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Newspaper
Scandia Journal
Location
Scandia, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jan 05, 1928
Page
3
Local notice from The Scandia Journal announces subscription rates of $1.50 per year for readers in Scandia Kansas and lists J W Plotner and Son Publishers as the publisher. The item notes post office mailing details as second class mail matter.
Upward hog prices averaged 31 months for some periods with a general upward phase of 36 months. Since 1862 there have been 11 distinct swings. the major trend since June 1926 has been downward and is likely to continue into 1928. The main cause is the expansion and contraction of production. January to March often show strength in downward trends. Over 6,000,000 farm units exist in the United States. Agriculture earned about 20 percent of total income from 1909 to 1919 and about 10 percent since 1920. The president of the National Grange is L. J. Taber.
The notes discuss ordering nursery stock early for complete availability and accurate fulfillment, plus advice on lambing in January and February, marketing winter pullets, detecting green sage in wheat, preventing cream freezing in dairy, reselection of seed corn, cooperative economics for farmers, and local icehouse activity with Peterson Brothers and others in Salina.
Washington outlines aerial signposts to mark city names for pilots. Large chrome yellow letters on roofs with arrows indicating airports will be illuminated by floodlights. Specifications cover roof types letter height spacing and dual sided signs for sloped roofs.
New York reports Dr. William H. Park notes New York City health department tracks experiments by Dr. Victor Ross in Bloomfield New Jersey. Rats fed hydrochloric acid killed pneumonia germs developed resistance to live strains and age did not affect immunity. Monkeys planned next. See Russell Moe for truck hauling. Owner may recover a red hog by proving property and paying feed.
A 1926 report details milk purification efforts in Edgecomb County North Carolina including a central depot in Tarboro pasteurization and city delivery. It notes a price drop to 12 cents a quart and revenue of about 800 dollars monthly as consumption rises. Also included are classified notices and an administrator's probate notice for F A Berggren with claims deadlines.
Dr Walter D Lambert of the coast and geodetic survey reports at Prague that the earth tides rise and fall with solar and lunar attraction. He notes measurements remain uncertain due to complex calculations and limited instruments, but the existence and periodic movements are established.
The Lincoln Journal, the area’s only large morning paper serving Nebraska Kansas border counties, sells daily for under 6 a year and daily with Sunday for under 5 a year. It boasts a 24 hour plant and printing after 5 PM, delivering the latest news by early trains.
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