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Newspaper
New Oxford Item
Location
New Oxford, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Mar 12, 1908
Page
4
Poem recounting a fatherly lesson about using money wisely. It references a boy chasing knowledge, Farmer Brown and Sinclair, and Maud Muller from New York Weekly. The speaker urges youths to invest earnings in good deeds and lasting learning rather than fritter away funds.
A clay statue boy on a wall desires life and legs and a tongue. He is carried away by Portuguese workers and crushed, then reborn as a living air boy who learns to be careful with wishes. He becomes a real boy with legs and a scream, then a pumpkin boy learns envy and taste of schoolyard delight before Gustave takes him away.
A reflective piece argues readers believe they could run a paper better than local editors. It notes every reader has distinct ideas on content, tone, and layout and questions the challenges editors face in balancing public interest with editorial judgment.
The Chicago Post jokes that Switzerland will dig a tunnel through the Alps to turn the mountains into cheese, mocking the ambitious project as it progresses toward realization.
Paris claims the biggest public garden and the largest hospital in the area. The city highlights its green space and medical complex as key civic assets.
A determined young man rushes to a train, accepts water and milk from a kind farm girl named Sarah Townley, remains struck by her, and ten years later, heart changed, returns to woo her. He finds her again on the farm steps and asks for both water and milk, promising not to hurry.
The piece reports on Democratic demands to revise the Dinziley tariff and Bryan's potential withdrawal from the presidential race. It notes Woodrow Wilson backing a conservative party leader, New York Republicans split over Hughes, and a Democratic bloc opposing Bryan favors Johnson. It also cites a Republican Senate poll, a Taft lead, and Roosevelt policy endorsement by Republicans.
Report describes how a queen bee nearing the end of her reign is executed by the hive. The workers forceful ly kill her through affectionate restraint and suffocation while raising a new queen to replace her. The piece notes the curious ritual as part of bee life.
Belgian zoologist M Plateau tested whether color or odor guides insects by placing a vividly colored strong smelling flower before a perfect mirror. Insects ignored the reflection and flew to the real bloom, showing scent and color cues act together in attraction.
Pennsylvania beat Yale 18 7 in basketball while Yale edged Columbia 16 9. Yad Jones of Yale declines pro offers as William Walker controls a large jockey stable. Jimmy Casey to manage Montreal next season. Cuba to open a new horse track March 12 near Havana. Intercollegiate Golf Association plans Britain invasion after June commencement. New York A C funds $1000 for Olympic trip to London. Nelson loses form to Rudolph Anholz in a ten round bout. Rochester hosts Indoor 22 Calibre Rifle League record 514. Lamy wins three mile amateur skate on Saranac Lake sum.
A compact recipe describes cooking white onions in water and tomato juice, then making white sauce with butter flour and milk. When thickened the onion is sieved and the mix simmered with salt and pepper to finish.
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