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Newspaper
Scandia Journal
Location
Scandia, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Sep 09, 1920
Page
6
An eyewitness aboard a plane describes battling a storm thousands of feet up as hail and rain lash the craft. The observer notes a milky haze, warm wind, and clear-looking countryside below despite the turbulent conditions. The ascent reaches eight thousand feet with ease as the crew maintains control.
Early fall calls for careful selection of sows from spring litters for next year. Feed changes from fattening rations using self feeders with oats corn shorts and fish meal. Choose sows with good dam traits, strong legs, good feet, gentle temperament, and alert eyes to reduce injuries and boost litter turnout.
An aircraft battles a sudden storm at 7000 feet with hail and thunder as the pilot weighs air versus ground. After engines cut and a steep descent through mist, the plane emerges into calm air a thousand feet above ground, avoiding a catastrophe.
Arthur M. Evans reports widespread losses in the cattle industry across six states as feeders quit in discouragement. Beef prices rise while grazing land shifts to wheat, shrinking herds and prompting farmers to sell directly from pasture. Reports from Nebraska Kansas Missouri and Iowa cite losses of 100 to 185 dollars per head and a looming beef shortage.
A lioness named Helen in Central Park Zoo caresses her forty first cub, with keeper saying the mother will divide offspring among other zoos. Ackbar the father roars at birth but accepts the event as another lion in the world. In Manitowog Wisconsin Martin Basil triggers protest by Bride Eleanor Klaiber over language of vows, bride demanding English. priest yields.
A young woman near Geneva was arrested while attempting to smuggle bullion into France. Police found corset bones made of gold and platinum under cloth and shoe heels coated with solid gold and white varnish.
Warsaw reports the Polish war ministry says women make the best soldiers for guard duty at barracks and food depots. An appeal for volunteers notes women as trustworthy and honest. The Volunteer Legion of Women already has over 600 members with nearly 2,000 applications awaiting processing.
In Pontiac Michigan a bolt of lightning killed 40 chickens in the yard of Smith Ames at 104 Forest Street. Ames recalls the birds were stretched out with heads nearly all pointing the same way and jokes the bolt could have plucked the feathers as well.
A circumstantial tale from Excelsior claims a Balkan “blood brother” swears vengeance for the assassination of Essad Pasha in Paris. He says the pair, once poor, became sworn protectors after a dagger ceremony in Constantinople. Rustem Avent, accused in the shooting, awaits trial.
A Fremont County teacher asks the U S Department of Agriculture for approved photographs of horse, cattle, hog, sheep, and poultry breeds at no public expense. The prints will hang in the school to promote well bred stock locally.
The article argues removing ewes with bad udders or broken mouths or those that have failed to breed. It stresses marking and identifying these ewes before breeding season. It notes that omissions by the shepherd or shearer can let poor stock go unnoticed until tagging time, a sign of poor management.
For thin hogs on pasture, try these rations with equal parts of wheat middlings and corn. Include equal parts of ground rye and skim milk, corn and ground oats, corn and skim milk, rye and ground oats. Use ten parts corn or ground rye to one part tankage.
Guidance on selecting a breed and maintaining stock quality through consistent breeding and proper management. Emphasizes studying pedigrees, disease prevention, developing young animals, and wise feeding to preserve herd or flock value.
Two women discuss a rejected suitor as they drink tea. One recalls reading his letters only briefly and then discarding them, admitting she never liked him. The other maid notes the strange behavior and confirms the feelings were not genuine. The exchange ends with repeated insistence of dislike.
A visitor asks a small girl about her new teddy bear named Ghidiy. The girl, gravely, links the name to a hymn line and declares the cross eyed bear mirrors that reference, leaving the visitor mystified.
A brief story recounts Mr and Mrs Smith's honeymoon waning under modern life stress. Mrs Smith withdraws, while he seeks normalcy with dinner plans. A Wednesday Sunday quarrel ends with a playful dinner-out remark and lingering tension.
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