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Newspaper
Scandia Journal
Location
Scandia, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jul 15, 1920
Page
1
A collage of reflections on perception and meaning. It notes how people overlook subtle beauty behind the obvious and hints at savoring life’s small courtesies. The passage blends quotes from John Van Dyke and E. W. Serl with a practical culinary note on preparing turnips.
A practical article suggests varied meals beyond cost limits for progressive households. Recipes include Honey Muffins Snowballs Southern Sally Lunn Blueberry Muffins and a note on Napoleon I and Napoleon III about soup.
A kitchen section suggests using a good bed of spinach for family meals then preserving leftovers for winter with carrots celery and onion. It details baked spinach a molded salmon dish wilted cucumbers stuffed peppers and playful rutabaga balls with sauce options suited for children and simple diners.
A feature by William A. Radford promotes a weather-tight hoghouse as a profitable farm improvement. The illustrated 24 by 42 foot frame building, with a cement floor and south-facing windows, supports ten sows and their pigs, enabling two litters yearly. Proper housing, sanitation, and sunlit ventilation are emphasized to maximize pig maturity and reduce labor.
The article portrays Constantinople as a city of romance amid filth and evil odors. It highlights St. Sophia, Suleymaniya, and Sultan Ahmed I mosques, the 200 mosques and many chapels, the Hippodrome with the column of the Three Serpents, and the Old Seraglio with its mint and museum, reflecting 16 centuries of history.
The article describes a ventilated hoghouse with a center feeding alley and side pens 6 feet 6 inches by 8 feet 6 inches, connected outdoor runs, and a raised dry board floor for sows and pigs. It argues the low cost and higher receipts justify advance planning for farm construction.
A fairy tale dialogue has Mr. Moon explaining his red face to the Queen of Fairies. He recalls mistakingly being treated as the sun, the embarrassment turning into a gift of red moonlight for people ending their week and returning to work. The scene paints a vivid sunset with clouds, fairies, animals, and flowers enhancing the night.
A column presents simple beefsteak pie and date custard with steps and measurements, plus an egg night cap and grape foam drink. It includes a tomato chowder recipe and ends with a reflection on art signaling national vitality and decline.
Government scientists warn high food prices kill Americans and push undernourished children toward acidosis. They urge limiting breads and starchy items to half the menu and emphasize vegetables fruits and milk, with garden growing and sugar as a luxury.
The esrabaos of the Philippine s tands belong to Asiatic buffalo. They are smouse colored with thick hides sparsely haired. Bodies barrel shaped and horns long and formidable though harmless ordinarily. Henry Flury in Our Dumb Animals notes carabaos ideal beasts of burden being slow which natives favor and their big barrel shaped bellies aid in the rainy season when rivers swell.
A brief dialogue between Lula and Papa about sailors forgetting things. Lula asks why sailors are forgetful and why they must weigh anchor before starting a voyage. Papa admits not knowing.
A young man comes to town to marry and asks for a minister. An informant offers a local justice of the peace near the station. A bystander hints the marriage may end the young man’s peace in a grim joke.
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