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Newspaper
New Oxford Item
Location
New Oxford, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Sep 17, 1908
Page
1
A historical lyric of a soldier longing for the girl he left behind in Ireland and France The verses describe cross channel longing and promises made to a beloved with lines about war and homecoming The unnamed author frames a tale of romance and duty amid travels and battles.
A weary city man recalls a bus ride where a chance glance becomes a perceived link to a young woman, her lover, and a doomed plan. He experiences a clairvoyant sense of another life, witnesses a tense tea shop meeting, and later discovers the encounter may have been a dream with a real, different couple.
A fragment from American Jeweler urges salesmen to use every mental faculty like a precise watch and to turn errors into lessons. It stresses self restraint, courtesy, and the personal touch in service, noting that enthusiasm and knowledge win over buyers who begin with no intent to buy.
The British sloop of war Shearwater returns to Esquimalt after nearly five months at sea visiting South America in a search for survivors of the lost Silberhorn. The voyage included Masafuera and Juan Fernandez islands and a mascot goat named Nancy. The ship also aided at Iquique and Callao and met the US torpedo flotilla in Callao.
The New York Press reports a brutal battle between nine thrushes and eight robins in an East Alton tree. The two sides fought without mercy over nesting rights, with nests in close proximity. After more than an hour of fatal clashes, only a robin remained but died from a wound, ending the feud.
A curious collection notes there are only 800 clergymen in Norway and says extremes meet. A 1655 house in St Augustine is now a garage. London’s St Paul’s Cathedral area has 256 railroad stations within six miles. A Somali soldier maintains fitness on a diet of 20 nourishing nuts daily.
Data show Germany publishes about twice as many new books as France with 30078 German titles in 1907 while Romania is noted as Europe’s most illiterate country. Canada’s 20 percent of workers depend on carrying trade and U S has 206.78 miles of rail per ten thousand people.
A Boston paper reports widespread sale of horse meat in city markets with restaurant cooks using it in beef stews. The article also notes Zanzibar and Pemba dominate world clove production, and mentions a German pension rule that penalizes workers for not meeting weekly work thresholds, deterring strikes.
An old country Englishman is described as unbarring his door at midnight on New Year’s Eve to bid the old year farewell and welcome the new year, a ritual observed to mark the calendar transition.
A respected old family in Japan reveals a chamber of secrecy where servants discover a large ancient earthen pot filled with coins. Kitayama opens the pot and finds gold that is placed in the family shrine. A banquet follows as a curio dealer inspects the coins and deems them lead washed with gold.
The Philadelphia Press outlines early exploration of the region. Henry Hudson, in Dutch service, mapped the Delaware River once called the South River. In 1610 a voyage carrying Lord Thomas de la War entered the river, the English claimed the territory and named it Belaware. Captain Mey named two capes at the South Bay, one Cape Henlopen and the other Cape Cornelius. Hendrickson is noted as the first navigator to Philadelphia. The Schuylkill term comes from Dutch, meaning Hidden River.
The Washington Star quotes Chinese Ambassador Wu Ting fang criticizing a certain self important politician. He compares the man to a Shanghai doctor who prescribes exercise. A mandarin asks why not his own floors polished, the doctor replies his are larger.
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