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Newspaper
Scandia Journal
Location
Scandia, Kansas, United States of America
Date
May 15, 1919
Page
6
In the Malay Peninsula a cave dwelling snake of the eoluber family feeds on bats and grows eight to nine feet long. Its yellowish rock mimicry helps it lurk on cavern ledges near the entrance. A brief note follows about a distracted professor’s failed dictionary sales to a lawyer, after he admits he does not speak English.
A compact aphorism contrasts play and work, suggesting mastery in one field requires skill and practice. It presents a concise lesson on discipline and the link between foundational training and productive effort.
A dialogue features a sharp exchange about appearance as a stylish tramp flirts with wry vanity. The scene contrasts beauty with rough manners, highlighting social pretensions and sly humor.
A string of humorous quips about Army life and social scenes. Jests involve First and Second Orderly Sergeants, a sly remark about Annanias and Sapphira, a bicyclist imagining Sinbad, and a joke about a screen star Blobbs.
An old advertisement touts GOLD MEDAL Haarlem Oil Capsules as a long standing remedy to boost kidney function and digestives, claiming they cleanse the organs, defy aging, and restore vigor with regular use. It urges early purchase from a druggist with a money back promise and insists on the original imported brand.
A collection of old quotes about women and a medical and fashion ad mix. The piece includes line about women voting as husbands direct them and a retort about experience with women, plus a Dr. Pierce ad urging Pleasant Pellets for health and wealth, and a remark that fine clothes can break a husband.
The passage meditates on acknowledging limits as strength and values patience in understanding ordinary actions. It contrasts brains with deeds and honors noble acts while urging perseverance to discern worth in common efforts.
The guide explains how proper diet aids recovery and details preparing koumiss from yeast and milk for extreme nausea. It also covers quick beef tea from broiled steak, veal avoidance for invalids, and chicken broth and custard options. A poem excerpt concludes with vivid nature imagery.
Thrifty cooks can transform canned greens, beans, or beet tops into hearty meals. Recipes include a chunky white sauce with rice and chopped spinach baked into a long loaf, a vegetable chowder with potatoes carrots onions and tomatoes, parsnip fritters with flour eggs and milk, and a pea soup made with milk butter flour and canned peas.
A guide to sour cream and mayonnaise dressings plus tartare variant uses onion, lemon, and olive additions. It covers lemon juice, salt, sugar, mustards, and optional olive oil balances for salad courses and decorative garnishes.
A compact teaching of Henry Drummond’s maxim that life offers lessons through hardship and effort, framing daily experience as education rather than leisure. The quote contrasts worldliness with growth, urging perseverance and self-improvement as central to living.
The piece encourages home gardening with herbs and small vegetable plots, suggesting two yard squares can hold a variety. It also provides several dessert and cake recipes like Frozen Figs With Cheese Eggless Prune Cake Date Cake Cream Prune Pie and notes home cooks should enjoy fresh herbs.
Afghan historians trace origins to Ning Saul calling their people Children of Israel a view not widely supported by ethnologists. Afghan literature thrives on war epic and love poetry with deep religious blend, while most mountain tribes follow Mohammedan faith mixed with lingering pagan myths.
Drugstore reports show many people suffer kidney issues without realizing it. Dr Kilmer Swamp Root is praised for healing influence and high success. A Life Insurance examiner notes kidney trouble causes many insurance denials, underscoring hidden health risk. A sample bottle offer is included.
In September 1917 the British War Office announced a call for 10,000 women for a Woman's Auxiliary Corps for home and overseas duties. Mrs Chalmers Watson was named first chief controller. About 10,000 women monthly joined for the war, replacing men in England and France in roles such as cooking, laundering, driving ambulances, and stenography. Other services included Wrens and the Royal Flying Corps women.
An advertisement claims catarrh cannot be cured by local applications and asserts Hall's Catarrh Medicine, taken internally, can cure the disease by cleansing the blood. It touts the formula as a mixture of tonics and blood purifiers and offers testimonials and pricing at 75 cents.
The Ohio State Journal notes a blessed man who finds value in a $1.50 spading fork and a 70 cent hoe as much as a $4,500 touring car. A Red Cross Ball Blue ad promises snowy whites after hard work. A 17-year-old girl’s blunt self description as an old maid adds humor.
A quirky joke about love where the speaker notes affection despite flaws. The line plays on the idea that love overlooks faults, cheekily stating that love can be cross eyed in perception.
The article lists symptoms of self poisoning from neglected health including sleepiness after meals flushed face weakness digestive complaints and loss of vitality. It advises cleansing the system with castor oil or Dr Pierce's Pleasant Pellets made from May-apple aloes and jalap.
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