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Newspaper
New Oxford Item
Location
New Oxford, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Sep 10, 1908
Page
6
A New York physician Dr. Henry C. Becker outlines sunstroke and heat exhaustion treatments. He describes rapid cooling, cold baths with ice, careful monitoring of temperature, and phased care from crisis to aftercare, including risks of rebound fever and the cautious use of medications and stimulants.
The Inter-State Medical Journal criticizes the Royal Academy painting The Sentence of Death now on display in London. The editor argues the work questions whether physicians should reveal grim truths to patients and examines duty versus honesty in medical ethics.
A long tale recounts Mlle. Bob Walter a Paris elopement entrepreneur who ferried lovers by racing cars for fees up to £600 with multiple vehicles to misdirect pursuers. Her dramatic schemes included frontier papers at Pau Cherbourg and even fake lovers to throw off chasers before a German liner escape.
The House passed a joint resolution authorizing a remission of 10.8 million dollars of the Boxer era indemnity. The act reduces Chinese reparation while preserving compensation for all American claims. The issue highlights U S restraint, aims to foster China relations, and contrasts with other powers over the 24.4 million award.
A Washington Star item recounts Lady Duff Gordon recalling Chinatown with guide Chuck Connors and a Yorkshireman visiting London’s British Museum on a close day. The guard denies entry, joking a mummy died Tuesday and asks to bury him.
The Tuxedo club has sent annually a batch of trout eggs to the Aquarium. This season the club provided 1,000 steelhead trout eggs that were well eyed upon arrival. The eggs are near hatching and the Aquarium already has twelve inch steelhead trout hatched from these eggs in its tanks.
A palm from South America bears a leaf fifty feet long and twelve feet wide, the largest on record. Titanium compounds claim rival hardness with the diamond. Vienna’s Dr. Adolph Cluss visits U.S. agricultural colleges. Peking bird whistles and bamboo pendants are described. A method to blue steel goods uses saltpeter and oil processes. Havre de Grace’s new Susquehanna bridge block weighs 1350 pounds and 60 ton capacity. shackle is a 3.5 inch solid forging.
A project proposes moving the Jardin des Plantes three miles from Paris to create a zoological oasis with large tree filled enclosures, lakes, watercourses, and a vast hothouse rearing butterflies for study and display.
French meteorologist M. Bigourdan suggests regular ocean weather reports for Europe using steamships with wireless telegraph gear. He notes depressions moving west of 35 north latitude drive most Atlantic changes, with about half from North America and the rest forming in the open sea, and mentions British ships already sending wireless reports.
The Marseille Medical Society urged the French government to require eyesight testing for chauffeurs before licensing, similar to locomotive engineers. Dr. Roche cited incidents from defective vision including a driver with astigmatism crashing into sheep and one eyed chauffeurs in speed contests, calling such drivers a public menace.
The Globe-Trotter notes Americans claim trains move so fast two people are needed. One to announce arrival and another to remark on departure. The quip captures train speed humor in a brisk travel sketch.
Vienna seeks control of Moravian mines to curb coal costs and ensure steady supply for city gas and electric plants amid rising prices and supply concerns.
A Detroit Free Press excerpt recalls a Warren Avenue matron who tried kindness to win a maid, furnishing room tweaks and constant praise. After a month the worker demanded more pay and space for her bicycle, then quit, proving tact and patience don’t guarantee loyalty.
A daring theft occurred on a Saturday afternoon in the Bank of England banking department. Two Coutts clerks carried an order for 3000 pounds. one waited outside while the other retrieved funds in three bags of 1000 pounds each. A bag went missing and a well dressed man with a bag left the scene. police were notified and the thief escaped. It is believed the suspect shadowed the messengers beforehand.
The article profiles armless and foot artists across Europe and America. Caesar Ducornet from Belgium painted with a foot stump and earned laurels in Lille and Paris, with works in the Louvre. Other armless or foot painters include Antwerp’s Rubens copyist, Bartram Hiles of England, Adam Stepen of New York, Aimee Rapin of Switzerland, and a German woman known as the foot artist who signed her wedding register with her toe.
Mr. M. E. W. Sherwood recalls Willis as the social hub at many dinners. A sharp exchange unfolds when Mrs. Gales tells her niece not to flirt with Nat Willis, prompting Willis to quip about restraining his feelings while she swallows a Campbell.
Cleveland takes the opening Lipton Yacht Cup race on Lake Michigan. Spanish Queen wins Kalamazoo $10094 heat in 2.07. Philadelphia beats Marylebone by 25 runs in London. Lanny Briggs loses life in Paterson motor race crash before 7000 spectators.
Seven Ohio women are named as the state’s first factory inspectors. The Porto Rican Legislature regulates railroad workers with a sixteen hour limit. A Joliet quarry strike is settled by arbitration via the Central Labor Union. Germany hosts 9000 chemical factories employing about 200000 workers. The first National Federation of State City and Town Employers' Unions convention convenes in Boston. Negro firemen in Pittsburgh join the International Brotherhood of Stationary Firemen. England’s Midlands iron and steel face a five percent wage cut affecting about 15000 workers. The International Brass Molders Union reports 10000 members in the U.S. The UK Journeymen Bakers modify shifts to allow relays of eight hours. Washington printing trades push Cuban census reports into the Government Printing Office. The Granite Cutters joint arbitration board in Quincy settles disputes. Cleveland England ironstone miners seek a 12 o clock Saturday shift.
The Springfield Union quotes a critic who calls the federation of Women's Clubs in Boston a mean scheme by holding duplicate sessions to double the speaking chances for women. The comment highlights disruptions and the controversy over meeting formats.
Montclair passes ordinance prohibiting dogs from barking between 9 p m and 6 am Local authorities enforce quiet hours and restrict canine noise The New York American reports this urban rule affecting dog owners and nighttime sound practices.
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