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Newspaper
New Oxford Item
Location
New Oxford, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jul 02, 1925
Page
5
The article explains key steps for baby baths including water temperature ranges from 90 to 95 degrees, using a bath thermometer, preparing supplies, and washing techniques. It advises a quick tub bath, warming the room, gentle soap use, careful rinsing, drying, and powdering, with timing tied to feeding and age.
February 1925 reports from 74 cities with 27 million people show 840 traffic deaths in one month, a daily rate of 0.437 per million. The same period records 67 fatal public accidents, 176 home accidents, and 45 industrial deaths. Pedestrian injuries favor men. many fatalities involve children aged five to fourteen, with crossings and corners identified as danger points.
Chicago doctor Simon Stern could not start his car and heard a loud squeal. A large black cat leaped from under the hood and fled down the street, leaving fur and a tail tip on the engine. He recalled leaving the hood up overnight.
Chicago ten year old Ruth Zemke waded in at Thirty fourth street lakefront to rescue Bertha Batmas from drowning. She saved Bertha but her six year old brother sank and was lost. Ruth twice dived for him and failed, then collapsed on the piling.
In Ithaca New York Amelia Crum reveals a long held confession by Edward H Ruoff to his lawyer that he murdered his wife Mrs. Ruoff and sank her body in Cayuga Lake with a chest and iron weight. The body was never found and the wife disappeared with a daughter also said to have been hidden away.
Budapest police detain an old man in rags found sleeping on a park bench. The man is identified as the former Prince Alexander Hohenloe-Oehringen, who wandered from cheap lodging to charity before seeking a wealthy wife via a lawyer. He previously served as a Bavarian cavalry colonel, married twice, and faced estrangements and financial issues.
Grace Agnes Wecker was born in New Rochelle New York weighing eight pounds and on her first day she voiced disappointment with the world. She is the third child of Mr and Mrs Anton Hecker.
A fragmented or stylized crossword style list presents clues and partial answers across many numeric prompts. The mixed definitions cover politics, anatomy, verbs, animals, geography, measurement, and language, suggesting a themed wordplay page from a newspaper.
After a Sunday service an elderly woman told the bishop his sermon meant a great deal. She said it was “the water to a drowning man,” expressing deep gratitude for his words.
Dialogue hints at a lucky escape from a fisherman’s hook and a looming dispute over who will tell the tale. Two individuals debate credit and accusation as the event circulates among the community.
A man hopes a photograph will secure success as he faces a restrictive, affectionate moment. A woman prays for the right outcome and entrusts the image to a maid, signaling a private drama within a domestic setting.
A playful exchange aboard a sea voyage features the ocean-going post recounting how passengers fled at the dinner bell while one listener, slightly deaf, stays to hear the remainder of the tale before hurrying to the dining room.
A diplomat police officer chases a speeding driver. The driver, with only five dollars, recalls mistaking the shout as a greeting to a senator. The officer explains the warning was about speeding through the next township.
A London committee forms a community settlement plan selecting 60 to 70 retired officers and civil servants. Trained on two-acre plots in England, they gain farming experience for five years before moving to homesteads in South Africa, Canada, or Australia. They expect to fund themselves from garden produce during the interim.
A carrier pigeon known as No. 19314 A. F. died of old age after wartime service at Verdun. Cited for bravery, it wore a ring equal to the medaille militaire and delivered messages for Major Raynal during Fort Vaux defense on June 8, 1916.
Timer Leighton flies along the Monclova Piedras Negras corridor to spot bandits crossing the Rio Grande. He pilots steam trains by air to precede each journey, a duty he recently shared with his bride Clemencia Conteros.
Ramon Gomez died at age 106 in a rural Spanish village. He worked as a farmhand all his life and never had access to urban dental or medical care. He never owned a car, train, or telephone, and remained in his native village until his death. He did not go bald and retained all his teeth.
Travelers note that diverse Brazilian Indian groups, though each speaking a different language, share a largely common sign language. This silent system enables extensive communication across communities in the interior regions.
The higher criticism is a science aiming to determine the literary history of books and writings. It contrasts with lower textual criticism, which seeks the history of writing as the work of penmen and printers.
The text notes many river monitoring stations tracking daily stages, likely 500 to 1,000 sites, with additional cooperative weather observing stations studying national climate. It estimates 4,000 to 5,000 weather stations across the United States, well distributed.
The piers of Waterloo Bridge in London rise and fall with the tide by two to three sixteenths of an inch. The movement extends north and south of the river, prompting questions if vertical shifts in St. Paul’s Cathedral could be tidal in origin.
In a heated exchange The Simp argues against a young woman singer while The Sage claims she can sing. The crowd witnesses the dispute as the girl continues to perform on the spot.
A terse sequence notes a vehicle horn incident where a driver ignores the warning, prompting moral reflections on fate and consequences. The fragment implies a fatal or severe reaction to inattentive conduct without full context.
A tenor began a note as an unnamed young volunteer accompanist halted to pat her back hair. She urged him to continue and promised to play faster to catch up, preserving the performance tempo in a lighthearted moment.
A woman seeks entry into the Colonial Dames society. After inquiries and a meeting with a friend, she gleefully says she is qualified because a genealogist traced her descent to the first man ever hanged in Massachusetts.
A terse exchange features Toofus and a speaker ordering contact with the dentist to arrange an engagement. The instruction cautions against pressing the dentist.
A playful exchange shows a sister guarding a watch as a brother asks help, while a boy explains the clock will not run down because their staircase is winding. The humorous dialogue reflects family dynamics and a light moment from the magazine.
A cartoonish exchange in London Opinion recalls a near miss with a car, jokingly framing the event as a narrow escape. The playful dialogue features a speaker recounting the close call and another remarking on the narrow escape with a witty twist.
A lively exchange at a party features a poetic young man telling a woman she looks like a bit of rare old tapestry. She retorts that he is not so snappy looking, revealing playful snippiness in Boston Transcript prose.
Mrs Gadabout reveals she learned where her husband spends his evenings after staying home one night. Mrs Gossip probes for details as the couple discusses the discovery, highlighting domestic intrigue in a light Arkansas Utility News item.
A southern friend asks his man-of-all-work if he has prepared a sermon for tomorrow. The worker replies he does not need full preparation as he sometimes preaches from a text and sometimes from extempore notes, testing his sermon style.
Smith drew a revolver at Jones and pulled the trigger. The weapon was not loaded, so no one was harmed. The incident prompted shock and questions about weapon safety.
A whimsical verse describes Mary following fashion trends with her waist as the focal point. Her suitor is puzzled by how constantly the waist follows every stylish move. The poem plays on light humor about style and identity.
Dudley greets Tello with warmth at the literary circle event. Brown responds kindly, noting surprise at meeting such brainy and cultured people.
A comic exchange has an autoist joking about riding in a patrol wagon when a policeman offers a ride, the humor centering on law enforcement and traffic stops.
In a gentle salon scene Edward remarks on his silence while Evangeline smiles and questions whether his quiet mood stems from his thoughts. The dialogue hints at a budding emotional connection and introspective tension between the two characters.
A playful exchange sees a son offering to shave six strokes from a score and receive 75 cents, while the other party counters with a dozen for a dollar. The lighthearted bet centers on minor golf scoring terms in a casual setting.
Poetic reflection contrasts the fate of the powerful who may resign with the fate of the powerless who are fired, highlighting enduring caste bias and social discrimination despite misfortune.
A quip about rising living costs and a wife's fear of being eclipsed by neighbors. The remark contrasts daily expense with social pressure, reflecting a domestic exchange in a late era newspaper item.
A humorous note suggests a husband is surprised by the many women employed in his office as his wife insists on hiring all the staff. The item captures domestic humor about marriage and workplace staff.
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