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Newspaper
Scandia Journal
Location
Scandia, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Sep 19, 1918
Page
3
State Superintendent W. L. Ross warns of a teacher shortage as winter term begins with high schools lacking instructors in math history sciences and economics. He cites wage competition and draft losses, notes rural districts fare better on pay, and cites shrinking German courses amid partisan local tensions.
Alexander Hargrave 72 native of Indiana and long-time county resident collapsed and died while shocking corn on his small farm west of Leavenworth. He had lived in the county over fifty years and died at work in the field.
Edward F. Clark a Civil War veteran died at his Leavenworth home after a long career in Kansas as a police officer and county jailer. A Maine regiment veteran who came to Kansas in 1885 he was connected with Ottawa University which will construct barracks for a student army training corps unit enrollment begins September 17.
State Superintendent W. J. Ross announces a $261,535 semiannual dividend from the state school fund at 50 cents per pupil. County checks are issued to the county superintendents for distribution to districts. Wyandotte tops with 33,142 pupils. Stanton has 296.
Crawford county officers seized 300 gallons of high grade whisky and thirty five cases of beer during a Breezy Hill bakery raid prompted by complaints that Bretto bread wagons sold non bakery products. Former city clerk Oliver T. Jones named Pittsburg mayor by city commissioners.
The article explains using concealed beds to convert three rooms into five or six sleeping spaces in four to six family buildings. It argues floor plan efficiency, reduced construction costs, and higher density as advantages, with Plan No 1 and No 2 illustrating compact designs for four to six apartments per building.
USDA guidance stresses warm well ventilated pens with heavy bedding and light limits on sow confinement before farrowing. After birth avoid feed for 24 hours provide water then gradual refeeding. watch for scours and thumps with exercise and careful pig handling to prevent losses.
The 1918 year ending March death rate for swine from all diseases fell to 42.1 per 1000, the lowest in 35 years, despite hog cholera causing about 90 percent of losses. About 71,874,000 hogs were on hand January 1, 1918, with losses totaling around 8 million, roughly 25 days of national pork consumption for 1917.
White clover is highly esteemed and makes the best of dairy feed according to the source. The note highlights clover as a superior for milk-producing cattle and its prominent role in dairy farming practices.
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