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Newspaper
New Oxford Item
Location
New Oxford, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jun 25, 1908
Page
4
A maiden and a youth wander along a fragrance filled path. He claims never to have loved before, a claim she doubts as they talk and kiss. Her blush confirms suspicion while both ignore reason, Cupid’s wiles driving their tender deception.
In February 1907 in Paravgrad Saskatchewan a wolf pack attacked the village perimeter. Two Vianovitch brothers reinforced a barbed wire fence with straw and fire to trap wolves. The leaders leaped the ring. the brothers closed the weave as the pack battled and fell, thwarted by the improvised p煭net and cold survival resolve.
Simeon and Alexis, with the Doukhobor boys, defend a sleigh from wolves by weaving barbed wire around the top and crisscrossing it over the box. They ignite a straw circle to burn back pursuing wolves, while the sleigh team and the two boys wait for rescue. The scene ends as Alexis enters the gap and the wolves howl in daunted rage.
In 1870 the U S S Saginaw wrecked on a coral reef near Ocean Island after a夜 voyage from Midway. Crew abided in rigging as the ship broke apart. They saved provisions and dug wells but faced brackish water until rescue prospects emerged.
The passage advocates contentment with modest possessions and relationships. It calls for high ideals: a tranquil home, personal vines, books from genius minds, loyal friends, innocent pleasures, steadfast right, a religion free of bigotry, and trust, hope, and love. It argues that such a philosophy yields genuine joy.
In Tennessee lore Miss O Z Bond recounts Thomas Sharpe Spencer as a gentle giant who in 1776 helped John Halliday travel to Kentucky, built a home in a hollow sycamore dubbed Spencer’s Tree, and lived a year in the dwelling with rifle and bearskin. The tale contrasts frontier courage with later shipwreck rescue accounts from St. Nicholas.
The boy Jim earns praise from his employer for a daring feat in which he wrestles a lion cub in water. He chases the cub across reeds near Komati, ducks its strikes, and finally grabs the cub by the tail to swim back victorious. The tale is recounted as related in Jock of the Bushveld.
A Yukon settler woman near Dawson faced death with her life saved by a mile-long milk run. Two Yukon horses and a top stage driver braved 70 below zero to deliver fresh milk from Dawson. Another Yukon woman traveled 175 miles by dog sleigh to reach a doctor, dodging wolves and exhaustion for relief.
The text notes that horses, giraffes, and ostriches possess particularly large eyes relative to body size, among the largest eye sizes of any living creatures. It highlights proportion as a key factor in eye size across these species.
The report notes opposition by the Indian government to telegraph worker demands, a 1907 wage scale adoption by British colliery enginemen, and life-saver unionization efforts in Brooklyn. It cites a Stockton California convention for stationary engineers, revised death benefits in the International Carriage and Wagon Workers Union, and higher Tokio wages with carpenters earning thirty five cents daily. It mentions Minnesota state printing bill, Milan housing for workers, a labor ticket move in Ohio Valley, San Francisco clerks seeking a union hall, the Chicago Equity Exchange farm-direct plan, and Gompers urged to charter Brooklyn building trades.
Boston women defeated New York in an intercity lawn tennis series. Notable ventures include Charles W. Clark branching into horse ownership and Bermuda yacht races amid safety notes. Joe Gans and Battling Nelson sign for a July 4 San Francisco bout. Irene II enters the New York to Bermuda race starting June 6. Bel lah clears 12 feet 2.5 inches in pole vault. London’s T A Fischer sets a thousand mile road cycling record in 91 hours 1 minute. Jay Gould defeats Pennell in London, Rector winds 100 yards in 9.35 seconds. Yale and Harvard boat crews prep for Thames Rover on June 26 with a flagged four mile course. Ailsa Craig enters Bermuda motor race.
The Denver Republican argues that suicide arises not from a given reason but from having one central life purpose. When that single focus deranges or is disrupted, the resulting tension can drive self-destruction.
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