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Newspaper
Scandia Journal
Location
Scandia, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Feb 07, 1908
Page
3
All sums of ten dollars and under payable in cash. For amounts over ten dollars a credit of twelve months is offered with on-note secured at eight percent interest from date. No property may be removed until full settlement.
Hog supplies are lighter than two to three weeks ago yet prices remain firm with top hogs near 4.47 and bulk trades at 4.20 to 4.40. Packers hold heavy on-hand stocks while some traders expect demand to rise as colder weather boosts consumption, with run at 20,000 and general market strength possible. The W G C T A meets Mrs J T Gooper on Friday February 7 at 3 pm to discuss important business and urge prompt attendance.
W R Wells from Belleville spoke on local politics Thursday and announced his candidacy for county treasurer with no opposition.
A collection of agricultural advice discusses choosing reliable lanterns for winter, disposing old ones, and buying quality. It notes fall plowing kills pests by exposing them to air and frost, compares fertilizer versus manure spreaders, and urges greasing and drying tools like plows for spring use.
Miss Matilda Erickson aged about 56 died at her East Scandia home on Monday February 3. A Lutheran funeral was led by Rev. HWE Sandstedt. Born in Sweden in 1844 she immigrated to America in 1869 and moved to Scandia in 1884. Her husband was John Erickson. She was a half sister of Mrs. J A Anderson and had one son Willie who died in Wyoming years ago without her knowledge. A later note mentions a shower for Miss Carrie Fledberg hosted by Mr and Mrs B B Beckman and others with several attendees and refreshments.
The potato crop is one of the best for farmers as it exhausts the land little and yields good money value. Tubers are largely water and starch. leaves and stalks are plowed in. Few diseases attack potatoes and spraying controls most. Only major insect is the Colorado beetle, large and easy to find, making destruction a matter of effort.
A cellar kept cool reduces moisture loss from potatoes roots and vegetables through evaporation. Higher temperatures accelerate shrinkage and dehydration, affecting weight and storage quality of the produce.
A 1908 analysis shows U.S. timber consumption rising faster than population since 1880. Nine states supplied over half the output in 1880 and 1906, yet several shifted dramatically in share. Estimates warn timber supplies could last only about 33 years at current rates without better forest management.
The Belleville Telescope editor A. Q. Miller is described as a target of railroad politician pressure. The remark calls him the biggest fool on earth for being led around and by the nose, reflecting tensions in the era.
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