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Newspaper
New Oxford Item
Location
New Oxford, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jun 15, 1916
Page
16
A nine year old recalls his fractured family as a father named Charlie reappears in secret, plans a moonlit trip, and clashes with the boy’s stepfather Mr. Griggs. A pursuit ends with Griggs fleeing, and the mother reconciles with Charlie, while the boy remains with his father.
Frederic Perry Noble lauds Ralph Waldo Emerson as a singular essayist whose works promote personality freedom and inner goodness. The piece praises his unified outlook, belief in joy within, expansive view of humanity, and alignment with Keats on beauty and truth.
Theo, after a hard day visiting her great grandmother, her grandmother, and Uncle Wallie, complains she has too many grandmothers. She had been naughty and faced reproof from her grandmothers, then sighs she would have preferred more Uncles Wallie.
John keeps a new pony, spends time feeding it, but never rides. He explains he must wait until the pony is fat enough to fit the saddle.
J Oliver Gegler of 227 West Twenty third street learns he is the heir to a vast Welsh fortune tied to Sir John Wynn. The estate, estimated at 500 million, is held in the English court with Wynn kin forming a Marion Ohio society to determine heirs. Gegler plans to quit his job and start a factory after a celebratory drink.
Miss Marie Hutchinson of Van Nuys and her father C. M. Hutchinson were injured when a large hog appeared on a California highway near Marian. The car swerved and somersaulted into a ditch, radiator and wheel were torn off, but both escaped serious injury.
In Savannah a hopeful groom named Sam Wilkerton spent his last money on a marriage license then pawned his hat to pay the preacher. They wed with the coin in hand but lack of the marriage certificate looms as the hat’s dollar would seal the record. The minister asks for one more dollar to finalize the union. Cupid’s cunning cost Sam his certificate.
G H Wilson, senior partner of Wilson and Schwab auto dealers, is hospitalized in Santa Barbara in critical condition after a life and death struggle with a giant jellyfish off Serena Beach. He fought to reach shore, was treated for severe burns and had morphine for pain, with his condition improving gradually.
A bedtime tale recounts a fairy party where Fairies Gnomes Elves and Brownies share a coconut feast. Professor Cocoanut explains the Cocoanuts will serve as both food and drink and the Fairy Queen samples the spoils.
Hartford City Indiana story reports Indora Smith twenty one year old farmer and new husband of Cora Thornburgh suffered a broken leg during a scuffle with friends attempting to place him in a calf wagon after the wedding.
A father tests young Marjorie on arithmetic asking how many would be left if he killed one of four files. She answers with wit that the remaining is the dead one, showing cleverness in reasoning. The exchange highlights a dark joke framed as a child’s math problem.
A humorous dialogue traces chickens moving between roost and perch with escalating wordplay. Father explains roost as a night perch and vice versa, while son questions the shifting meanings as more chickens join. The exchange ends abruptly amid playful chaos.
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