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Newspaper
New Oxford Item
Location
New Oxford, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Mar 05, 1908
Page
9
Dudley Moore Watson reflects on isolation in the mountains with a longing to reunite with a loved one. The speaker recalls past joys and a broken world, seeking return and rest as days stretch into ages. The poem ends with a plea for the beloved to come back to the mountains.
In Northern Montana, the mysterious N Bar Freak joins Circle Four and tackles the infamous Kingbolt, a brutal sorrel. After a brutal, high flying ride, the Freak is unseated and Kingbolt falls to his death. the rider survives and remains a legend among cowpunchers.
The article notes electricity as a real agent with unknown nature even to experts. It states land telephone lines transmit at about 16 000 miles per second while undersea cables slow to roughly 6 020 miles per second.
The banyan tree sends out supports that root as they touch ground and form new trunks. One banyan is said to have sheltered 7000 men, illustrating its vast canopy and historical use as a sheltering refuge.
At year end 1906 the Imperial Chinese Telegraph Administration reported a system length of 22 419 miles with 34 437 miles of wires and 946.11 nautical miles of submarine cables. Offices numbered 379 with 62 open day and night and 317 day only. Instruments in use 768. Shanghai head office staff 67 and general staff 3175, plus inspectors and linesmen totaling 2400.
The French Academy of Sciences received a commission report praising fingerprints as a personal identifier. It states fingerprint evidence equals or surpasses all other physical traits and can be used at all ages, from infancy to old age, with increasing adoption over anthropometric measurements.
The United States consumed about thirty five percent of the world's graphite and supplied twenty percent. Imports in 1906, mainly from Ceylon, valued at 1,554,212 dollars, while domestic production was 340,289 dollars. Pure graphite is nearly pure carbon with minimal hydrogen. commercial grades carry ash up to fifteen percent. Artificial graphite production is rising steadily.
Twentieth Century Boyles Charles Spencer Canning Boyle Earl of Cork and Orrery pleaded guilty at Marlborough Street Police Court to being drunk and disorderly in Piccadilly last night. An inspector said the defendant, in a drunken condition, accused a structure as dangerous and complained of insufficient police protection before being taken into custody. Costs total ten shillings seven and sixpence.
Employees of the Government Indian school built two ice boats and learned seamanlike handling. While one party sailed, they spotted a wolf and gave chase. A runner struck the wolf, stunning it. the sailors then killed it.
Engineering surveys railway signaling to reduce accidents by moving signals into the locomotive cab. It reviews Raven’s cab semaphore with brushes and track contacts, compares audible signals on the Great Western line, and weighs electric induction as a noncontact alternative. It notes cost concerns and the need for reliable, long-range transmission of signals to the engine.
A diary by the Emperor of China reveals twenty years of increasing nervous debility since age seventeen. The present condition is almost intolerable with palpitations to slightest noise and exposure causing colds. A foreign medical expert warns radical measures are needed to prevent potential insanity.
A brief critique arguing that the modern villa is an impractical, unhealthy fragment of the ideal mansion. The article denounces its contracted scale, decorative furnishings, and overall lack of comfort and sanitary value.
Arlington Record reports a surge in wild geese across Oregon with acres ready for harvest as birds pause to inspect the country. Hunters arrive from distant regions while railroads powder trusts and hotels anticipate a long winter harvest. Four sportsmen brought in 160 geese in one morning, a strong average for skilled shots.
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