Local Notes On Visits Threshing And Weather
Union and surrounding towns report social visits and family news with threshing progress noted. Pig losses due to a new disease are reported alongside rainfall and crop prospects for a likely big harvest.
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Newspaper
Scandia Journal
Location
Scandia, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Aug 04, 1927
Page
4
County residents gather for visits and notes on harvest yields
Misses Margaret and Anna McGowan of Almena Kansas return from a summer in San Diego Los Angeles San Francisco and other points. Scandia and Belleville residents visit relatives attend to business while reporting wheat and oats yields around Scandia. An upcoming Farmers Union picnic is announced for Pawnee Park on August 16.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Margaret
Anna McGowan
Rydal
Almena
Kansas
San.Diego
Los “Angeles
San.Francisco
Joseph Johnson
Esther Isaacson
Scandia
Belleville
Hugh McGowan
Marguerite
Catherine
Gladys Scrivner
Lovewell
Otto C. Nelson
Union Township
Oliver Johnson
Floyd
Clarence Griffith
Minnesota
Robert Nylund
Gene Hall
L. E. Cooper
Chilgren Place
W. A. Johnson
Emil Boman
Chas
Elliott Place
S. H. Rogers
Research Hospital
Kansas City
U. P
Glen Nichol
Will Nichol, Jr
Providence Chapel
George Henry
van Dusens
Laverne
Calif
Bowling
Norway
Marguerite McGowan
Salina
Silas van Dusen
Henry
van Dusen
Visitors andFamily Gatherings Across Norway Area
Dale Ainsworth and family from Par son Kansas visit friends in Norway. Sadie Walter and daughter Minta spend Sunday at Charlie Ames home. Gertie Gile and Bertha with Edna Rickabaugh shop in Concordia. John Youngs join Arthur Loromer for Sunday. Roy Gile visits Holgersons. Henry Gile worked in harvest near Hollis and stays with kin. H L Gile shops in Norway. Bert Ainsworth from Concordia visits sister G W Wright. Orville Wright at Fred Ames home. Will Mahaffeys shop in Belleville. Lloyd McGregor family visits home. Mrs Young and Gladys visit Mrs Chester Woodka. Harry Hohman injures foot leading to bone abscess.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emery Hall
Roy Hall
I. Bowersox’s
Maurine Larson
Floyd Housholder
Ray Swiereinsky
Elgin
Okla
E. Swiereinsky
Housholder
Idaho
Fessler
West Union
East Union
Murray Mikesell
Leavenworth
Kansas
Nathan Isaacson
Baby
Kansas City
John P. Nelson
J. T. Johnson
Belleville
Glenn Roberts
Ernest Mikesell
Archie Larson
Ethel Nelson
Near Sherdahl
Otto Nelson
Hugh Loder
Dale Ainsworth
Parsons
Norway
Sadie Walter
Minta
Charlie Ames
Gertie Gile
Bertha
Edna Rickabaugh
Concordia
John Young
Arthur Loromer
Roy Gile
Holgerson ‘Ome
Henry Gile
Hollis
H. L. Gile
Bert Ainsworth
G. W. Wright
H. L. Giles
Orville Wright
Fred Ames
Will Mahaffey
Lloyd McGregor
Young and
Gladys
Chester Woodka
Fourth Dimensional Geometry Idea and its Use
The text explains a four dimensional geometry where space is formed by lines rather than points. It notes four determinations fix a line in space and that Munthemticians agree on the practical value of this idea for simplifying mathematical language and clarifying real geometry concepts.
Bamboo Crowned as World’s Most Useful Plant
An inquiry declares bamboo the most valuable plant for the world. The hollow reed grows from a few feet to a hundred, with square or round stems. It is used for ladders, houses, water pipes, ships, masts, beds, tables, cages, handles, fences, umbrellas, and even food.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
East
South Africa
West Indies
Miles of Thread Used in Clothing Humanity
Statistical note on textile thread counts shows a yard of cloth holds about 1 800 vertical and horizontal threads. A suit uses four square yards, equating to four miles of wool per person over fifty years. Cotton goods with 80 100 threads per inch imply even longer totals per item.
Rubber paved London street adopts new blocks
London Street becomes the first rubber paved thoroughfare with blocks of vulcanized rubber on brick bases laid in New Bridge Street. Reports indicate heavy traffic handles the surface well and the experiment proceeds under departmental cable updates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Washington
New Bridge Street
Department of Commerce
Famous Irish Castle to Be Abandoned in Belfast
The War Office decision to abolish Carrickfergus Castle as a military station endangers one of Britain's historic sites. Founded in 1128 by Sir John de Courcy, it sits on Belfast Lough and has long marked Irish and English conflicts. King William III landed there in 1690 en route to the Boyne. the French privateer Thuret was later captured there.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Belfast
War Office
Carrickfergus Castle
British Isles
The
Belfast Lough
John de Courcy
Ireland
England
William the Third
Boyne
Thuret
Kansas Farm Notes Cover Stock, Crops And Poultry Tips
High cattle prices push culling of unprofitable cows while feed saved for better cattle could lift pasture costs by about 50 percent on Kansas farms. Alfalfa seeding best in fall mid August to early September with firm weedfree seed bed and moisture for quick germination. Selfboiled lime sulphur spray controls brown rot in peaches. Fallacy of using diseased chinch bugs for seed distribution warned against. Final settlement notice for Allen Poage estate in Republic County with August 16 1927 hearing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas
J. B. Fitch
R. I. Throckmorton
C. E. Graves
State of Kansas
County of Republic
Republic County
Allen Madison Poage
Court House
Belleville
George W. Nimocks
Henry H. van Natta
Bagging Grapes To Protect Against Pests And Rain
The article notes the practice of bagging grapes to keep rain out and deter pests including birds. Bagged grapes gain full color and notable beauty, with guidance from R J Barnett. It also mentions Kansas data showing mature steers in Flint Hills gain about 300 pounds per grazing season from a study by the Kansas Agricultural Experiment Station and the U S Department of Agriculture, with reports available on request.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. J. Barnett
Flint Hills
Kansas
Avil
Kansas Agricultural Experiment Station
United States Department of Agricultural
Manhattan
W. E. Grimes
Wheat Beards from K. S. A. C. A farmer reaps what he sows
The note mentions plant smut with wheat and you will reap the same and warns about skimping milk cow feed in heat leading to higher costs later. It also references the latest version of the song My Bonnie flew over the Ocean.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bonnie
Ocean
The Flat Tire Comedy Scene on the Dock
A humorous exchange depicts a motorist describing a flat tire while a professor lectures about the inflated, cylindrical apparatus supporting the vehicle. A small boy interrupts with a simple flat tire exclamation.
Also Mentioned on This Page
Union, News
Nitus Sandels
Ole Roe
Billy
Wells
Scandia Produce
County Seat News
Princess Candia, Kansas
Tom. MIX
Ken. Maynard
Mexico
Land of Romance
Ringling Bros. Circus
Harry Hohman
L. F. Payne
J. W. McCulloch
Haggman & Wires
Pelle
North Central
Kansas Free Fair
J. G. Lofy
Sec’y
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