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Newspaper
New Oxford Item
Location
New Oxford, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Oct 22, 1908
Page
18
The passage notes muskrat skins being used for cheaper fuh coats. It also advertises Mrs Winslow's Soothing Syrup for Children for teething relief, gums inflammation pain and wind colic at 25 cents a bottle.
A new hotel in Berlin will be the biggest in the world and the most expensive, giving the German capital a record for size and cost.
J F Hennen of Milan Missouri reports years of itchy skin cleared by Cuticura Soap Ointment and Resolvent after three doctors failed. He also says a leg eruption from flu and pneumonia improved after using Cuticura remedies three times, noting the pain and swelling vanished. May 13 1907.
John Slavin, a farmer near the mountain foot, reports an enormous buttered potato crop after crossbreeding white potatoes with butter beans. He claims bugs and modest rain allowed tubers to develop, and believes the new vegetable could save the United States over 8 million dollars yearly by reducing buttering of potatoes and related products.
Workmen uncover a three foot trench on Main street Manassas Virginia containing several barrels of flour hidden from the enemy during Confederate evacuation.
A Wisconsin user describes eight years of Postum use three times daily. She credits Postum with relieving dyspepsia and heart symptoms after coffee cessation. She notes family improvements and emphasizes plain facts over praise. The letter is from Postum Co. Battle Creek Michigan and promotes The Road to Wellville.
A Cleveland Plain Dealer note reflects on wealth and fame, suggesting lasting name recognition comes from the Liars' Club rather than a mining fortune. The piece hints at society's judgment and the value of public acknowledgment.
Pittsburg Post notes that life in Afghanistan is cheap yet the roads are rough for driving, highlighting travel difficulties and harsh conditions abroad. The remark contrasts economic aspects with infrastructure challenges facing motorists.
Pittsburg Post notes strong preference for pure water over any other drink as a chaser, asserting its superior freshness and cleansing effect. The item frames water as a preferred beverage in daily routines and social settings.
In a Nashville American snippet, a woman notes a bold suitor’s demand to marry. The exchange centers on the questioned timing of any wedding, reflecting social expectations and romantic tensions in contemporary headlines.
A Yonkers Statesman snippet shows a janitor replying to a question about children in flats with a blunt policy that only tenants may reside in the units. The remark reflects housing norms and tenant eligibility discussions of the period.
A Philadelphia Ledger column quotes a man asking if he would give up a seat to a woman in a car, and another man replying he has never had a seat himself. The brief exchange reflects attitudes toward seating and courtesy.
A Kansas City Journal exchange quips about the Young Turkey agitation with a sharp remark "I have no use for old, tough birds." The brief dialogue captures political humor amid the era's factional tensions.
In a playful exchange the Pittsburg Post notes a desire for tall fashionable hats. A wife asks that milliners submit designs with competitive bids for the eye catching headwear.
A KIiansas City Journal note reports a resident cannot lock doors or stay two hours to block other boarders from using the ocean. The item hints at supervision or policy changes at the seaside lodging.
A Kansas farmer owner of a quarter section learns wheat rotation has exhausted soil after twenty five years. The Department of Agriculture suggests diversification with alfalfa corn and peas to suit hogs and cattle, promising profit far above prior yields. An Ohio farmer with eighty mortgaged acres is guided by a soil plan, earning 2000 dollars in year one and projected to reach 5000 annually.
A collage of satirical maxims on wealth love and virtue drawn from Eve's Epigrams in the New York Telegram. Sharp quips about money appetite desire and social roles critique fame marriage class and character with playful irony.
A Kansas City Journal quips about a druggist being very helpful and offering many items, while noting the line that he provides everything except free lunch. The exchange uses playful dialogue about services and value.
Excerpts show a tense exchange about women joining firefighting with remarks on strength and equipment. The dialogue hints at resistance to female firefighters and questions about gear adequacy. The piece frames gender barriers in a historical city service debate.
A Sunday-school joke has a child named Tommy declaring he will be a pirate until old and sick, then he will turn to the Lord, eliciting a judge’s reaction. The humorous exchange reflects playful faith and childhood imagination.
In a Washington Star snippet Miss Cayenne explains she plays the phonograph when a eager caller arrives. She says the device is a polite cover that spares her from tiresome conversation while the young man believes it is courteous attention.
A woman asks if marriage should be based on love alone and jokes about the income needed to inspire passion. The conversation centers on whether money can trigger true affection and how partners weigh affection against finances.
A Kansas City Journal excerpt uses a farmer and hired man banter to joke about luck and skill as a comical amendment to a near mishap, highlighting rustic humor in rural life.
A judge remarks that he must discharge a relative despite sympathy for the mother, noting the obligation is compelled but the mother’s influence remains strong. The exchange hints at family duty and respect within a courtroom or formal setting.
In a Punch cartoon fragment a saloon owner who has just bought a schooner yacht orders Mc Pherson to move the pile before his wife arrives so she can sit at the head of the table. McPherson jokes that she will need a steamer to manage the mast.
A Washington Herald analysis shows blame shifting across the theater chain from the manager to the author and star, with the company pointing at the booking agent. The cast cites unsettled conditions in the Balkans as a contributing factor to the fiasco.
Mme Curie disputes Sir William Ramsey’s claim that copper under radioactive influence yields lithium. She notes lithium appears when using glass and quartz vessels but not in a platinum vessel, suggesting the container may contaminate results. She will continue experiments and withhold final judgment until sure.
An English drill sergeant led recruits through a funeral exercise to teach discipline. He walked as the corpse and admonished the men that their hands were tight and their heads correct but lacking the proper look of regret. The scene illustrates stern military training and blunt humor from a Bellman report.
Magazine covers use heavy linens and cretonne appliques. Postcard albums favor cretonne decorated fabrics in many colors. Book covers feature gray linen with purple orchid cretonne or terra cotta canvas with a Swastika motif in dull tones.
New York Herald notes a drawing room design where wedgwood patterns dominate the wall, using a paler wedgwood blue background and darker medallions in white relief. A matching carpet and optional central wedgwood motif complete the decor scheme.
A New Haven Register note argues for uniform, legible markings on sheets using initial letters transferred via carbon paper and traced with indelible ink. It suggests simple methods to create engraved headings and even embroidered letters for full names.
The New York Press outlines a method to remove stains by applying turpentine to the soiled area, letting it dry, repeating, then scraping loosened dirt. Re-wet, scrape again, then sponge with turpentine or switch to alcohol or chloroform and wipe dry for a quicker evaporating finish.
The guide instructs brushing away dust from black dresses then using a mixture of three parts warm water to one part liquid ammonia to rub the fabric. It suggests sponging with cold water, drying in shade, or using indigo dye to create a dark wash. Mud stains may fade when rubbed with raw potato.
A collection of old fashioned recipes for cornmeal muffins using cornmeal salt sugar baking powder milk and egg. Cocoanut macaroons fold baked cocoanut into beaten egg whites then bake on buttered tins. Candied sweet potato balls are simmered in butter and maple syrup until tender and hot. Floating island describes milky custard islands formed by whipped egg whites and then enriched with yolk mixture and vanilla almond flavors.
An eyewitness to Count von Zeppelin’s airship near Strassburg describes the flying craft as producing a terrible shriek from its screws heard about a mile away. The din, likened to a boilermaking shop, is considered a great drawback for war or peaceful travel. The Hartford Courant notes the shriek is almost painful when close.
Professor Ribbert of Bonn disputes Metchnikoff claiming old age stems from colon bacteria. Death from aging tied to nerve cell atrophy and physico chemical life processes. Diet shows no proven effect. meat eaters may reach centenarian status as often as vegetarians. Tobacco and alcohol make little difference. Longevity linked to ancestry and favorable living conditions.
An advertisement asserts deafness caused by catarrh can be cured only by constitutional remedies. It explains the Eustachian tube inflammation leads to hearing loss and offers a $100 reward for an uncured catarrh deafness case, promoting circulars and Hall's Family Pills.
A San Francisco wharf builder, rebuilding a damaged pile, found one pile sound. Investigations showed the live wire supporting the pile deterred borers Teredonavalis. Experiments with electricity on wooden piles indicated that the reredo would not bore into a pile with a small current. Philadelphia Record.
Travelers note ongoing crowding despite replacing stages with horse cars then rail lines. Early hopes for cable roads and elevated trains faltered. Subway usage did not ease travel, and congestion has grown worse over time.
Mrs J H Bennett of Gardiner Maine recounts severe back pain dizziness and bladder inflammation that left her bedridden for four months. After using Deans Kidney Pills she says she was completely cured in three months and has had no relapse.
The advertisement touts Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound as a remedy for female ailments including backache nervousness and bearing down sensations. It cites testimonials from Mrs Will Young and Mrs Augustus Lyon praising relief and renewed health after use. It also asserts a thirty year history and broad success curing displacements inflammation ulcers fibroid tumors irregularities and related symptoms.
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