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Newspaper
New Oxford Item
Location
New Oxford, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Mar 19, 1908
Page
8
A short verse fragment seeking strength to conquer sin and speak truth directly. The speaker pledges to forego praise until he has defeated sin and to lay down his life for his King when love has crowned it.
A Hong Kong Southdown Fusiliers tale of Tom Hazlewood who refuses regimental ragging over a small mess bill dispute. Officers plan a prank but Hazlewood defends himself, halting the ragging with a firm warning as he preserves his place in the regiment and later marries Muriel Gaston.
In a Wasp letter, the author explains that the phrase nothing doing appeared in Dickens Dombey and Son as a sincere expression of habit and inaction rather than slang. The reader notes Sol Gills says the shop’s end is a habit and there is nothing doing or dying in the sense of choice or effort.
Miss Evelyn Dayton and John Howard Benton of New York City found a pearl valued at at least $1000 after a copperhead snake incident on a Passaic River outing. A large freshwater mollusk grabbed the diamond hairpin, Benton retrieved both, and a Jeweler friend confirmed the pebble’s pearl quality.
Attorney Grant Carpenter attended a Christmas dinner in Oakland where the hostess, an atheist, asked him to lead Grace. After a moment he uttered a vague prayer that sounded pious. He later learned the hostess feared religious display at table.
The article recounts Dean Stanley traveling with a friend from Montreale to Palermo. He shivers and, forgetting his attire, draws a night shirt from his bag and wears it over his clothes as they ride into Palermo, surprising onlookers.
A Atlanta Constitution joke quotes an old negro preacher who uses a muttered joke about “the tree known by its fruit” to slip in a possum joke. After benediction, a brother remarks on the Bible wording, and the preacher explains the line was meant to reach the audience’s understanding.
Poem reflects on desire for genuine approval from true friends over public acclaim. It contrasts the loneliness of flattery with the reward of loyal, sincere companionship from those who stand by you. Washington Star.
A collage of one liners from magazines and papers includes jests about Jones girls egos colonels and digestion jokes from Life Puck Louisville Courier-Journal and Chicago Daily News. punchy quips cover marriage work burglary and cannibals with cheeky social bite.
A famous officer has a beautiful daughter and an impoverished young ensign falls in love and asks for her hand. The father warns he cannot support him, then recounts his own rise from midshipman. He declares the new husband must not rely on his father-in-law, recalling his ten years of support.
A small talking lovebird in Ambleside speaks clearly to a reporter, saying Kiss me quick and How do you do, then compliments the observer You are a little beauty. It softly whistles the national anthem and imitates thrush, sparrow, and linnet calls in a remarkable display.
A clipped note hints at economic strain as workers fear longer months with extra paydays pushing budgets thin and job security uncertain. The remark underscores anxiety about maintaining employment through unstable pay cycles.
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