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Newspaper

New Oxford Item

Location

New Oxford, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Date

May 14, 1925

Page

15

Making Good in a Small Town Real Stories About Real Girls

A feature recounts the lives of young women in a close knit community. It profiles effort, ambition, and personal growth through ordinary daily challenges. The piece highlights resilience, resourcefulness, and community support shaping girls into adults.

Home knitters prove asset to fashion industry in small towns

A Michigan town girl turned a kitchen knitting project into a large enterprise with six hundred machines and eight thousand workers. The article urges home knitters to start small, learn fashions, and seek tailor help for complete garments as knitted wear gains popularity.

Michigan

Summer boarding a resort hostess guide 1924

A Western Newspaper Union synopsis advises the summer hostess to offer simple, attractively served country foods and fresh produce. It suggests expanding kitchen gardens, beekeeping, poultry, rabbits, pigeons, and even camping options like eating tents. Emphasis on cleanliness, comfortable rooms, and affordable leisure amenities.

Sue Western Newspaper Union

Cross Word Puzzle Teaser From The Next Issue

Horizontal and vertical clues cover animals days actions and forms across a dense grid. The list includes rulers six negations rope lures and ages with entries for emperors beads and linguistic hints while promising a solution in the next issue.

The File-Tailed Beaverboo and the Sharp-Toothed Kattayae

A rustic verse describes a blue eyed beaverboo in a bungalow yard who works to raise a child each year. He hammers and thumps to drive away a foe, the Sharp-Toothed Kattayae, until the cat tires and departs.

Kitt

Youth May Become World's Strongest Man

A London youth displayed remarkable strength performing feats such as crushing a rosy cheeked apple, driving a nail through two planks, breaking a chain with teeth, shaping a horseshoe from iron, and supporting five men with two trolleys and an anvil on his chest. He credits chest development and began training after his father's death, once lifting an ounce weight with his ear to prove strength.

London Ing

Find Second Moon and Become Famous

The article discusses a suspected second moon to Earth, a small meteoric ironstone ball four to five hundred feet across. It could orbit Earth every three hours at about three and a half miles per second, about 2500 miles from the surface, detectable with a modest three inch telescope.

Scriven Bolton IF. R.A. S&s Popular Science Monthly

Foot and Mouth Disease Threat to Brahman Cattle in Texas

Article notes an outbreak of foot and mouth disease among Brahman cattle in Texas, a disease dangerous to cattle and potentially infectious to humans. It contrasts with past Texas fever control and calls for dedicated research to identify the exact cause and develop prevention methods. It criticizes the USDA for limiting scientific investigation.

Texas India United States Department of Agriculture Bureau of Animal Industry Europe

Browning and Barrett Letters Highlight Enduring Romance

The Wheeler Syndicate notes the Browning Barrett correspondence, detailing near 250 000 words across six months with daily or twice daily replies. It praises their affectionate style, cites sample passages, and notes their marriage at ages thirty four and forty and their Italian exile.

Browning Miss Barrett

Ear Infections Cause Deafness in Children

The middle ear infection arises from germs traveling up the Eustachian tube from the throat. It often follows pneumonia, dysentery, diphtheria, or whooping cough, and can permanently impair hearing if untreated. Children’s ear health should be monitored after serious illnesses and any ear pain or discharge addressed promptly.

Teustuchius David T. Smith Baltimore Harriet Lane Children’s Hospital

Calhoun’s ardent letters to Floride reveal enduring devotion

The excerpt shows John C. Calhoun writing to Floride Calhoun about a coming reunion, praising her mind and charm. He argues thoughtful love outlasts mere beauty and notes the tender bond between the prominent statesman and his younger partner.

Rikjoice Floride Calhoun Floride Calhoun Kloride Ike Statesman

Mother of Pearl Fished From Western Australia

In Western Australia great pearl fisheries yield mother of pearl used for buttons. Opalescent shells are graded and packed for export, with rare occasions of small pearls found among shells when packages are opened in factories.

Western Australia

Grandpa and the mantel clock debate at eight

A family debate over the mantel clock leads to a humorous misread of the time. Grandpa insists the clock reads half past eight while another says quarter to eight, highlighting a playful disagreement.

Jack Grandpa

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