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Newspaper
New Oxford Item
Location
New Oxford, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jun 30, 1921
Page
1
The article extols American legal uniqueness such as courts striking unconstitutional acts and direct treason proof, contrasting with other nations. It highlights the contract clause and the sanctity of contracts as foundations of progress, asserting citizen responsibility under representative government.
A Nebraska governor's wife describes her daily duties managing a twenty-one room home without servants. She details cooking, child care, social obligations, and constant communication while upholding family traditions of service and living constructively.
A thought experiment posits a cataclysm erasing all mathematics texts, symbols, and computing devices. Worlds would slow. finance, industry, and transport collapse as numbers disappear. Ships would lose navigation, steel girders lose dimensions, and cities like New York would face economic and logistical collapse.
A fragmented piece urges expanding home ownership to stabilize society and economy. It argues thrift through owning a home builds independence and future security, urging readers to plan, save, and pursue ownership as civic duty and personal prosperity.
A meditation on human nature arguing that most people act from good motives. It compares people to a garden where kindness and love cultivate positive growth while envy and greed produce weeds. Each person must tend their own garden and give doubt to motives until proven bad, the belief that good prevails.
A terse exchange notes Crimson Gulch big gaming resort has closed after a police action. Three-flingered Sam claims police involvement, but another says Cactus Joe finished with a winning streak.
The piece traces how Admiral Edward Vernon popularized rum and water onboard his ship, giving rise to the terms grog and grag as sailor slang and tying them to his nickname Old Grog and the grogram cloak worn by sailors. Mount Vernon is named after him.
An article praises entrepreneurial women turning ideas into successful ventures, highlighting Elsie Shaver of New York who created a line of dolls and built a thriving shop. It notes hard work accompanies luck, with other examples in advertising and retail, urging self-initiative over waiting for luck.
A dated verse reflects on a tiny ant laboring under heavy loads in the sun. The speaker watches the creature haul grains and a straw piece, noting its persistence and the eventual triumph of a larger power over its world.
A retired merchant recalls a day of tense exchanges with eccentric locals Kersmith Gooseworthy Farthingdale and Featherly. He laughs at moving woes and a fiery confrontation with Featherly after a playful slap on the back turns sour.
A collage of culinary instructions and poetic lines describing making peas with mint and a green salad with bacon fat or olive oil. Includes Herring Salad heavy with eggs and potatoes, French dressing with onion juice and cream cheese, and a nutmeg scented warm sauce. A blend of prose and recipe fragments in a historical cookbook style.
A dated cooking line describes pressing eye-white and yolks through a ricer then serving with a rich dressing. The dressing is enriched by whipped cream, suggesting a delicate, airy finish to the dish.
Soften gelatin in cold water then add boiling water. Strain and mix with ginger ale sugar and lemon juice. Fold in strawberries and banana, chill. Serve unmolded on lettuce with French dressing. Top toast with poached eggs over anchovy paste and buttered crisp toast slices. Western Newspaper Union.
A timid doughboy on his first day under fire flees his company retreating rearward. He reaches a portly officer who reveals himself as General Richardson. The shocked soldier learns he has already run a great distance and is overwhelmed by the encounter.
The account notes Abraham’s journey to Canaan, his dwelling near Hebron, and the altar he built at Mamre. It adds that a great oak marks the site, revered by Christians Jews and Mohammedans, preserved under Turkish rule through multi faith protection.
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