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Newspaper
Scandia Journal
Location
Scandia, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Aug 05, 1926
Page
6
A fable style dialogue features the Sky claiming cleanliness and praising the Wind’s sweeping of clouds. Mr Sun confirms the Sky’s well kept look while the Wind’s song is sung and enjoyed. The tale weaves themes of weather, personified natural forces, and a child’s observation forgotten by readers.
A theater actor known for swashbuckling roles traps a club friend in a debate on who knows more people. The quarrel centers on whether Jerome Lawrence or his look alike Oscar is better known, revealing the actor’s domineering insistence on having the floor.
A census bureau statistician reports the discovery of a man singled out as a rare percentile inhabitant. The figure, named Sith, stands as a curious example in the bureau’s ongoing demographic survey.
Harving King explains a common superstition that destroying an owl nest brings bad luck and wounds. He links the belief to Minerva Athene and Juno, notes the owl’s omen status in ancient and modern lore, and cites the nest as sacred despite widespread superstition.
A London Mail item describes Willie, a six year old, taking a joke too literally at Wembleys Treasure Island. He pushes his mother toward the lake for sixpence, causing a splash and a scolding. The father then pays the reward after the incident, while the mother retrieves Willie.
A historical note explains the origin of the phrase kicking the bucket. It traces to Bolzober who, driven mad, hanged himself and used a beam and a bucket to reach the rope. The bucket metaphors the fatal act, illustrating how the saying arose.
The passage reflects on women accepting marriage as a tonic rather than real yearning and comments on feminine influence in men. It notes that everyone should have rights to speak their mind, but claims some women abuse the privilege.
A garbled, humorous fragment presents quick sayings about gullible minds, learning, fortune, and danger. The text mixes slang and misprints, noting how quickly a person can be influenced and the foolishness of risky actions like sleeping on a surfboard.
Mr I Brown chief attendant at the Brighton aquarium trains two sea snails to race each other up a submerged branch. The snails start at the bottom and move toward the top twig, each striving to be first though the prize is simply to topple off once reaching the top.
The Kansas Grain Dealers Association estimates total wheat production at 154,475,454 bushels, about 14 million above the state agriculture board figure. Ford County leads with 6,745,620 bushels, Reno is second at 6,692,400, Sumner tops in area, and Keno County averages twenty bushels per acre.
Police offer a 250 reward for information on Edward Gallagher a school teacher from Marysville Kansas who vanished during a visit here Friends reported his disappearance several days ago after he failed to return local searches focused around the city and the nearby El Desierto monastery where he was last seen.
Mrs. Jonathan M. Davis wife of Kansas former governor dies in Fort Scott hospital after intestinal obstruction surgery. The governor and family were present as she had been in poor health and showed initial improvement before sinking later in the day.
Topeka Governor Paunlen named J. Lester Cox of the Great Band to the state board of embalming to succeed James H. Botce of Galena whose term ends. The three year term starts August 1, 1926. P H Klinkenberg of Ottawa joins the state board of pharmacy as vice Roy P Taylor of Wichita resigns his unexpired term ending March 31, 1927.
Topeka Governor Ben Paulen who followed Jonathan M. Davis as Kansas chief executive telegraphs his heartfelt sympathy on the death of Mrs. Davis in a Fort Scott hospital. Mrs. Davis was described as a high type of Kansas womanhood wife and mother in the note.
A fire starting in the Blair Elevator Corporation elevator in Atchison destroyed one elevator unit and spread to several nearby buildings, with losses estimated between 300000 and 400000 dollars.
Santa Fe officials estimate the 140 million bushel Kansas wheat crop could fill 100000 box cars. On a single track the cars would form a train from Chicago to Dodge City 789 miles long. In Derby, an oil refinery blast injures one man fatally and another severely burned.
Topeka reports heavy deposit withdrawals forced the State Bank of Rantoul to close. Officials say prospects for reorganization are favorable and deputy bank commissioner T. J. Rhodes will supervise the effort.
Emporia Kansas repeals an anti Klan era ordinance requiring parade participants to register with the chief of police and wear numbered tags on their clothing. The measure previously aimed to curb hidden identities during processions and public events.
Ruth leaves Moab with Naomi and vows to stay by her side wherever they go. Her decisive loyalty, moral strength, and brave choices shape her future in Bethlehem, where she gleans in Boaz’s fields and becomes an ancestor of the Messiah.
The article notes a century of progress from early pumping stations to Chicago’s sewer system in 1855 and public baths in 1801. It links sanitation to heat, light, water, cleanliness and ventilation, calling them the five essential life elements that drive comfort health ambition efficiency and happiness.
The article explains Billingsgate as a London gate near the historic fish market Billingsgate. It notes the market predates the Norman conquest and that Billingsgate came to signify coarse language due to fishmongers and their wives using profane talk. Even today a fish market on Billingsgate quay is famed for vulgar language.
A National Lime Association survey led by O R Stokes finds lime additives in concrete speed road work and cut time. Tests in Wisconsin and Ohio show drier mix and no rolling needed, boosting efficiency and reducing overtime costs. Public access to improved roads expected sooner as summer construction increases.
Cook County traffic forecast from the bureau of good roads predicts Chicago will have twice as many automobiles within five years. The plan calls for highway improvements to prevent congestion on county highways as car ownership rises to about one vehicle per 4.86 people. Data come from 1914 to 1924 trends and population forecasts.
Across the United States 96,929 state and federal motor vehicles suffer from rough roads. Lincoln Highway states spent over 9 million in 1925 to improve the route. San Bernardino’s Third Street is the widest urban thoroughfare at 180 feet. Los Angeles plans a subway under railroad tracks to ease crossings at a cost of about 237 thousand dollars.
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