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Newspaper
Scandia Journal
Location
Scandia, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jan 18, 1917
Page
8
Through practical guidance this piece examines how promises shape a child’s discipline. It warns that repeated easy promises teach futility and urges parents to scale expectations, avoid forcing promises, and focus on developing reliable habits rather than bargaining for cooperation.
In a Pittsburgh Chronicle Telegraph snippet, Adamsonny of the Adamsonny vinegar works uses a talkaphone to dictate a busy day. Ariovistus and Miss Mushy observe as the office employs a novelty recording setup with pleasantries and repetitive calls.
The article explains the fourth dimension as a hypothetical extension beyond length width and thickness. It notes its use in fourth degree equations in analytic geometry and as an entity beyond ordinary existence. Some researchers link it to superphysical phenomena, though others see it as a geometric concept.
Advice from Modern Priscilla on saving gasoline by filtering used fuel after cleaning garments and household items. Create a makeshift funnel with filter paper from a druggist, pour the used gasoline through the paper to remove foreign particles, preserving quality though quantity drops.
A Pittsburgh Chronicle note describes a man scolding a servant and insisting I must pare. The servant asks where the master is going, sparking humor as the rascal gets another trial.
A detailed design for a roomy family home by William A. Radford emphasizes personalized cozy corners for each family member. It highlights a brick porch shinny siding a sunlit living room with a nook by the fireplace a bright kitchen and a functional basement with a laundry and storeroom plus four second floor bedrooms and two baths.
Inside window boxes should be built to fit the window frame with a zinc tray for drainage. Fill with gravel sand and replace plants as they fade. Geraniums remain the best indoor choice bloom all winter with proper care alongside hyacinths primroses lilies azaleas and fuchsias.
The article notes that Los Angeles covers an area of 837 square miles, highlighting the city’s geographic size and scale within its region.
An Italian investigator reports olive tree failure near oaks stems from soil impoverishment caused by oaks rather than any infectious agent. The assessment highlights soil depletion as the primary factor affecting vitality of the olives in affected areas.
An old advertisement touts Cuticura Soap and Ointment as effective for itching skin eczema rashes dandruff and more and offers a free sample by mail. A satirical aside notes a wife and husband rights dynamic about riding in a closed carriage reflecting period attitudes.
The article cites a census showing a sharp drop in turkeys nationwide with a statistician predicting the bird could become as scarce as the dodo within years. It highlights concern over dwindling numbers and potential future scarcity.
A fragment notes marital strain with a remark about a wife being a self-starter and engaged in trades. The text is incomplete, offering little context beyond a cranky interaction and a claim about the wife’s initiative.
A vintage advertisement promises rapid relief from sour stomach gas indigestion and dyspepsia with a fifty cent bottle of Pape's Diapepsin. It claims relief in five minutes and labels the product the quickest stomach doctor in the world. The copy ends with a quip about applause and matching couples.
J H Watson M D explains that swollen hands ankles and feet come from a dropsical condition due to kidney derangement. He cites uric acid in blood causing inflammation and urges taking hot water with Anuric before meals to flush kidneys and eliminate uric acid, noting its potency versus lithia.
The total number of trees in Purig streets is eighty six thousand with twenty six thousand plane trees sixteen thousand chestnuts and fourteen thousand elms.
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