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Newspaper
New Oxford Item
Location
New Oxford, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jun 18, 1914
Page
3
Archie Ferguson a bulky boastful athlete arrives in Wadham with a showy lifestyle and a feud over Ada Swift. Dick Jones a calm former champion exposes Archie’s fraud in a street fight, leaving Archie and Travers to flee. Jones wins Ada’s regard as Beauty the dog heals.
A large woman with a white poodle on a long chain crossed a busy Pennsylvania Washington street during a noon rush. A dog from the opposite direction blocked car tracks, the motorman waited, and onlookers screamed in fear. The woman swiftly tightened the chain and tossed the poodle to safety, earning praise for her calm, brave actions.
A breezy Western scene ends with a rancher pinning a wild steer with a lariat. The steer struggles to rise, drawing a judge’s quip that echoes a joke about modern skirts. The exchange captures frontier humor and rugged campfire wit.
Americans visit Otoko Yama in the Hokkaido highlands where he reportedly killed hundreds of bears with a bow and arrow. The Aino hunter uses simple counting of herring and salmon seasons to mark his years as officials document his legendary skill.
Milwaukee pastors solved the church snoozer mystery noting a one to two hundred thirty four ratio of women to men who fall asleep during sermons. Investigators say women are not brighter or quicker to understand and that eyes and minds are not more attached to the sermon.
In Wabash Indiana Mrs. Philip Lembarger was gored to death crossing a pasture. Dr A H Rodgers battled six maddened steers to save her, suffering serious injuries before fellow farmers arrived to drive off the animals.
In Toledo, a thief entered an undertaking chapel where Will iam Steinhauer’s body had rested for over a year and took the shoes from his feet. A scribbled note inside read I need the shoee more than he does.
In Pittsburgh Mrs. Charles Stebler was awarded a divorce after claiming her husband opposed work blaming summer heat winter cold spring fever and fall football as reasons for not supporting the marriage. The case cites his unwillingness to work and his varied complaints across seasons.
A Chicago beekeeper recounts the tale of Bum born in 1894 who lived five seasons by avoiding work, then joined a robbing gang and was killed by guards during a hive battle. Bum survived bee life until a felonious turn led to his downfall and death under the hive.
A collage of domestic advice and moral aphorisms. It praises home warmth and thoughtful care in daily tasks from sewing pockets to washing fabrics, notes insomnia remedies, and ends with a Lowell quotation about social duty.
This article outlines methods for cooking asparagus until tender and serving with white sauce on toast or drawn butter. It covers tying stalks for even cooking, saving tough ends for soup, and making Asparagus Cream Soup with stock, milk, and cream. Also included are Mock Duck on Casserole and baked beets as flavorful alternatives.
Two children paint in school books and complete a blue cow they have never seen. One jokes the cow is cold, the other offers encouragement and imagination to finish the scene.
A New York Globo item notes Meanneas Jinka settles one million on a tally. The piece humorously laments that the adversary will not gamble at poker with him, mentioning sixes as a chance to recover a small portion.
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