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Newspaper
Scandia Journal
Location
Scandia, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jun 19, 1908
Page
6
A Bee Culture account by J Y Peterson describes an uncapping table and honey extractor setup. The device melts cappings and drains honey into a main tank while separating wax, producing clean honey and wax cakes daily with minimal fuel use.
A brief saying notes two essentials in poultry business intelligence and vigilance. It argues that either can be fatal if neglected, stressing that success hinges on both qualities.
Scalded milk is proposed by some poultry raisers as beneficial for chicks with bowel trouble. The note states they have not tried it but pass along the suggestion.
Healthy older birds lead to more eggs and stronger offspring. Proper care improves vitality and production, reducing illness and increasing flock yields.
Instructions describe converting a packing case into a sun shelter for chickens using a muslin canopy, broom perch supports, and stake anchored wind stabilization. The soft light fabric provides vermin resistance and cooling benefits, with minimal material cost and simple fastenings cited by Orange Judd Farmer.
Practical advice on selecting two year old layers for hatching, nesting for hens, and managing feed to keep hens active. Notes that yearling hens lay more eggs than two year olds and warns against overfeeding soft foods to grown fowls. Emphasizes clean varied diet, dry conditions, regular insect powder, and confinement for fattening ducks and geese with boiled turnips potatoes and oats.
A writer shares a quick method to trap a chicken using a barrel hoop on a six foot handle and a deep bag. Place bait over the bag and lift the hoop to capture a chicken. a shallower bag can be dropped over the bird while it feeds.
Two year old Julia Weigle narrowly survived after a Chicago & Northwestern express train rolled over the area where she stood at North Forty ninth street crossing. The engine’s emergency brake stopped the train, and the girl was lifted from the rails by engineer Allen Lewis and returned home unharmed aside from minor cuts and scrapes.
A new organization aims to conduct a comprehensive scientific survey of the Pacific Ocean and its islands. Ethnology geology fauna and botany will be studied, along with winds and currents, to map animal and plant distribution and human populations. Expansions will use a specially equipped vessel and could take about fifteen years.
Dialog from Yonkers States columns shows a couple discussing consent with a father and mother present in the room. The text reflects a social debate on whether silence equates to agreement in marriage proposals.
Dr. Wiliarson F. Boyakin died at his home believed to be in Marysville aged 101. Born in North Carolina he moved to Tennessee then Illinois and served as chaplain in the Thirtieth Illinois Infantry. He joined Ulysses Grant’s staff and witnessed Belmont Fort Donelson Shiloh Corinth Vicksburg Chattanooga. In 1864 Lincoln called him to campaign in Oregon for the Republican Party. He later settled in Marshall County serving 30 years as coroner and superintendent of public instruction. On his centennial he delivered the Memorial Day address noted as among the finest in Marysville.
A 1907 testimonial from Mrs. Lavina J. Henderson of Stamford Connecticut describes a four year battle with inflammatory rheumatism. She details skin peeling hair loss bed sores poor appetite and fever before relief from Cuticura Soap Ointment and Resolvent.
Robinson gymnasium and auditorium was formally dedicated during commencement. Dr. James Naismith gave the address as Dr. Joseph E. Raycroft could not reach Law rence due to high water. Chancellor Strong unveiled two bronze tablets naming Sara T. D. Robinson for women and Charles Robinson for men.
William Miller living near Lawrence owns a copy of the first Lawrence newspaper, the Kansas Free State, published in a small house in the 600 block on Kentucky street. Editors and proprietors were Joseph Miller and R. G. Elliott, with the issue dated Wednesday January 3, 1855, Lawrence, K. T.
E L Ramsey, once missing from Peterton Osage county, is traced to abandoned coal shafts near Pomona. Arrest in Williamsburg Franklin county shows he posed as a dangerous wild man, prompting multiple man hunts in the area.
John Nichols on behalf of Kansas states the state will likely obtain 500000 within a year as reimbursement from the War Department for interest and discount on Civil War bonds issued to repel Indian invasions and to provision militia.
A Rooks county boy carried a gun while listing corn and shot himself in the head suffering a head wound. A Jewell county boy did the same trick with the bullet passing through his lung. The incidents highlight perils where work and hunting intersect.
The forty fourth annual commencement of the Kansas State Normal school at Emporia took place in Albert Taylor hall. Dr Albion W Small head of sociology at the University of Chicago delivered the address on The Social Century.
A 15 year old spectator Willie Bauman fell from a tree 25 feet above the Salina grounds during a baseball game. He sustained serious injuries with both arms broken and internal damage.
A Goodland resident says he killed a pelican on his farm and anticipates a walrus attack soon, a claim reflecting dramatic wildlife encounters on rural property.
An estimate places Kansas total assessed property value this year at 2.25 billion dollars, indicating a vast scale of land and property holdings across the state. The figure reflects statewide assessments and implies broad fiscal implications for taxation and revenue.
A playful exchange between a leap year widow and a wily widower. She urges remarriage, hinting at keeping a neat home while he jokes that his last wife cleaned him out of carfare. The witticism turns on domestic clatter and thrift.
One hundred dollars reward offered for any sale of Catarrh not cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure. F J Cheney & Co of Toledo and Wapine Kinnan Marvin, wholesale druggists, certify Chenys' honesty. Catarrh cure taken internally, affects blood and mucous surfaces. Testimonials free, price 75 cents per bottle. Sold by all druggists. Take Hall's family pills for constipation.
An old ad column notes household tips and products including Red Cross Ball Blue laundry bleach 2 oz at five cents and Mrs Winslow's Soothing Syrup for teething children priced at 25 cents. It quips about confidences and money missteps in a light satirical tone.
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