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Newspaper
Scandia Journal
Location
Scandia, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Aug 23, 1951
Page
3
Negotiations in Kaesong for a Korea cease fire resumed after Communists pledged neutrality. Gen Ridgway cut talks briefly after violations. UN presses for honor on both sides amid no progress on a demilitarized zone.
The treasury reports people in small towns buy more defense bonds. In the first five months of 1951 $25 and $50 bonds rose 11 percent from the same period a year earlier, while $1,000 bonds were down. A treasury spokesman said investors shift funds to real estate and stocks, prompting a new national drive to boost sales of smaller bonds.
The praying mantis, three inches or more, green or brown, silently ambushes prey with folded forelegs. It feeds on caterpillars beetles moths bees and even spiders and is harmless to people. Farmers protect egg-cases in gardens as this hunger helps control crop pests.
Outdoor furniture set includes a large card-table sized table and a smaller coffee-table height table. Both fold flat when pegs are removed. Made with patterns 298 and 292. Patterns cost 25 cents each. Workshop Pattern Service, Rower 10, Bedford Hills NY. Color studies show white helmets stay cooler than black in hot sun.
Nearby woodlands offer nursery stock for rural families planning landscape improvements. Common plantings include rhododendron dogwood scotch pine holly pine laurel and shade trees such as American elm ash and oak. Evergreens provide screening options to fit many landscaping plans.
The article describes a new process tanning goose skins and dyeing the down to produce luxuriously soft pelts. It notes high fashion interest and potential uses from powder puffs to hats and bathing suits, signaling a lucrative future for goose raisers.
In Henderson Kentucky area farmers report over 1000 hogs dead from an unidentified disease this summer. Veterinarians note the illness has recurred for several years and has affected more than 150 hog herds with rising losses.
A brief note states that removing nonlaying hens reduces costs. It also mentions that chameleon color-changing ability is often exaggerated and that other lizards share similar color-changing powers.
Local hospital directs students and advisers to seek nursing careers. Officials encourage enrollment in collegiate or hospital school of nursing programs and urge contacting the Director of Nurses for guidance.
Beauty experts hail Hazel Bishop lasting lipstick as color true and smear resistant. It stays on from morning to evening and through eating, kisses, and normal wear. Available at drug or department stores for $1.10 plus tax with a full refund if not satisfied.
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