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Newspaper
New Oxford Item
Location
New Oxford, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jun 26, 1919
Page
5
The Navy warns the armed force could be hampered without authorization to grow to 358000 sailors though current strength is 138000. Reservists are leaving and key units risk overdue docking unless Congress acts, urging that peace must not dismantle the fleet. Chicago and the Midwest must press for approval.
In 1898 an oath bound a North Dakota preacher to US loyalty while his life remained German. The judge denounces his German-aligned faith, noting many German immigrants stayed but were urged to become American. The speaker blames the country for welcoming them and then abandoning them.
The piece argues Lloyd George will become the dominant world statesman beyond Armageddon, shaping peace and the League of Nations while challenging Northcliffe’s influence. It warns that continued press control could threaten democratic accountability and multi ownership.
A wartime column denounces Germans as morally corrupt and murderous, claiming 70,000,000 unrepentant Germans and predicting 100,000,000 in generations, while condemning their culture as degraded and materialist. The piece uses extreme rhetoric to shock readers about the enemy.
A National Geographic bulletin envisions Danzig as a fortified, canal cut city with medieval architecture and grand churches rivaling Brooklyn. It notes Hanseatic roots, Teutonic Order ties, varied fortifications, and a history of shifting sovereignty among Poland, Prussia, and Napoleonic reform. Population in 1910 resembled Columbus, Ohio.
Naturalists say owls rely more on hearing than sight to catch prey. Facial disk feathers act as a sound concentrating ear trumpet guiding sounds to the hidden ear opening behind the eye. Barn owls show minimal ear structure while other species differ in ear opening and cover. How this elaborate system works remains to be learned.
A New York supplement notes that all wood contains water and that absolute dryness is impossible. It cites a Swiss authority suggesting wood cells may house crystals like sugar or salt, with water keeping them apart yet bound, a theory explaining water's stubborn hold without destroying wood.
The piece notes that while the Declaration and the Constitution are famed for quality, neither was written by a Philadelphian. It argues that Franklin’s autobiography was written by a Philadelphian, and highlights his Poor Richard and other renowned works.
A note on shifting social norms contrasts the old era when a girl would not stay up past nine with today’s young woman who routinely begins her evening outings at nine, signaling a broader change in family routines and expectations.
The article discusses an ideal small family bungalow showing exterior and floor plan. It highlights economical home ownership, architectural features, storage, and heating layout, plus the value of consulting an architect before building and ways to finance a home this year.
In America at the Front by Fullerton L. Waldo a London Scottish member is amazed when a Maine boy shows a moose image. The boy calls the antlered Maine deer a moose prompting incredulity about its size and existence.
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