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Newspaper
Scandia Journal
Location
Scandia, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Aug 21, 1924
Page
1
Scan Kansas local paper notes its status as second class matter at the post office. The Journal price is listed as $1.26 a year, indicating a modest subscription rate for residents.
The article traces Calvin Coolidge’s rise from Northampton town councilman to mayor, state senator and governor, culminating in the vice presidency and presidency. It highlights his belief that public service is voluntary, not a livelihood, and lauds his steady, prudent, principled approach to office and national leadership.
Elizabeth Johnson, longtime Republic county pioneer and founder of Pawnee park site, died in Penute California. She helped preserve the Pawnee Indian village site marked by a granite monument and 11 acre tract. Johnson mentored Kansan history, lived in Brookfield Missouri, and funded the park donation with her husband George Johnson. She attended Pershing homecomings and left a legacy of historic books and reverence for Kansas past.
The text details Senate Bill 559 proposing Kansas to pay veterans of the Spain war Philippine insurrection and China relief expedition one dollar per day served, not to exceed 600 dollars, with bonds up to 1,000,000 dollars to fund payments, a state tax to cover interest, and a board to administer the act, effective after official publication. House and bond provisions set installation terms and a New York sub-fiscal agency for payments.
The 10th Sunday after Trinity service at Amana Lutheran Church featuring Rev. Emil Swenson of Minneapolis in the morning. An offering for Jewish missions will be collected. The Catechetical class for ages 14 and up meets at the church Saturday afternoon September 13 to begin a year of instruction.
Sunday School at 10 a.m. Swedish service at 11 a.m. led by Anton Nelson. Union meeting at 8 p.m. Next Tuesday begins two weeks of special meetings led by Rev. A. J. Freeman, a noted evangelist from Moline Illinois. Freeman speaks both languages with Swedish sessions first. services every evening except Monday. three Sunday services with English at the afternoon meeting. Pastor O O Lundberg invites attendance.
Cecil B. DeMille presents a historically faithful reproduction of Rome's fall in the Paramount picture Manslaughter. The film depicts the barbarian invasion with scenes shot after weeks of research by the director scenarist and art director, opening Tuesday and Wednesday at the Princess Theatre.
Leatrice Joy leads a lavish Roman bacchanal sequence with Thomas Meighan, Lois Wilson, John Miltern and Casson Ferguson in the notable cast. A realistic gladiatorial duel stands out in the entertaining finale, filmed over a week and employing about a thousand people. It aims to draw a contrast between ancient Rome and modern America and delivers a powerful moral.
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