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Newspaper
New Oxford Item
Location
New Oxford, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jun 22, 1916
Page
16
A mother learns how children misinterpret guidance from school. Donald in kindergarten thinks of Santa Claus when told to sit and think. The piece argues adults must clarify language and intent to prevent misreading a child’s reasoning and to understand their mental processes.
A vintage collection from Mother's Cook Book outlines Washington Omelet with milk soaked breadcrumbs and egg yolks, Apple Salad with diced apple celery walnuts and horseradish, spinach served with eggs or vinegar, Whole-Wheat Pudding with dates and molasses, Rhubarb and Raisin Pudding with breadcrumbs, butter and sugar, and desserts like bread with rhubarb and raisins and bananas baked with butter and juice.
In a humorous exchange an amateur farmer questions an author about his works. The author replies that the writings are not novels but current agricultural books. The farmer concedes the author’s aim to baffle readers and calls each book an unequivocal success.
Advice on chick rearing emphasizes high quality equipment and food, proper incubation and drying in the nursery, avoiding damp moldy material, keeping chicks warm under a hover, trimming oversized wing feathers, feeding quickly consumed foods, and supplying green greens such as sprouted oats lettuce rape mangels beets and cabbage. Each brood should not be placed in coops prematurely.
The text instructs that brooders until the ceons and breeders have been thoroughly cleaned and disinfected with a coach fluid disinfectant if they have ever been used before.
A humorous verse from Burges Johnson in the Kansas Star describes a boy jabbing his thumb with a jackknife causing blood and a chain reaction of concern. Aunt distributes extra gingerbread while siblings react and classmates crowd to view the injury, as the thumb heals and status rises.
A cautious motorist refuses to rush to a destination, valuing safety over speed. A discussion on women and cinema suggests moving pictures attract female patrons. The silent drama is praised for letting women glimpse endings and enjoy later episodes when replayed.
A dialogue portrays Mr Cobble declaring his son, who earned several degrees, loafs at home and never works. A garbled line suggests another degree conferred by Mr Cobpee, prompting a puzzled exchange. The quip ends with a grim remark about worth and killing.
An old advertisement promises generous terms to attract summer boarders. The copy urges readers to feel ownership of the earth at the advertiser’s place while implying they will be granted it in return. The line blends flattery with a hard sell for seasonal lodging.
This piece presents a brief, pointed exchange where one man asks for charity, framing the act as a civic duty. The respondent affirms willingness to help, then is pressed for a dime, invoking the adage that charity begins at home.
A reflection on the value of ideals and the need to make them practical. The essay cites Longfellow and urges clinging to worthy ideals with determination, noting that thoughts become realities through steadfast effort and influence on others.
American war correspondent Ned Davison, captured by Villa's band, receives a West erner cellmate who crafts a bulletproof jacket. The device saves Ned on a rooftop platform and aids his escape to reach his fiancée Alvira Woodson in New Mexico. He later learns the savior is the same man who later meets him in Oregon.
A British records office map of the North American coast from Cape Cod to Navesink Hills, circa 1715, shows Cape Cod as an island and details a now altered coastline. An officer noted a 1717 wreck and burial near the pirate Bellamy, with Nantucket and Martha's Vineyard depicted as six islands.
The article discusses whether dreaming is a natural sleep phenomenon, with experts claiming dreams last seconds or even imply death if longer. It debates if dreaming occurs only between sleep and wakefulness and whether dreams are distorted mind images or linked to future events. It notes dream books remain published and consulted.
General de Castelnau, famed French commander, had nine sons at wartime start. One is at school, five fight on the western front, and three have been killed in action.
William J. Robinson recalls driving an improvised ambulance car through the shelling of Ypres at the start of the first battle for Calais. He and an officer maneuvered a bacon-box seated vehicle around a perilous hairpin turn to reach safety as buildings collapsed and debris filled the air.
The piece compares the biblical manna with natural honey dew on elm leaves in the United States and with Persians harvesting manna from leguminous plants. It notes manna from commerce comes from the manna ash tree in Sicily and historical food drops by British airmen on Kut el Amara.
A humorous case unfolds as a brood of chickens used by Harry Schafer and his wife to settle a domestic dispute in municipal court. Schafer faced a charge of failure to provide coal oil for an incubator and the wife feared egg loss. The couple reconciled after the hearing, walking out arm in arm with the chicks nearby.
The chronicler notes a German figure from the past who would not have approved an air raid on Ramsgate. During Heine's England visit in June 1827 he came to Ramsgate to regain health, planned a long poem titled Ramsgate, and fell in love with an Irish girl linked to the fourth book of the Reisebilder.
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