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Newspaper
Scandia Journal
Location
Scandia, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Apr 18, 1918
Page
7
A fragment from The Kitchen Cabinet discusses contentment with simple living and modest ideals. It references poetry and philosophy, noting Shakespeare and David Swing as sources of reflection on material excess and worthy friendships.
A historical guide describes dried beans and lentils as meat substitutes with soaking and long slow cooking. It details Bean Chops using mashed beans, tomatoes, walnuts, herbs, and breadcrumbs baked until browned, and Nut Loaf with bread crumbs, nuts, eggs, milk, and a sage parsley stuffing, served with a nutty sauce and fruit garnish.
The Bulletin No 652 from the Agricultural Department in Washington provides honey based recipes. It includes Honey Bran Cookies Honey Popcorn Balls Honey Carmels Honey Orange Marmalade and a Honey Salad Dressing with eggs vinegar cream and spices. The notes advise careful cooking and storage and mention moisture absorption of honey.
The piece urges increased beekeeping and home food production amid wartime shortages. It notes government bee culture bulletins, attic honey possible from a single hive, and extracts both for cookery and table use. It includes recipes for Honey Mousse Custard and Ice Cream and mentions poultry and wool as scarce resources.
The piece argues Americans must economize food during war by reducing intake and focusing on vegetables and fruits. It urges women to lose excess weight, grow a larger garden, can surplus produce, and replace laxatives with natural greens like dandelion, watercress, pepper grass, and spinach to keep the body strong and healthy.
In Winona Minnesota Nerece Maynet and local dealers list muskrat meat for seven cents per pound reflecting a niche market. The item notes a regional sale price and community consideration of small game meat.
Green's August Flower advertised as a gentle laxative that regulates stomach and intestinal digestion, cleanses the alimentary canal, and stimulates bile production to purify the blood. Sold in all civilized countries. urged readers to give it a trial.
Little Tessie learns from mother that a dog wags to show pleasure while a cat swishes its tail when angry. Elsie finds her cat purring by the fire with tail swaying and asks why Silver Belle can be glad at one end and mad at the other. War shortages push use of foxglove tinctures as domestic digitalis substitutes.
A doctor lacking a nurse chart watched his wife fill a makeshift sheet with notes about the patient. The next day the doctor found many irrelevant remarks in the mock chart. The wife confessed she could not record all the swear words the husband used about the doctor.
An Trishiman operating a brick hoist on a building site was carried to the top floor and dropped to the ground. A fellow worker called up from scaffolding asking if he was hurt, but Pat responded angrily accusing the other man of ignoring him. The scene reflects a mix of tension and informal in workers’ banter.
A mother notices her son Edmund concealing a porous plaster in the library. He explains he plans to see what tune it will play. The excerpt blends quirky dialogue with a stray political quip about a Kansas farmer turned legislator and a humorous chair vote.
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