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Newspaper
Scandia Journal
Location
Scandia, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Oct 08, 1914
Page
11
An old Indian tale set by a spring recounts a hunter seeking a wife for Tharry. A bullfrog teaches him a trumpet voice to threaten the fault finder with death. The mother, warned by the river voice, grants consent after hearing the bullfrog.
A compact steam generator uses a pint jar boiler with a metal lid and two brass bolts fitted with rubber seals. Salt water and simple wiring drive steady steam production for small toy engines, with minimal current at 110 volts.
A six year old boy explains why he receives bad marks at school. He says teachers must mark someone or else they would think he isn t tending to his business.
A fragment shows Harden Adams and Little Harry with Mama guiding a lesson in the first reader. Harry asks how Adam managed in the book without anyone to help him, reflecting family reading time.
The text contrasts belief in ghosts with the need to speak to them to reveal truth. It argues cheerfulness preserves good looks and notes luck is overrated. True success, it says, comes not from wishful thinking but from hard work and brave effort. It references the world’s view of the so called lucky and warns against shirking effort.
Gelatin serves as a protein saver and aids digestion, forming a useful medium for fruits and other foods. It should be softened in cold water and not boiled, then added to hot liquids. The article gives prunes with lemon and cinnamon, gelatin, lemon juice, and whipped cream as a moldable dessert, plus thickened leftover cocoa served with cream and sugar.
A compact literary note reflects on Dickens’s line about home being a strong word, surpassing magical speech and responses from spirits, highlighting the emotional force and conjuration of place in his prose.
Historic kitchen notes offer German prune soup with lemon and cinnamon, sago, and grape juice, plus steps for liver cheese combining lambs liver, tongues, pork, spices, and mold setting. Also includes creamed vanilla milk dessert and a Shakespearean health proverb.
A compendium of English cooking items with recipes for crumpets cod pie edgie baked minced mutton apple snow and mutton curry plus a hot beverage. The instructions include batter breading and baking steps with spices and sauces and suggest serving with butter custard and mashed potatoes.
A discussion on hygienic eating habits urges thorough mastication until saliva moistens and blends with food. It warns against fast eating and over drinking during meals, noting bread texture and chewing strength as key to digestion and dental health.
A Lackawanna woman testifies that after her first child she felt miserable until Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound restored her energy and appetite. She cites three healthy children since and urges others with displacements, inflammation, or nervous prostration to use the remedy, noting confident confidential advice from the company.
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