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Newspaper
New Oxford Item
Location
New Oxford, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Oct 22, 1908
Page
16
The Windham church welcomes the young Reverend Gilbert Bancroft as pastor with social spills of tea and cakes. He plans a new church while Mrs Emily Kimbal eyes the feminine reception as the village hopes his bachelor status aids or hinders his ministry. The tale follows early courtship, church ambitions, and the meddling care of a widow housekeeper.
The Rev Gilbert Bancroft marries a rumored parsonage bride amid village matchmaking fever. After years of secrecy his wife vanishes from public life and a staged marriage is revealed as a ruse to raise funds for a new church. The town learns the truth when Mrs Kimbal exposes the deception.
A collection of wry maxims on virtue honesty wealth and human foibles. The quotes touch on appearances delayed rewards misjudgments generosity and the oddities of drinking habits. Attributed to Musings of the Gentle Cynic from the New York Times.
A quirk of a will is revealed as Enpeck dictates that all property go to his wife only if she remarries within a year. The attorney questions the condition, and Enpeck explains he wants someone to be sorry he died. The anecdote appears in The Argonaut.
Bowling Green in New York City is a public park dating about 260 years old and noted as the playground of the first Dutch settlers.
George Koestle of the Cleveland Bertillon bureau describes how first time offenders pose for photographs while seasoned crooks accept the process. He notes women resist photography more, and claims a firm but fair approach with men. The system relies on measurements and fingerprints, adapting to evolving criminal methods.
The Newark Valley Herald recounts a wolf drive in 1828 across Tioga county New York. Towns Richford Candor Union Lisle formed a two man committee per town with dog gun and cow bell to drive wolves beyond the Susquehanna. The march began between Hartford Mills and Richford toward Hunt's Corners and Slaterville with fires at night and volunteers joining daily.
A Scots observer at the Tay riverside chides Sir John Millais for not trying photography. Millais, painting in a chill October mood, is told the process is quicker. The critic, not flattered, notes that photography suits the scene and moves on.
The New York Press notes a restaurant owner’s phonetic daily specials written “by ear.” Items include Fried smells and keedney stew with backed shade describing baked shad. Authors Brander Matthews and Theodore Roosevelt are mentioned as admirers of the playful spelling devotion.
London districts curb church bell noise by muffling bells during weekdays to reduce disturbance.
The Boston Transcript recounts John Billard of Meriden known for silence and keen knowledge of others finances. An anecdote shows his father’s candor when asked how much a deceased man left, replying he left it all with a twinkle in his eye.
The famed German sculptor Gustave Eberlein told in New York that American women rival all others in beauty and intelligence, though he noted a flaw in excessive self assurance. He recalled a shipboard encounter with a self confident American woman and a child's question about his mother's initial opinion of him.
E. M. Bevins Milford Massachusetts telephone exchange manager felt a lump and soreness under the skin after eleven years. A prior knee cut from a broken glass cookie can in a grocery store required sewing and healing, with a later lump removal by F. H. Lally who lanced the lump and extracted a glass shard about half a cent large.
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