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Newspaper
New Oxford Item
Location
New Oxford, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jun 27, 1912
Page
4
A collage of comic observations and curiosities notes rain and umbrellas as symbols of everyday optimism. It jests about alligator farming, a Norwegian inventor, recalls umpire recalls, and jokes about fashion in Paris and Boston.
A Kansas City report describes the wife of a dentist whipping an office girl in what is described as a painful scene. The unusual incident drew local attention to the dental practice and the alleged assault.
Telephone operators protest discomfort from required headgear causing ear corn. They note the issue harms comfort, yet say corn on the ear is not as serious as other injuries.
A column surveys shifts in New York lawyering with immigration angle, a Denver woman’s chilly savings habit, fashion’s buttoned dresses foretelling matrimonial trends, and a scientist’s careful scrutiny of a mosquito before swatting for germ detection.
Traveling men in California announce a boycott of places where tipping is not prohibited. They expect many venues to avoid on this mercenary day.
Boston announces a hospital project devoted to curing the blues, illustrating the community’s unwavering dedication to poet Robert Browning and his influence on local culture.
An expert urges simple language to ease the mind amid garden trials. The piece notes Germans claim bathing spreads bacteria yet reduces odors, suggesting one effect counters the other.
A New York lawyer claims criminals face lower risk than working people in America noting crooks secure full value for legal services. He adds the average person does not fear one and a half million microbes on a dollar bill and does not keep it long.
Esmond contemplates sacrifice as Juliette stages a whirlwind charity tableau in Mendon. Grace, quiet and true, appears radiant in the performance, and Esmond realizes Grace loves him for grace itself, not merit, just as the curtain falls.
Juliette taunts Esmond while plotting against Grace Avery, arranging a pretense to keep him in her orbit. Grace, moved by Esmond's return and Juliette's manipulation, appears drawn into a tableaux scene to aid a widow and her baby, hinting at broader secrets and future money.
Enormous quantities of eucalyptus oil are used in mining districts to prepare zinc and lead sulphides. A half pound of oil emulsified with 100 gallons of water coats the ore, carrying sulphide particles and precious metals to the surface. recovery reaches up to 25 percent of ore content. Tasmanian oil from blue gum leaves sells for 36 cents a pound, up about 4 cents in a year, while peppermint gum oil commands 16 to 20 cents a pound.
Morocco starts a small military railway from Casablanca to Rabat with a 25 inch gauge. The line connects Casablanca to Redhala and hints at a future broader network linking Morocco’s resources to the wider world.
An Ohio man developed a brush for calcimining a large surface. The design features a block with longitudinal furrows on its underside and a handle at the top. Each furrow receives the top of a thin component to aid brushing.
A flat brush at each end of a group of brushes forms a square brush when banded together. The assembled block holds about a pint of calcimine and coats a larger surface per dip than an ordinary brush, speeding work and saving time and labor.
A London box and packing plant owner reveals a patent gas plant that converts waste sawdust and refuse into high calorific gas, claiming it provides all on site power for free. Clarke of Clarke & Co in Bow says his plant made from coal gas costs drop to nothing, with output now fueled by recycled waste.
The article describes a new reinforced concrete housing project in Nanticoke Pennsylvania. Mil ton Dana Morrill’s poured house method is demonstrated with forty paired dwellings forming a central park. A mobile mixing car and rail loop accelerate construction using waste materials.
A new kerosene torch designed for plumbers and gasfitters is claimed to burn kerosene as satisfactorily as the old gasoline torches. The inventor notes the reservoir fills through the fuel chamber.
A popular mechanics feature notes an American motor-truck firm demonstrating a revolving self-dumping body for coal delivery. The design aims to unload coal efficiently by rotation of the dumping mechanism.
The truck is placed on a turntable to allow coal to be shot in any direction. With a turntable body, it stops beside the curb rather than backing into it.
The article notes that more people are employed in New York City manufacturing than in all Massachusetts mills and factories, and that the city's aggregate production value surpasses Illinois Ohio and New Jersey combined.
A hollow kerosene torch handle features a screw cap and perforations at the top that vent fumes. A plunger seals these holes to create a focused mouth for a hot blast, with adjustable size and force through the cylinder.
Industrial notes highlight eight million British workers in regular trades. Coal’s burning quality long known, cement now eighth in value among industries. Aluminum pulleys reduce belt friction extending life. U S coal delivers about 37 million horsepower versus 5 million from water. Germany’s loom world leader weaves large felt discs for paper mills. An Ohio inventor’s torch uses soldering iron to heat and fuel compressed air pump. A Maine inventor combines gasoline traction engine and thrashing machine on one wheel set. A French engineer’s locomotive sand box uses water to carry sand with minimal waste.
A fragment hints at mountain dwellers facing a longer day than valley residents and suggests a brighter mood comes from rising higher. The text reads as poetic rural reflection with possible misplaced capitalization and spacing.
Small soap scraps boiled into liquid soap for shampoo. Spoiled milk redeemed in cold water. Rolls warmed over a kettle with cloth in a colander. Cellar must have below fifty degree storage. Peach desserts with whipped cream and marshmallows. Digestive suggestions after meals. Asparagus as rheumatism remedy. Soak beans overnight for Boston baked beans and bake eight hours with soda and mustard.
A reflective verse on spending Sunday with care and kindness. It ponders what one has given to others and what a person brings to lonely lives. The tone is gentle, urging shared warmth and consideration.
A scattered list of household methods including adding molasses to stove blacking, airing rooms, kerosene cleaning, soda for burnt foods, packing glassware, wrapping china, packing materials, weekly grease removal in sinks, cooling hot glass on wet cloth, moist batting to avoid germs in sick rooms, and keeping glue from sticking with a thin film of fat.
Leighton contrasts spiritual sacrifice with ritual offerings saying true mercy and justice fulfill worship while corrupt nature resists. He notes believers prefer costly external works to humble inner devotion.
A brief quoted fragment reflects on joy and happiness shared among people. The line hints at fellowship and mutual delight as a timeless humane value.
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