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Newspaper
Scandia Journal
Location
Scandia, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jun 06, 1918
Page
1
Kitchen notes describe tea preparation in a tea party setting and expand into home recipes. It suggests one to three teaspoons of tea per household, then covers Royal Soup with chicken stock, vegetables, and seasonings. It also includes dressings for fruit salad and a strawberry filling for sponge cake, plus remarks on friendship.
A terse quotation elevates character, urging steadfast honesty as humanity's greatest gift. It links sincerity with integrity, presenting a moral ideal attributed to Henry Thoreau.
A vintage recipe passage describes washing and layering rabbits with onions peppers cloves and bay leaf, then simmering in water and vinegar for two days. It covers caramelized sugar sauce, flour step, grape juice, potato dumplings with croutons, and a spring salad with chestnuts tomato jelly endive lettuce and a dressing of olive oil red wine vinegar tomato catsup Worcestershire and mushroom catsup.
Spinach and Eggs provides a luncheon dish with cooked spinach, butter, flour, milk, and eggs baked in a glass dish. Mock Orange Marmalade uses carrots lemons and oranges with sugar for a marmalade. Vegetable Pie blends Lima beans carrots peas and corn with pastry. Spanish Mackerel outlines a baked fish with salt pork and tomato sauce. A reflective line on valuing friends ends the piece.
A compact guide proposes alternatives to creamed carrots, detailing Puree of Carrot, Celery With Beef Marrow, and a breakfast toast dish. Recipes include carrot puree with butter water bread and chicken broth, celery topped with marrow and brown sauce, and a tomato toast option for easy breakfast.
A half acre garden can yield far more vegetables than a family can eat. Focus space on crops stored for winter such as late beets cabbage potatoes and turnips. Grow beans for drying and store through winter using attic or cellar as needed.
Agricultural guidance on rotating crops to keep ground occupied all season. Lists crops that occupy ground together and which crops may follow or precede others. Advises grouping early and late crops and interplanting between rows to speed ground use and aid pest control.
A brisk, witty note urges starting gardening before breakfast and questions the location of tomato stakes. It quips about using costly kindling and saving coal ash to loosen heavy clay soil for better planting.
Castor beans of the India variety plant 15 to 20 acres per bushel. Soak seed in warm water 12 to 24 hours before planting to speed and ensure germination.
The text argues that soil mining becomes profitable when the miner becomes a manufacturer, sells the product near consumers, and returns waste to the soil, creating a circular economy model.
A quirky local item notes odd remedies for neighborly disputes including clothing like overalls and a few yards of wire netting to ease tensions with a chicken loving neighbor. It suggests a gentle message to his wireless run if needed.
Grow specialties you like and can’t easily buy. Okra and herbs like parsley or chives save trips to the market. Avoid tall shade plants over sun loving crops. Separate perennials such as rhubarb and asparagus from tilled plants. Do not repeat the same vegetables in the same bed to reduce pests and disease.
Early cabbage cauliflower celery tomato and other garden plants should find a ready market this year. Florists in some towns and cities are using parts of their houses for growing this stock.
Beans should be planted shallowly for best germination. Do not plant deeper than two inches on light soils and not more than about one and a quarter inches on heavy soils.
Many gardens begin with promise in spring but lose productivity as the season advances, becoming weed patches well before fall arrives.
Great Nitrogen User. Corn uses nitrogen efficiently while potatoes and root crops require ample potassium. Assess soil supply of these nutrients to support growth and yield.
Guidance warns against experimenting with unfamiliar crops as there is no simple path to improve yields. The statement emphasizes avoiding risky approaches and sticking to proven methods in crop production.
The Calgary Herald notes a surge in Western Canada land demand with prices rising ten to fifteen dollars an acre and wheat land values nearly doubling in some districts. Improved yields, better tillage, and government support for farming drive optimism for farmers amid postwar price expectations.
The article recalls Thomas Babington Macaulay predicting the House of Lords' end, noting the idea resurfaces as many now call for abolition. It argues circumstances have changed since his time, but the notion persists that the Lords die hard, with renewed insistence by supporters of reform.
An advertisement extols Dr Kilmer Swamp Root for kidney liver and bladder ailments. It claims wide success and urges试 readers to try a sample by sending ten cents to Dr Kilmer Co of Binghamton New York with a mention of the paper.
Maj. Frederick Palmer in New York explains that wartime reporting is only half the job. He recalls a rookie correspondent asking a wounded American how he got hurt, and the soldier replies he fell into a shell hole after the barrage lifted.
At a Washington reception a colored official in charge of the autos was told to call the car of the Guatemalan minister. He acknowledged and then added the watermelon minister, causing a humorous mix up in the exchange.
A concise reflection on how some men use compliments to win trust and access influence within social circles, highlighting the strategic role of praise in navigating power and approval.
A reflective piece argues that home functions as a harbor for the self rather than a fixed anchor, shaping identity by sheltering and sustaining rather than stabilizing one place or role. It emphasizes belonging, memory, and the pull of the wider world.
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