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Newspaper
Scandia Journal
Location
Scandia, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Oct 23, 1908
Page
5
The article argues clean barns are essential for pure milk, detailing ideal single story barns with King ventilation, cement floors overlaid with wood, panel floors for easy replacement, tar joints, and minimal exposed posts to prevent dust lodgment, emphasizing light, ventilation, and cleaning.
The article explains how feed type and quantity should vary with cattle age during winter. Younger cattle need palatable, nutritious feeds to maximize growth, while older cattle tolerate coarser fodder. Emphasis is on growing efficiently before 24 months to avoid fattening too early and to ensure cost-effective gains at pasture the following summer.
The article argues clean milk is superior to pasteurized milk and predicts a future where pasteurization may be unnecessary. It notes certified milk producers often do not pasteurize, claiming their milk is already clean. It suggests farm controls can ensure pure milk but implies changes in constables’ arrangements are needed.
Horticulturist C F Mason reports the San Jose scale has spread across Wyandotte county in and around Kansas City university area. Apple and peach trees on the J Williams and E H Studt properties show heavy scale infestation. Mason warns the insect causes millions in losses and cites lime sulfur spray or miscible oil as the only effective control.
State Auditor J M Nation reports the total bonded indebtedness for all counties cities towns townships and school districts in the state at 85 652 844. Wyandotte leads with 4 203 855 followed by Shawnee at 2 485 857. The smallest bonds are in Gove 2 200 and Wallace 6 600.
A large pipe line of the Kansas Natural Gas company blew up five miles south of Independence near Graham station. The blast halted Union Traction service until repairs were done. The line ran under the streetcar track and ignited near a pumping station under construction. A car had just passed the site before the explosion.
The Lumbermen's Portland Cement Co in Kansas City has hired Victor Beutner of Pittsburg to erect a cement plant on company land at Carlyle five miles north of Iola on the Santa Fe main line. Construction starts immediately.
The board of managers of the old soldiers home at Dodge City led by J B Dobyns FP A Lyon and A W Smith issued an order effective July 10 that no portion of a comrade s pension money shall be required to support the home. Previously a portion of a member s pension was turned into the home treasury to aid its operation.
J. H. Smucker editor of the Morrill News was shot in the street by city marshal Harry Roger who then killed himself with the same weapon. The fatal duel followed a Smucker article reflecting on the marshal and a prior violent quarrel between them.
An audit shows the state treasury holding an aggregate of 15 128 210 in bonds and coupons owned by the state and 1 945 620 in other securities held as custodian. The state treasurer also has 1 030 161 in cash, much in depository banks with some on hand in vaults.
Seven Emporia grocers were arrested on warrants by the Kansas board of health for moving foodstuff from one package to another brand, a protected practice alleged in the charges.
James EB Woodford former mayor of Burlington died at his home recently.
Mrs. St. Crouse of Manchester Fayette Street reports two years of backache rheumatic pain and disordered kidney function. After using Dean's Kidney Pills the kidney action normalizes the backache ceases and health improves. Sold by all dealers 50 cents a box Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY.
A courtroom quarrel unfolds as a judge rebukes a thief who betrayed a benefactor who gave him a store job. The culprit admits stealing again, claiming remorse. Separately a cartoonish dialogue lampoons diet advice with a sick patient and a doctor about animal food and hay.
An Englishman boasts his great great grandfather was made a lord by the king on a shilling. A Yankee counters with a coin showing his great great grandfather made an angel by the Indian on the cent. The joke hinges on inflated lineage across nations.
A New York reader describes burning stomach acid and poor appetite improving after using Grape Nuts with cream and Postum. Within two weeks indigestion vanishes, lunch appetite returns, and health is restored, per the sender from Battle Creek Michigan.
An article extols borax as a safe, economical cleanser and disease prevention aid. It outlines hot solution use to flush sinks and drains, claims germ removal, and notes borax benefits for laundry, skin, scalp, baby bottle sterilization, and general cleaning. A free Jingle Book offer is available with baby’s name and two bottle lids tops.
The line parodies a philosopher as a married man who does not wish he wasn't. Willie Beck replies to a snippet of debate with a wry, humorous tag about his marital status. The exchange showcases sly social humor in the periodical.
An old-time ad notes PAT TPES EYE SALVE for irritated eyes with a 25 cent price from Howard Dros, Buffalon NY. It also includes a political quip about voting and a separate cigar promotion from Lewis' Single Binder.
Letter from Mrs. Lallie French of Pancannla Indian Territory says after seven years of female troubles she was run down and nervous. She sought Mrs. Pinkham's guidance, took Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound, and regained strength and health.
An advertisement extols Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound as a fifty year standard remedy for female illnesses. It claims cures for displacements inflammation ulceration fibroid tumors irregularities and related pains and invites letters to Mrs Pinkham for free confidential advice from her vast experience. Lynn, Massachusetts is listed as the return address.
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