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Newspaper
New Oxford Item
Location
New Oxford, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Aug 13, 1925
Page
6
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A reminiscence on starting home gardens during the war era. The author, Thomas Ark le Clark, notes thrift stamps and budgeting while planning vegetables and seeds. He compares costs, expresses love of garden beauty seen in England France and Italy, and plans a joint project with neighbor Watkins to grow flowers and edible crops, aiming to prove thrift plus beauty.
A fragmented passage depicts a conversation where a character asks if others admire her mouth and receives an emphatic affirmative from another speaker. The dialog shows a playful tone and captured banter between two individuals.
A Plank Center salesman exclaimed unfitness for juror duty saying he hadn’t read all the laws of this country. The judge replied neither had he, and the man was seated on the jury.
The Rehoboth Sunday Herald recalls Doolittle as the town's kindest man and laziest, noting he told his wife he would leave everything to her when he died, a line she quips matched their long marriage.
The landlord agrees to repaper several rooms. The tenant rejects paper with large figures, fearing reminders of rent and wants a different style.
The dialogue recalls a remark about courting a girl on a park bench and suggests courting at home. The response cites a family of eight daughters, signaling social expectations and constraints in courting norms.
A light exchange frames a homeward tale where boys recount dividing the fish from a trip and joking that they not only split the haul but multiplied it, capturing a small town humor moment.
A farmer’s prized cow named Zephyr displayed a temper by kicking at his ear whenever approached. The incident puzzled the farmer as Zephyr’s otherwise gentle demeanor contrasted with the sudden belligerence.
Dialogue fragment shows Maria considering using electric curling tongs as a model for a washing machine. A child safety concern is raised about washing with electricity. No further context or outcomes are provided.
A punny exchange frames a comically dark moment as a husband jokingly invites his wife to eat his mother in law. the wife responds with a quip about digestion, highlighting domestic tension with chilly humor.
A playful note quoted as Those Whiskers She Gee complains of itchy whiskers while a Denver Parrakeet is referenced. Mary relayed the remark last night in a light home scene.
A conversation compares American slang to British phrases as a speaker defines giving a man the air by tying a can to him or putting the skids under him and then giving him the gate. The Britisher seeks clearer meaning.
A playful verse notes a giddy girlie who dresses like a whizz and shows a decisive rest of her mind despite a wavering mood.
The Sydney Bulletin notes a remark about a man aged 92, joking that the “old dogsbody” has just come out of the telephone box and is “turned 92,” prompting a question about his age at some earlier time.
A witty exchange unfolds as a suitor publicly proposes to a father. The father confesses surprise at the pace of the match and notes he feared the proposal might never come.
Dialogue from a home life column shows Mrs White suggesting using electricity and Mrs Green noting her husband keeps current expenses down, reflecting domestic budgeting debates.
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