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Newspaper
New Oxford Item
Location
New Oxford, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Nov 19, 1908
Page
11
The Atchison Globe notes that few women die old maids as many marry late but eventually wed while many men die old bachelors. It observes post fifty pride in remaining single and views it as cunning to have avoided numerous would be suitors.
The Manxman credits wife Mrs. Caine for much of his success acting as secretary and literary adviser. A soft‑voiced, society‑averse woman, she dominates Isle of Man social life and travels to London annually to entertain literary and artistic figures. She manages correspondence and manuscripts, little seeking attention and agreeing to accompany him to America only if spared social duties.
A New York Times report describes Paris milliners scenting hats with sachets and scented ribbons to mask odors from artificial flowers. Hats are wired with scented wool and tiny sachets at bow bases, with perfumed vinaigrette cases in hat boxes to renew fragrance nightly.
Mrs Helen Guthrie Miller, chair of the Pure Food Committee for the General Federation of Women’s Clubs, promotes clean food through women’s clubs. She credits the Women’s Clubs movement with aiding the Food and Drug act and has studied food sciences across several universities while supporting public health and charity work.
The article notes an impending fashion shift toward waistcoats for autumn and winter. It highlights waistcoats as standalone or coat-integrated, with varied cuts and materials. Knit waistcoats in corduroy velvet offer color variety, while brocaded silk, satin, and embroidered designs lead the season’s trends.
Waistcoats will be worn with tweed and serge costumes and heavier cloths while for fine fabrics like silk velvet the preferred material is the new tinsel fabric described as knitted on canvas by the New York Press.
Mrs. Philip Snowden reports the Duchess of Marlborough has joined the English suffragettes, joining at Dr. Aked's home on West Eighty sixth Street. The suffrage movement includes aristocrats and factory girls alike, with funds raised at meetings and leaders like Annie Kenney and Cristabel Pankhurst cited for provoking broad support and dramatic confrontations.
The season's wings blend marvellous color schemes with Directoire lines, grayish amethyst and peacock blues and greens. Wide brims and tricorne décor appear. hats feature swanskin trims and crown bands. Veils, turbans, ostrich fringe styles, and vivid yellows plus pink lavender combos shape the era.
A new back load sling for soldiers, patterned after Alaska packs, is praised by veterans. One English Army veteran of 12 years says it is the best pack yet, offering free arm movement, better weight distribution, spine protection, and no chafing after rugged field tests across mountains and landslides. Inventor served 12 years in National Guard and fought in the Spanish-American War.
A private visitor recalls Grover Cleveland meeting the White House infant Esther Cleveland at late hours. The President opened his desk drawer and produced toys for the child, an image likened to Lincoln and Tad, illustrating a human side of the ex president.
A large tower crane rises 90 feet above the Vegesak shipyard yard in Germany. The revolving head extends 52.5 feet for the three ton hoist and 29.5 feet for the six ton hoist. The square steel frame is braced and travels on two wheel tracks at the yard corners. Ballast boxes of 16 tons per side stabilize the structure against wind. Rail fasteners anchor the crane when out of service or handling heavy loads.
A mother tests her son with a rosy apple to teach generosity. Johnnie refuses the idea yet shows cleverness by asking his mother to tell his sister to be generous, then hands the apple back for a share.
A Washington Herald excerpt portrays a woman rejecting a romance while declaring his talk is all empty rhetoric. She argues life isn’t a society play and questions true love with him.
A cord of wood yields about one ton of mechanical pulp or half a ton of chemical pulp. A shellfish in the Mediterranean spins silk as fine as any from a cocoon. The River Polk vanishes into a cave near Adelsberg by Trieste. The electric furnace can reach 7200 degrees, a heat that would melt most solids, making red hot iron look cold by comparison.
Experiments at abrona show balloons at 600 to 2006 yards are hit only once in six shots, while at 3000 yards they are safe. Even when hit, gas bag damage is minimal and allows continued flight for hours before landing becomes necessary due to gas escape.
The Argentine ant, once devastating Louisiana sugar plantations, has reached the Pacific Coast. It aggressively displaces the cattle ant, harms state crops by protecting plant lice, and is considered one of the most injurious pests ever introduced to the United States.
A Bevington experiment under Sir Oliver Lodge’s son uses a 100000 volt current over a 19.5 acre plot to electrify crops. A two horse power engine powers a dynamo feeding overhead lines with the positive to the wires and negative to earth. The sample Canadian wheat yielded 35.5 bushels per acre versus 25.5 on surrounding land, a 40 percent increase.
The California brown pelican is a four to five foot bird with silver gray wings and a sand color tail. It nests mainly in May and June off Baja California and Mexico, often on the ground, using weed stalks and grass for its nest. Pelicans fly in line, dive from height to catch fish, and their pouch holds ten to fifteen pounds of prey while gulls prey on their catches.
A Toronto lawyer known for lecturing staff is revealed through a humorous exchange between office boys. Tommy, the office boy, claims the attorney earns ten thousand a year but jokes about earning four dollars weekly in wages with the rest in regal advice.
The article explains that about 160000 earthquakes were recorded by 1903, with 94 percent in two seismic belts: the Mediterranean and the circum Pacific. It notes that San Francisco, Valparaiso and Kingston lie in active zones, discusses fault-plane movement as the main San Francisco cause, and cites a state commission finding a horizontal slip up to twenty feet over 185 miles as the source of the strong shake.
A hen attains her best laying capacity in her third year and will lay an average lifetime of 300 to 500 eggs.
In the Yukon mining regions electric lines to convey power over distances up to sixty miles have been installed. This development aims to support mining operations and local communities by improving electrical access and reliability.
The report details Hankow's $860,000 electric light plant held by Chinese, China shipping to Tibet via Calcutta, Korea's cigarette market dominated by American British tobacco, rising Malay rubber and tin outputs, and Malay States and British India trade figures. It notes a 965 180 ton rubber year and 13 227 ton tin first quarter, plus China import quality standards and prompt payment.
Israel Ludlow of New York City denounces spherical balloon racing as unprofitable. The Duke of the Abruzzi to wed Katherine Elkins after sailing from Havre to America. Yuan Shih Kas calls for a square deal for China amid talks of an American Chinese alliance. Captain Pritchard named to succeed Watt as Cunard commodore. Bishop Potter’s will items probate in New York. Castro warns rebels will face execution in Venezuela. Harvard President Elot touts city welfare via voter education. Rio Janeiro Geographical Society names Dr. Charcot honorary member. Helm to command Idaho. Alfred Tennyson Dickens lectures on his father in Australia. D’Orsay and Tennyson named as godparents at christening. Vladimar Poulsen, Danish inventor, links Lingby and Weisensee by wireless over 250 miles.
In a small New York bookstore on Eighth Avenue a large pile of Bibles was labeled very cheap with a bold inscription declaring Bibles sold as few as there. The London News quotes a correspondent noting the item as a curious, provocative display.
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