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Newspaper
New Oxford Item
Location
New Oxford, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Dec 05, 1918
Page
10
An old newspaper ad row promotes Dr Kilmer’s Swamp Root for kidney and bladder issues with a sample offer and price guidance. It also markets Hall’s Catarrh Medicine, claiming internal use and blood purification cure for catarrh with testimonials and drugstore availability.
Stella says somebody shortchanged you in a sharp Chicago Daily News quip. The brief item captures a wry exchange cataloged as a newspaper snippet from the era.
Ingestion yields agreeable and sometimes alarming symptoms. Wrichts Indian Vegetable Pule claims to stimulate natural digestive processes. An observer notes a man’s generosity with cigars, joking that he has a tobacco heart.
London reports American bombing squadron joins British forces on the Rhine frontier. An American aviator recounts leading a twelve thousand pound bomb run with 11 planes, 1,600 pounds of explosives per ship, and three-machine gun crews as German fire thaws up. The crew follows plan to reach targets behind enemy lines and return.
Uncle Sam trains 4000 boys monthly for service in the merchant marine aboard U S Shipping Board training ships. Apprentices shown here display drawing and fringe skills on canvas for hammocks mats manrope fittings skylight covers and similar items. This is the merchant sailor’s knitting work.
A World War II aircrew recounts a mission over enemy territory with seventeen German searchlights and heavy anti aircraft fire. Despite near misses and damage to the aircraft, bombs were dropped on target and a return to base was achieved with minimal crew harm. The report notes 39,352 irrigated farms in California.
A Lincolnshire corporal who escaped in June 1918 recounts capture on April 11 1917 near Algicourt. He details brutal guards at Marecz, Minden, and a Cluttington munition camp, food deprivation, shootings for rule violations, and later transfer to civilian guards. The account emphasizes bare facts and credibility.
Detachments from General Gouraud's army report widespread destruction in villages along the Retourne after German withdrawal. Homes, churches, and public buildings were razed or mined. Neuville Mont St Remy and other towns suffered severe devastation while some targets were saved by close French pursuit and captured sapper crews. United Mine Workers have 7317 Canadian members.
Hermill, O. The Pepples family of this city has a distinguished war record, represented in every U S conflict. The Revolutionary War, War of 1812, Mexican War, Civil War and Spanish-American War all saw Peppleses in arms. In World War I five of their sons serve, bringing the family total to 22 soldiers.
Macon county court postpones October term under Judge Beverly P. Evans to let all attaches and witnesses work in cotton fields amid extreme picker demand.
An advertisement promises renewed vigor and youth through GOLD MEDAL Haarlem Oil Capsules. It touts beneficial effects on kidneys bladder joints and muscles while claiming to drive wastes and uric acid from the body. The copy urges ongoing use for lasting vitality and targets older readers with reassurance about aging.
A clerical figure asks a student if a submitted work is an original composition. The student affirms the piece, admitting minor dictionary word distortions in a few terms. The exchange hints at questions of authorship and linguistic deviations.
A fragmented reminiscence contrasts past and present indulgence with garbled phrases about pumpkins and plump plumpkins, suggesting a nostalgic but unclear scene. No clear persons or organizations are identifiable from the text.
An unclear sports note questions whether Bess e and Bob Tlow fit as halfback or quarterback. It contrasts rough wild players with more disciplined ones and hints at team dynamics among young Tritons.
A damaged readers’ note laments German actions and a mistaken sense of deafness amid hostilities. The fragment hints at frustration with German attitudes and anti Allied sentiments during a conflict period.
A fragmented OCR passage questions what 30u owes and whether some of that debt is represented by Liberty bonds. The text mentions Uncle Sam and suggests a confusion about debt types and government bonds.
An aged advertisement fragment touts Groves Baby Bombs Medicine claimed to ease teething stomach troubles. It mentions sea directions on the house and expresses vague gratitude to the rider of a passion, with garbled copy typical of old newspaper typography.
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