Our Town Voiced in Pleasant Local Pride
A local saying captures the value of belonging as residents prefer pride in their town over distant praise. The line echoes community identity and shared ties that bind neighbors together.
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Newspaper
Scandia Journal
Location
Scandia, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Aug 06, 1914
Page
7
If You Want the Plum Advertise to Get It
A proverb-like excerpt urges action over waiting. It contrasts lying under a tree with risking danger by climbing out on a limb to reach the plum, concluding that one must hustle and advertise to succeed.
The Big Picnic Is On In City Preparations Complete
Preparations for the Fifth Annual Big Picnic are completed. Tuesday evening marks the final setup with attractions such as merry-go-rounds and stands arriving early in the week. Ideal weather and crop conditions promise a grand event as the city thoroughfare fills with activity.
Scandia hosts Picnic with new lights and park facilities
The Journal notes Scandia's improved amenities as guests arrive under electric lights and city water. Lightning damages GA Cliné's wheat stacks causing about 500 dollars in loss last Thursday, neighbors battle the fire, and Anders Bengtsson reports strong yields from 46 acres at 71 bushels and from 37.5 acres at 35 bushels after recent drilling.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scandia
the Journal
Cliné
Nis
Anders Bengtsson
Monkeys and Corn Samples Highlight Kansas News
The clipping reports a tall corn sample from Kingsville Texas by Some More Tall and Mr Nelson, details on a cigarette harm tip using carbolic acid, a playful monkey anecdote, and citizen letters from Kansas with a Senate Concurrent Resolution on a tax amendment. It covers the Kansas legislature, election notice, and a Woman's Christian Temperance Union convention at Highland Baptist church with officers elected and resolutions adopted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nelson
Maxell
Senate
State of
Kansas
Kanass
W. C
Lasih
Celia
C. A. Teagarden
Wayne
Union
BE. HE
Gale
Treasury
Parker
Frances Fickle
Celia Wowling
C. A. Teagaren
Jeannie Arrasmith
Highland Union
Storth
Horn To Kill The Chigger
Oklahoma reader shares a chigger killing recipe with curious instructions and cautions about its worth and effectiveness. The fragment hints at a homemade remedy and a skeptical note about copying for value.
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G. W. Wright
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Harry McGregor
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