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Newspaper
New Oxford Item
Location
New Oxford, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jun 26, 1919
Page
11
A Brooklyn manufacturer sold millions of fraudulent aspirins mainly made of talcum powder. Genuine Bayer Tablets of Aspirin are American made and bear the Bayer Cross, with directions in the original Bayer package.
AnExaggerated suitor questions a man about his daughter Igy in a brisk exchange. The father warns that mere surmise shows a lack of perspicacity needed for a prospective son-in law.
A writer in the Electrical Experimenter estimates a 150 pound man contains about 3 500 cubic feet of gas oxygen hydrogen and nitrogen worth 2 30 for illumination at 80 cents per thousand. It details fats sugars iron phosphorus and other components, claiming the body could yield pencils matches bones and brain matter.
An advertisement urges careful living to protect kidneys from uric acid buildup and Brights disease. It touts GOLD MEDAL Haarlem Oil Capsules as a remedy with immediate relief and a money back guarantee, warning only genuine GOLD MEDAL is valid.
A humorous exchange notes Mrs Gabby labeling husbands as worms and Mrs Tabby approving if they differ from fishing worms. The dialogue compares a fraction to a full-sized figure, suggesting space and proportion concerns in a light tone.
An article reports a British writer signing as Sephenmal predicts a new global war beginning June 1926, with Turkey implicated and Prussian influence rising in the Near East, Greece, Russia, and Syria. Sepharial also foresees an Allied victory in the crisis.
A collection of quips on judging minds by words and on love being assigned to a sweetheart. It notes a lover’s vanity when deceived and warns against walking on an empty stomach for indigestion while cautioning which stomach you walk on.
An old London Answers piece notes that bowlegged boys may never want for money while toe walkers face cash trouble. Those with long strides are warned of ups and downs but eventual fortune, and tiptoe walkers are said to risk ending life in prison.
Italy serves as a premier source of art and building marble with Verona quarries near Verona in Veneto supplying Veronese marbles. Venice uses stone of Istria and Veronese varieties such as white nembro coral pink white peach patridge eye yellow snail yellow azure and paradise for construction and decorative work.
The state department asks the public to refrain from all nonessential travel to European countries. It notes passport applications to Great Britain France Switzerland Belgium and Italy have surged. Applicants must show urgent need with documentary evidence. firms misrepresenting facts face blacklisting.
In Bunner poem lines a narrator watches his chaperon reawaken youth as aging nobility arrive at the theater. The speaker notes the contrast between old age and revived grace, while reflecting on his own wish to be as young as she appears. The piece blends memory and wistful admiration of renewed vitality.
The text lists historical drink recipes including Grape Nectar with orange juice and charged water, Ginger Lemonade with Canton ginger and lemon rind, Molasses sweetening, Orangeade with pineapple sirup, Lemon juice additions, Reception Coffee, and Chocolate Sirup, noting preparation steps and serving suggestions.
A Maine traveler observed two farmers playing horseshoes in a road in front of a farmhouse, and they continued all day from morning until late afternoon, not stopping even for dinner, despite chores and other duties.
Quote about new chances not second chances, noting the difference in how people seize their first opportunity. Emphasizes taking hold of chances and the fall if unsuccessful, attributed to Thomas Hughes.
The piece argues that talkative behavior hurts both panhandlers and applicants, noting a hungry man who drifts from his plea and a job seeker who reveals flaws by overexplaining. It warns overtalk can ruin chances and stresses knowing when to stop.
A Rhine country news note reports German police stop wearing helmets as American troops advance. Soldiers reportedly seize helmets from officers and civilians, illustrating the urge of victors to claim conquered symbols of submission.
American archaeologist William Nivan unearthed a nearly pristine statue of the Aztec god Xochipilli in Atzcapotzalco a suburb of the capital. The site, once a major slave market for Tenochtitlan, was famed for jewelers and cultivated gardens where Xochipilli is believed to have presided over one of these gardens.
Colonel Rubio y Bellve obtained Spanish government permission to conduct preliminary soundings for a tunnel under the Straits of Gibraltar. The plan would extend roughly twenty miles from Tarifa to east of Tangier, aiming to connect Spain with Morocco.
The American Forestry association urges inviting swallows to homes to curb mosquitoes. Martins and other swallows feed on insects, protecting orchards. Purple martins are the largest blue swallows, males blue above with no gray breast. Swallows migrate, mostly wintering in South America.
An advertisement claims a tiny bottle of Freezone removes corns and calluses from the bottom of feet with a few drops. It asserts the skin beneath stays pink and healthy, never sore or irritated, after treatment.
A quip notes a baseball player is arrested while stealing a base, framing a humorous crime scene. The joke plays on double meaning of base stealing in sports.
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