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Newspaper
New Oxford Item
Location
New Oxford, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
May 14, 1908
Page
13
A boy party including Joe Howard Harry Perkins Tom Watson and George Blake sails from home for a week on Hungry Island. A sudden rain and wind sinks the boat leaving five shipmates with no matches or provisions and plans to endure the shortage while improvising shelter and cooking gear.
Stranded on an island three miles from shore the group crafts tiny boats from driftwood and paper sails to speed messages to mainland. After days of hunger and uncertainty two men arrive in a skiff, others had earlier boats reach land, ending a perilous rescue aided by their improvised flotilla.
Poem laments lasting memory of a sweetheart through seasons from June to December. The speaker asks how long the beloved will remember, contrasting summer joys with winter loneliness and urging enduring remembrance beyond youth.
A compilation of aphorisms and quotes on women from De Lenclos Balzac Steele and others. The collection covers intellect heart virtue and social roles with observations from Howe Wardle Tolstoy Diderot Thackeray and Beaconsfield among many others.
A rich man keeps a Genie bound to contentment. The Genie shows Paradise and Hades, returning to find the man miserable yet curious about the afterlife. After tempers and tales of travelling glory fade, the man longs for a harmless old acquaintance in Room 39 before the Genie resigns.
A Forest and Stream note recounts two Amagansett and Wainscott whales recovered after grounding. Measurements include 54 and 40 feet lengths, with details on blowhole sizes, bone length, eye, and coloration. The Amagansett specimen surpasses the largest previously recorded right whale and shows color variation in the species.
A collection of quotes on happiness contentment and positive living. Notable lines include encouragement to seek the bright side cultivate joy and maintain a buoyant spirit in daily life.
A quotation notes women's sturdy suffrance and capacity to endure far beyond typical male endurance, attributed to Burns.
A reflective quote asserts that sin approaches only when the soul falters in integrity, insisting that steadfast uprightness protects from danger and harm. The saying toils with moral discipline and personal virtue as safeguards.
The Boston Globe notes San Francisco rebuilt quickly after the 1906 earthquake and fire, with 10,000 new buildings worth 111 million dollars in 22 months. Only 5 million came from outside the city, and total floor space exceeds the destroyed 28,000 structures.
A fairy tale-esque scene shows a charitable Prince handing out sections of the New York Sunday Whoop to roadside women. He sells each segment with guarantees of improving taste, mood, or depth, then defeats a dragon by feeding it the News Section. The tale ends with the Prince authoring a magazine feature and two morals urging buy and share.
A Manila Times excerpt quotes a street-car conductor seeking six days leave due to headache and seasickness. He asks the superintendent for permission to recover, stating he wishes to return fit for duty and promising to stay under his protection and care. He signs as a student.
The second track on the Canadian Pacific Railway is finished for about 300 miles from Fort William in Western Ontario to Winnipeg Manitoba. It is expected that double-tracking will extend across the full distance by July 1908.
The New York American notes London’s ancient Celtic name Lyndin and Roman Londinium as a flourishing town. Paris traces from Lutetia in Caesar’s writings to Parisia and Paris, with Clovis choosing it as the government seat in the sixth century. London is older, though exact age is unclear.
John W. Elder of Warsaw has spent 15 993 consecutive nights at home never spending a night away. He observed his fifty second birthday yesterday and the Warsaw correspondent notes the record is remarkable and likely unmatched in the county.
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