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Newspaper
New Oxford Item
Location
New Oxford, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jun 15, 1916
Page
7
A memory from a child recounts a court dispute over a boy and two men, father and Mr. Griggs. The boy witnesses a moonlit elopement attempt, a wreck, and a dramatic confrontation, ending with father and mother reuniting and Mr. Griggs leaving town.
Frederic Perry Noble describes Emerson as a supreme essayist whose works stress individuality and inner goodness. He highlights Emersons faith in joy within each person and a universal brotherhood, shaping the essayists high function in interpreting life conduct and character.
John keeps a pew pony and feeds it daily but never rides it. A neighbor asks why, and John explains the pony must gain enough weight to fit the saddle before he can ride.
J Oliver Gegler of 227 West Twenty third street is told he is heir to a vast Wynn estate. A blue tinted card from Edward Fox claims Sir John Wynn’s fortune of 500 million dollars is in trust with a Welsh land focus. Gegler, calm and skeptical, jokes about leaving his job and sharing wealth with workers.
Hartford City Indiana May 21 Ora Smith twenty one year old farmer living near here recently married to Miss Gera Thornburgh broke a leg in a scuffle with friends trying to place him in a calf wagon after the wedding.
Miss Marie Hutchinson of Van Nuys and her father C. M. Hutchinson were returning to Nordhoff when a large hog appeared on the highway near Marian California. The car swerved left and struck the hog causing a somersault and damage to the vehicle while both occupants suffered painful bruises. The hog was killed.
In Savannah a man named Sam Wilkerton spent his last money on a marriage license after talking with the preacher. He pawed his hat for a dollar, took his bride to the altar without a certificate, and left with the bride while the minister charged a dollar for the marriage record, a missing proof of union.
Santa Barbara California reports a dramatic encounter as G H Wilson senior partner of Wilson and Schwab mobile men battles a massive jellyfish four hundred feet offshore near Serena. Struck by tentacles and sting, he reached the shore exhausted and was hospitalized in critical condition, later said to be improving with morphine pain control.
A motherly narrator recalls a tale where Crickets host a concert to which Mosquitoes crash despite invitations. The Fairy Queen deploys Spider Policemen to shoo away the uninvited pests, and the concert proceeds with Crickets and Spider Policemen singing.
A family dinner puzzle ends with a grim twist as four objects on a table become three after a death. Little Marjorie confidently answers one, then the father clarifies by asking to subtract, prompting the punchline that the dead file is the one left.
A bedtime tale recounts a Fairy Queen party where the Cocoanut family provides both food and drink for fairies gnomes elves and brownies. Professor Cocoanut explains their role while a birch bark caravan arrives with the cocoanuts on mats. The feast ends with the Fairy Queen tasting both drink and bite from the professor.
A playful dialogue explains roosts and perches as a family ponders a paradox about chickens roosting. The father clarifies terms while a humorous circular question sequence unfolds, ending with the publication title Tit-Bits.
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