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Newspaper
Scandia Journal
Location
Scandia, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jun 10, 1926
Page
6
In a children story, Kiddie Katydid and a traveling Stranger receive a mis read letter meant for Grasshopper. The Stranger helps read it by heart but Kiddie Katydid doubts the sender’s horn type as a Short or Long horn. Leaper the Locust retrieves the mail and reveals the letter was for him.
Adolph Lewisohn, a business leader and philanthropist, reflects on his youth in New York and his rise to wealth. He founded and ran firms including Tennessee Copper and Chemical, General Development, Miami Copper, and American Gold and Platinum. His major gifts include Columbia Universitys School of Mines and the College of the City of New York stadium.
The author explains a rural sty cure, rubbing pauper on the eyelid and treading the road to transfer the evil spirit. He links primitive beliefs to modern superstition, noting transference and contagious magic as key ideas in this folk remedy.
The Biological Survey notes no current government reindeer herd in Alaska, though a prior United States Bureau of Education project existed. Natives now raise reindeer and the industry has shown value. In July 1920 an appropriation authorized a reindeer experiment station at Unalakleet.
The hotel stenographer recalls meeting Mathilda and describes their years of friendship and her current life in Peacock alley. He recounts a red headed baby, a two room apartment, and Mathilda managing home tasks while keeping the baby quiet amid neighbors. Then he notes Greece buying the Greek section of the Saloniki Meonaster railway from French interests.
The Bureau of Public Roads reports 1926 funding for rural road construction and maintenance, totaling about 1.03 billion dollars. State highway departments receive 58 percent of this, with 461.5 million for construction and 137.1 million for maintenance, supporting thousands of miles of paving and improved earth roads. Local units add roughly 431.7 million for combined maintenance and construction.
An article notes a Connecticut road fifty miles long linking a famous New York route. The last section was finished recently. It is thirty six feet wide and cost $100,000 per mile, far above the typical $40,000 per mile for best highways of that width.
A twelve mile stretch near Galesburg Illinois is being built as a model brick road. The three inch jugless bricks rest on a sand cushion and asphalt filer over a concrete base. The aim is precise base and cushion work so the brick wearing course remains flat and wears evenly. The base is designed to be unusually strong and rigid to prevent surface irregularities.
A Missouri dairy expert says calves three to four weeks old can be raised without milk. He cites skimmed milk shortages on farms as the main obstacle and notes calf meals as substitutes, though costly compared with home mixed feed offering equal or better results.
An old advertisement promotes Cuticura products for the complexion and hygiene. It touts Cuticura Soap daily with occasional Ointment for clear skin, a clean scalp, and soft hands. Also mentions Cuticura Talcum and Cuticura Toilet Frio as a fragrance combo.
A short, odd advertisement touts Red Cross Bull Blue laundry use with phrases about self control singing and babies’ outfits. The wording is fragmented and promotional, ending with a generic grocers’ advertisement line.
A terse dialogue fragment features Amherst Lord Jett and a son. The exchange questions free love with the father’s blunt reply that such a concept does not exist, reflecting historical attitudes in a clipped public discourse.
Dr W B Caldwell of Monticello Minnesota promotes Dr Caldwell’s Syrup Pepsin as a humane laxative for elders. The formula is claimed to regulate bowels without griping or upsetting the system and strengthens bowel muscles with each dose. A 60 cent bottle is suggested for those over fifty.
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