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Newspaper
New Oxford Item
Location
New Oxford, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jun 02, 1905
Page
1
A lyrical piece describes a traveler pursuing a distant guiding light through heath, desert, and marsh toward a promised glow. He endures mire and thorny tangles while the beacon remains ahead, then falls behind as bleak hills rise behind the traveler.
A deserter on a Russian cruiser seeks refuge among farmers in coastal Florida. He, a Japanese grower of food, defects to the new homestead with old Yalu, who values honest work over war. The pair build a thriving farm with Joy of the Farm tending silk worms and the former deserter proving essential.
A Pittsburg Dispatch quotation contrasts stage romance with real marriage. It argues real love isn’t loud or easy to prove and compares matrimony to a laundering process that may improve a man or strip away color.
A sewing note explains transforming a silk and linen handkerchief into a stock with a pleated center and border matches. A second excerpt urges kindness and appreciation within families, urging praise and thanks to spouses, parents, and children for their care and love.
The fashion revival sees lockets worn prominently by socialites such as Gladys Vanderbilt with a rose gold diamond locket containing a mother’s miniature, Beatrice Mills with a pearl string and fox head locket, and Gwendolyn Burden’s Minerva relief locket. Reynard mocks grape enamel piece.
The Washington Times notes bows replacing hats as a theater accessory. Bows, often two to seven inches long, sit crosswise on the head with roses and tulle, available in pink white blue and other colors, sometimes paired with a black velvet bow.
A reflective essay on the power of praise and encouragement in everyday interactions. It laments scarce time spent acknowledging servants and loved ones and notes how appreciation is often overlooked until loss makes us pause.
The article discusses summer wardrobe ideas using crochet belts edgings yokes and collars as lace like additions. It notes readers’ tendency to overspend on home craft and offers general homemaking and self care advice including hot water therapy and sleep. It also recalls a Binghamton dream followed by a letter about inheritance and comments on women’s grooming habits.
The New York Mail notes women students influence current pottery trends from china painting classes. Exclusive shops showcase Teplitz, Wedgewood and Pratt ware with varied colors and forms, including depictions of Proserpine, Ceres, Ben Hur, and Greek figures.
The article surveys current fashion notes highlighting large patterned nets, border veils, linen spats to enhance foot size, and white linen options. It notes linen gowns, suspender dresses, new linen parasols, varied hats with tip-tilted shapes, and monotone or pastel contrasts.
The London Mail reports a rising cancer problem in Somerset with about 458 deaths in one year among half a million residents, now about seven percent of all deaths. Dr H Page notes the increase seems real, not just due to better diagnosis, with no single cause identified.
A Kansas newspaper excerpt contrasts old fashioned women waiting up for husbands and men at clubs. It notes wives play Schaafskopf and Five Hundred late, while husbands tuck in children and say prayers before sliding to bed. The piece reflects social tensions in Atchison.
Sir John Cockburn argues for extended sleep, mocking the old six seven eight rule and stating nine hours minimum for adults. He notes his own long hours while noting vacations prevent child fatigue. He cites sleep needs from ages five to nineteen, urging longer rest for children and teens.
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