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Newspaper
New Oxford Item
Location
New Oxford, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jun 25, 1908
Page
6
The Massachusetts Legislature is asked to appropriate 300000 to fund this year’s fight against gypsy and browntail moths. The plan uses 80000 parasite insects released from Melrose Highlands to attack caterpillars, a large scale effort building on European successes and aimed at curbing the insect outbreak.
Great pressure is used in manufacturing the new shingle of asbestos fiber and Portland cement and they absorb only five percent of their weight of water. Gradual crystallization on exposure on roofs makes them absolutely impermeable.
Advertisement notes fits and nervous diseases allegedly cured by Dr. Kline's Great Nerve Restorer. Offers a $2 trial bottle and free treatise. Claims by J. H. R. Kline of Philadelphia to solicit readers at 931 Arch St. Phila. Pa.
An advertisement touts Mrs Winslow’s Soothing Syrup for Children as a teething aid that softens gums reduces inflammation and cures wind colic. It promotes a 25 cent bottle and contrasts modern life stresses with country air and caution about spirits and smoking.
A small submarine boat designed for sponge gathering off the Kerkenah islands near Tunis is described. Built by a local society, the craft weighs nine tons and carries two men with a turret, ballast tanks, compressed air control, water tight spherical joints, and a movable collecting arm with a large basket for sponges. Electric lamps run from a storage battery.
A lead glass X-ray tube developed by Dr. A C Geyser has been used in over five thousand treatments lasting five to thirty minutes each with no skin burns. The device uses a tiny flint glass window to allow radiation through while shielding surrounding skin.
A reader recounts childhood coffee use and later nervousness and insomnia. After switching to Postum, sleep improved and headaches vanished. The letter promotes Postum from the Postum Company in Battle Creek Michigan and mentions The Road to Wellville.
A New York Sun London corresp ondent reports department stores like Swan and Edgar scrapping the living in system. The piece contrasts English shopgirl life with New York shop conditions, detailing low wages, fines, long hours, dormitories, and meals provided by employers while highlighting the costs to workers and families.
A consular report notes crude petroleum near Boonah town in Queensland Australia found at 100 feet in a well and volatile oil at 130 feet five miles away. Indications of oil exist in Harrisville and other district spots with larger scale operations expected. Payable oil may lie at 6500 to 750 feet amid sandstone limestone and ironstone belts.
At the start of the year the Isthmian Canal Commission had sixty-nine steam shovels ready. Nine were forty-five ton units with buckets from one and a half to one and three quarter cubic yards. Sixty shovels were at work on January 1.
The report states that British shipyards produce about twenty to twenty five percent of the world’s ship output, highlighting the sector’s significant share in global production.
Consul William Henry Bishop reports experiments by Gaboon Africa sanitary service chief using cactus leaves to repel mosquito larvae. A sticky paste from crushed cactus forms a surface layer on stagnant water, suffocating larvae and lasting longer than petroleum in warm climates. The paste can endure weeks or months, matching the larvae cycle.
Miss Mary Woodman of Woburn Massachusetts served as instructor to the late King Carlos of Portugal in English history and painting. She kept mementoes from the royal family and was promised a title of nobility upon her return to Portugal.
The Census Bureau bulletin shows civil service employment rising from 150 383 to 286 902 by July 1, 1907, excluding consular, diplomatic, and several post office groups. Competitive examinations increased to 66.9 percent, average age fell to 36.3, and the number of workers over 70 rose from 1 468 to 2 159.
Buffalo Bill’s show at Madison Square Garden features football on horseback. Four Indians and four cowboys push a giant ball toward goals, with riders guiding horses to shove the ball rather than kicking. Aborigines reportedly dominate the play, handling ponies well.
Denatured alcohol output for the first half of 1907 under the new law reached 1,774,272 gallons. Officials estimate supplemental alcohol will push production to 4,000,000 gallons for the year. The law has cut wood alcohol prices from 60–75 to 30 cents a gallon, signaling a fairly efficient monopoly in wool alcohol.
In Maysville Kentucky Mrs Della Meanes reports seven years of kidney pain bearing down hips dull headaches and swelling feet. After using Deans Kidney Pills she says one box helped so much she continued until fully cured. Sold by all dealers 65 cents a box Foster Milburn Co Buffalo N Y.
A British consular report notes gas engines gained popularity in Spain from 1901 to 1903 with rising anthracite coal imports for engines. After 1903 use declined due to reliability issues and purification difficulties, plus the spread of cheap central station electric motors, but engines have since regained fashion.
The ancient general Hannibal conducted a sweeping campaign in Italy and Spain, reportedly sacking 400 towns and causing 300,000 deaths as part of his military operations.
Professor Thwing, president of Western Reserve University, returning from China, criticizes Chinese therapeutics and diagnosis as unscientific. He claims no formal dissections occur, describes beliefs of disease as a conflict between spirits, notes the nine pulses concept, and mentions beetles as a scarlet fever remedy while European medicine advances.
Experiments in Sheffield England indicate shields may reappear in modern warfare. Three millimeter steel shields about 150 square inches protect against service rifle fire at 400 yards. Weighing seven pounds, they require prone positioning and feature rifle loopholes and side studs to form connected screens, potentially avoiding trench digging.
A man from Concord New Hampshire reports a two month rash on his limbs that looked like raw beefsteak and caused intense itching and swelling. He tried several remedies before using Cuticura. the moment it touched him the itching stopped and the swelling subsided, allowing him to wear shoes within two days.
Electric steel production via Kjelling type furnaces is being tested in Sheffield for crucible quality cast steel. A furnace will be erected at Sheffield University for student use. Patent holders claim a furnace capable of high grade steel on a commercial basis.
Germany faces a yearly tuberculosis death and illness burden exceeding 120000 people as public health efforts seek to curb spread. The figure underscores the disease’s ongoing impact and the need for improved prevention and treatment programs.
An advertisement extols Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound as a trusted female remedy. It cites a letter from Mrs. Norman R. Barnett of Allentown, Pa., claiming relief from organic disorder and nervous headaches after using the product. The copy asserts thirty years of correspondence and says the compound cures displacements, inflammation, fibroid tumors, irregularities, and related symptoms.
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