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Newspaper
New Oxford Item
Location
New Oxford, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jun 28, 1917
Page
4
An inmate at the Masonic home near Franklin, aged about ninety, had never heard a phonograph until a lodge donated one. Visiting Franklin, he marveled at the device calling it the queerest thing, noting workers use a pie pan with a hole and grind tin to make music, which he enjoys.
Mrs Scatterbrain laments her husband’s forgetfulness while he proves treacherous with memory yet keeps one note. A friend jests that she sent a note dated a week ahead, prompting her exclamation that her husband posted it the very day she handed it to him.
An affectionate guide to pan fish like crappie rock bass bluegill sunfish and yellow striped perch. The piece details tackle light steel fly rods soft braided line small hooks still fishing with minnows and grasshoppers. It highlights fishing spots and seasonal bite patterns while praising pan fish as friendly steady fighters.
A collection of kitchen notes with recipes for doughnuts using sour cream and milk, Swise Salad Dressing with honey and olive oil, Halibut casserole with vegetables, Waldorf chicken, steak with onion tomato sauce, English Country Ham with onions, Scalloped mushrooms, Dr. Wiley’s Whole Wheat Bread, and a cornmeal Pone. Recipes emphasize simple ingredients and moderate cooking times for year round meals.
A barnyard parade led by Mr Rooster brings together animals including Mrs Hen Mrs Duck and the Peacock family. They march with noisy calls while sparrows and crows join in. The farmer ends the event with seed and cake crumbs, wrapping a joyous parade day.
The article reports finished spring seeding across Western Canada with rapid grain growth and hopes for a strong harvest. It notes new settlers, labor shortfalls, and predictions of high wheat prices for many years, plus advantages of Western Canadian lands for farming and potential for diversification beyond wheat.
Grace asks if a new baby is coming and is told there is no planned baby. Ruth mentions next week being Baby week and her mother aiming to ensure everyone gets a new baby.
An advertisement extols the excellent grain lands in the United States and Canada urging readers to participate and invest, highlighting lasting price stability and national agricultural prosperity.
A rural-tinged exchange features a farmer dialog about hiring city high school boys to work on a farm and plans to remove them before apple harvest, reflecting a period view of labor and local employments. The dialogue hints at resourcefulness and rural economy.
An old advertisement touts Grove's Tasteless Chill Tonic as a malaria remedy featuring quinine and iron. The label promises a tasteless formula that “drives out malaria” and “builds up the system” for 50 cents per bottle.
A telephone call to a U S marshal's office reports a barber outside claiming to have a red white and black flag. The caller says the colors are German, prompting questions about the flag’s meaning and implications.
A wartime antiseptic powder for shaking into shoes and sprinkling in baths offers relief for tired aching feet. It claims to relieve soreness and stinging and to soothe burns. Used by British and French troops at the front, it is sold everywhere.
An antiseptic ointment named Roman Eye Balsam is described as an external treatment not a wash. It claims to penetrate surface tissues for prompt relief from eye and skin issues as advertised.
Fragmentary Tidtanapalis News text shows dialogue about candidates and officers in a reserve corps at a fortress with names like Dia and Jacks. Vague setting and garbled terms obscure any clear event, participants, or outcome.
A disrupted discussion on will street projects and employment drift reveals tensions between union workers and management. The text cites AWOL debates, worker views, and a New York press reference about stalled progress and plant actions affecting the local scene.
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