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New Oxford Item

Location

New Oxford, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Date

Jul 23, 1925

Page

11

What a baby puts in its mouth in 1924 warning

A 1924 health advisory explains why babies explore with their mouths and risks from swallowing small sharp objects. It emphasizes keeping hazards away, not attempting self extraction, and seeking prompt medical X rays and treatment for dangerous foreign bodies.

Jackson Philadelphia

Dangers of Talcum Powder For Babies

A cautious warning explains how talcum powders used on infants can cause fatal inhalation accidents. It notes shifts from corn starch to talc and zinc stearate, describes common accident scenarios, and urges mothers to keep boxes closed, cover lids, and shield the face during application.

New York

It Not So Quote On Looks From Washington Star

A Washington Star quote notes men seek verbal praise of looks while a woman looks in a mirror and sees for herself the truth.

Washington Star

Unnamed Student Charges Grief Over Marks

In a classroom exchange Sophmorton vents about grading bias. Coedna notes the month of answering for Gay boy when absent and recitation for roll. The dialogue ends with a complaint that the student received poor marks.

Sophmorton Coedna Gay Boy

What He Lacked A Family Suitor Pleads Before Sallie

A humorous exchange from Capper's Weekly shows a bony suitor pleading his case to Sallie. He boasts of being self made and equal to his appearance while Sallie and her four year old brother chime in with a quip about his unseeing face.

Sallie Capper

No More Loans Provolves Humorous Exchange

Fisherman in a light moment protests poverty with a quip about dollars turning to mates. A companion wryly suggests pairing the coins, turning the exchange into a playful barter.

Would Be a Boy Oh Would I Were a Boy Again

Poetic reflection recalls youth as days of sun and simple pain washed away by time. Verse laments lost innocence and hopes for a return to childhood.

Help Wanted Man Questions Rights Over Third Floor Screams

A tenant asks a landlord if he can intervene to stop a woman on the third floor from screaming at her husband at night. The landlord asks if he is a neighbor, and the man reveals he is the husband.

Very Noticeable Then How Awkward Alice Appeared

A casual remark notes Alice's visible awkwardness during a bridge game. The comment focuses on her unsure handling of her hands at the table and the social tension it creates.

Alice

Newlywed Quips on Income and Future Plans

A humorous exchange reveals a newly married couple discussing finances. The husband jokes about supporting a wife while the wife confirms compatibility with living on his income. The wife then notes the challenge of making another life for herself.

Whale Photo Enlargements For Greenland Trip

A customer asks a photographer if life-size enlargements from negatives are possible. The photographer confirms and offers the service, aiming to enlarge a vacation shot of a whale off Greenland.

Greenland

Mail varieties reach dead letter office minus bills

A playful exchange notes the vast range of mail received at the dead letter office. The pair compares types of mail with a wry remark that all arrive except bills.

Ned

Grand Old Opera Needs Fresh Breezes for Carmen

Critics say the Carmen production pleases but lacks current spark. They urge updated pacing and staging to keep the enduring classic engaging for modern audiences.

Check Yourself Says Doctor to Nervous Patient

A Louisville Courier Journal brief recounts a doctor advising a patient to evaluate personal stress and health habits as a path to calm nerves. The exchange stresses self-care and seeking medical advice when anxiety disrupts daily life.

Louisville Courier-Journal

Weight loss palm reading foreshadows heartbreak

A humorous exchange hints that a palm reader's forecast of losing 180 pounds coincides with a wife's departure two months later, revealing the irony of a predictive joke amid relationship strain.

Doubtful Claim About Centenarian’s Fame Sparks Teasing

A playful exchange shows a tourist doubting a claim of fame while a native clarifies the speaker is not the famous centenarian but someone’s daughter, revealing a light moment of mistaken identity.

Luncheon Dishes From A Test Kitchen Menu

A period styled recipe roundup presents chicken mousse salmon piquante and chicken Neptune dishes with step by step instructions. It includes assembling custards sauces seafood vegetables and garnishes for luncheon courses and suggests raisin pecan sandwiches for children.

Refusal to Face Truth Costly to Heart

A reflective aphorism by Percy C. Ainsworth warns that avoiding the light leads to lost peace of heart and the chance to discover one’s best. The saying urges confronting fears to gain true harmony.

Fle Percy C. Ainsworth

Hearty stovetop stews and ham bean pot recipe collection

A historical kitchen note describes multiple one pot dishes. It covers a beef and macaroni stew with onions peppers tomatoes and bouillon gravy, a fish chowder with haddock onions potatoes and milk, a mutton haricot with brown onion pepper and pear, and a ham in bean pot with carrots tomato soup and stock baked until tender.

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