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Newspaper
Scandia Journal
Location
Scandia, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jan 13, 1921
Page
1
Arthur and Lily greet a rustic shelter at Hungry Hall as Harris and McCrae scout land to the Turtle mountain slopes. Aleck McCrae proposes a trading debt and depots while Harris and Mary press toward homesteading with neighborly support and a new shared venture.
Dissatisfied Canadian schoolteacher John Harris leaves his town and takes up land in Manitoba to become a home seaker. He marries Mary who pledges to join him. Alec McCrae aids their journey as a pioneer adviser while Fred Arthurs offers local support. They travel prairie routes, choose a homestead, and Mary insists on accompanying Harris at possession.
An item discusses repairing holes in plastered walls using plaster of Paris. It notes that painted or tinted walls show worse contrast when filled, and suggests matching wall color by mixing plaster with coloring from washing waists to avoid drawing attention.
An excerpt from Western Newspaper Union quotes about a kitchen cabinet and the poetry and pathos in human experience. The passage features a reflective note on sorrow and comedy seen through dull gray eyes spoken in an ordinary tone.
A household guide lists meals and desserts from Chicken Pudding to Pineapple Pie and Tapioca with Pineapple. Recipes cover custards, breads, and a Strawberry Turkish Paste, plus a closing note praising cherished books over cheap ones.
The passage describes preparing corned beef hash with vegetables and fat, serving with a ring of potato mash, and baking bananas with butter. It also includes mint sauce for roast lamb and creamed cabbage with butter flour milk sauce baked with cheese and crumbs.
USDA pigeon specialists outline steps to keep male pigeons healthy and disease free. Maintain clean houses and yards, dry ventilated spaces, and gravel floors. Regularly remove sick birds, keep nests clean, and treat parasites with safe disinfectants and dusting methods.
Poultry specialists advise keeping hens active during spring and winter by providing free range exercise and enticing feed. Use four to eight inches of litter, suspend cabbage or grain to stimulate jumping, and scatter grain to motivate work. Replace damp litter promptly to maintain cleanliness.
USDA recommends winter greens for hens including sprouted oats alfalfa meal chopped alfalfa and clover hay cabbages and mangel beets Cabbages may be hung in the poultry house and beets split and placed on a shelf to keep feed clean Keep oyster shells grit charcoal and clean drinking water available at all times
When pullets are forced to lay early by stimulants or highly concentrated feed it injures vitality. Forced layers produce small eggs for a period and then take longer to resume laying. Prematurely old, they are generally less profitable than hens allowed to mature before laying.
The lace industry in Valenciennes and Bailleul is slowly reviving after four years of shelling. Before the war these towns were lace centers, but war destroyed cottages and mills. Now the world seeks the prewar lace, as Irish lace cannot meet demand and Garfield Tea is advertised for health.
A young doctor visits Mary Ellen, aunt present, and the girl remains aloof as he presses for a kiss. Mary Ellen cites her brother Bob’s warning never to kiss a doctor and adds a fear of worms in the throat. A closing quip links farming to a laughing field.
Mrs. John Hill, age 80, says Eatonic relieved her sour stomach after grip and ongoing indigestion. The ad claims Eatonic takes up and carries out excess acidity and gases, easing heartburn, bloating, and distress, with a big box priced as a trifling cost under a druggist guarantee.
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