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Newspaper
New Oxford Item
Location
New Oxford, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jun 10, 1915
Page
12
Clyde Brewster and May Worthington face a comic mix up after a stranger’s overcoat leads to mistaken romance and a hurried reunion. Miss Lansing exposes the mix up, clearing Clyde and binding May to his fiancé, amid a wedding plan and a comic wardrobe twist.
Clyde receives a stern note from May’s mother demanding his permanent departure from the Worthington home after a rejected love letter. He learns May, though, has moved to a summer resort with Roger Payne and Miss Lansing, leaving Clyde confused and heartbroken.
The article surveys early fire making methods from diverse peoples. It describes the Tahitians stick and groove technique, Australian Aborigines with a hand spun rod, and advances like the carpenter’s brace used by Gauchos, Eskimo drill cord, Sioux bow drill, and pump drill used by the Iroquois.
In a salon scene, a woman asks if her forehead is high or low as the beauty specialist measures from brow to hairline. The exchange highlights beliefs about forehead size signaling intellect or beauty, with playful interruptions and insistence on a precise measurement.
The article notes the first submarine dates to 1758 and compares its early development to aviation, describing both as modern military innovations with ambitious practical aims that faced failures and gradual evolution. It highlights a Frenchman’s early approach and the slow progress toward usable models.
The excerpt recalls childhood books from a Sunday school library and the pious stories of boys who died young. It reflects on how those tales shaped moral influence though the heroes were imaginatively simplistic and sometimes idealized in their portrayal.
Aiken’s Long Island Sound poem deflates the Puritan creed that earthly beauty signals sin. The critic argues New England rigidity misreads joy as temptation, harming faith and morals, and urges embracing worldliness as a home for the heart and soul.
Architects recommend glass bricks as a building material for homes and apartment blocks, arguing for their aesthetic and light transmitting qualities. The piece notes several designers advocating the approach as a modern solution.
The author advocates using glass blocks instead of brick or stone to maximize light and ease of maintenance. Blocks should be large, in pleasing color tints, and weather impervious, workable between pilasters, domes, and friezes. Under veranda, the glass would sit with a smooth upper surface and prismed lower face to direct light into rooms.
An upstate man challenged a manslaughter charge by pleading guilty to murder while arguing a claim of insanity and love. The Milwaukee Journal notes this unusual defense and its implications on the case.
University of Nevada archeologists near completing a cave exploration sealed 3 000 years ago. They found relics and a skull claimed to be over 5 000 years old, possibly older than the Piltdown find. Legends from Piute chief Winnemucca spurred the expedition led by J C Jones to the Humboldt area.
United States Department of Agriculture figures reported in Popular Mechanics show maximum fence costs per rod for North Dakota. A three-wire fence with posts every rod costs 36.9 cents, a two-wire fence costs 32.2 cents, a four-wire fence every two rods costs 29.7 cents, and a five-wire fence every three rods costs 30 cents.
Article outlines plans for Tangier to become an international city with a 35 member legislative body chosen by popular vote. It would include 24 Moroccan and 11 foreign representatives plus a mixed court with two Frenchmen led by a president, Spaniards, Englishmen, and a German. A Spaniard would serve as public prosecutor. fate hinges on wartime developments.
Edwin G. Cooley notes that in Democratic Denmark the education of country girls in housekeeping follows naturally after training country boys in agriculture. The remark frames gendered schooling as a paired civic task within rural instruction.
A fragment describes a scoundrel mocked as Googenspinner who gave a good girl a bad name. Dialogue hints at a warning and a notorious nickname, illustrating moral peril in a social vignette from the period.
A panel of bird music critics evaluated several hundred canaries gathered from cities under the Central Society of Canary Breeders of America. Birds were paraded from a dark room to light as critics judged trill quality and artistry. Prizes will be awarded to the best vocalists.
A referee in divorce proceedings says he will take the matter under advisement and decide next week. The counsel argues the appellant is immensely wealthy, but the referee notes that is the focal point and adjourns the hearing.
A jealous friend questions how the dancing man won the heiress. He responds that he simply glided into her affections, revealing his confident approach in cultural hints of courtship.
An old adage notes that the grindstone, unlike other stones, sees boys at work shaping habits. The saying frames daily labor as character building and highlights the value of practical task training in youth.
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