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Newspaper
Scandia Journal
Location
Scandia, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Dec 13, 1917
Page
14
A family of eight in a large automobile stops at a northern state farmhouse for water. The farmer’s wife serves a meal as visiting children roam the home. The farmer’s oldest son hints the father sensed the visit. the tale ends with the father recalling a premonition after his leg was broken.
The Red Cross Magazine notes Englund’s push to restore school systems and shorten factory hours, plus bolster child welfare agencies. Sir Herbert Fisher urged Parliament to add 8.83 million pounds to education funding. A juvenile education committee backs a fourteen year school leaving age, abolition of exemptions, and city continuation schools with eight hours weekly compulsory attendance.
Article promotes combining ice and milk houses on farms to cut waste and walking. It details structural tile insulation, wall and roof care, plumbing, engine provision, and chimneys. It suggests placements near the farmhouse, and outlines uses for milk, cream, skimmed milk, and feeding via calves and pigs to boost returns.
Washington Irving used Geoffrey Crayon Diedrich Knickerbocker Jonathan Oldstyle and Salmagundi. Other notable noms de plume include Artemus Ward by Charles F Browne Hans Brettman by Charles G Leland Peter Parley by Samuel G Goodrich Tk Marvel by Donald G Mitchell Oliver Optic by William T Adams Mark Twain by Samuel L Clemens Paul Creyton by J T Trowbridge Sut Lovingood by George W Harris Cronker by Fitzgreene Halleck.
Witty quip about a man famed for biting off more than he can chew and his stubborn spouse humorously described as fierce as a bear in this lively old-time nugget.
A diet and home cooking column offers Chestnut Soup Chestnut Stuffing Nut and Olive Salad Pepper Hash Quick Chocolate Frosting and advice about happiness health and character. It emphasizes home life, personal effort and avoiding squandered opportunities with quotes from Isabel Thury and Stevenson.
Advice urges housewives to stretch resources by using skim milk and leftovers. The article outlines recipes Maryland Chowder with corn tomato mix and potatoes, and Grapefruit Salad with endive oil and seasonings, plus tips to cut costs without sacrificing flavor.
A jumble of kitchen tips and recipes outlines fudge keeping methods in hot water to prevent hardening, prune pudding cups with gelatin, ham scraps for fillings, water from hambone for navy beans, cauliflower with onion sauce, and onions stuffed with sausage plus a closing quip about luxury versus necessity and a George Eliot quote.
A collection of meatless recipes including Nut Filled Potatoes with candied cream, parsley and nut meats baked in shells, Harvard Salad with celery olives beets and eggs in lettuce nests, Nut and Pecan Salad with prunes and citrus oil, and Cheese Canapes on toasted whole wheat rounds with cream cheese and red peppers.
A light exchange notes a young woman knitting for soldiers and juggling affections. One character defends her, saying three sweethearts in the army are not excessive when considering casual ties and not dying an old maid.
An examining physician for a major life insurance company notes many insurance rejections stem from undiagnosed kidney trouble. Druggists report Swamp-Root by Kilmer’s as a successful remedy. buyers can test a sample by sending ten cents to Kilmer & Co in Binghamton, NY.
A nervous friend is reassured as the speaker notes George has joined the Red Cross in London. He is learning first aid and knows hospital locations, offering comfort and safety.
Green's August Flower is advertised as a universal treatment for disordered stomachs and related ailments. It acts as a gentle laxative, harmonizes digestion, cleanses the stomach and alimentary canal, and stimulates bile production while purifying the blood. Sold worldwide in 80 and 90 cent bottles.
A customer complains that the chairs are fashionable but very uncomfortable. The salesman retorts that the chairs have a biting charm as a caller sits, she does not stay long.
A young woman responding to an ad explains she left her previous job after the employer demonstrated how to make corn pones, claiming she is from Kentucky and quit in protest. The Indianapolis News reports the anecdote as a vignette of workplace dispute and quirk.
A cautious humorous note observes that a prank aimed at the speaker themselves rarely lands well. The quip suggests self directed humor lacks universal bite.
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