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Newspaper
Scandia Journal
Location
Scandia, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Aug 23, 1928
Page
6
Kansas counties report 87 programs for 1929 with 1800 miles of road and bridges planned at over 13 million dollars. Gardner says missing counties could push totals beyond 2000 miles and 15 million.
Jeff Fowler of Throckmorton Texas offers a generous self reading and praise for opponents in a letter to constituents. The piece contrasts his mellow view with the harsher talk of other candidates while noting nice statements reported by the New York Sunday Times.
Jeff Fowler declares his run for county attorney to voters of Throckmorton County. He names opponents Hon B F Reynolds and James F Wright and extols their character. Fowler, an Arkansas native, describes his background, vows to curb thieves and bootleggers, and asks for votes.
Albany reports that George Starin Cowles the Yonkers architect who forged a will to gain most of his uncle Edwin A Oliver’s fortune faces a conditional pardon after eight to sixteen years’ sentence. Justice Tompkins urged mercy and both prosecutors agreed. Cowles exacted a $250 000 share from a misdated will but the real will left him only $3 867 after legal costs.
Dorothy Mackaill stars in Lady Be Good wearing a filet lace dress with shell pink chiffon. The irregular skirt features two lace ruffles attached to a pink bodice, while a bertha neckline, bows, and chiffon shoulder ribbons add vintage charm. A horsehair hat and ruffled parasol complete the feminine look.
Eskimos along the north Alaskan coast scout the open sea each spring for the phantom ships said to be frozen in the sea ice. Tales describe lone vessels or clusters buried in white bergs, believed to emerge when the floes finally break up, a legend tied to a historic 1876 ice catastrophe that trapped whaling ships.
Gov Al Smith endorses Owen D Young a General Electric chair and Dawes reparations colleague as Democratic nominee for New York governor Young a leading Universalist layman also held positions at General Motors and Dawes commission The article mixes political choice with Arctic driftwood and Eskimo offerings from a unrelated passage.
In Guthrie Oklahoma a young farmer, Fred Perdue, suffered severe back pains. X rays showed a broken needle segment lodged beneath a shoulder blade moving toward his heart. Surgeons used a magnet to retrieve the steel fragment.
Rene Lacoste defeats compatriot Henri Cochet in four sets to become the 1928 Wimbledon singles champion, winning 6-1 4-6 6-4 6-2 after overpowering his rival.
Belfast keel laid for a colossal White Star liner named Oceanic. The ship will exceed 1000 feet in length with a 100 foot beam and about 60000 gross tons, costing 30 million dollars and due in 1932.
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