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Newspaper
New Oxford Item
Location
New Oxford, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jun 18, 1925
Page
1
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The French premier earns under 6000 dollars yearly and rarely serves long terms. Briand has led the government seven times yet lives frugally in a Paris apartment and even cleans his own doorway. Meanwhile Edward Herriot remains Lyons mayor for twenty years and travels weekly to his hometown to handle city affairs.
Sperry Gyroscope reports a new searchlight capable of 1 200 000 000 candle power that can spot an airplane at 10 000 feet in good weather. Weighing 1500 pounds it is portable and can be set in the ground with sand to resist bombing. The light is electrically controllable remotely so operators remain out of glare.
The Inference Traffic J Expert Dominick Henry of New York notes wide spread taxicab troubles. A Duluth schoolboy told his father the world is round, and the father agreed that going east could be done by going west, predicting the boy will become a taxicab driver when grown.
London reports W S Cutler of the British Museum led an expedition in Tanganyika German East Africa to unearth giant fossil remains. The find includes a shoulder blade six feet two inches across and shows similarity between African and western North American dinosaur fauna, including stegosaurs and related giants.
In Burgin's memoir, a society woman chats with Morley about So and So's Life of Charles. Morley notes the book is good and remarks on its death scene, prompting the woman to beg him not to reveal any more.
Investigators unearthed a seal believed to belong to Artaxerxes the Great, ruler from 465 to 425 BCE, in a Moscow vault. The artifact will be showcased at the Fine Arts Museum in Moscow, bearing the inscription I am Artaxerxes, the Great King.
A Grand Rapids professor reflected on the old-fashioned American hired man noting he works when the boss is away and warms a fence during lulls until his laws are exhausted. The remark highlights rural work ethic and away-from-boss diligence in traditional labor.
A woman tired of a mah jongg set asks a colored porter if he plays the game. He asks what it is, she explains it with ivory blocks, and he replies that he does play. The exchange appears in the Chelsea Record.
Two men compare notes after domestic strife. One friend bluntly admits his wife does not know why she married him, while the other quips about wives knowing everything and husbands being clueless in this lighthearted exchange.
A fragmentary dialect joke exchange features Sambo and another speaker recalling harsh winter hardships. The text mixes humor with caricature and references to illness and improvised remedies. The passage preserves regional speech and era-specific tone.
A light exchange turns humorous as one man quips about a girl, prompting another to insist he speaks as if not married. The dialogue reveals social tone and wit in a casual setting.
A fragmentary verse describes a city scene where cisterns breed skeeters and garbage breeds pests. Pies sit under buzzing visitors while ceiling creatures roam, painting a grim urban image of filth and decay.
A staged exchange between Motley Crew and an Old Lady questions choir make up. The chorister confirms twenty five members, all boys, while the Old Lady questions how a mixed choir can be all male. The boy responds some can sing and some cannot.
A humorous exchange notes the bashaw keeps count of wives by taking stock at year’s start. The joke hinges on method and timing.
A clipped exchange hints at a dispute over alimony payments. The dialogue suggests one party accuses the other of avoiding or eliminating a loudspeaker issue while the matter of alimony remains unresolved.
In a brief tale a couple meets in a restaurant and falls into debt through mischief and miscommunication, tracing the origin of their troubles to a shared meal and awkward cleverness.
The note muses about soaking, sugar, eggs, and flour to bake a sponge cake. It questions why a sponge should be made in the United States and hints at a casual domestic discussion without clear action or outcome.
A rude exchange unfolds as a customer derides the dealer's portraits while the staff replies with ironic defense, highlighting tensions over perceived art quality. The scene captures a small moment of cultural friction in a metropolitan gallery setting.
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