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Newspaper
New Oxford Item
Location
New Oxford, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jun 11, 1925
Page
1
Corn razor encounter on rural porch
A young salesman introduces a new corn razor to a farmer on a porch. The farmer rebukes the city slang and tells him to use plain terms like scythe, highlighting rural skepticism toward urban marketing. The exchange appears in Forbes Magazine.
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Forbes Magazine
Rye Roots Reach New Heights in Year’s Crop
A local report notes rye roots perform exceptionally well this season, prompting discussion on bread quality. The exchange highlights the paradox of natural abundance finding utility in baking.
Brief May Resignation Eases State Affairs
A short tenure in state affairs may be breezy with a modest salary and an easy resignation. The verse implies political turnover without upheaval, noting the brevity and light terms attached to public service.
Langley-Ah family boat anchors at last
Onlookers note the Langley-Ah vessel has finally dropped anchor after lingering afloat for some time. Mrs Langley-Dear expresses relief that the peril of drift ended.
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Mr. Langley
Mrs. Langley
How to Solve a Crossword Puzzle
A guide explains that correct letters in white spaces spell words across and down. Numbers mark first letters per the horizontal and vertical definitions. No letters go in black squares and all words are dictionary terms except proper names.
Prizes Spark Inventive Genius In England
Prizes of 50 dollars drew about 500 inventions submitted to the Institute of Patentees in London. 152 inventions valued commercially will be sent to manufacturers. Major prizes went to a kettle lid that won’t fall off a portable fire a relativity based rotoscope and a machine for bending rods and tubes. Sir William Grey Wilson leads the institute. A chicken house novelty uses corn and a spring to open the coop door when hens peck.
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Jengland
Institute of Patentees
London
Philadelphia Public Ledger
William Grey-Wilson
Institute
Sikhism as Growing Faith in Punjab Area
About two million residents in Punjab, north western India, follow Sikhism, a new religion arising from a Hindu prophet near the era of Luther. It differs from Christianity on transmigration, adds self defense militarism, rejects idols, caste, wine, tobacco and infanticide, and notes Sikhs as rugged and distinctive.
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India
Punjab
Ilindu
Luther
Dig for Relics Left by Romans at Richborough Castle
Unemployed workers excavated at Richborough Castle near Deal to probe a central concrete mound. Finds include bronze brooches and hair pins, bronze statue fragments, chains, an embossed gold ornament, and about ninety Roman coins including a gold piece dating 888 to 805 A D.
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England
Richborough Castle
Deal
Boston Transcript
Arcadius
Electric Rats Meet Grim End Near Toronto Power Station
Report says rats became a pest around a Toronto area power station. Engineers used a device on a high tension wire with a tin plate as bait metal completion killed several rats in one night according to the New York World.
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Toronto
Canada
Rat
New York World
No Wonder The New Baby's Cry Disturbs Harold
A narrative about Harold troubled by his new baby brother's constant crying for three weeks. He imagines storks delivering babies and jokes that the child was cast from heaven, reflecting a boy's humorous yet somber take on family life.
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Harold
Why did you give up pipe organ lessons
A Stanford Chaparral quip recalls a student quitting pipe organ lessons after finding the practice with feet oddly childish and amusing.
Man and Woman Quip Sparks Lighthearted Exchange
A playful dialogue contrasts belief in loyalty with a biblical pairing, as one speaker jokes about Adam and Eve. The exchange hints at enduring questions of faithfulness in relationships and invites further social banter.
May Die of Joy Insure Life After Joyful Quote
A witty line from a Black speaker to a White youth plays on ignorance and happiness, urging caution with life insured as a joke about the peril of excessive joy. The remark blends humor with social tension in a concise quip.
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Black
Do You Sell Motor Cars and Hams in a Drug Store
A streetwise customer questions a drug store’s offerings calling it a drug store while the clerk replies they fill prescriptions and clarifies the business. The exchange highlights mismatched expectations and humorous irony.
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J. Fuller Gloom
Foggy London Clerk Skips Day Over Dense excuse
A Thick A clerk in London used fog as the reason for absence and sent a note saying he could not come. The boss replied that the fog was too dense and told him not to come at all.
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London
Poem Fragment Sparks Sentimental Gifts Exchange
A playful exchange recounts last week a box of candy with a card reading Sweets to the Sweet and this week an ivory hair brush sent by a suitor. The dialogue features Active Agnes and Dumb Dora in a light domestic vignette.
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Dora
Agnes
Cuba
The Proper Procedure Fred
A witty exchange on love and escape between a philosopher and Flora. Flora suggests running away with the loved one as a cure. The dialogue hints at romance and evasive remedy as a clever comic premise.
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Fred
It Depended Hewitt What is that new structure you have put up there
Devitt explains a flexible structure plan for a bungalow or garage depending on securing a tenant. If a tenant comes, the space becomes a bungalow. if not, it remains a garage.
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Hewitt
Devitt
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