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Newspaper
Scandia Journal
Location
Scandia, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jan 26, 1922
Page
3
Dietary advice notes Americans eat more than needed and should slow chewing to feel full sooner. Recipes include baked apples with sugar and nutmeg, eggs shirred with sausages, and caramel ice cream topping for apple pie. Caramel is made by browning sugar then adding hot milk and cream.
Poetic couplet urges readers to drink from Ramona’s well and trust the blessing of sandaled friar as a source of luck and hidden desires.
Article advises using butter substitutes like chicken fat sour cream or bacon fat when prices rise. It explains water content matters and suggests adding chopped nuts for value. Promotes using USDA bulletins for guidance and keeping an emergency shelf of canned foods as a financial safety net.
A United States Department of Agriculture prepared guide describes stuffing geese with noodles for three to four weeks to achieve heavy fattening. Geese are fed 3–7 noodles per session at four hour intervals, using a noodle mix of corn meat, oil, barley and flour, rolled and boiled, with careful feeding to avoid waste and maintain water access. Noodled geese commonly weigh 25–26 pounds with yearly weights around 40 pounds.
Combs freeze at night when fowls roost and drafts or cracks in windows cause cold air. Keep houses tight and dry at night and add windbreaks during the day in severe weather to reduce freezing.
Do not assume more feed means more eggs. Beginners often overfeed poultry, but the key is keeping laying hens from getting fat. A fat hen is lazy and tired. better to feed so hens stay slightly hungry. Check fat by rear body color to judge excess fat.
Pullets should be fed carefully to maximize egg production. A tested mix includes 25 pounds bran 25 pounds corn meal 25 pounds ground oats 25 pounds shorts 25 pounds meat scraps or tankage and 1/4 pound fine table salt. If sour milk is plentiful reduce meat scrap to 12 1/2 pounds.
In a playful exchange, Mr Sun boasts of summer warmth and smiles that light faces, while Madame Snow notes his mischiefs and rest periods. He recalls a summer prank making a boy blush with heat, freckles, and bright sunshine, claiming winter sees better behavior.
A teacher asks about the meaning of every cloud has a silver lining. A boy replies that it means finding a bright side when things seem bad, such as when a boy is too sick to attend school, and must stay home.
Ruth, youngest among relatives at Hunting hill, returns from a sick leave to find a tiny apple pie at her place. She wonders if the treat is meant for her or shared, reflecting on safety and respect at family meals in the Wayside Tales excerpt.
An advertisement touts Dr Kilmer Swamp Root as a premier remedy for kidney liver and bladder ailments. It claims fast mild and healing effects and urges readers to try a sample by sending ten cents to Dr Kilmer Co in Binghamton New York.
A Birmingham Age-Herald snippet quotes a quarrel over a detective inspecting a window sill. A mild neighbor across the street complains that the inspector is in the wrong house and scope, prompting a retort about mistaken location.
A cautionary line on impractical schemes and chasing grand plans without evidence. The speaker dismisses poetic ideas like planting sunflowers to influence weather and criticizes wishful thinking over practical action.
A firsthand ad style testimonial from Mrs. J W Evalson claims health gains after using Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription and Golden Medical Discovery for weakness and a persistent catarrhal cough. It urges readers to seek these medicines at local drug stores and offers trial packaging or free advice from Dr. Pierce's Lavalida Hotel in Buffalo. An animal exchange ad for live rabbits and other animals is included.
A Chicago Phoenix joke frames Sambo in heaven and Rastus on earth sharing a coal mine afterlife chat. Rastus says he’s happy, mostly shoveling coal, while Sambo describes sweeping clouds, pulling stairs, and pushing the sun each morning. They note a shortage of help in heaven.
The Flash amusingly reports Harry Warren, five year old son of E A Distler, quipping that his father must stop singing or he might kill the baby as he sang to sleep. The anecdote appears in a Detroit Free Press sourced piece.
An astronomer argues the term fixed for stars is a misnomer but notes some stars appear immovable. The remark appears in the Boston Transcript script.
A number of prominent magazine writers are applying their storytelling skills to advertising, enhancing ad copy with narrative flair. Industry observers note the trend blends literary voice with brand messaging across several key publications.
A fragment notes a playful exchange about time in marriage. The quoted characters discuss waiting and appearance with gentle humor, ending with a line about it being a matter of wife time.
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