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Newspaper
New Oxford Item
Location
New Oxford, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Mar 26, 1908
Page
7
London Saturday Review explains that the top of a carriage wheel moves faster through the air than the bottom due to the axle mechanics. The top combines forward motion with forward rotation, while the bottom has forward motion minus backward rotation, a conclusion presented as sound.
An advertising snippet claims colds are the most frequent headache cause from October to May and promotes Laxative Bromo Quinine as removing the cause. It notes E. W. Grove on the box and prices at 2&2.
The nation’s fourth-class postmasters exceed seventy thousand, twelve thousand more than the regular army. Rural free delivery cuts nearly 2,000 fourth-class post offices in the last year, and new offices fail to offset the losses.
Frank J. Cheney a senior partner of J. Cheney & Co. swears the firm will pay one hundred dollars for each case of catarrh not cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure. The notice, dated December 6, 856, lists Toledo as the business location and cites testimonials and retail price.
A Harvard professor authored a bill pending in the Massachusetts Legislature requiring ten tests to be applied to every supposed dead person before a burial certificate is issued. The proposal reflects the idea that a person may have multiple lives, akin to a cat.
Advertisement notes Mrs Winslow's Soothing Syrup for Children teething soothes gums reduces irritation and eases pain. Cures wind colic, offered in a 25 cent bottle.
An English labor paper claims over the past decade more steel has been used to make pens than in all sword and gun factories globally. The remark highlights manufacturing contrasts between everyday items and military arms.
Many old people suffer bronchial affections, especially now. Brown's Bronchial Troches give immediate relief and are recommended for persistent coughs and throat irritation in this seasonal period.
The Massachusetts Legislature authorized savings banks under strict limits to offer life insurance. The first bank to act is led by ex Governor Douglas as President. Banks may create insurance departments for depositors, issue policies up to 500 dollars, and annuity contracts up to 200 dollars, with no agents or collectors. Profits go to annuitants and policyholders, under state supervision.
The article notes that breeding warblers feed their young with half their own weight in insects daily, mostly caterpillars. This high demand by a plentiful, widespread bird family constrains caterpillar populations across the North Temperate zone.
A mother and writer credits Grape-Nuts with steady appetite and stronger breast milk, sharper brain power, and better energy for daily duties. She notes initial breakfast difficulty, then sustained focus for writing and housework, with improved nerve strength and conclusions. There’s a reason given by Postum Co.
Joseph A Holmes of the US Geological Survey urges stricter mine safety laws after a surge in West Virginia accidents. He cites explosive regulation, lamp safety checks, shot firer training, and water spray as key preventives to reduce deaths in U.S. coal mines.
A Washington Star anecdote recalls Surgeon General Rixey urging defense of cigarette warnings. The tale contrasts such defenses with a sick horse given turpentine, ending in the animal's death, illustrating the dangers of improper remedies and the limits of misguided advice.
A small boy Robert protests his teacher’s criticism of his spelling. He complains Annie corrected his paper and crossed out whole words for every wrong letter. January Lippincott's.
E C Slipher reports on Mars photography using a planetary camera attached to an eighteen inch telescope. Sixty images per plate were exposed at two seconds each with plate shifts, yielding about ten thousand negatives. The July 12 near Earth approach produced high canal detail, confirming multiple canals per image and matching prior Lowell observations from 1905.
A traveler recalls ordering an ostrich egg omelet in a California restaurant. The waiter warned it would take long, and after about an hour the dish appeared as a gigantic omelet, likely made from multiple eggs and costing two dollars, teaching him a valuable lesson.
Thomas IL and Sarah Hazelett settled 10000 to endow the Hazelett lectureship at Wesley college, Grand Forks, to promote Christian education as part of Dr. Robertson’s effort to build up religious studies on the campus.
The Houston Post reports that Cupid among alabaster-browed, starry-eyed teachers in Texas embarrasses public education as a Minnesota pager notes similar bold romance among schoolmarms. The item highlights scandalous romance and public reaction.
A Chinese UC alumnus has been named director of a China at Mukden agricultural station. He plans to introduce American trees and shrubs into China. A Celtic cross 20 feet high was erected at Rangihoua Bay of Islands marking Samuel Marsden’s 93 years since his first Christian service in the area. Only One Bromo Quinine advertises a 25 cent cold cure.
The city marks 100 years of anthracite coal with Judge Jesse Fell credited for proving that stone coal could burn in an open grate. The historic grate remains and draws pilgrims from nearby towns.
The testimonial describes a man from Tipton Iowa aged fifty-five who suffered eczema since birth with severe boils and pain. After eight months using Cuticura Soap Ointment Resolvent and Pills his condition cleared. A Lipton Iowa resident Nelson Burnett confirms knowing Bordwell and the cure.
Lord Beaconsfield notes that eloquence springs from knowledge and a full mind. He asserts confusion stems from ignorance, not inefficiency, and that few men fail to express themselves when needed, even defending themselves with sharpness and eloquence.
Salter's strain of Macaroni wheat is advertised as pure and drought tolerant from Dakota seed. It promises 40 to 80 bushels per acre in good soils and 40 to 69 in arid lands with no rust or insects. Send 10 cents to John A Salzey Seed Co. La Crosse Wis for seed book and free samples, plus a new seed package claim.
Paper made from tree fiber emerged as a commercial product in 1867 and grew in importance by 1890 as industries adopted it widely and transformed communication and record keeping.
A medical note argues that excessive indoor heat creates winter respiratory illness. Eskimos and Peary observations cited to question cold exposure as cause. The piece suggests reforming heating methods to prevent catching heat rather than catching colds. A final remark notes marriage as a journey and a bride’s father sending money for a ticket home.
An advertisement touts Paro Ointment as guaranteed to cure itching bleeding protruding or blind piles within six to fourteen days or receive a money refund. The claim targets readers seeking relief from hemorrhoids with a bold time frame and refund offer.
Cartoonists depict Speaker Cannon using his right hand but he is actually left-handed. Ad copy promotes Garfield Tea Co. samples from Brooklyn New York claiming benefits for digestion headaches and a sallow complexion.
An ad tallies low one way tickets on the North Western Line to San Francisco Los Angeles Portland and Puget Sound points for March and April with tours in tourist sleeping cars. It also promotes Lydia E Pinkharts Vegetable Compound claiming to aid female health and listing testimonials about relief from backaches and menstrual symptoms.
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