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Newspaper
New Oxford Item
Location
New Oxford, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jun 30, 1905
Page
11
A verse fable in which two caterpillars debate fate and salvation. One hopes for the soul, the other fears damnation and a useless life. They defer to divine judgment, endure their deaths in cocoons, then spring as butterflies symbolizing immortality under spring’s renewal.
A near fatal chase in Grantham Mountain woods ends with Eben Holt recounting a panther siege endured by two boys Thad and Cousin. They fortify a rock den, fend off a clawing panther, and rescue two cubs before fleeing at dawn to safety with the family.
At the nineteenth annual dinner of the American Newspaper Publishers Association in New York 450 guests heard Colonel George Harvey urge newspapers to lead with absolute freedom of expression. He argued specialization and hasty pursuit of truth aid public uplift and warned against unfocused reporting.
A collection of quoted maxims on health home life freedom and virtue from Hol land Thoreau Sylvester Busl well Mazzini Beecher George MacDonald and Carlyle. The sayings emphasize charity happiness faith action liberty cheerfulness and the value of letting go to gain strength.
A Houston Post poem presents a farmer milking a cow and selling livestock. The speaker mocks the dairy trade with vivid rustic imagery including a tasselled tail horns and a calf sold to the butcher. The piece ends with lament on aging cattle, beef and hides.
A collection of light quotes and humorous exchanges from various papers, including humorous dialogue about maids, marriage, banks, listening to politicians, and social satire. Notable lines include a maid applicant, Uncle Eben on contentment, a bank failure joke, and questions about Mr. Gay’s typewriter.
The Rough Riders' Association president Captain Frederick Muller in Santa Fe mocks a sour sea captain known for rough politeness. A friend once outsmarted him by asking about a passing ship, prompting the captain to deflect to the cook, revealing the cook’s supposed role.
The 1905 Charities Directory adds a chapter on organizations sending nurses to homes of the needy distinct from hospital care. The Charity Organization Society reports steady growth with about twenty new U S societies since 1904, totaling 190, and Europe Australia relief groups at 210. The directory lists about 2000 New York City societies and institutions with Brooklyn near half that number and Queens close to one hundred. Stockholm introduces copper slot machines offering a glass of warm milk for a copper coin.
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