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Newspaper
New Oxford Item
Location
New Oxford, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jun 13, 1918
Page
3
Fragmented text notes army cooks learning to economize on food and prepare field rations. Mentions testing menus, preserving flavors with limited supplies, and adjusting recipes for efficiency while under wartime constraints.
An American Civil War veteran J. W. Buscher of the Twelfth Michigan volunteers fought in France eight months during World War I and was later discharged. King George summoned Buscher to Buckingham Palace to commend his courage and endurance.
The readable fragments describe a disrupted scene with scattered references to people, places, and events. The overall content is unclear but hints at a discussion or sequence involving individuals and a location, with confusing interjections and nonstandard phrasing.
Fragmentary OCR text hints at threats and disjointed phrases about danger, a raven, and a seaside event. Mentions of cotton, Tingoto, Atperivan, Die, and fish festival appear in garbled form. No coherent event or names emerge to confirm a clear news item.
A London Times report notes two cockerels owned by J. CL lyson sold 670 times to raise funds for the Red Cross and Conds. One chicken bought for £115 at Maidstone gift sale supported by the Red Cross and Kent Princes of Wee Mond. The sale, with subscriptions, realized nearly £6,000.
A fragmentary poem-like text describes a mother and child, lullaby imagery, and fading dreams. The source ends with a note referencing Kunkas City Star, implying a newspaper excerpt or quotation from a literary piece.
A fragment describes Homemade desserts and batters with honey custard cake and steamed brown bread. It mentions milk based mixtures, a crust, and a sponge cake recipe using barley flour and corn flour with vague measurements.
A garbled recipe describes shortening and sugar mixed with flour and raisins to form a batter. It mentions baking muffins for about 20 minutes and includes measurements like a teaspoonful of salt and two thirds of a cup of shortening.
A Paris dispatch reports the authorization for exporting walnut meats from French colonies has been annulled except for Tunis and Morocco. Special licenses must be obtained from the mother country. A similar export restriction applies to animal fats from the colonies to allied nations.
The article notes corn dominates stock feeding and many manufacturing sectors, surpassing other staples in protein per acre after soybeans. It highlights silage's dairy link, silo use in the Midwest, and diverse cornmeal dishes from the South to New England, detailing both human and animal feeds and processed products.
The piece explains that major league teams rely on their aces like Ty Cobb as the main drawing cards. It argues stars attract fans and revenue, with Cobb highlighted as the top box office draw for Detroit on road games and in rival towns, potentially earning thousands through attendance.
War conditions hit laundry work as potash becomes scarce and soap prices rise. A Domestic bleach substitute gains use, with a formula of three pounds of tri sodium phosphate to twenty three pounds of soap lime mix, replacing previous egustic potash.
The United States Department of Agriculture advises backyard and farm keepers to boost poultry production for the nation in 1918. It calls for early hatching, strict sanitation, predator control, removal of non producing hens, and self supplied feed to reach an average of 100 hens per farm, reducing reliance on imports and costly grains.
The article explains that General Foch’s name is pronounced like Wosh with two short o sounds and a soft sh, citing Le Courier des Etats Unis. It notes Foch is a Basque from the Pyrenees and that Basque names ending in ch use a soft sh sound, not a guttural Teutonic form.
A collection of sharp aphorisms about money virtue and compromise. It notes the cost of happiness and the ease of virtue when pleasure ends, linking character to lasting worth. The tone suggests reflective maxims from a period column.
A Century article by G Ward Price explains that moving a large army is limited by road and rail capacity. Without a prearranged timetable and general withdrawal plan confusion and disorder follow as units rush for transport and individual leaders seek to save guns and stores.
A USDA guide advises home gardeners to plant by seasonal signs. It classifies vegetables as warm or cold temperature types and recommends sowing in open ground when peach and plum trees bloom for cool forgiving crops like lettuce and carrots, and after apple blossoms for heat loving crops such as cucumbers and corn.
In a humorous exchange Senator Sorghum faces a critic wife as they discuss his play. The wife asks what critics said after a production and learns he entertained them to drinks between acts. The critics reply that the piece should have been divided into more acts.
A quarrel over humor and a jest about fighting in the trenches unfolds between a husband and wife. The exchange touches on perception and survival gear as a Phyle scope is humorously misinterpreted and clarified in a tense domestic moment.
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