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Newspaper
New Oxford Item
Location
New Oxford, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Oct 01, 1908
Page
1
In this excerpt, William Stanley Craighwaite frames the sea as earth’s mother and fathomless power. He contrasts creation and time with divine will, stating the sea’s lordship over kingdoms and its enduring beauty and might across aeons, unmarked by sun or wind.
A Buffalo Commercial reprints a Washington discussion on worrying about unlikely events. A school joke follows a geology lecture claiming Niagara Falls could erode to Erie in 200,000 years, prompting a sobbing girl who fears for her sister living in Erie.
The article notes travelers cling to old railway labels on bags and portmanteaus, causing porter confusion and misrouted luggage. It cites a leather case bearing forty two labels, illustrating the nuisance that complicates tracing and can trigger compensation during holiday travel.
Detroit News Tribune outlines a model of planetary origins from a universal nebula. It describes Nebular contraction forming the sun, ring debris producing planets Neptune through Mars, then Earth and the Moon as a double-rotation system.
An opinion from Success argues against penny pinching in business and life. The author condemns narrow savings that harm larger gains, praising liberal, broad minded spending to achieve bigger outcomes. Generosity and expansive vision are linked to lasting success in modern business.
Allan L Purves argues for a fruit and vegetable diet as superior to meat. He asserts vegetarianism cultivates gentler, more moral humans, reduces cruelty to animals, and questions the natural role of eating flesh. He cites Hindus and ancient philosophers, condemns slaughter and animal exploitation.
Rat catchers and inventors from all parts of London compete for a 10 guinea prize and a diploma offered by the Society for the Destruction of Vermin. Frank B. Raynor, a coast guard lifeguard at a New York station, could hold any office appointed by President Roosevelt without entering civil service.
An English tourist tours two Tokyo mansions owned by Mr. Iwasaki. He describes spare ornament, spotless cleanliness, and refined woodwork. The tour includes a satin-like bath, lacquered screens, and a tranquil garden with a sea-fed lake and intricate rockwork. The gardens span twenty four acres, offering multiple changing vistas as day fades.
A Honolulu planter touts shark fishing as a popular pastime with sharks eight to fourteen feet off Honolulu harbor. Fishermen use launches, dead horses as bait, harpoons or hooks, and large rifles to battle the quarry. Oil from shark livers provides a small payoff for helpers and crews.
In the Wolgan River valley 120 miles west of Sydney Australia Consul Orlando Baker says the largest known kerosene shale deposits cover forty one square miles with seams from inches to six feet. Joaja mine 77 miles from Sydney yields 130 gallons crude oil per ton and 15400 cubic feet of gas with 48 sperm candles illumination. some shale averages 160 gallons per ton.
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