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Newspaper
New Oxford Item
Location
New Oxford, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jun 27, 1918
Page
5
At Evian on the Swiss border about 1,600 returning exiles pass daily as France receives refugees from Germany and occupied regions. The American Red Cross aids with medical checks, a children hospital, and convalescent homes in old monasteries and chateaux near Evian and Lyons, easing the crisis for orphaned youngsters.
United States Department of Agriculture reports digestion experiments on Boston mackerel butterfish grayfish and salmon showing high protein and fat utilization in a mixed diet for healthy young men. Average daily intakes ranged from 355 to 471 grams per fish type, with strong digestion percentages and relish noted. The bulletin also cautions that commercial freezing preserves fish for months but cannot prevent deterioration from prior heating or mishandling.
A satirical voice observes that Lowe music charms can tempt a savage to drink and injustice comforts some while justice shames others. The piece muses on miscommunication with a woman who says she uses talking and hints about borrowing and poverty among chronic borrowers.
A new laborer called the moonlighter has emerged in suburban England districts. Deployed all day, he works extra at night in gardens and allotments, performing digging and sowing as the only affordable labor for many suburban households.
A United States Department of Agriculture piece argues poultry production turns waste into edible food, stressing chickens as most adaptable and profitable, capable of using kitchen scraps and farm leftovers while destroying pests and supporting broader poultry diversity.
A remarkable grading machine, described by Popular Mechanics, can replace 124 men by cutting a 5 foot 7 inch wide path and up to several feet deep. It is built to order for large contractors and will remove old material as easily as gravel, standardizing grading costs amid labor shortages.
The tallest California giant stands at 325 feet while Australian gum trees exceed 400 feet. A remarkable specimen in southeast Australia measured 47 feet in girth, highlighting rapid growth in gum trees per Science Monthly.
The article states roaches can be reduced or removed by eliminating attractants, storing food in sealed containers, and keeping thorough cleanliness. It notes use of poisons and fumigants, stressing powders like sodium fluoride and a mixture of borax and chocolate as effective. It names four common roach types: American, European or Oriental, Australian, and German Croton bug.
Through the Spanish ambassador in Berlin a plan permits American prisoners in Germany to receive funds from home. Officers may spend 60 marks weekly, noncommissioned officers 50, civilians 60 for better social positions and 50 for others. Remittances go through the American Red Cross. checks or drafts payable to the Red Cross.
A fragmentary poem invokes knights of hope and spring marching to honor fallen heroes. It envisions Mirth of victory with echoes of Michaels, Nelson, and the Maid of France. The verse imagines a resurrected, victorious spring sweeping across seas from coast to coast overseen by vigilantes.
The text lists states that have abolished capital punishment with life imprisonment for murder, including Kansas Maine Michigan Minnesota and Rhode Island. It also names states that use electrocution as the punishment: Arkansas Indiana Kentucky Massachusetts Nebraska New Jersey New York North Carolina Ohio Pennsylvania and South Carolina. In remaining states hanging remains the method.
U S agriculture agents and state colleges mobilize to promote potatoes as a wartime staple. They teach potato use in breads and desserts and show women how to serve meals three times daily. Demonstrations reach urban kitchens and rural homes to conserve wheat and support the war effort.
A humorous dialogue scene features a Lady of House and a Tramp. The Tramp complains about debt while remarking on theater outings, exposing financial tensions and social banter in a concise caricature.
A judge hears a man claim he owes money with the debtor denying payment due to poverty. The exchange includes a jest about his wife’s alleged negligence and a performer named Alfred Franc is noted while people pose questions about names and German phrases.
A dialogue in which Senator Sorghum quips that a Sight takes precedence over business and pleasure, illustrating a moment of humor about priorities in public life.
May Dick Welles told me he loved me but did not ask to marry Nia or Bella. He did ask me to marry him without mentioning love.
A report notes that while the archbishop of York prayed during a Senate opening, attendance is usually sparse with only a handful of senators and pages present. In one instance only one senator and a few pages were in attendance.
The article offers methods for canning cherries and making cherry based dishes. It covers sterilizing jars and proper sealing, flavoring with kernels and lemon juice, and serving ideas for Royal Ann cherries. It also describes batter fried cherry fritters and a cherry raisin orange mixture cooked with sugar and sealed in jars.
Barney Dreyfuss recalls Hans Wagner’s first golf experience at Hot Springs where Wagner builds a four inch mound for the ball. An expert destroys the mound and sets a half inch height but Wagner prefers the high mound and then hits the longest drive ever recorded there.
Remove pits from large dark bing cherries and fill the cavities with blanched filberts. Arrange a few on head lettuce and serve with French dressing.
English army doctors argue city boys have keener hearing than country boys. They say rural quiet steadies aural nerves, while urban noise keeps them alert. The World notes that need, not noise, sharpens hearing, and cites frontier and forest experience as influential.
The piece reflects on making a fresh start after failure. It argues that starting anew requires careful choice of where to begin and how to proceed, noting the prevalent belief in second chances and the comfort of hope.
The cotton plant shifts from clothing to food with oil used in salad dressings and as fat substitutes. A Southern bakery sells 400 loaves weekly from cotton seed flour. Annual cotton seed product value reaches 250 million dollars with seed sold for 40 to 50 dollars per ton. The 5 million ton crop supports food supply amid high lard and dairy prices.
The figures show very low fatalities among factory operatives with deaths under two in ten thousand. A 1214 percent bonus to British munition workers costs about 700 million dollars annually. About 2400 college men are assigned to shipyards for the war. The federal bureau of mines records 2696 coal mine fatalities last year. Canadian unions seek a labor representative on the veterans vocational training committee.
The Capitol measures 751 feet 4 inches north to south and 350 feet east to west. It covers 153,112 square feet. The cast iron dome rises 287 feet 5 inches above the east front baseline with a 1385 feet 5 inches base diameter. Kreedom’s bronze statue on top stands 19 feet 6 inches high and weighs 14,985 pounds. The rotunda spans 96 feet 6 inches in diameter and reaches 6 feet 3 inches from floor to canopy.
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