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Newspaper
New Oxford Item
Location
New Oxford, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Aug 27, 1925
Page
1
The piece urges exercising the senses and testing beliefs by accepting facts and weighing evidence. It warns that clinging to airy visions and fixed ideas leads to intellectual stagnation and prejudice, while open minds and cheerful counsel drive true distinction.
Euripides, celebrated Greek playwright, faced charges of impiety and unbelief, fled Greece, found favor at the Macedonian court of Archelaus, and is credited with 75 to 90 tragedies. Wayne D. McMurrayty quotes from George Matthew Adams.
The Wilack magpie in Tasmania is noted as an excellent weather predictor. Days before a storm the bird and its flocks are described as crying and flapping their wings continuously.
East Hempstead born 1659 in England Osiah Lamborn lineage to Thomas and Sarah Lamborn of Lamborn Pa. Robert Lamborn moved to America 1713 near London Grove with later marriage to Sarah Swayne. WAKEMAN notes derive from waec man meaning watchman. Lavender from lavandier meaning washerman. evolution to laundry.
A poem urging wives to shield husbands from daily temptations in a world of gold and vice. It compares home to a lighthouse and altar, calling the wife to be steadfast, guiding him back to moral paths and toward God.
A reader advises sprinkling whole cloves on ant trails as a quick, clean remedy. The cloves allegedly drive ants away and also expel other creeping insects, claimed as a humane solution for households.
A brief excerpt describes a hummingbird flash of harmless lightning and rainbow dyes as a burnished sunbeam. The verse notes a bloom waking late to see Charlip touching her bosom and draining nectary, inviting reflection on nature and courtship.
A Victorian guide to making pickles and relishes with vinegar sugar and spices. It covers cucumber pickles with brine and boiling vinegar, tomato preparations, and flavored mixes including mustard cayenne allspice and celery seed. It notes alum is harmful and suggests careful preparation.
A local resident claims scientists say some coas on the market are extremely old yet she trusts her dealer and believes they are sold as fresh as claimed.
A whale stranded off Greenland carried in its body the head of an old harpoon likely lodged for over fifty years. Experts dated the weapon fragment, noting its age and preservation inside the whale.
Fashion writer notes traveling wardrobe has shifted from incidental garments to standardized travel clothes. Experts advise travel light with simple, comfortable outfits and avoid overdressing. Aboard ship, tailored suits with a plain short skirt and coat are preferred for current waistline styles.
The text outlines coat styles in grays and blues with blue velvet trims, featuring open collars, ties, or ascots. It suggests versatile options including frocks or two-piece outfits with skirts and sweaters, plus fabrics like tweeds and plaids. A top coat remains a key general service piece for shipboard wear.
Imitation jewelry remains in style as women wear glass pieces that resemble emeralds sapphires rubies or topaz. The article notes tasteful design and color matching with gowns creating harmonious outfits using beads and faux stones.
Gloves are a standout feature of summer costumes using kid fabric silk doeskin and many feathers. Chamois is noted as most popular but is not real chamois feather. current material is peeled from sheep back, ground with pumice and treated.
Fashion experts in New York awarded first prize to a blue charmeen girls dress pictured, featuring a tailored red belt in changing shades, shoulder tab and elbow cuff with inverted plaits enhancing a youthful figure.
The passage contrasts a scheme for town wear using light weight worsted serge or flannel combined with crepe, differing from softer materials used in town garments.
An article describes two velvet hat styles designed for travel. One uses stitched velvet strips for a small crown and cushion brim in bold and soft colors. The other has a sectional crown, flexible brim, and contrasting velvet strips in geometric patterns that can be shaped and folded for packing.
The article previews soft, flexible travel hats that fold neatly into a small bag. Made from felt belting ribbon velveteen and velvet, they feature a conventional design with contrasting velvet trim and come in colors to match sports frocks and coats.
A parasol features a striking black and red printed silk design on white ground and is lined with white crepe de chine.
The piece explains why chamois finishes remain popular for a fresh look on hot days. It describes summer gloves with varied gauntlets and fasteners, including a new limp slit design, and notes Florida late winter styles favoring white for hats, hands, and feet with contrasting footwear details.
The cabriolet hat is the larger of the two small one horse hats, designed in Paris by milliners. A model uses black picot straw lined with orange georgette and trimmed with black ostrich plumes and orange ostrich plume flowers.
Autograph hunters face a famed writer in fame and wit. The piece recalls how Lady Swathling's children aged Montagus sought consent to name a new guinea pig Bernard Shaw. Shaw replied with a brisk postcard objection, delivered by post.
William M. Wood, retiring president of the American Woolen Company, told a New York interview that success must stay honest and warned against crooked methods. He cited a fable of two boys with a milk pitcher who, after drinking too much, decide to bust the pitcher.
A physicist at the United States Department of Agriculture manufactured ultra fine wire nearly invisible to the naked eye. The slender wire serves as both a novelty and a practical commodity used by surgeons and dentists.
A cheeky remark from the Wesleyan Wasp questions why women invest in hair curl perfection and choose short dresses, highlighting fashion vanity with a curt campus voice.
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