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Newspaper
New Oxford Item
Location
New Oxford, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jun 25, 1914
Page
4
A mother persuades her son to share his toys with a poorer boy named Melville. The boy questions why he should give up his wagon and asks why Melville does not have a papa, prompting a gentle lesson on generosity and valuing what one prizes.
A 1912 testimonial from Miss Ellen Tudor describes severe hand tetter with blistering cracking and itching. She credits Cuticura Soap and Ointment with restoring her hands to health after other medicines failed. Free samples offered with the 32 page Cuticura Skin Book from Boston.
Questioning voice asks if this is the site of a notable case about a dog that died by drowning for love of its lost master. A guide confirms the location and offers to point out the very dog.
A testimonial from Jacob Beberly of Fairfax Court House Virginia praises Elixie Babek as a complete remedy for malaria. The ad states the product cures malaria and offers Glixtr Babek at 59 cents from druggists or via Parrell Post prepaid from Kloczew ski & Co in Washington DC.
A humorous English quip contrasts baseball and cricket umpires. A nobleman as umpire would bias rulings toward rank, since he would be compelled to favor status in decisions.
An old ad promotes Allen's Foot-Hane antiseptic powder for tired swollen feet. It claims rapid relief and comfort for dancing, urging readers to avoid substitutes and to trust the brand. The copy references Roy, New York, and emphasizes sight and skirt fit considerations.
L A Chace, veteran trapper from Coolin Idaho, recalls escaping a cinnamon bear after it bit him in the thigh. A pocket filled with chewing tobacco ground into pulp by the bear’s teeth allegedly made the animal sick and released its grip, prompting Chace to resume his trek without his revolver.
In West Virginia near Big Stone Gap John Guydon began starving himself to death, chained to a tree with a trace chain and lock. After two hours he grew hungry, changed his mind, and after four hours he was rescued by a passerby, ending the suicide bid.
A three inch banana rat, stowed in a South America fruit shipment, fought two women clerks and two salesmen at Nicollet avenue fur store. It leaped the glass, chased workers, was captured, then escaped under a counter after paralyzing a crowd. It is described as rodent sized and kangaroo shaped.
Gustave Trojahn twenty three drowned when his leaky fishing boat capsized near Lake Huron just outside Thunder Bay Alpena. Companion Truman Goddard thirty five survived after a strenuous swim amid waterlogged boots, reaching Grass Island and signaling for help.
Fréd E B Blunden, a local painter and building and loan treasurer, shows a chick born with three legs and five toes on the extra limb. He hatched nine of 15 eggs, and the three legged chick is the healthiest and grows faster, able to scratch for food more easily.
Humane Officer probes snake handling by La Grange High School zoology class. Miss Babcock defends weekly snaking to study snakes and toads, claiming no cruelty as students gather and release reptiles. report ends with a playful garden-incident where girls offer snakes to boys during a tennis court encounter.
Vanjoy Ditter, 31, was drawn onto an engine by a passenger train draft and hurled 25 feet. He suffered slight injuries. Witnesses rushed to help but were disappointed. Ditter walked home.
A doormat stolen from the hallway of a Vienna opera tenor’s apartment was found cut into pieces and distributed as keepsakes among his young women admirers. The incident ties the knotty theft to a pattern of fan interest surrounding the artist.
An Ohio and Pennsylvania advertising copy touts Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound as relief for female trouble. It features testimonials from Mrs C H Grrrita and Mrs Apa Wilt who credit the product with easing side pains and avoiding surgery. The notice invites readers to write for confidential female answers from Lydia E Pinkham Medicine Co. Lynn Mass.
A jewelry clerk shows a platinum handbag with diamonds only on one side priced at 9000 dollars. The wealthy customer als o pays 7000 dollars to add diamonds to the other side, making it complete. The exchange is recounted in a magazine anecdote attributed to Fair Worde or None and a comment by a wife about a hat.
A fragmentary prose piece notes a pretty mouth, a fat man likened to a bay window and a fat woman to a bale of hay. It hints at endless wishing yet urges hustle to secure anything. The tone blends wry commentary with aphoristic dialogue about desire and effort.
A New Jersey reader credits eye relief and improved health to quitting coffee and adopting Postum. The letter cites a son freed from glasses after three years without coffee and notes the writer’s own heart and health improvement. The notice promotes Postum products and urges grocers to stock them.
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