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Newspaper
Scandia Journal
Location
Scandia, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Aug 16, 1928
Page
2
The Scandia Journal of Scandia Kansas notes postal usage for second class mail matter through W P Plotner and Son, publishers, indicating its entry at the Scandia post office.
The population grows at about 1.7 million per year, with the growth rate declining due to lower birthrates and immigration limits. Farm production rose 14 percent from 1917–21 to 1922–26, while population rose under 9 percent. Continental area is 1.903 million square miles with harvested crops 865 million acres, forests 388 million, pastures 818 million, and unused land 237 million acres. Harvested area could rise to over 900 million acres if needed.
Home Hints presents cucumber pickles and sweet pickle basics with onion, pepper and spice blends. Recipes include cucumber onion layers with vinegar sugar and mustard seed and a pepper sauce combining peppers onions vinegar sugar and salt, all sealed in sterile jars.
The Christmas Seal Doctor argues that contagious disease is not spread by healthy people but can pass via used dishes and glasses. He advises against visiting or inviting into a home with illness until a safe period passes and stresses purifying water and milk. The Kansas Tuberculosis Association aids Pottawatomie Indians in Jackson County, noting tuberculosis prevalence among youths. Heatstroke risks rise for workers in barns and haylofts, and fumigation plus soap, water, and sun are emphasized for disinfection. A bridal quip ends with a jest about a wife keeping another man.
Destruction of weeds early boosts next year’s wheat yields while weeds in early plowed land negate tillage benefits. Seed treatment does not prevent corn smut. soil-borne pathogen attacks during growth. Salt access for livestock is essential on pasture and in winter. Plan poultry buildings now and contact the extension architect for blueprints. Fall rye pasture aids early forage. winter vetch improves orchard nitrogen. Good farming pays, illustrated by wheat economics.
W. E. Grimes and M. A. Preble report better harvest results with increased wheat yields for careful farmers. Andy Goodman received a Whippet coupe earlier in the week. Mr. and Mrs. Joe Cline traveled to Copeland to visit his parents, Mr. and Mrs. C. A. Cline.
Last Thursday afternoon a group of ladies gathered at Mrs. John Branstrom's home to honor Mrs. O J Lundberg's birthday and her own. Attendees included Mrs. Lundberg, Alein and Marguerite, Mrs. Anna Swanson, Miss Emma, Mrs. G Jeandebeur and Ada, Mrs. John Larson, Mrs. C A Isaacson, Miss Carrie Aberg, and Mrs. R A Rasmussen. A fine lunch was served with John Brandstrom and Rev O J Lundberg among the guests.
Allen Somers left Saturday for St Joseph Missouri to spend a few weeks at a hospital for treatment of a malignant growth on his neck. He was taken there by his brother Aaron Somers of Nardin Oklahoma who with his wife arrived here Friday. Louis Stofer assisting in building his father's new house fell from the roof Monday and sustained a badly sprained foot.
Mrs. O F Fredin of Belleville was in Scandia on Tuesday afternoon for business.
John Henry Miller of Goodland is in town for a brief stay with relatives, spending a few days visiting family members.
Mr and Mrs Louis Johnson of Chicago and Mr and Mrs A B Johnson of Manhattan visited Saturday and Sunday with Mr and Mrs Aaron Johnson and relatives. They mostly returned to Manhattan Monday with Miss Jennie Nylund and Evelyn. The Nylund and Johnson families plus Mr and Mrs J R Nystrom held a riverside picnic south of town on Sunday.
Rev and Mrs O J Lundberg and Marguerite leave Thursday for Genoa Nebraska to visit relatives for a day. They then travel to Sioux City for Sunday, on to Minneapolis Minnesota for the Central Northwestern conference, with a Monday night stop in Lafayette. Is your subscription paid up.
The Scandia ball team will only in return game with Formosa Sunday.
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