05 Sep 1912
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Newspaper
New Oxford Item
Location
New Oxford, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Sep 05, 1912
Page
1
A column of light notes and wry observations from New Oxford, joking about summer attire, sports, prices, and oddities. It riffs on labor and patience, theater, and daily life with pithy quips about athletes, umbrellas, and antique hardware.
A garbled column mocks public health warnings about soap as a germ carrier while lampooning anti kissing campaigns and fashion trends. It jokes about whiskers sun-kissed skirts shoe horns and flat feet with satirical quips about a Boston doctor and a political circus amid summer heat and hay fever.
A convention hall in Atlantic City was uprooted and carried off by a recent cyclone. The incident highlights the hall as a magnet for wandering air currents and sparks debate about public decorum and fashion in the press.
A man in New Rochelle received a hug and a kiss as thanks after he pulled a girl from the water. Up to date reports the incident and the grateful response from witnesses.
A nostalgic line notes that many men long for rural youth and would resist farm chores if asked to return to those days. The remark touches on longing and stubborn duty in agrarian life.
A man in Los Angeles was convicted for deceiving his wife about finances. The ruling is described as a national precedent that could spark fear across the United States.
In a 1912 tale, Robert Peasly, long at a desk, is invited to a coworker Diana Farley’s picnic. A moonlit conversation reveals romance as he confesses his money inheritance and his years of unspoken love, while Diana admits she has her own romantic motive. They race to catch the car as truth and affection bloom.
A doctor states no New York hospital has a professional Chinese nurse. He recalls a sick American who returned from the Orient and urged the import of Chinese nurses. Doctors searched for such attendants, praising their gentleness and soothing care and noting many work in Chinese cities.
A rainy Saturday picnic near a tree-bordered lake gathers a laughing group of young revelers. Diana Farley pairs with Peasly who charms everyone. Harrington, twenty one, misreads romance. Peasly's renewed vigor and coffee by the campfire lift the mood as the group departs under moonlight.
The New York Times notes gold coins are circulated with eroded denominations out West where coins are not redeemed at face value. Below the tolerance limit, the treasury deducts four cents. worn coins keep value parity only by private consent.
A fragment quotes Achison Glotg on excessive eating as a deadly form of dissipation. It notes society tends to encourage overeating more than other vices, reflecting moralizing tone.
In Prague waiters demanded higher wages and refused to work. They arrived the morning after their ultimatum and, after sitting as guests at the table, refused to leave when the proprietor called the police. They vowed to return with more colleagues and hoped for a party of five hundred.
Albert Halstead, American consul at Birmingham, notes leather makers seek a method to cure hams and bacon with skins removed. The Leather Trades Review estimates Britain and Ireland waste about three million dollars in pigskin yearly as its price rises.
In Twin Falls a swarm populated the water tank spout. A fireman was attacked when lowering the spout, drivers fled, and crew took refuge. After an hour a farmer used a garden hose to drive the bees into a box and carried them away as the train resumed.
The article notes frock coats fading in New York and London with cutaway suits rising, while King George and the Prince of Wales still wear frock coats in photographs. The king’s Henley high hat rebellion suggests he aligns with sensible fashion, to some degree.
A Grandson Switzerland auction sold a mountain named Erses near Mont Aubert in the Jura Alps. The 1500 foot high site with timbered tin slopes was previously bought twenty years ago for 13000 dollars and fetched 46400 dollars this time.
Harper's Weekly notes the Andromeda nebula appears as a misty speck though visible to the naked eye. Its rings and central mass hint at a gaseous composition, yet its spectrum resembles the sun, implying it may be a universe beyond ours.
A New York inventor adapts the bubbler concept to bottled spring water in offices. A lateral pipe with a basin and mouthpiece sits where a cooler spigot would be, with a plunger that, when pressed, creates a miniature geyser from the bottle and directs waste water to a bucket below the fountain.
A Bayonne, New Jersey horse fell into an eighteen foot deep well filled with six feet of water. After a rigged derrick and hours of work, the animal was lifted to safety and returned to its owner though described as exhausted.
A report notes a man urged for a bracer was quickly served a pint of whisky. He drank comfortably, whinnied his approval of the brand, and declared he never felt better in his life.
An Illinois inventor travels in Australia showcasing a canvas water bag cooled by evaporation. The bag hangs from a rear platform and keeps water cool while releasing moisture to resist sun heating. The device suits motorists, offering a fresh water supply and potential car maintenance use.
The cork tree supplies bark every nine or ten years with best cork from trees aged 50 to 100. Bark stripping spurs new growth. Yields range from 50 to 600 pounds per tree. The cork bark elm or witch elm resembles cork oak but has no value for bark. The Spanish cork oak would likely not thrive in these latitudes.
The essay argues wild dogs do not bark while domestic dogs bark through learned behavior. It describes barking as an effort to speak derived from human association and notes variations from welcome to defiance in different contexts.
A cat aroused a sleeping occupant in Clifyndd Pontypridd Glamorganshire early one day by entering a bedroom and crying out. A kitchen fire was discovered and the housekeeper and six children escaped unharmed.
The durian is described as large as a man's head and spined, with a strong odor likened to Limburger cheese and almond custard. Malays prize it while Europeans beware its smell. The fruit drops from tall trees. nets are used beneath trees in public places to catch falling durians.
The Susquehanna Transcript notes frog hunting is the season's sport with end date set for November 30. Anglers seek bass and trout, but frog hunters prepare nets lamps and boots, with many pursuing the trade for income while veterans guard their favorite ponds.
The Maldive archipelago lies in the Indian Ocean southwest of Hindustan and is inhabited though rarely visited by outsiders. It contains many coral islands, over fourteen thousand in number, most not rising more than seven or eight feet. Atolls form rings with calm waters inside, and some islands appear as rings enclosing a lake within their coral embrace.
An engineer describes using steel balls in a tumbling barrel to polish and burnish castings. The mechanical process could be adopted in brass foundries to save labor costs. Ball sizes range from 1/4 inch to 1/16 inch, with ball volume about twice the workpieces.
A Kansas City Journal snippet recalls talk about Damon and Pythias as a political ticket name from the past, with one speaker suggesting they led a ticket around 1840. The remark frames a humorous convention-era reference.
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