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Newspaper
Scandia Journal
Location
Scandia, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jul 07, 1911
Page
8
Barbara Boyd argues in the Chicago Post that mental states are central to beauty. Negative emotions such as anger envy jealousy and fear harm appearance by altering digestion nerves and facial expression, while cultivating right mental states can enhance complexion eyes lips and overall charm.
A novelty magnet thimble shown in a cut uses a horse shoe magnet fastened to the thimble so its ends project slightly. It may lift fish hooks and, if practical, could help pick up needles without angering the wearer. Popular Electricity notes the idea but offers no verdict on usefulness.
The article features novel scarfs with matching bags. One scarf uses fine cotton voile in creamy white with Egyptian embroidery in bright colors. A second option uses pure white fabric with silk and bead embroideries in blue and green tones.
The text notes that long V shaped hoods stay fashionable on short coats. They are made from the coat material or satin or silk in the same color. Hoods are faced with vivid silk and secured with a thick tassel.
A guide emphasizes precise tailoring from guimpe fit to glove fastenings and skirt vents. It notes that well chosen buttons on wash dresses and concealed edges convey care. The text stresses small details as indicators of neatness and propriety.
Beading remains popular across dressy and lingerie waists, with cotton voile and marquisette models showing beaded accents. Wash beads highlight yoke cuts and collar cuffs, while cotton floss French knots imitate beads and endure laundering. Some designs use knots solidly, others as outlines.
Walter Wellhouse, Kansas horticultural secretary, reports statewide fruit crops at 33 percent apples and 10 percent peaches versus last year. Grapes look strongest at 69 percent, with small fruits yielding more than year prior and regional variations across districts.
Fifty Hutchinson women began digging the excavation for the South Hutchinson Methodist church. By hosting ice cream suppers oyster suppers and small subscriptions they raised funds for construction but could not cover labor for the basement. They organized a pick and shovel brigade.
A pest invasion by bag worms, first seen in Atchison years ago, worsened by dry weather this season. Shade trees lose foliage and some are killed. An expert predicted a fatal parasite would curb the pests, but the parasite did not arrive this spring.
At a Wichita board meeting of the Kansas state poultry show it was decided the next show will be held in Dodge City. C. M. Deitrick of Dodge promised a $700 bonus to lure the event, and the offer was accepted. The show is scheduled for the week of January 8 to 13, 1912.
An Eastern cigarette maker says he found a plan to dodge Kansas anti cigarette rules by wrapping cigarettes in a very thin asbestos sheet that does not shed ashes. The covering remains intact and a sample was sent to the attorney general for opinion.
Atchison expands its city limits to include 50 acres of Missouri Pacific and Santa Fe railroad yards. The extension raises taxable city property by $400,000 and will make railroads share part of the cost for planned city improvements in the area.
Directors of the State Poultry Association plan a Wichita meeting to set the date and location of the 1911 state poultry show. Local dealers push to secure the event, hoping for local hosting.
Grasshoppers swarmed Minneapolis for about twenty minutes causing alarm among residents. The pests lingered briefly before most vanished after a light rain ended a weeks long drought.
Farmers bring eggs to Cottonwood Falls merchants receiving nine cents per dozen. The price is one cent below the previous low this summer and dealers expect further declines as June progresses.
The fourth annual meeting of the Kansas Methodist Historical Society was held in Baldwin. The secretary’s report notes many valuable Methodist documents and books gathered in the past year.
The piece discusses how society and families shape a child's behavior through collective judgment. It cites Emerson and his daughter Ellen, noting how warning of misdeeds spread punishment via ostracism and altered conduct without direct punitive measures.
Hiram E. Carpenter of Henderson New York details a twenty year battle with psoriasis and leprosy like symptoms. After trying doctors and failing he found relief using Cuticura Resolvent Soap and Ointment along with Cuticura Soap and internal use, returning home six weeks later with renewed skin.
Readable fragments describe a tense scene in Stavkaville with mentions of Chen Meriwether Edwards and a couple possibly husband and wife. The text hints at untaxed tobacco and a company dispute or social dispute.
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