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Newspaper
Scandia Journal
Location
Scandia, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Mar 07, 1913
Page
6
Village column reports many residents in and around Norway tied to farms, schools, and families. Distinct items include Margie Carpenter mourning her grandfather in Belleville, Ian Carpenter trapped by a storm near Formosa, J A Bowen shipping his old car, and numerous visits, illnesses, and social events among Scandia, Concordia, and nearby towns.
Earl Baird visits his Cuba sister Mrs. Mikesell this week while neighbors report illnesses and minor injuries. A wheelbreak and a skin of misfortune disrupts, with several residents on the sick list and a horse extrication incident. Posts, phones, and farm work loom as Perry Pierce moves in, windmills suffer, and plans for tractors surface amid cold weather and a looming winter.
Miss Sanford left her school surroundings and traveled to Rydal on Friday night in a movement noted by local observers.
Mrs. R J Flint of Raintree Vermont urged her husband to use Dr Kings New Discovery. He was near death from a dreadful cough and says it completely cured him. The medicine is promoted as a safe remedy for coughs colds and throat and lung troubles. Available 50 cents and one dollar.
A Lincoln Nebraska man recovered after three years of sickness using Electric Bitters. The ad claims the tonic tones the stomach, cures indigestion, boosts blood and nerve strength, and restores vitality. Sold everywhere for 50 cents a bottle.
The passage notes the abundance of leopard and tiger skins and the lasting impression they leave. It warns against buying a single leopard coat as a status symbol and highlights how such furs suit those who change coats frequently, reflecting society’s appetite for visible luxury.
A new proposal suggests printing a fixed phrase on the edge of each banknote using special paper and a cylinder-like method. The idea aims to enable immediate verification of genuineness by a distinct, audible or tactile feature.
A note describes a phonograph test that reveals genuine versus counterfeit playback by repeating the phrase with correct accent. If genuine it repeats. if counterfeit it stays silent or uses the wrong accent to expose itself.
Dean Eugene Davenport of the University of Illinois College of Agriculture argues that scientific agriculture has become highly sought after. He notes crowded letter files, demand for talks and advice, and the shift of farmer students from reluctance to active pursuit of agricultural science.
A wood in the Vale of Glamorgan nine miles from Cardiff moves under natural forces, not human action. The tree mass sits on a hill and began moving two months ago, slipping across the road to block traffic for days with watchmen directing vehicles.
A French chemist describes a method to moth proof furs by freezing the skin in water on a frame, slicing the ice to expose the fur, applying rubber coating layer by layer, then melting remaining ice. The result is a flexible coating indistinguishable from natural fur and sold as leather.
An ill organist asked a musician friend to play at a church festival. The substitute used full chords for the Hallelujah Chorus, exhausting wind. Midpiece the blower quits, and the organist discovers the blower had left, declaring he can’t be fooled by the wind count.
Plumbers in Winchester Virginia digging behind a Main Street business uncovered about 5000 musket balls buried several feet deep. The bullets are minié balls from old Springfield rifles, tied to Civil War actions around Stonewall Jackson’s retreat with the cache weighing over 200 pounds.
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