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Newspaper
New Oxford Item
Location
New Oxford, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jun 22, 1906
Page
3
The narrator recalls George Kirkpatrick a cautious parishioner in Killowan who fears marrying for lack of outward charm. A chance prompt leads him to Jessie Brown. the banns are published and the couple wed, with their first child bringing joy to a life once spent in starlit nights.
In a Buffalo Times anecdote, elderly Jake Jones in his country store recalls past glory as a Western New York batter. His son mimics bustling play by recounting Mayville game exploits until Jake’s bat swing shatters a window and kills his two game roosters. He concedes decline yet claims he could still compete with Rochester’s players.
In Scribner's The Railways of the Future discusses Peru’s Callao to Oroya railway built by Henry Meiggs. It lauds its engineering feats, switchbacks, tunnels, and the Galera Tunnel at 15,005 feet, as proof of what can be achieved with abundant funds.
The Chicago Chronicle argues that the rise to political power of rural editors does not reduce their influence. A country editor remains powerful not from office but from the role itself as editor.
In Punch’s comment on a Prince of Waltes Theatre performance four leading actresses stage a football game. Miss Gabrielle Ray kicks the ball into the auditorium in a playful, brisk moment highlighted by the author as a rare theatrical novelty.
About 102,728 residents used the Indiana mortgage exemption law in 1905, reflecting wide take up of the provision. The figure illustrates the law's reach among homeowners and borrowers in the early 20th century.
Watchful Bill Snyder chief keeper leads five assistants to immobilize the Bengal tiger Dick in a tense eighties operation to remove two ingrown nails from the right forepaw. The struggle drew roars from nearby cats as the rope finally secured the animal and the nails were extracted with steel nippers followed by antiseptic care. Dick began licking his paw and was expected to recover.
In the memoir fragment William OBrien recalls his schooldays and a perilous first outing. His elder brother Jim leads a barricade rebellion during a dinner break as the master breaks the door with a blacksmith’s hammer. The escape ends with a shout and a plunge from a window into space as danger looms.
A Baltimore attorney recounts a tale from the gold rush era about two men at a San Francisco gambling house. One dumps powder horn contents into a stove causing smoke and a staged panic, then they seize the money and ride off. It ends with the twist that the powder was mere black sand.
A duel in Fleet Street ends with a dog set on a man by his opponent. The canine bites and maims as the crowd fights to restrain it. The master escapes as the wounded man lingers, fearing the animal may die from injuries.
Fred Rose of Stroudsberg went to investigate a barking hound and encountered a large catamount crouched in the swamp. He struck with an axe in self defense and killed the animal after retreat proved impossible.
Scottish baronet Sir John Sinclair presents gramophones and records to 300 asylums and other institutions. The donation imposes a condition that inmates hear the machines for half an hour each day.
The breeder keeps a brood sow only while she yields a large litter of strong healthy pigs. Once she cannot produce quality litters, her usefulness ends.
The article notes that hatchery results vary and that a 40 percent yield of mature birds from eggs set is considered successful by experienced poultry raisers. It cautions buyers not to expect 100 chicks from every 100 eggs.
Gentle calves respond to easy handling and friendly talk, while a calf tamed by patient interaction is more likely to become a good dairy cow. A cow that is friendly with her owner is typically a profitable dairy animal.
Instructional note describes digging a one foot diameter hole one foot deep and stacking three one foot high blocks of wood or stone at the rim. An empty sugar barrel is bored at the bottom to thread hamstrings, then suspended by sticks, set on the blocks, and burned to smoke the ham in a short time.
The article argues for planting basswood or linden to favor tree crop yields on moist soils and notes lindens produce high quality nectar for honey bees. It highlights beauty, timber caveats, and the value of linden blossoms for apiaries.
The pea provides high protein nearly twice that of wheat with lower carbohydrates and slightly more fat. When fed alone it suits swine or hens, but it excels as pork, milk, and hen ration. It balances excess carbohydrates in cattle feed and is valuable with other grains for dairy production.
Chicks thrive on grass pastures with shade trees and access to bugs and worms. Flat coops keep hens nearby while chicks roam and return for rest. Early mornings require confinement until dew dries, after ten days no extra attention is needed. Orchards are ideal as trees aid fruit and bugs are reduced.
The Boston Cultivator advises a good set ting len for hatching goose eggs and minimal care after hatch. Let goslings stay under the hen a few hours, then move them to fresh water, soft feed, and grassy enclosures. two thirds grass, abundant water, and gradual warmth as they grow, with market readiness in two to three months.
Milan and its World's Fair are paralyzed by a workmen strike while the British Lords reject the Alien Labor bill on second reading. Brickyards at Coeymans resume with full crews and 2500 miners return to Belmont County mines. Paris coach builders strike, Mine Workers leader John Mitchell declines a $30,000 NY real estate post, and a Peoria mercantile cuts clerk hours to 8 5 45. Florence grows straw braids and hats with 4000 workers and 80 000 women and children braiding in spare time. San Francisco unions aid relief efforts as overtime pay is suspended. Louisville Labor Federation readies for campaign in Kentucky. A labor-run bank opens in Chicago with 500 000 capital, to be governed by labor leadership under seasoned banking hands.
Mrs. Jefferson Davis' family expects her full recovery. Harvard Medical School funds a $50,000 chair in pevropathology by Louisa N. Bullard. Anna Winters, seventeen, saves her brother by strangling a mad dog in New York. Balloons and talks mark social events. Ida Tarbell guest at Barnard College luncheon. Miss Mary Byrd resigns Smith College over tainted money. Irish women vote for officers except MPs. Dublin lord mayor joins Irish Woman's Suffrage Society. Mrs. Hanna to sell Glenmere. moves to New York with her son. Madrid refuge elder, Maria Nieto y Santos, born 1781 Granada, possibly oldest woman. Reformed Episcopal Church council refuses to seat three women delegates. Miss M. A. Nutting to lead nurse training at Columbia Teachers College in New York.
Japan signals good faith by allowing foreign consuls access to Manchuria and inviting foreign trade, expanding international engagement and asserting its regional diplomacy.
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