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Newspaper

New Oxford Item

Location

New Oxford, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Date

Jun 01, 1916

Page

16

Dr Kilmer’s Kidney Remedy Endorsed by Druggist

W I Mason a druggist from Humboldt Tennessee writes that for over twenty years he has sold Dr Kilmer's Kidney, Liver and Bladder Remedy to customers in need. He states it is a road medicine for kidney and liver troubles and recommends it to anyone with such needs.

Dr. Kilmer

Sample Swamp Root Offer From Kilmer Co Ad

Pro ad copy invites readers to send ten cents for a Kidneys and Bladder booklet with a sample bottle of Swamp Root from Kilmer Co Binghamton NY. Mentions regular fifty cent and one dollar bottles at drug stores and includes an unrelated Dr Pierce pellets ad and a housekeeping quip.

Dr. Kilmer & Co Binghamton N. Y Ady

Pauses and Quotes Define a Neutral in Wartime Speech

A Neutral character explains the meaning of neutrality as one who has friends in both trenches, illustrating the care taken to avoid taking sides in widespread conflict. The line frames moral ambiguity through a wartime counseling lens.

Castoria Ad Promises Safety for Infants in Old Notice

A fragment promotes SASTORIA as a safe remedy for infants and children. It claims over 30 years of use and bears a signature. The text also odd mentions heard at the Intelligence Office and a judge remark about a cook’s immigration.

Fletcher Intelligence Office

Fragmented quote from Kansas City Star excerpt

A Kansas City Star passage recounts a tense scene at a white folks peace meeting with Black attendees outside. One speaker notes being shoved and overheard men struggling nearby, suggesting disorder surrounding the event.

Kansas City Star

Stagecoach Stalled by Army of Jack Rabbits

George Crowell stage driver on the Austin to Potts route says his team stalled on the home trip at Hot Springs east of Spencers by an army of jack rabbits that resembled a drove of sheep and leaped into tall sage when frightened away. Austin Dispatch to New York Sun.

Stagecoach George Crowell Austin Potts Hot Springs Spencers New York Sun

British Army Raises Its Age Limit to Forty Five

The British consul at Cleveland, H E B Gresham, says the army has raised its official recruiting age from thirty eight to forty five. He notes the force is less selective now and mocks a slacker who claimed poor eyesight to avoid service with a joke about assigning him a trench in the front line.

H. EB. Gresham Cleveland Manchester

Meal Time Conscience What Do the Children Drink

A York state mother urges feeding Postum to children instead of coffee or tea. She cites personal health improvements after quitting coffee and notes her husband also benefits. Postum Co. of Battle Creek presents Postum Cereal and Instant Postum with price details and a claim of safety for kids.

York State Postum Postum Co Battle Creek Mich

Environment shapes genius but cannot create it

A mother asks if a favorable environment can make a musical genius from her child. The article argues genius is inherited and environment can only foster existing abilities, not create new exceptional talent. It uses the goose and swan analogy and urges providing opportunities to all children.

Man

Mother's Cook Book Fruit Bars and Omelet Desserts

A collection of older kitchen recipes including Fruit Bars with oat flour dates pecan and date paste, a Jam Omelet with apricot syrup, white sauce for creamed eyes, and Egg and Ham Timbales with milk butter flour and olives. Includes notes on serving and presentation.

Collars Transform Blouses Into Personal Style

A guide describes trimming plain blouses with white chiffon or organdie collars that cover the neck and drape over the bust forming a slender V. Descriptions include pin tucked edging and scalloped inner borders, plus a tapering turnover collar with broad plaited frilling in crepe de chine for practical yet dainty wear.

Contrariness in Club Buffet Remarks

A club buffet provokes paradoxical comfort as members use it when they are out of spirits, prompting a terse exchange about its purpose and mood within the hours of social gathering.

Timely poultry hints and a Brownies party tale

The guide stresses clean dry feed for chicks and ample water for ducklings, and proper temperature for eggs and storage. It blends with a children’s tale where Daddy recounts a Brownies and Fairies lawn party with a Flower Show, a prisoner’s base game, green grass salad, caramel ice cream, and golden button gifts for guests.

Daddy Nick Nancy Brownies

Taffeta Frocks For Young Girls In Green Brown White Checks

A fashion note highlights practical tailored taffeta dresses for girls and older sisters. A model in green brown and white checks features a blouse jacket with a high waist belt, gathered skirt, and white collar and cuffs embroidered in green and brown silk.

Season of Satin Promises Fashionable Fabrics This Season

An optimistic forecast notes satins will enrich dressy costumes street frocks and coats with dark toned satins in demand and lighter satin fancies paired with dark shades for demi tailleur looks. The piece warns that value comes from what is properly acquired and reflects hopeful fashion sentiment.

Few Women Who Have Plenty to Do Have Fits of Blues

A 1910 column argues working women should avoid fits of blues, praising cheerfulness and a positive disposition. It contrasts busy, contented workers with idle homes and highlights how gratitude for love and memories can sustain optimism despite hardship.

Encourage the Farm Boys from Ranch and Range

A call to farmers and citizens to mentor boys and young men in safe dependable farming. Emphasizes shared responsibility and remembering times of inexperience, urging believers to support and encourage the faithful youth as friends and allies.

Heiress Out of Sight Sparks Urgent Pursuit

A cryptic line hints at a vanished heiress and a determined pursuit. The speaker proclaims, I want more than that, my dear boy, signaling a tense chase or intrigue surrounding the missing family member. The remark implies raised stakes and central mystery.

Time's Changes and Young Men in Spring Snow

The dialogue notes shifting seasons and moods as youths in Flatbush and Bensonhurst reflect changing times. It contrasts a spring mood with lingering thoughts of snow, suggesting a cultural shift in expectations and interests.

Flatbush Bensonhurst

One Man in a Thousand Notices Paying Attention

A brief proverb notes that when a single man in a thousand pays attention to your words, you are fortunate. It frames the idea of rare audience and luck in communication.

Confidence and Disappointment Theme Reflected

A concise reflection notes that greater trust in others raises the potential for greater letdown, suggesting a common human paradox about belief, expectation, and relational risk. The sentence implies emotional stakes in social judgment and personal resilience.

Also Mentioned on This Page

W. I. Mason Drugeist Jan Sth Tenn Pr. Kilmer & Co Binghamton, N. Y Sidonie Matzner Gruenberg Jam Omelet Nerese Season of Jehor Tion Tairy Mary Graham Bonner Dean Pennsylvania Pringle Oak St Indiana Doan Foster-Milburn CO Buffalo, N, Y Carter Eels Lydia E. Pinkham Johnson’s Thomas Gill Soap Cqo Kent Ave Brooklyn Yager Mary Paterson Washington Gilbert Bros. & Co., Inc Baltimore Glenn Hill Pruth Bayene Rewedy Co Dearborn St
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