Night toil and quiet dawn inspire silent ascent
A fragment reflects Longfellow lines about effort hidden in the night. The poem hints at nature’s sounds and a summer day’s heat while praising perseverance and achievement born from steady labor.
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Newspaper
Scandia Journal
Location
Scandia, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Aug 13, 1914
Page
4
A fragment reflects Longfellow lines about effort hidden in the night. The poem hints at nature’s sounds and a summer day’s heat while praising perseverance and achievement born from steady labor.
Advice on maintaining health and comfort in hot weather emphasizes moderation and exercise. The diet suggested includes a glass of water on waking, a light fruit breakfast with toast and coffee, a lettuce lunch with nuts and dressing, whole wheat bread, fruit, and a simple dinner of soup or a protein plus rice and greens with salad. A reflection quote by Whittier closes the piece.
A guidance piece on meatless meals emphasizing balanced nutrition using nuts beans and lentils with long cooking methods for dried legumes. It outlines bean chop recipes and suggests yeast like additions and cooking methods to maintain protein starch balance and energy.
A vintage kitchen note offers Dishes for the Day with a nut loaf and lemon soup. It details butter fried onion and fruit flavored sauces for nut loaf, crumbed bread loaf mix with parsley sage and celery, nuts, milk, and a slow bake. It ends with lemon soup and cream-filled pastry shells for dessert.
A dinner feature outlines Gypsy stew with new potatoes onions and green peas browned pork fat milk and seasonings served hot. Also notes Cottage pudding steamed in a melon mold with ginger cream pineapple pudding with layered cake and canned pineapple, spiced prunes, green pea and tomato soup and a general tip that meat soups can solve a family meal.
Kansas farmers show strong institute growth with 440 active units in 1913 1914 up from 300 the prior year. State College reports 408 visited institutes 281 one day and 128 two day meetings with 962 sessions and 29 445 in attendance. County campaigns in Cowley Bourbon Labette Cherokee Wilson Allen Leavenworth attract 900 each.
A Sunday School room shares playful quips from children about heaven and Grandpa. Myra asks if grandpa is really in heaven and Myra imagines him sneaking to smoke. Tommy’s joke defines a cant hook as a hornless cow in a log rolling lesson.
John A Bates who has long run an all night drug store in the Tenderloin explains the Fourth of July mood amid dull late night notes. A regular quips it being dull and Bates says he refused to sell alcohol all night as the holiday nears its end.
An eastern military academy night guard challenged a midnight caller. The student replied Moses, prompting the guard to order Advance Moses and give the Ten Commandments, highlighting a breach of military regulations.
A brief note highlights how some girls blush at unfamiliar ideas and moments, showing how discomfort sparks social nerves and self-conscious reactions.
A Wisconsin couple details their shift from coffee to Postum after years of sleeplessness irritability and weak nerves. They report clearer skin steadier nerves and better temper as they adapted to making Postum correctly. They note friends initially rejected it but later preferred it when prepared per directions.
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