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Newspaper
Scandia Journal
Location
Scandia, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Aug 30, 1928
Page
2
A quirky Scandia Kansas item features jokes about employment at a gas plant and a pun on wheel out a barrow of smoke. It also includes a light exchange between Evelyn and mother about prettiness and a quip on the permanent wave and inventor.
Aunt Aggie offers guidance for September school preparation. She recommends raglan sleeves for comfort, careful sleeve choices to avoid tearing, and long enough garments to allow growth and tucks. The column also shares simple dress designs, easy fastenings, and practical sewing advice for young children.
K A S C farm calendar highlights weed control and preventing volunteer wheat. Kafirsmut control costs about one cent per acre with 60 percent of seed treated. farmers urged to reach near 100 percent next year. Hog profits and delousing practices noted. vines layered to replace missing growth. sons joining farming businesses encouraged with careful arrangements.
Ornithologists show daylight length, not weather, nudges birds south in heat and back north as days lengthen. The Arctic tern nests near the Arctic edge, travels 11 000 miles to Antarctica, and back, following 24 hours of daylight at the solstices.
Hileen Bourne urges self-analysis to curb facial tics and recommends eye checkups with an oculist. She suggests using court plaster between the brows as a reminder, followed by cold cream massage, ice, daily facial exercises, and rest to control muscles and reduce frowning.
Excerpt reflects on inns as comforting waypoints for travelers offering warmth, companionship, and shared relief from daily austerity. The Preface from The Book of the Inn notes inns invite fellowship amid winter mists and night, framing them as humane refuges on the road. The question about subscription is asked at the end.
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