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Newspaper
New Oxford Item
Location
New Oxford, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jun 08, 1916
Page
13
Advert reads a cosmetic remedy promise to remove freckles with ethine-double strength nightly and morning applications. It claims most cases need one ounce and offers money back if no improvement.
White clover is an annual and propagates only by seed. To keep it in a lawn one should not cut too short to allow ripe heads to form seed for the next year. Some people sow clover yearly and wonder why repeat planting is needed.
An old advertisement urges readers to treat irritated scalp and hair loss with Cuticura Ointment followed by Cuticura Soap shampoo. It promises relief and offers a free sample by mail with a booklet, sending a postcard to Cuticura Dept. L Boston. Sold everywhere.
A humorous exchange features Mr. Comrox claiming he would choose grand opera if he could redo it, joking he cannot sing yet would still perform as a star. He admits he cannot carry a tune but would try to mimic the style with confidence.
Chief of Police J W Reynolds of Newport News Virginia endorses Babek as highly effective against cholera and fever after years of use. Elixir Babik sold 50 cents by druggists or mail order from Kieczewek & Co Washington DC. Babek Liver Pills offered 60 pills for 25 cents.
A collection of quick dialogue notes and snippets from varied topics. Mentions model prison, fruit farming progress in South Africa, orchard tractors, a ship built without appropriation, and a humorous definition of a superwoman expressed by a parent to a child.
Rev W Y Fullerton recounts a cautionary tale from mission days about choosing Bible readings. A man tried to comfort his sick wife by reading Proverbs from chapter one onward, but she died before finishing the book.
The essay argues that by age twenty a person should know their incline and field. Early parental and teacher guidance helps prevent mediocrity, as habits form strongly by adulthood and make major career shifts nearly impossible.
A detailed description of a bag showing a deep pocket formed by a turned bottom, decorated on the outside with scattered buttons, spools of thread, scissors, and other embellishments. The bag’s edge features a blue blanket stitch.
In the United States 257703 of 4864492 farmers are women. Miss Maude Meagher is cited as a leading masque writer. Denmark Finland and Sweden together show a female majority of over 300000. Grace K Finney led Washington Public Library circulation handling over 800000 books last year. Mrs. Edith Wharton received the French Legion of Honor for relief work. Women lead in nine occupations including music teachers, school teachers, boarders, housekeepers, laundresses, nurses, servants, stenographers and typists.
Edgar A. Guest urges courage and self discipline. The Detroit Free Press poet extols facing new tasks with resolve and avoiding fear. He celebrates young people who reject excuses and choose to try despite danger or difficulty.
A hand operated leather kneader is claimed by an Oklahoma inventor. Sun goggles include a nose shade. Italian nettle thread weighs two and a half pounds for sixty miles. An egg cup lid cuts shells without spilling contents. Rail electrification spreads in US and abroad. Bombay's heavy rainfall concentrates in four to five months. Germany builds a machine to compress scrap metal. A Scotch builder patents a half brick grip wall tie. Automobile spring covers protectors patent. Macaroni praised by a British scientist as meat substitute.
An article describes turning crash toweling remnants into items like a cooler fudge apron and a mending bag. It details a three-quarter yard front piece apron with shoulder cross straps, blue blanket stitching, and snap closures, plus a curved-top mending bag with a crash belt.
The Yale class of 225 seniors incurred total expenses over a million dollars with an average four year cost around 4 073 per student. One individual spent 15 009 to graduate while another paid 500. About 120 members funded their education through work, earning over 204 000 to date.
In a witty exchange characters compare a political platform to a trolley car. Egbert jokes about no one standing on either. Patience notes Peggy’s face is her fortune and Patrice adds it’s safely a fortune she can’t leave behind.
Dialog notes a claim about fresh sea fish forming the principal ingredient in an artificial rubber invented in Holland. The exchange mentions a long life in water and a playful remark about bouncing fish.
A collection of maxims on human nature, polish and pride. It links personal traits to outcomes, noting appearances, credit, generosity, and response to odds with concise aphorisms.
A terse exchange features a man mumbling about his hand in his pocket and a sharp response about not feeling the letters she hands him to mail. The fragment captures domestic friction and a minor quarrel over a mundane task.
A Boston Globe note recalls Mary claiming a beau Henry hidden in a closet then showing a photograph. The essay remarks that real histories are the human beings who live without airs, like Lincolns and Whitmans, inviting readers to drop selfish pride to enter the human show.
A Georgia dentist Dr. R H Thomas of Valdosta reports relief from a severe itching leg condition after using Hancock Sulphur Compound. He notes no rash yet persistent intense itching and credits one fifty cent bottle with near full recovery. Hancock Sulphur products are promoted by the Baltimore company with a booklet offer.
A brief note discusses actions after a loss, questioning whether measures were taken too late. The text contrasts two horses as metaphor for missed opportunities and lingering doubts.
A travel remark hints at a proposed marriage with Miss Smith on a mountain verge in Switzerland. A companion quips that danger could have intervened if she had rejected the proposal, imagining a fatal fall.
A humorous exchange notes Henry-Anna Little wedding to Andrew Lott. The joke plays on a name change as a light social item.
A brief comic item notes a woman's quip on a husband’s typing skills and a remark about the one she married, reflecting early 20th century domestic humor in Boston.
The Eagle notes plans to create a new bird sanctuary while the Turkey resists the move. The exchange highlights local divergence over conservation and land use.
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