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Newspaper
Scandia Journal
Location
Scandia, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Apr 29, 1926
Page
4
Union News reports dusty north winds and a real dust storm on Saturday. The Union Valley School closed Friday with a big basket dinner and a boys versus men ball game. Miss Smith returns next fall and local clubs meet for sharing recipes and lunch. Farmers plan corn planting as weather improves and fire devastates a brooder house killing about 150 chickens.
Aunt Aggie advises oil finishing for pine floors using boiled linseed oil or a turpentine mix to create a durable non slipping seal. Cleanliness and dust removal precede application. two coats may be absorbed. Linoleum is praised for kitchen durability. lay carefully, cement, wax for longevity, and avoid excessive water.
The Farm Calendar notes eggs should be incubated this week as June hatchings are often unprofitable. Heat, greens scarcity, feed costs, and internal parasites hinder growth. Potato tip and hopper burn signs require close watch, with Bordeaux spray listed as a preventative.
This spring farmers report that wheat beards and sweet clover should not be pastured until plants reach at least a foot in growth. Chick producers note self feeders. bran and mash can be fed. Gopher control grows with farmers taking shots at pests. Plum pudding may be scarce due to early April freezes, but apple and cherry pie remains likely. Kansas receives steers from Texas, Herefords to fatten on grass.
Vernon Wright commenced work for Henon Bartlett Monday morning. Logan Scott visited Scandia Monday. Grandpa Walter passed away Wednesday after a long illness. Funeral services were at Highland Baptist Church led by Rev. F. C. Hill of Miltonvale. Sympathy extended to the bereaved. Charlie Barleen shopped for beer in Concordia Monday. Erma Ethel Thomas visited with Dorothy and Clarence Gile. Mrs Nora Bowling and children spent weekend with mother Mrs Hattie Bertlett in Norway. School closed last Friday at Dist 81. A big dinner and ball game were enjoyed in the afternoon. Mary Cunningham of Concordia has been employed for next year. Mr. and Mrs. Bert Ainsworth of Concordia visited at the Harry Gile home Wednesday. Highland Baptist Ladies Aid will host an apron sale at Chester Loafbourrow home Friday evening April 30. Everyone invited. Ed Inghram helping care for the new baby at the Carl Gile home. Grandma Barleen visiting Henry Barleen. Will Gile’s spent Tuesday with Robert Rickabaugh in Scandia. Sale at Courtland on Saturday May 8 for horses mules or farm machinery. Tudor J Charles of Republic drove to the county seat Friday on business.
A royal mystery tied to the rumored centenary of Czar Alexander I reemerges as his tomb is opened. The coffin reportedly held nothing but lead when Soviet authorities inspected it, fueling theories of an alternate fate or disguise.
The term Battle of Spurs applies to two historic fights. In 1302 at Courtrai Flanders French nobles were routed by Flemish townspeople, 4000 golden spurs found among fallen knights. In 1513 at Gulnegate Calais Henry VIII’s English army defeated French forces, prompting the spur allusion to riders fleeing the field.
The article explains modern rotary newspaper presses print from curved cylinder plates on a continuous web. The presses rotate constantly and cut sheets from the reel, often including folding attachments to deliver folded papers. As newspapers grew larger, additional cylinder rows were added above the initial set.
A quip from The Progressive Grocer recounts a flustered bride asking a grocer for two dressed chickens and then deciding they should be sent undressed so her husband can dress and cook them at home. The exchange highlights wartime style thrift and household humor.
A humorous reminiscence describes Papa the ardent golfer returning late, greeting his son with a subdued mood. Junior asks how long a game takes and Papa quotes a three figure score, saying some fellows can’t play a game in a lifetime.
A barber boasts of his son who learns quickly and advances through school and military service. He claims the superintendent told him the son need not attend further after one year in high school and that, enlisting in the army, a two year stay sufficed, with discharge papers noting “For good of the service.”
A reader questions why a member of Congress is called a congressman and why a state senator is a senator but a House member cannot be called a houser. The piece argues for plain speech and consistent titles across legislatures.
Agricultural tests led by Blue Valley Creamery Institute show skim milk as the cheaper and more effective protein supplement for pigs. Minnesota College of Agriculture trials found ten pigs fed skim milk required 201 pounds of corn for a 100 pound gain at 5.48 dollars, versus 807 pounds of corn and 7.79 dollars with tankage, and pigs fed skim milk reached 83 pounds faster and at lower cost by 2.81 dollars per 100 pound gain.
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