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Newspaper
New Oxford Item
Location
New Oxford, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Mar 12, 1908
Page
2
In Korea a jailed official Yi Chin Ho uses a remarkable nose to save his head and win favors. He plots to retrieve a royal nose likeness, persuades Pak Chung Chang to permit severing his father’s nose, and rises as the king’s confidant while others gain promotions.
The North China Herald reports the Chinese censor memorializing the abolition of kowtowing by high native ministers to emperors on bended knees. Western diplomats long opposed the ritual. Lord Macartney and Lord Anherst refused, and French Ambassador Nieudiged in 1844, yet the practice persisted among courts until foreign legations began in 1860, after which the kowtow was no longer required.
Dorothy watches a street sprinkler and comments on its power to deter boys from riding on the wagon. The scene reflects early practical gadgets and a child's curious reaction to municipal equipment.
A 1908 Leap Year guidance column advises unmarried men to master saying no to proposals. It contrasts nerve levels of men and women, warns of breaches of promise lawsuits, and suggests strategies to avoid or delay commitments. It also urges avoiding women, especially widows, and offers practical tips like keeping doors locked and skipping conversations.
In a quotation from the Arapahoe Bee John H Seger warns visitors that Indian tepee etiquette is strict. Do not seat yourself at the fire pit and wait to be invited. Do not pass between guests and the fire when leaving. An elder would rather risk breaking a wall than violate this rule.
An ornate description notes 365 steps in the tower of St Botolph’s Church Boston England to mark days in the year with twelve pillars fifty-two windows and seven doors representing months weeks and days. The west porch has twenty four steps to the library denoting hours while each side of the choir has sixty steps to the roof representing minutes and seconds of the hour.
A courtroom quip contrasts medical and legal errors with a doctor’s remark about burial depths. The cross-examining lawyer alludes to doctors' mistakes buried six feet down while the witness says lawyers' mistakes are hanged six feet above the ground.
An admired magazine illustrator recalls hardship in youth painting at country fairs. He describes rushing colors from tubes to palette and then to cheap canvas as hunger pressed him. A spectator jokes that he paints two pictures at once but prefers the one with his thumb through it.
Riddle encoded as a family tally: computing from living and dead brothers and sisters yields three digits. The left digit equals living brothers, the middle equals living sisters, and the right equals deaths. The piece presents a quirky numerical brain teaser from Dixie Home.
A tersely humorous exchange cites a Turkish bath as a scheme to keep one dirty. One man claims never having used it, while another quips that he has seen a Turk, reflecting playful social banter in a Philadelphia setting.
Cloverport Ky police judge J H Wills offers to answer inquiries from backache kidney and bladder sufferers about Dean's Kidney Pills. The judge endorses the remedy, saying it is the best he has known and will respond to questions. Sold by dealers at 56 cents a box Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY.
If you suffer frost bite on fingers nose or feet avoid danger near a fire. Rub the affected areas with cold water or snow to numb them. After numbness passes bathe with witch hazel or apply cloths wet in it to ease itching and burning.
An 1908 notice from John A. Salzer Seed Co. promotes Salzer’s Red Globe onions and other vegetables with per acre yields and prices. It markets 12 to 15 cent seed packets and a catalog offer to gain 950,000 new customers, listing cucumber, onion, cabbage, lettuce and radish seeds plus an extra cauliflower packet for 16 cents.
A medical note claims the yellow stain on smokers’ fingers comes from creosote in rice paper, not nicotine. Creosote is produced when paper burns silently and inhaled, gradually poisoning the body and leading to consumption.
Advertises a laxative product Bromo Quinine with a claim it cures a cold in one day. The slogan mentions signature of E. W. Grove and markets the remedy as world famous and widely used. The price shown is 2 cents.
A young priest conducts catechism and asks Biddy Maloney to define matrimony. She offers a blunt view linking it to torment, prompting the teacher to correct with a cautious remark that the soul might be ready for the vocation.
A witty exchange quotes a listener who recalls little of a speech while Senator Sorghum remarks that effective oratory pleases the ear without supplying data for later dispute. The Washington Star framing notes the paradox of memorable rhetoric versus factual content.
A well known German physician declares coffee caffeine injurious and damaging to the heart. He cites under nourishment from long coffee use and recommends Postum as a healthful alternative, noting many patients and his own family benefited. The ad ends with the slogan There’s a Reason from Postum Co Battle Creek Michigan. Read The Road to Wellville in packages.
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