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Newspaper
Scandia Journal
Location
Scandia, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Oct 07, 1971
Page
2
The Scandia Journal lists subscription at 3.60 yearly tax included for Kansas and Nebraska residents, 4.00 elsewhere. Single copies cost six cents. Want ads three cents per word with 25 cent minimum. display ads 56 cents per column inch. card of thanks 25 cents minimum. notices and announcements accepted. News deadline is Tuesday at 10 a.m.
Personal reflections on driving and writing fill time between road scenes and at the typewriter. The piece muses on memories, faith, and selecting shade trees for streets, urging diversity in urban plantings.
In 1971 memories describe making soap from grease lye ash and boiled mix, with the kitchen stinking yet the sun drying clothes later bringing fresh scent. The passage lists neighbors and gatherings with Mrs Frank Isaacson and others, plus Cubs and Boy Scouts activities, veterans notes, and local visitors.
Long ago bakers relied on wild yeast from potato water to rise bread. Potatoes supplied keeping power and flavor, while today packaged yeast dominates. Potatoes remain a cheap, reliable option when plentiful.
A home fried snack recipe uses sweet potato slices fried in hot oil with salt. The issue also reports community notices, obituary proceedings, and city council actions including an ordinance and street improvement resolution in Scandia Kansas with details on circulation, filing dates, and local officials.
Simple steps for making two loaves of Old Fashioned Potato Bread using yeast mashed potatoes and potato water. Includes mixing, rising, shaping, and baking times plus an aside on potato chip ideas and a note about sweet potato chips by Carol Jean Christian of New York.
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