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Newspaper
New Oxford Item
Location
New Oxford, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jun 20, 1912
Page
3
The Chicago Tribune notes eye strain can impair work and even mental function. Some with good vision suffer the most, and strain worsens headaches stomach trouble and memory. Properly fitted glasses relieve strain and protect employment efficiency.
In 1910 Germany recorded 6 197 080 sickness cases with inability to work covered by invalid insurance, up from 5 045 793 in 1909. Average members grew to 143 069 375, days of sickness totaled 104 708 104, and funds reached 23 188 with joint capital of 70 543 200 dollars.
The article lists regional major insect pests. In southern California wire worms are key pests. Utah Idaho and Colorado suffer from curly top leafhopper and web worms. the northwest faces beetAphis damage. eastern beet states from Michigan to Kansas see grasshoppers as destructive. northward white grubs trouble. fleas and blister beetles damage further south.
Walter Savage Landor notes Thibetan weapons are antiquated with pebbles used as projectiles. He recounts a Lama testing Lan dur's Martini rile and cites improved arms after Chinese troops, who mutinied, sold rifles and ammunition to Thibetans before fleeing to India.
The article lauds girls on farms as independent and healthy, not limited to common trades. It cites examples of girls raising pedigreed dogs, cats, canaries, poultry, Shetland ponies, and engaging in sewing, nursing, baking, gardening, and fruit production while preparing to be supportive partners when married.
The editorial urges starting a savings habit early, calling a bank account a form of insurance and a barometer of self respect. It argues youths gain stability and confidence as accounts grow, and that saving early leads to future competency, with the advice echoed by the Haverhill Gazette.
A Hawthorne quote urges readers to value present joys and experiences as the true future rather than endless savings. It stresses living daily, building memories, travel and friendships, while still earning money. The piece warns against delaying happiness for a vague later time and highlights balancing two life banks.
An obituary in a New Haven paper praises a respected citizen who, in his early days, "worked without watching the clock." The piece contrasts industrious, thrifty workers who save money with those driven by genuine interest, who may not amass wealth but find greater life satisfaction. It notes clock-free work makes time fly, unlike clock-watchers who feel time drag.
A hand powered mine signaling system is introduced. A French compact automobile is described as portable by two men. An English patent covers an auto door activated electric light. A German rail worker patent outlines using a locomotive as a vacuum plant. A Minnesota inventor patents a palm strapped stamp for dating eggs. A German agriculturist develops a method to extract fibrous hop bark for cordage.
The rainbow forms from sunbeams refracted by falling rain drops. Look toward the rain drops to see the rainbow, not toward the sun behind you. In the afternoon with west sun and east rainbow, morning storms show rainbows in the west with the sun in the east.
A New York Press excerpt uses humorous aphorisms on gender roles, money, marriage, and personal judgment. It muses on vanity versus brains, perceptions of motherhood, money in baseball, and the misgivings of men attempting business while women gauge appearances and finances.
A compact fragment from The Woman’s National Weekly exploring gender roles. It asserts women are more moral than men though men moralize, cites marriage and love dynamics, and notes social perceptions of husbands and wives. The piece comments on affection, communication, and expectations between sexes.
The Uncle Ezra quotes offer rustic maxims on ambition, auctions, luck, roosting chickens, digging out rocks, and social class. Each line presents a folksy proverb about effort, consequence, and perspective in life.
A stream of aphorisms questions how debt and divorce shape finances. It riffs on rent due dates prompting bills, wedding costs versus divorce costs, and wealth origins from small acts. It contrasts honesty when opportunity exists with temptation amid social gatherings and dining costs.
A humorous verse depicts a wife lavishly decorating chairs sofas and tableware while a husband grumbles at the extravagance. She extols the artistic features and hosts costly china and silver, yet he longs for simplicity and resists the display as she talks on. The tale hints at domestic tension and indulgent tastes.
The excerpt reflects on mothers’ sacrifices as guardians of sons and lovers. It questions solace after loss and long separation, recognizing patient endurance and hopeful awaiting as Theodosia Garrison writes in Munsey’s Magazine.
A lyrical verse from the Boston Transcript contrasts a dream of beauty and romantic happiness with harsh reality. The speaker, a young boy, envisions wealth and a beloved presence illuminated by golden moonlight, only to wake to life’s grave realities.
A poetic scene recalls romantic initials etched in nature and sky, with Suzanne Yvonne Marie and other names appearing in sand forest and flame. George Harris notes the visual motifs and the tremor of storms erasing the marks in a Harper's Weekly feature.
A quotation from Edmond Holmes describes a thrush-like chorus amid winter bleakness. The speaker urges the prophetic bird to sing until spring, promising that songs could melt sorrow, awaken joy, and turn frost into blossom.
The poem contrasts grand natural forces with a gentle inner grace. It describes an act of tenderness that reveals mortal sight, removing veils and letting us glimpse heaven. The true joy comes from a sudden tone of feeling that touches hearts and stirs tears.
A short poem fragment from Louis Untermeyer’s Kirst Love includes lines about the night wind, sea, earth, rain, and sun speaking of thee and me. It emphasizes intimate unity and universal reach, ending with a bold claim of shared love and divine creation.
In a conversation from Youth's Companion Mrs Gregg impresses listeners with sincerity and thoughtful remarks rather than wit. Mrs Chase and Mrs Crane recall moments when her words and warmth lingered, from daisies to field memories, shaping how hosts remember her.
The German emperor recently received a pair of nearly extinct birds from the East Indies. The two travel together, with the male breaking tree bark to expose insect larvae and the female extracting prey with a curved beak. If one dies, the survivor starves, as both rely on the other for food.
A bespectacled man recalls his nephew entertaining him in New York with evenings spent at various restaurants and lively songs. He cannot remember exact tunes but notes one refrain about everyone being engaged in a similar occupation at present.
A humorous Harper's Weekly dialogue features Whittle berry and Gummiton musing on erecting a statue for the tire inventor. The quip about the tires’ behavior being a bust undercuts the notion with playful wordplay.
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