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Newspaper
New Oxford Item
Location
New Oxford, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Oct 22, 1908
Page
13
A poem by Edith Minster from Youth's Companion contrasts haying in the home lot with the toil of meadow work. It visits the sunlit routine of mowing at three, breaks for meals, and children at play as Dobbin glances at busy mowers. The verse reflects rural life and the cadence of farm labor.
In a detailed scene from a Muncie firm, Henry Thurston and Nelson test young applicants Harold Stephenson and Willis Fuller for honesty and punctuality. A bean bag mishap exposes temper, shaping the verdict on which boy earns the job, with Thurston watching closely as the tale unfolds.
Born 1848 to a poor country cleric Harriman rose from Wall Street errand boy to stock trader and railroad powerhouse. He reorganized the Erie and Union Pacific, built thousands of miles of track and eight transoceanic steamships, and directed vast expansions across the United States. He studied leaders like Gould Vanderbilt and Morgan, earning a reputation as a calculating railroad mind.
Abbe Raoul of Carthage builds a diving boat using a sphere cylindrical buoy with a cupola, air tanks at 330 pounds, ballast tanks, and a 1,500 pound internal ballast for rapid surfacing. Two submarine oars propel the craft as pincers inside handle fishing, aided by electric lighting and four ten candle lamps.
A sampling of world figures notes England loses 60000 people yearly to emigration while the Transvaal yields 400000 ounces of gold each month. The Indian empire boasts the cheapest postal system, and hydraulic presses aid British hull manufacture.
A German organized company aims to raise 125000 dollars to launch passenger airships linking major European cities funded by the Krupps and noted bankers. Simultaneously sanitarianism grows as meat is trimmed from many menus following Wu’s coinage. London clergy push evangelistic outreach with weekly Hyde Park meetings to widen the campaign.
The passage notes rich resources in South Russia including rock salt coal coprolite kaolin sands for glass making manganese and iron ores with iron ores ranked most important.
Engineering Record notes a concrete tank at the San Antonio gas works has operated for three years without leakage while oil is believed to weaken concrete. The piece contrasts this with Paris seeing growing horse use despite talks of electric transit in New York and London.
A Maltese cat traveled 2500 miles from Holland Michigan in a bureau drawer wrapped in sacks and shipped by slow freight. Freight workers opened the drawer to find the lean but lively cat which appeared as good as ever despite the long, foodless trip.
Daily production reaches 600 cans filled with peas using automated machinery. The system handles filling and packaging tasks with minimal human intervention.
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