25 Jun 1910
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Newspaper
Indiana Oxford Gazette
Location
Oxford, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 25, 1910
Page
1
Drake Latting survives a perilous carriage accident after Sunbeam the mare bolts with Beatrice Varian in the saddle. Drake clings to the reins as Sunbeam falls, is rescued by Beatrice, and doctors declare hope for his recovery as Beatrice reconciles with family and accepts a postponed marriage.
A harmless customer jokes about spending money while engaging the new cashier at the cigar counter. He pays his dinner check and they share a brief exchange, highlighting humorous banter about money.
Charles Rosenberg from Bavaria arrived on the Kaiserin Auguste Victoria with lumps on his body. Immigrant officials doubted his condition until he revealed the lumps contained money. He showed $300 in one lump and claimed $11,000 total, intending to buy an Oregon apple orchard, and was admitted.
Miss Mattie hosts a distinguished guest and asks Tillie to deliver water and a bath. Tillie relays Miss Mattie’s compliments and the bath invitation, causing the guest to laugh uproariously when told. The maid recalls only that he laughed and that she repeated the instruction exactly.
A humorous exchange from Mack's National Monthly features a narrator asking about the town's best whitewasher. The colored patriarch praises Ale Hall as a bondalist with a whitewash brush, noting he would whitewash a chicken house tomorrow but remains quirky about the chicken coop.
A garbled poem fragment contemplates choosing contentment with one’s lot. The speaker muses on forgetfulness of trouble and the stubborn presence of happiness’s pursuit, mentioning sunny dreams and inner beams of growth amid unclear phrasing.
Dialogue hints a landlady suspecting a new boarder, described as a foreign nobleman. The guest has not paid any rent yet, fueling uncertainty whether he is genuine or a fraud.
A comic exchange has Grouchly touting that skipping three ten cent cigars daily for twenty years nets $2,190. Molly questions the math, then Grouchly agrees to share a chew of tobacco as a lighthearted punch line.
An onlooker at a vaudeville show remarks on a black-face comedian’s performance, praising the crowd’s reaction and labeling the performer a “self-made negro” as the act is warmly applauded.
The Red Man notes Indians have high per capita wealth about 2150 dollars versus 1300 for other Americans. Indian lands yield oil timber and other resources with top timber land held by tribes. Agricultural lands worth millions, ranges sustain about 500000 livestock owned by lessees and gain over 272000 in tribal revenue.
A chesty man orders breakfast in a lunchroom misnaming items with slang. The waitress clarifies and requests the order. The exchange highlights a seller trying to slip slang past staff, while diners discuss modern plain speech in eateries.
The League of Politeness is formed in Berlin to spread better manners inspired by Fraulein Cecelia Meyer. It adopts the Italian motto Pro gentiegza and plans a medal to be worn as a talisman against bad temper. Any polite person may join.
A recent Gazette issue publishes an order in council forbidding ordinary interments in the churchyard identified with St. Giles Stoke Poges Huckinghamshire. The piece recalls Gray and his country churchyard poem.
A mother discusses her children with a friend noting John is slow Tom is improving and Edith the baby is the brightest Then John quips that Edith learns fast because she has them and they did not have us
A Gainesville man recalls Georgia’s former governor Allen D. Candler famed for wit. The anecdote tells how he quit cigars for a pipe at year start and, by year end, claimed saving $208 by the change, then asks, “But where is it?”
The Christian Herald recounts Ramadan as a holy month when the Koran was revealed to Muhammad by Gabriel, prophets received revelations, and spiritual practices include retreat to the cave of Hira. It notes belief that heaven doors remain open and devils are chained during Ramadan.
A patient reports two doctors gave different recommendations during a last night consultation. After discussion, they advised mixing the approaches to resolve the deadlock.
A Cumberland Gap bus climbs steep grades as rear door clatters open to spook a mare aboard. The driver hushes the riders who fear the horse will panic each time the door slams, as they joke about deceiving the animal to walk uphill.
In New York Mine Sara Bernhardt replies to a compliment on her youth saying the secret is God and constant work. She calls herself a creator and mother and questions exaggerated praise. A spontaneous crowd chorus of yes and no follows and a nurse anecdote about a boy asking to see the man run over is recounted.
A conciliatory man says you shouldn’t have called that man pig and a vindictive person agrees there is no point in implying he’s worth 40 cents a pound to anyone.
A lighthearted exchange features a man named Meekton answering a proposal question. He confesses that he was not nervous but would have been if he could foresee the coming decade. The remark adds a humorous note about future plans and married life.
Mr Sirius Barker advocates artistic education for his daughter choosing singing over art or literature. He argues art spoils canvas and paint and literature wastes paper, while singing only disturbs the atmosphere briefly.
Mrs Bossim asks about the first thought on waking to an alarm in a hotel room. Mr Bossim recalls fear for her, then the vase, chair, books, and a framed picture striking him. He feigns surprise at her lingering anger later that night.
A new process for staining glass colors panes with mineral pigments then firing at high heat to fuse color and glass. The result yields a pebbled surface that softens light when installed, with each panel molded separately for large windows.
A writer muses on voices heard in trains from young women in industrial centers. He contrasts loud casual talk with sweeter notes and asserts honesty in his friendships while recalling lines from poems and quotes about truth and beauty.
Court trial reveals experts differ on mineral content in foods and its effect on brain function. Geoghegan data claims phosphate of potash dominates mineral salts in brain and in Grape Nuts. Carey notes potassium phosphate drives nerve fluid production and brain nourishment. Mind influences digestion via Ptyalin and digestive juices, linking mental state to nutrition.
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