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Newspaper
New Oxford Item
Location
New Oxford, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Mar 05, 1908
Page
3
In a seaside villa tale, John the loyal servant recalls his master Martin Folinbee a self made man who fears his heir a fool. Folinbee plans to marry Isabel Winter despite opposition from Mrs Lomax who funds his lifestyle. A telegram to Ashcroft reveals Folinbee has wed Miss Winter, shocking the household.
The Delineator reports denatured alcohol as a potential future fuel replacing electricity. A New York firm backing the effort is led by a consular service veteran. With tax removal this year the price is fifty cents a gallon and a new potato variety aids farmers to produce the alcohol. An alcohol powered flatiron stove and lamp burner set is now available for seven dollars, offering a one cent per hour operation.
A collection of wry maxims on willpower folly beauty money and marriage from a Cynic’s musings. It parodies virtues and vices with sharp quips attributed to a New York Times column excerpt.
A New York businessman in Chicago tried to prove his identity by claiming to be Thomas Blank and showing a pile of letters to the post office clerk. He asserted he would receive a $100 money order and admitted he might be the man who murdered another if he was not. The clerk later recalled him as the man who killed the other person.
In a Paris court a marble cutter's lawsuit uncovers a dog cemetery on Ile des Ravageurs established in 1899 with about 4000 graves. Concession prices range from five to 2000 francs, burial costs from twenty five francs, and visitors pay fifty centimes. Tombstones bear inscriptions such as Homage to a Faithful Heart and there Lies Black Killed by a Civilized Savage, while keeper notes include a stone reading Neither name nor date and a cement slab honoring the deceased's former joy and consolation.
A survey of how prohibition is expanding across the western states with dry counties and counties already dry. The Anti Saloon League setbacks and local option laws push prohibition in Idaho California Oregon Washington Colorado New Mexico Arizona and North Dakota. A court closed a railroad station over a blind pig operation and newspapers face liquor ad bans.
A compact survey of the tail functions in various animals. It compares cat tail purring to nervous energy, notes tail movements in stalking and anger, explains balance in felines, and describes the sheep tail as storehouse fat in certain breeds with large weights.
A rail safety writer argues caution signals remain mandatory. trains at 30 to 40 mph should reduce speed, not treat caution as optional. He notes pilots often ignore green or caution signals, risking clear-track reliance without slowing.
The essay notes that many theorems are first stated by thinkers who cannot prove them and that problem statement drives progress. It traces the circle square quest from Greek times to Archimedes, then cites later breakthroughs by Hilbert and Gordon in 1893, after developments in decimals, irrationality, transcendentals, and Napier’s logarithms.
Sharper's Weekly reports China's imperial army near Chang-te Fu shows rapid modernization with German and Japanese inputs. Critics note progress but assess Western standards as not yet met, while some optimists praise discipline and potential to march from Pekin to Canton.
In a Tennessee courtroom an elderly colored woman testified about a hog struck by a railway locomotive. Sworn in, she was asked to describe the event briefly and replied with a folksy, humorous phrase.
Dr H W Wiley chief of the bureau of chemistry reports exhaustive tests on preservative drugs in foods. He says kidneys expel these substances and a ban could lengthen American life. He implicates benzoate of soda in contributing to kidney disease.
An advertisement extols Grape-Nuts as a wheat and barley product transformed to digestible sugar with potassium phosphate. It cites Dr Geo W Carey on brain nourishment and includes a testimonial from a writer praising morning use for sustained brain power and calmer nerves. Postum Cereal Co Ltd Battle Creek Michigan.
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