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Newspaper
New Oxford Item
Location
New Oxford, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Dec 10, 1908
Page
6
Chicago Tribune reports a humorous dining quip where Mary shifts from purchasing lamb to beef after discovering the lamb’s high price. The anecdote highlights a food cost concern and a chef’s menu choice in a diner subplot.
An advertisement from REA CO. Dent. in Minneapolis Minnesota promotes a free book titled Cure for Piles Gample Treatment and Piles and Fistula Cure. The copy highlights relief claims and invites readers to obtain the publication without charge.
A brief tombstone quatrain shows a joking epitaph for Samantha Proctor. A fact snippet notes Madagascar hosts a natural fortress with 1000 foot high precipitous walls and a sole subterranean passage. Also advertises Mrs Winslow's Soothing Syrup for teething.
Paris reports Prof Metchnikoff warning that heavy flesh consumption endangers health. He cites three gut microbes—one American discovered—producing strong toxins, with Belgian and English origins showing varying potency. dyspeptic gouty rheumatic and diabetic individuals are urged to heed the risk.
The article discusses dangers of consuming food at very high temperatures. It notes 112 degrees as a limit for hot baths and lists edible items with ideal ranges, including meat at 115 degrees and tea at 185 degrees, warning of injury if sipping or swallowing exceeds safe levels.
To reduce the many snake bite deaths in Burma the province will distribute Sir Lauder Brunton’s lancets with permanganate of potash. The treatment, if applied immediately, has established efficacy according to official notice.
Edward R. Dellinger of Washington county owns a spyglass that once belonged to General Robert E. Lee. Lee reportedly lost it while crossing the Potomac at Williamsport with his troops. It was found soon after in a box floating down the river and is kept in first class condition.
An Illinois stockman recalls years of coffee harm including nervous spells insomnia and indigestion. After switching to Postum two years ago he reports better sleep, no palpitations, weight gain of 32 pounds, and overall improvement. The letter from Postum Co. promises continued truth and merit.
A short comic exchange features Madge asking if a catch was spectacular while Mabel notes someone ran to Europe for him, a breezy caption from a 19th century style page.
A retired dry goods clerk explains switching careers as he confronts a humorous stereotype about knife work as the Washington Herald notes. The exchange touches on gender perceptions in trades.
A Louisville Courier Journal tone item notes a dramatized Henry James sentence as a bold theatrical conceit. The exchange suggests a compact one sentence script to please a leading lady and audiences.
A humorous exchange from the New York Journal notes a grocer’s boy kissing Martha and deflects blame to the iceman as the one who set the example, revealing light local drama and social mores.
A couple discusses adjusting work time with more afternoons off than the cook will permit, revealing a tension over listed hours and personal time. The Houston Chronicle quotes the exchange about finding a fair balance.
In Brooklyn Life a humorous exchange features Mr. Howard praising Niagara’s force while Mrs. Talkmuch recalls a moment when she was speechless upon first seeing the spectacle. The light dialogue highlights public wonder at Niagara falls.
A Kansas City Journal snippet notes an ordinary wedding in the mining region with a fracas at the event and the groom wearing a conventional black eye. The item emphasizes routine details and the regional setting.
A visitor says it has been three years since he last saw the city and finds it scarcely altered, while a waiter remarks on the lone dime left from a dollar.
A humorous exchange from the New York Journal shows a mother reading her son Henry's letters and joking how they send her to the dictionary, while the second mother remarks Jack's letters push her to the bank. The quip highlights differing parental concerns reflected in college correspondence.
A quip escalates into a fracas after a husband jokes about his wife's dream of not being loved. The exchange begins with a tease and ends with humor and a confrontation, as reported by the Louisville Courier-Journal.
A Democratic Telegram quips about a servant's progress noting she is getting slower, with a playful exchange suggesting the servant's performance has worsened before improving. The dialogue centers on perception of speed and efficiency.
The farmer asks why the worker quit, noting he only spent twenty minutes sawing wood. The actor replies he had been hired on the farm, and the farmer retorts that he is no longer in vaudeville but in legitimate theater now.
A courtroom quip reveals Tim Phelan reacting to a letter from Ireland about his cousin's execution for murder and robbery of an Englishman. The judge comments on the chastened mood and grim family news in a Northern locale.
An expert remark from an escort calls a safe hit worthy of advancement to second base. A damsel quips that if the fielder had better base running, the hit could have become a three bagger, reflecting playful sports banter in the Louiseville Courier-Journal.
A Louisville Courier columnist riffs on how lawyers craft defenses using satire and snippets of testimony. The piece mocks overreaching mental state arguments and highlights the tension between legal theory and courtroom reality.
Dr J Herman Randall urges hypnotic suggestion over punishment to shape character in children. He advocates kindness not scolding, using bedtime talks to instill good thoughts and stories illustrating desired traits, citing a Brooklyn mother as example.
French savants propose a 1000 volume universal science encyclopedia to cover every branch. It aims to spare researchers from wading through multilingual papers and risk of duplication, serving as an authoritative up to date international reference for original investigators.
In a Chicago Tribune item, Bill Snooper, now a traveling evangelist, reconnects with old friend Tom Grigson, who reveals he is a life insurance solicitor for a leading company. They discuss church membership and the insurance they represent.
A new electrical railway in Norway runs from Thamshavn to Everkmo, twenty miles, powered by a waterfall fifty eight metres high. The Meldal Copper Mines owners run the line, using a 3000 horsepower station with five turbines. It will haul ore from the mines and carry passengers.
The Washington Star argues against U S alignment with China noting that Japan would bear the brunt of any war and that China offers the richest rewards for conquest but poses the greatest risk of defeat in a Pacific conflict.
The Independent questions whether hats, gendered as feminine or masculine, can be carried too far in public life. It argues that while hats are not inherently immoral, overdoing hat usage intrudes on civility and occupies excessive car space. The piece invites ladies to consider the morality of oversized headwear.
Nat Anderson of Greenwood South Carolina suffered five years of backache and worsening kidney trouble. After repeated ineffective treatments, Dean’s Kidney Pills provided relief, restoring strength and eliminating kidney symptoms. Sold by all dealers 50 cents a box Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY.
Norway Maine boasts it is the most distinctive women's town in America. Every line of commerce and finance, trade and profession, is successfully carried on by women. Women own and run meat markets and the three hotels, and they handle burial and marriage rites.
An advertisement claims deafness from inflamed Eustachian tube mucous lining is curable only by constitutional remedies. It asserts nine of ten cases stem from catarrh and offers $100 for a catarrh deafness case not cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure. Circulars are mailed free. product sold by dealers.
Critisiem is the friend of success and occasional failure does not discourage a hustler. The love of money is the easiest root to cultivate. A woman says all men may be equal but none are superior. The wise man with a good opinion of himself keeps it to himself. It’s easy for a man to rise if on the down grade. Beware of the little fellows as mosquitoes are more bloodthirsty than lions.
A Belgian journal correspondent suggests reserving luggage vans on each railway for exclusive transport of ladies hats to simplify travel. The idea aims to reduce mishaps and speed packing, reflecting lighthearted wartime era transport discussions.
Two diners argued whether a pineapple is a fruit or a vegetable. The vaitey advised, and John answered that a pineapple is neither fruit nor vegetable, calling it a dextra in a playful twist. Tit-Bits.
A Sunday edition notes the vast reach of American papers with an estimate that about 600 papers could serve 6,000,000 volumes of 500 pages each. The brief reflects on print industry capacity and archival scope.
Mrs V V Albert of Upper Frenchville Maine testifies after rheumatic sores covered her husband’s legs for fifteen years. Three doctors failed until Cuticura Soap Ointment and Resolvent dried the sores in three weeks and cured him in three months. She offers to prove the claim.
A large painting portraying the seven Bishops who were committed to the Tower of London in 1658 has been presented to the Archbishop of Canterbury for Lambeth Palace.
The Chicago English club started a nationwide drive to improve spoken English in public schools amid claims that Midwestern speech is sloppy and ungrammatical. Miss J A Wilcox cited overheard student phrases and noted mispronunciations from literature and dinner conversations as examples.
A cautionary note on wearing colored gloves for performances. The piece warns that striking color does not change size or proportion of hands and feet. It cautions against exaggerated, shrieking effects and urges balanced, proper form.
H. H. Greens Sons of Atlanta Ga advertise a liberal offer claiming to be the world’s sole successful Dropsy Acpuiatists.
A New York Tribune tale recalls a South Dakota town saved from a prairie fire by a woman’s quick thinking. She sacrificed a skirt to aid a dangerous blaze, echoing historic pluck attributed to “Mother” Bailey who helped Commodore Decatur during a 1812 14 blockade by offering a flannel skirt to the cannon crew.
A new role for women emerges in Paris as grateful patients. Well dressed women are hired to sit in doctors' waiting rooms and speak with patients, praising the benefits of the doctors' treatments in exchanges and conversations.
The text questions how many American women in lonely homes long for maternity and can only dream of saying certain words, noting an organic derangement yet offering guidance that preparation for healthy maternity is accomplished by the use of specified methods.
Mrs Maggie Gilmer of West Union South Carolina writes the compound restored her health and made her a mother. Mrs Josephine Hall of Bardstown Kentucky says it healed severe female troubles and she is now a mother. For thirty years Lydia E Pinkhams Vegetable Compound has cured thousands of women with displacements inflammation fibroid tumors irregularities and other symptoms. Mrs Pinkham invites sick women to write for advice address Lynn Massachusetts.
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