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Newspaper
Scandia Journal
Location
Scandia, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jul 29, 1920
Page
3
Washington reports a new permanent National Museum exhibit of almost 600 studies by American artists detailing life of the American expeditionary force overseas. The walls show scenes of ruined French villages sacred to Americans with blood shed to free them, and glimpses of Pershing’s division among the French people.
The article describes war paintings portraying mud filled trenches, marching infantry, gun teams, forest outposts, and hospital scenes with surgeons and nurses. It notes displays of artillery, bombs, uniforms, captured weapons, and German gear, all connected to an epic narrative from deployment to homeward transports. Artists listed include captains from the American Expeditionary Force such as Wallace Morgan Ernest Peixoto Jo Hus Andre Smith Harry Townsend Harvey Dun Walter Duncan William Aylward and George Harding.
New York to Washington route reached 88 percent efficiency, Cleveland to Chicago 76 percent, Chicago to Omaha 88 percent. Total air miles flown in May: 54,693 with two forced landings and fifteen gas or oil shortages due to head winds. Newark field delays blamed for low May efficiency. Praeger commends pilots, mechanics, and field supervisors for overall strong performance.
The War Department announced measurements from over 100,000 soldiers as part of a comprehensive tailoring survey. Results will guide troop size stocks and be shared with the clothing trade. Western states yielded the biggest chests while eastern states showed the smallest.
Paris official ministry of war figures put French soldiers killed in World War I at 1 362 872 with 361 854 unknown. Minister Lefevre notes no current plan to cut military service below two years while outlining army reorganization. Orient deployments discussed with 70 000 French troops in the Near East mainly colonial regiments.
Edgar D Crumpacker leaves a large estate to his son Owen L Crumpacker a Valparaiso attorney. He begets a 500 gift only if he marries and also inherits a substantial law library. The elder Crumpacker once served in Congress representing Indiana tenth district. The estate includes land along Lake Michigan near Garys steel mills. The heir is noted as a bachelor local attorney.
A U S Department of Agriculture film on sheep care on farms is completed in three sections across four reels. It covers fall culling before breeding, then selling lambs, cooperative marketing of wool and lambs, and finally slaughtering and butchering a nineteenth sheep carcass for meat.
The text notes two thirds of meat consumed by families comes from pork and that the average farm uses over 500 pounds of pork per family. Most pork products are produced on the home farm and small pig-raising is economical. Farmers typically kill and dress hogs on site and use smoke houses to cure pork.
A U S Department of Agriculture experiment at Beltsville Maryland shows profitable sheep raising on eastern lands. A 30 acre field in 1916 fed 44 Southdown ewes and 38 lambs. now it supports 100 ewes with lambs. Benefits come from manures lime phosphates and legume crops fed on ground with rotating pastures to reduce parasites.
Practical tips cover docking and castration of lambs, worm avoidance in hogs, annual dental checks for horses with more frequent rasping as they age, and early grain feeding ideas. The piece notes economical gains in pig farming when pigs are kept in growing condition and suggests starting with ground oats and corn meal for piglets.
The copy urges abandoning sprays and douches for catarrh and promotes S. S S as a lasting cure. It claims local applications only offer temporary relief and invites readers to seek free medical advice from the Medical Director at Swift Laboratory in Atlanta, Georgia.
Irvin S. Cobb describes a segregated Texas day coach with white passengers in the rear and colored seating at the front. A flag-station boarding boy offers coins to ride, asking the conductor to let him travel until the money runs out, insisting the journey continue despite the color divide.
A shy young farmer struggles to confess love to a serious-minded woman. After a long silent courtship she declares the moment has come and asks him to prove his feelings by squeezing her hand, prompting a quiet but hopeful moment in her father's parlor.
A brief exchange quotes a woman urging thrift and a man countering that flowers can justify the cost. The dialogue hints at a domestic scene about choosing gifts or expressions of affection.
A brief line notes that witty exchanges during courtship degrade into blunt arguing after nuptials, reflecting evolving spelling of domestic dynamics.
Capable barbers in Indianapolis are described as successful based on a discussion about the World's Series. The ad copy promotes Cuticura products for baby skin care with routines using Cuticura Soap Ointment and Talcum as essential toiletries.
A whimsical exchange between two snails questions why one hides inside its shell. The second snail replies fear of someone else entering the shell, highlighting a humorous take on privacy and intrusion.
A quip suggests the ideal of heaven for a married man is a place where wives do not ask husbands for money, reflecting a humorous take on financial and domestic dynamics.
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