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Newspaper
New Oxford Item
Location
New Oxford, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jun 23, 1905
Page
8
The piece recalls school days with Latin lines and epic echoes then centers on the Close Graduation. Parents and friends watch as students recite declamations and seniors read poems like A Vision and Shells of the Sea, cherishing faces and futures.
Bud and his brother John explore a moonlit barrier beach where Bud pockets turtle eggs and then battles a loggerhead shark with a rawhide line. Bud wrestles the big turtle, ends up alone in the sea, and uses grit to survive while John shouts from the shore during the ordeal.
At a Berlin lecture Professor von Hansemann warned that cancer appears to be increasing. He discussed possible causes and urged early detection and further study.
A Wallace Irwin spoof in Collier's Weekly portrays Dr Brown prescribing radium to stop a husband from beating his wife and later curing the wife’s temper, leading to a domestic idyll lit by a radiant ray. The piece satirizes medical sensationalism and gender roles with playful verse.
A mosaic of humorous lines from various papers including the Boston Transcript Cleveland Leader Chicago Daily News Philadelphia Press and Baltimore American. Jokes about fools who kill fools who fail and misquoted proverbs mix with brief gibes about reporters ministers and manners in a late 19th or early 20th century humor column.
Manchester officials argue incandescent gas-burners give greater light per unit gas and at lower cost than electricity. They compare Manchester prices of 56 cents per 1000 cubic feet gas and 7.72 cents per unit electricity, asserting gas can deliver 256 candles per unit and 30.10 cents per 1000 candles, with a new department to maintain burners and maximize light.
The National Game reports shifts and rumors around American League and National League clubs. Highlights include Boyle signing with Toledo, Murch cut by St Louis, Keeler seeking top batting mark, Josslyn sold from Boston American to Providence, and Brooklyns' form under McGraw questioned. Also mentions Taioie, Powell, Nowell, Newton's return home, Tallian on spitting, Lewis’ position in Brooklyn, betting in Pittsburgh waning, Dinkertons in fire stands, Walter Clarkson’s form, and Vic Willis terms with Paston Club.
The text describes methods for cleaning light colored shoes using beeswax like preparations or brown soap and rubber additives. It notes suede and white buckskin respond to these cleaners, while whitewash like prep is best for white linen shoes though needs soapsuds washing periodically. It warns the brighter the shoe, the more important keeping it spotless.
A brief quotation note from the New York Press contrasts the idea of friend money and a promoter with the reality that money often resists being persuaded, highlighting the difficulty of getting funds to listen.
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