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Newspaper
Scandia Journal
Location
Scandia, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Sep 08, 1955
Page
3
A homemaker offers a simple home style plan for a stack party with sundae toppings and three easy sauce recipes. Royal Chocolate Sauce uses instant pudding and corn syrup. Fudge Sauce follows the same base with butter. Butterscotch Sauce adds melted butter. Mint Meltaway Sauce uses mint candy and corn syrup with two tablespoons butter.
Agricultural notes emphasize water's role in corn production and soil health. Porous soils with good tilth and high organic matter retain moisture, while fertility boosts nutrient uptake. In the Midwest, many farms are only about half efficient in using water for crops, due to surface sealing and low soil fertility.
Fragmented OCR text outlines multiple methods to prepare chicken. It mentions tenderizing, simmering, and making a gravy with flour and water, then serving on heated platter. The passage includes garbled phrases and mis-typed utensils and timings.
University of Illinois researcher L B Miller reports three year rotation trials at Dixon Soil Experiment Field showing legume catch crops seeded with oats or wheat raise yields by about 28 bushels of corn, 8 bushels of oats, and 4 bushels of wheat per acre, with a payoff near 10 to 1. Cost is about 5 dollars per acre for a legume catch crop, and lime and minerals should be supplied. A rotation including a catch crop every third or fourth year is recommended.
A damaged OCR excerpt discusses mixing arsenite with lime for pond treatment. It mentions a 8 feet deep pond with 200 steps around, about 80 000 cubic feet, and a requirement of roughly 2 to 4 percent solution of solids with arsenite.
Sunday dinner guests included Mr. and Mrs. A C Johnson of Wichita and Robert Nylina. Monday supper guests were Mr. and Mrs Carl Peterson. Weekend visitors to Mr. and Mrs. Aaron Johnson included Elmer Anderson and daughters from Superior Nebraska, Lewis Lane of Salina, and Carl Wakefield of Kansas City.
A long list of relatives and friends from Kansas City Losers Hastings Nebr and Belleville gather for Sunday dinners and Monday calls in Belleville with multiple homes hosting. Laura Larson plans a trip to Kansas City while others attend fairs and visit kin across the region.
A fragmented list notes birthdays and anniversaries for Mr and Mrs Na en, Mr and Mrs O'Brien, Mr and Mrs Bennpi Lervold, Mr and Mrs Reuten Johngob, Mr and Mrs Robert Lervoli, and Maurice and Beth, reflecting community milestones and well wishes.
Sunday afternoon gatherings at homes of Ocobock, Vaughn Geopock, Darice Abilene, and Larson families with guests from Topeka, Concordia, Oxnard, Corcordia, Los Angeles. Irving Isaacson hospitalized in Kansas City Medical Center. Nelson family returns to Chicago after visit.
Mr and Mrs Don Smith of Wichita and Mr and Mrs Max Smith of Salina were Sunday guests of Mire and Mrs Wayne Smith. Mr and Mrs Frank Tiffany of Wichita spent Monday with Mr and Mrs R A Williams. Wilbur Zener is in Salt Lake City on business. Gays and Mrs Allen Gunter with Mrs Anna Gunter spent Tuesday in Caretta.
Mr and Mrs Keith Jackson of Concordia were Sunday afternoon and supper guests of Mr and Mrs Fred Jackson.
Mr and Mrs Ross Johnson and Norman and Mrs Burford of Los Angeles Calif spent Gates after 4th outing with Olie Johnson.
A Sunday evening birthday anniversary picnic was held honoring Ollie Johnson and George Fike Jr. Attendees included Mr and Mrs Ollie Johnson, Mr and Mrs Fike, Everett, and Mr and Mrs Adam Wenda.
Mrs Lucille Spooner and boys spent the first of the week with Mr and Mrs Charley Loomis. The note records a social visit and mentions the households involved.
Mrs. Eastvedt and Glenda joined Mr. and Mrs. Harold Smith and family during a Kansas City weekend visit. Local residents hosted guests from Ellis and Wellington, with several attending a ballgame and other social calls across the area.
Mr and Mrs Junior Ocobock and Arvil of Topeka Mr and Mrs Vaugh Ocobock and Darrien of Abilene and Charles Gouldin of Kansas City Ma were weekend guests of Mr and Mrs Spell Ocobock and Aria.
Mrs Fred Evert visited with Mrs Maggie Ohman Monday afternoon as neighbors shared a friendly call.
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