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Newspaper
New Oxford Item
Location
New Oxford, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jan 08, 1925
Page
3
The Ist marks a notable lead as an Aba moss gatherer known for a rolling joke tops the rankings. Local observers note the unusual scene drawing attention from fans and reporters alike.
Featuring Green's August Flower as a nervous dyspepsia and digestive disorder remedy. The ad boasts fifty eight years of use, global popularity, and availability in 30 and 90 cent bottles. Also promotes Cuticura products for pimples and daily skin care and Roman Eye Balsam for eye strain.
A humorous tale from the Boys' Own Paper recounts Jones hurrying to a tennis outing. He grabs a bag, finds it heavy, and discovers he has brought potatoes instead of tennis balls, joking about boiling them for Mary.
In a terse exchange the speaker claims a long serving cook is disliked and intends to quit once a house full of guests arrives. To counter the cook’s supposed hatred the narrator says they will stop hosting guests, effectively fooling her.
A Christian Evangelist joke highlights a wealth holder who, when asked about art, declares a fondness for art and for arteries in cities she visits. The quip ties money, travel, and culture to memorable city features.
An unidentified mule tender named Emanuel Jackson appears on crutches. A friend chastises him as a poor mule handler, while Emanuel insists he is skilled, noting a mule in his care failed to recognize his reputation, as recounted in the American Legion Weekly.
Mrs Nurich advocates sympathy for common people arguing they are essential. Mrs Aristair Kraft questions what they are essential to. Mrs Nurich replies that one cannot know being well off without them.
A quick tip advises using sodium fluoride from a druggist to kill roaches. The ad-like notice claims it works faster than a train.
In the Columbia Jester, a brief exchange places James, an 18 year old from Illinois, in the servants’ hall where he is confronted about kissing a maid. The madam confirms the time as about four o clock and identifies the maid as Jane.
A brief spoken exchange presents two strangers discussing lines to follow. The first asks which line to follow, and the second claims to follow all lines as a palmist. The fragment hints at a guidance theme without providing further details.
A lighthearted note describes Fido and Toutou chasing each other across a neighbor’s flower beds. Mistress says it keeps the darlings out of mischief and no harm done.
A doctor visits a grocery store and asks about the cheeve. The grocer answers that the cheese is a bit stronger today, signaling a playful exchange from The Progressive Grocer.
Gillis notes trends in fashion and cost this season with prices rising beyond five dollars. Capper's Weekly offers quips on fashion psychology and consumer habits.
In Mooresville North Carolina a businessman and farmer, McKnight, and neighbor Grover Stutts were killed in a shotgun and pistol duel at Stutts' home on McKnight's farm. Eye witnesses could not determine who fired first amid longstanding business tensions and prior family threats.
A prisoner at Eastern penitentiary was released with a check exceeding five thousand dollars for earnings earned while incarcerated. He learned a trade through prison courses and a side employment producing beaded pocketbooks and other items sold outside. He started penniless seven years earlier and left with a substantial sum. Education inside the walls includes engineering courses offered by the state college extension.
Lindley M. Franklin of Flushing backed his car into an open elevator shaft in a New York garage and plunged five stories landing on a car entering the shaft. He escaped with minor bruises while Archibald Nesbett of Bayside, in the second car, required hospital treatment but avoided serious injury. Both cars were wrecked yet protected the drivers from being crushed.
Mrs. Augusta Muehl sues Phillip Rudolph of Menominee Falls Wisconsin for 2000 damages alleging his apiary harbors vicious bees. She claims a bee stung her arm without cause while she was unprovoked by the owner and the bee left home angry and harassed.
Lexington police arrest Jim Gant a longtime janitor who took $2 500 from the First and City National Bank after finding stray packages of bills. Investigators say he admitted guilt and a warrant was sworn for grand larceny.
In St Paul District Court Oscar Peterson twenty three of Zumbrota Minn was labeled the villain in a case of seduction and robbery with Helen Dahir his accomplice. They lured Robert A Berns of 701 Jackson Street to Harriet Island and attacked him stealing thirty dollars. Peterson faces one to ten years in the state reformatory. Dahir will stand trial.
Dr B Rodney Fiske of New York told the Eastern Homeopathic Medical association that gland function holds the key to creating the perfect man by shaping mental traits and physical form. He predicted a future fountain of youth through regulated glands, while Dr William H Diffenbach argued ductless gland control surpasses monkey gland implants for youth restoration.
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