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Newspaper
New Oxford Item
Location
New Oxford, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jul 30, 1908
Page
1
Cecilia Thorne meets Robert and Rupert Somers in a drama of wills and marriage demands. She tests the brothers over a conditional inheritance, then reveals Robert is the unseen composite of both brothers, convincing her to accept a dinner invitation.
This essay urges embracing aging with cheer and discipline. It argues youth’s rebellion fades through healthful habits, balanced living, and mental cultivation. It cites ancient and modern women, highlighting Sara Bernhardt and others to show beauty and charm endure beyond age.
Emma Virgina Ice won a verdict in Missouri against Dr. W D Smith over a $36 bill for four false teeth. She argued the teeth caused her to whistle when she spoke, while the dentist claimed his work was proper and her defense was witty remarks before Justice Shoemaker.
Sophie Bronson Titterington explains a quaint Ottawa tale from Manitoulin Island where the magician Mass-wa-we-in-ini wrestles a red feathered figure and gains corn. A voiced command reveals the corn’s body and pumpkin vines, naming corn as the Ottawas’ sacred nourishment and trade link.
A Dutch traveler in a tale from Youth's Companion needs the famed Lady from Philadelphia but must ride backward in a coach through the Black Forest. He asks the postmaster for a seat change, lamenting no one is opposite him to swap with.
An Ohio lawyer recalls a German farmer client who recently remarried after burying his wife. The blunt farmer says his first wife is dead as she can be, despite the quick remarriage.
A miscellany notes land cultivation limits at 5.5 percent of the globe, warmer flowers by 1.5 degrees, Mt Marys founded in 1634 by 200 colonists under Leonard Calvert, a Goshen Mass receipt shows 1845 wood at 39.5 cents a cord, Australia has vast unexplored territory, a sea anemone lived 50 years in captivity, Canton bans sale of dog and cat flesh, yew and ash hinder plant growth, Earth’s rotation slows from tidal friction, days lengthen by half a second since 1802, Sicily and Reggio export 600000 skins yearly to this country.
A bat found torpid yet alive in a sealed vault at Yatesbury church England recalls a 106 year closure. Five generations of Mr Pettit’s Mexborough boot-dealing family are named with a 90 year old great-great grandmother and 11 month old child. Global notes mention Alaska peaks Mt McKinley over 20000 feet and Mt St Elias above 18000. Magnetic ant nests in Australia guide travelers. Fox farms near Atherton Prince Edward Island raise 20 25 and 30 foxes for skins sold in London from 500 to 1800 each.
A farmer near Erie paid a $20 penalty plus costs after refusing to give half the traveled road to a following auto, a 1820 Pennsylvania statute requiring drivers to share the road. In New York, 80 year old Mrs. Johanna Stelter died, leaving food for her parrot and white hen as rescuers found her body after four days.
A garden note claims chrysanthemums outlive other blossoms when cut, highlighting their extended vase life and appeal for arrangements.
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