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Newspaper
Scandia Journal
Location
Scandia, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Apr 17, 1919
Page
1
The article quotes Representative Esch advocating his bill for unscrambling railroads and contrasts optimism with pessimism in a series of wry exchanges. It cites a preacher challenging a pessimist and ends with a quip about a man without a country living in a town.
Jimmie answers his father's question about pronouns by defining them as words that stand for other words. He illustrates with examples like dern darn blame and doggone to show pronouns in everyday speech.
A quip contrasts two baking talents with a line about pyrography and mince pies. One character praises pies while noting a lack in apple pie skills, highlighting humorous kitchen competence.
An old newspaper advertisement promotes GOLD MEDAL Haarlem Oil Capsules claiming kidney disease results from kidney trouble and promising relief within 24 hours. It urges readers to buy the product from a druggist, with continued use to maintain health and prevent further attacks.
A couple walk in silence nearly a week until a heated exchange reveals hurt and care. She accuses him of indifference while he admits concern yet balks at a demand. She powders her nose on the crowded pavement as he turns away to gaze into piano shop windows.
A conversation between Mr. Comrox and a narrator recalls rumors of late dancing at a wife's party. Comrox doubts the tale, noting how after midnight the hours feel excessively long as he waits to retire.
A quip notes many men claim to cure hams yet struggle to obtain them, arguing practical skill often does not translate to procurement.
The London Mail notes vast uninvested cash in Britain. In a Yorkshire village a fisherman keeps five thousand dollars in notes at a cottage costing thirty dollars a year, and a boat worth about fifteen hundred dollars. In a nearby town another fisherman hoards five thousand dollars, refusing to invest for safety. A country woman in a town carries two thousand half sovereigns in a handbag kept at home, even sleeping with it and recalling it at the station.
A wry reflection on romance where intelligence and charm do not guarantee virtue. A well-read man may fall short in fidelity as a woman seeks her ideal and then looks for a substitute.
A reflection on choosing prudent friends over zealous ones and a warning that true education now requires knowledge of food composition, body use, and hygiene. The quote emphasizes practical literacy and cleanliness as essential virtues for both young men and women.
A recipe collection shows methods for using haddock into fish croquettes with shallot pepper and milk sauce, a peach tapioca dessert, a potato salad with eggs and pimento, a chocolate souffle, and quick dinner biscuits. A closing Colton quote notes that strong friendships form in adversity.
A midwestern home guide extols early spring greens such as poke dock sorrel and dandelion for purifying blood and canning for winter use. It provides step by step canning methods for dandelion greens beet tops spinach and Swiss chard plus recipes for Baltimore chicken lemon pie escalloped tomatoes and potato dishes including lemon cream sherbet and fruit juice sherbet ideas.
Dainty desserts follow a light dinner with a recipe for French Cream Puffs using butter water flour eggs and whipped cream. Emergency Soup blends beef extract milk flour and seasonings. Napoli Spaghetti uses bacon onion tomatoes tomato paste mace and bay leaf with spaghetti. Mushrooms on Toast tops bread rounds with butter mushrooms shallots paprika and parsley. A quoted line from O W Holmes closes the excerpt.
For years druggists have noted the strong record of Dr Kilmer s Swamp Root the kidney liver and bladder remedy. It is a physician s prescription strengthening medicine aiding the organs to do nature s work. Swamp Root has stood the test of years and is sold by all druggists on its merits. Get Swamp Root and start treatment today. Send ten cents for a sample bottle and mention this paper. If a man cannot look you in the eye better look his horse in the mouth.
Green's August Flower is advertised as a gentle laxative that regulates digestion, cleanses the stomach and intestinal canal, and stimulates bile production to purify the blood. It claims to treat ailments from sour stomach to nervous indigestion and is sold internationally. The ad also notes a proverb about a speechless Indy and a $20 gold piece on the page.
Advertisements tout Othine double strength for freckles and Cuticura for skin, plus Danderine claims to stop dandruff and promote new hair growth within weeks. The blitz includes Knowlton's Dandeline and various quips about beauty and vanity.
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