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Newspaper
New Oxford Item
Location
New Oxford, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jun 27, 1902
Page
2
Dave discovers a haunted cottage with a box bearing Miss Margaret Harway’s name. Evangeline and Paul uncover a forged signature and a grim past linking Margaret’s death to a secret in the garden. The couple resolves the mystery and begins a cautious future together.
A husband writes to his wife detailing a plan to spare her disgrace and protect their child Evangeline. He proposes leaving country, returning only with honest money, and dying to avoid arrest and public dishonor, asking her to resume her maiden name and keep his crime a secret until a future time.
The Samuel B. Hubbard, under Captain Mahaffey, reported a 30 foot long sea creature with a pink to brown body and a tail fin seen near the vessel at noon on the 23rd in latitude 34 41 and longitude 11 west. The mate fired small shot, the beast leaped, and it disappeared toward the western coast of Africa.
The Pall Mall Gazette reports a vacancy in the Order of St Patrick after the death of Lord Dufferin. It lists the order established in 1763 by George III with a sovereign and knights, now 22 knights plus a signing master, grand master the lord lieutenant, and various officials. Lord Charlemont and Earl of Cork are named among its officers. The seniority and current members like the Earl of Longford are highlighted with past service in South Africa.
The passage recalls Cecil Riedes in London amid raiders trial disappointment. He notes cheer in London bus drivers tipping hats as he rode morning routes and the undergraduate demonstrations at his LL D degree. He values small recognitions from everyday people.
The item lists Julius Brosse death, Mary Livermore facing blindness, Lew Wallace embracing automobilism, Cardinal Vaughan visiting the U S, John Rogers donating a plaster cast to Manchester Institute, Senator Clark's rail project funding, Bjornson’s lasting literary influence, Le Roux denying Dreyfus remark, De Keszke’s stage return, and a King Edward VII influence on London performances.
U S Geological Survey reports Kansas streams could support large populations at low water. Smoky Hill would serve 75,060 people Verdi Gris 215,000 Solomon 240,000 Neosho 736,000 Republican 2,000,000. Reservoirs could store flood waters enabling year round distribution for crops and prosperity for the century ahead.
The old English organ from London 1713 once in King's Chapel Boston and later sold and moved to a Portsmouth Episcopal chapel on State Street will travel to Boston for exhibition. Benjamin Franklin once played it in Boston. It was bought in 1856 by Rev. Dr. Charles Burroughs and given to the Portsmouth chapel.
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