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Newspaper
New Oxford Item
Location
New Oxford, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Nov 26, 1908
Page
17
A collection of concise moral maxims from Sentence Sermons in the Chicago Tribune. The author emphasizes self discovery service to others integrity faith and duty as measures of greatness and true leadership. It stresses love for the poor, daily duty, honest work, and living by the golden rule.
Elsie Jil recalls a stray dog adopted by a family, nicknamed Guardian or Wanderer. The dog, thin at first, is fed and cared for, becomes a playful, loyal companion, and wins affection with honest green eyes, though not a show dog. The narrative captures household moments around tea, pets, and kindness.
Pauline Allard faces mounting debt after an attachment sets on her finances. Carson Winch and Wickham arrive as she hides her worry, while Wickham reveals a letter from John Frederick and hints at past bargains shaping their futures.
Wickham shows relief and a restless mood after leaving Pauline who weeps over a letter. He glances at the house and grounds then notes a New York train in fifteen minutes and says he is tickled for Jack but would feel sorry for Winch.
The Scone Palace near Perth, historic crowning place of Scottish kings, now home to the Earl of Mansfield, blends old relics with new modern improvements. The palace preserves ties to James VI, Queen Mary, and royal visits, while updating domestic arrangements and restoring its venerable grandeur.
Harriet Quimby surveys New York markets showing exotic delicacies from across the globe. English, German, Italian and Syrian items mingle with Chinese and Swedish imports, from goose flesh to bean sprouts, abalone to dried okra, oysters, snail dishes, and chayote, with tips on orange washing and preparation.
A collage of odd facts notes a legless prisoner escape from Atchison jail, New York City butter and beer consumption, telephone counts versus London Berlin and Paris, sulphur output across western states, a Canadian couple walking 350 miles with a go cart, the Columbia ship’s sale and six masted barkentine conversion, a moving train telephone device, and alien employment patterns in New York clothing industry.
Winnipeg plans to vent sewer gas through street lamps to burn off the noxious fluid each night, reducing the citys underground supply. The scheme uses lamp posts to channel the gas away from sewers and into illuminated fixtures.
After two decades of attempts, Eastern man T. O. Belsen unveils an apparatus that captures remarkable submarine photographs of Santa Catalina Island in California.
The Great Northern Railroad plans a bridge over the Columbia River at Vancouver costing $1,000,000 or more. The structure will span over a mile and a half and rest on forty eight concrete piers.
A sweeping catalog notes famous figures like Stanley Catherine the Good Hamilton Bonheur Poe Rachel Leonardo da Vinci and Moses as once homeless children highlighting the long link between hardship and achievement.
Isaac Charles Johnson, born 1810 during George III era, still living in Gravesend England at age 98. He studied despite poverty, his education won under difficulties while Britain faced Napoleon era and U.S. President Jefferson.
Rockefeller rebukes a Cleveland reporter for swearing and favors mild exclamations. The tale shifts to a caddy who mocks a minister as a poor golfer and repeats the minister’s quips about missing shots.
A young man visits a hat store asking for the best derbies. After a whispered aside, the salesman reveals the shopper wants a sparking plug, creating a humorous linguistic misfire in Harper's Weekly style.
The world hosts about 9.5 million telephones with over 7 million in the United States and 2 million in Europe, while the remainder are spread across nearly every country.
The Nile offers a golden monotony of light and sound with green riverbanks. Two lines of land and voices blend until Nubia. A visit to Kom Ombos temple of the crocodile god marks a shift toward harsher African scenes.
A Old Country tale from Ireland notes the slop jar used for coffee and tea dregs. A guest in Londonderry throws tea leaves into the fireplace three yards away and Mrs Campbell quips about a longer throw. The host replies he could throw them twice as far without harm.
A Rio de Janeiro report describes a key rubber bearing region on the Picaju River. The discoverer claims the rubber supply could be inexhaustible even with 2000 workers for twenty years. The Picaju mouth lies a few days by steamer from Belem, the Para capital on the lower Amazon.
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