steel behavior under hammer at varying heats, British gas mantle improvements, Lehigh University hydrogen corpuscles calculation, emerald production, artificial emeralds recipe, and the use of blown quartz sand to test building materials for wear resistance and road applications.
At a French Academy of Sciences meeting Prof Delage summarized M Marages experiments on fish hearing. Using an India rubber funnel and vocalizations across four octaves, tests suggested tiny or no responses in confined fish, while free fishes may hear fishermen noises. investigators note fishes rely on touch and vision.
The Renard road train promises wide potential, adding a new threat on country roads and boosting agricultural welfare. Each coach tracks the previous one, enabling safe threading through traffic and sharp turns, with distributed load reducing bridge and road wear. Power is applied to all vehicles for quick starts and stops, handling passengers, dairy and garden produce, or coal, separately or together.
A short satirical quip from the Detroit Free Press notes the old adage that no man can serve two masters as a clerk informs his employer that he plans matrimony. The remark frames workplace loyalty with personal life vows.
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