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Newspaper
Scandia Journal
Location
Scandia, Kansas, United States of America
Date
May 17, 1917
Page
8
William A. Radford explains how prospective home builders should analyze resources and costs over five years to avoid debt. He advises tracking expenditures, estimating construction and carrying costs, and balancing income and available funds before choosing size and materials.
Long Island leads effort to expand crops as the nation mobilizes non farming workers. Ruth Litt and other suffrage leaders cultivate Jackwill farm with women performing all field work, while state schools train 150 to 200 women in practical agriculture, canning and dairy tasks for April to July, amid potato patriotism campaigns.
America's youngest composer Earl Carroll leases a two hundred acre tract just outside New York City within twenty five minutes of City Hall. He plans to divide the land into 25 by 100 plots for schoolboys and girls to raise food for the soldiers as part of the crisis effort.
Henry Hamilton of Idaho grew a luxuriant head of hair to donate as a wig for his two year old daughter who burned her scalp as a child. He traveled to California to work for the winter and planned to return home soon to prepare the wig, later being released after his story was checked.
London reports honey production in Great Britain cut by half since 1910 due to the Isle of Wight disease. The disease can kill millions of bees within days. The Board of Agriculture says it is helpless until it can obtain power to destroy infected hives.
Albert Werner, born in Germany, serves as a private in the U S Army. His father is a high Kaiser's officer and his relatives hold senior posts. Werner, living in Chicago, previously held a mail order job at 45 dollars a week before America entered the war. He chose to enlist when war was declared.
Women and men suffer kidney and bladder troubles and find relief with Dr Kilmer Swamp-Root the advertised cure touted as highly effective. Available in 60c and 1.00 sizes at druggists with a sample by mail and pamphlet upon sending ten cents to Dr Kilmer Co Binghamton NY.
A conjuror performing on a Toronto street car with two colleagues pretended to find quarters scattered under seats. Passengers laughed while the conductor demanded the twelve 25-cent pieces as lost property. To avoid police action, the conjurer surrendered the coins.
In a Midland town several residents were fined for striking matches during a night air raid. A writer in Flight argues the act seems minor yet is significant. Tests showed a match’s light could be visible from a mile on dark nights, potentially aiding hostile aircraft. Police note many lit matches brightened streets despite lamps being out.
A humorous dialogue about ascent to college leadership, emphasizing that progress comes through earned degrees and formal study. The exchange highlights the value placed on education as a path to high office.
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