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Newspaper
Scandia Journal
Location
Scandia, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Aug 23, 1917
Page
4
A 10-section observation Pullman sleeping car will be placed on Highland College campus to supplement dorms. The car, housing forty people with a reading room and vestibule, was donated after a fundraising effort and will be permanently integrated with school facilities.
Kansas highway commission hearings closed as it approves routes for federal aid. Key plan ties Horton to Topeka and Scranton via the Santa Fe trail with east west corridors, plus a Lawrence Baldwin Ottawa link and Eskridge to Council Grove route. Statewide county engineer appointments set. forty counties must act by September 7.
Guards thwart an arson attempt near Camp Funston frame buildings at Fort Riley later reporting a light and a small oil soaked pile found beneath a barracks. A pursuing guard fired five shots as a man fled on foot and later a rider escaped on a horse.
The quote recalls a wartime call to action by Herbert Hoover urging eliminating waste and practicing self sacrifice in food consumption. It frames food scarcity as a grave threat to civilization and urges Americans to eat wisely without waste while avoiding starvation.
Summer treats feature gelatin based desserts such as Fig and Orange Jelly Spice Jelly Rice a la Creme and Chocolate Cream Pudding. Each recipe blends gelatin with fruit juice milk or cream and is served chilled often with cake frosting and citrus notes.
Poem fragment notes the speaker’s view that sunflowers feel heartless and scentless while gold represents a garden that banishes care. The verse reflects personal imagery and twilight mood.
This article outlines several practical canning approaches. The Oven Method uses jars in a hot oven with syrup, testing for doneness, and allows overnight prep. A wild fruit camping method places jars in a boiler with boiling water and heat-retaining coverings for twenty four hours to achieve airtight seals.
A Georgian cook shares simple peach pickle methods and a recipe for Cream of Asparagus Soup. The peach method uses firm cling stone peaches packed with shup or sugar, sealed and stored cool for months. The soup combines asparagus tips, stock, white sauce, milk and cream, served with tips floating in each cup. Royal Chutney recipe follows with apples sugar raisins mustard seeds ginger salt pepper and vinegar simmered eight hours.
A vintage recipe collection describes cheese cracker bites toasted with cream cheese and pecans on crackers, served with celery. It also includes a maple butter tea biscuit roll, English chutney from mixed fruits and vinegar, and Belgian carrots with butter parsley and sugar. A closing verse reflects on distant hearts knowing each other.
Lawrence Bros of Vera Saskatchewan tell how they fled from the States selling a shotgun for ten dollars in 1906 to file homesteads and acquire a section and a half of land plus three quarters more. They now report 1700 sheep 70 cattle 60 horses and high wheat and oats yields. Automobiles and modern comforts are spreading as western prosperity grows in 1917.
A humorous line plays on lending and speed. The speaker notes a borrower who never asks twice for a loan, likening it to lightning that does not strike in the same place twice. The dialogue implies prudence or luck in borrowing behavior.
Anoint spots of dandruff with Cuticura Ointment and follow with a hot Cuticura Soap shampoo. The ad claims hair returns after dandruff vanishes and suggests daily Cuticura Soap use. Free sample by mail with book from Curticura Dept L Boston. World everywhere.
In a rural dialogue, Farmer Corn tos sel vows to run the farm to make his son Josh proud as he enters the army. The exchange centers on pride, duty, and familial responsibility.
A noble heiress pursues wealth and social standing through her title yet discovers that status cannot secure fulfillment. Her choices spark tension with family expectations and personal ambitions, highlighting the contrast between wealth and true happiness.
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