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Newspaper
Scandia Journal
Location
Scandia, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Aug 28, 1924
Page
2
The piece notes that twenty one year olds will influence the next presidential race. It highlights young wage earners and college students as the emerging electorate. Some express support for keeping President Coolidge in Washington for another four years.
Mrs. Alvin T. Hert, vice chair of the Republican National Committee, says future wage earners and families matter to women voters. She credits the GOP platform for child labor protection and pro labor wage standards, and asserts Coolidge Dawes victory would bring continued prosperity for the average home.
Women are urged to rally eligible voters on registration day to close the civic gap. Only about 25 percent of eligible women voted in 1920, leaving many nonvoters including 1.37 million in one state. The Republican National committee's women’s bureau in Chicago leads the appeal.
Union news records John Wenda and a white party spending Sunday evening at Ed Swhercinsky home. Paul Milner and family from Scandia township visited Archie Larson. Merle Yeager family listed as ill along with Mr Yeager. Mrs Rue returned from Kansas City after weeks of goitre treatment and is improved. Dee Householder injured arm.
Local farming activity fills week with plowing and tractor work as Ernest and Frank Mikesell use new tractors on the family plot. Neighbors frequent farms in Belleville, Scandia, and Concordia with visits, illness updates, and social calls. The union valley chairman leads community notes, while residents recover from operations and tend wheat fields and barn foundations.
A compact local ad touts flour brands and breakfast items with Lincoln pancake flour and watermelons at two and a half cents per pound. It also promotes mill feeds and salt products, offers poultry and egg tips, and claims discounts on hog mineral while urging customers to cull flocks and sell feed.
The Spit and Sputter club met Sunday to discuss subjects of interest. Ernest Mikesell Archie Larson Charlie Larson and families with Roy Milner William Stevenson and families of Freedom township Paul Milner and family of Scandia township and Guy Milner from east of Belleville attended a Riverside Park picnic, stayed overnight, and returned Sunday. Ralph Bowersox and family shopped in Concordia and visited Mrs. Glenn Housholder in the hospital. Roy Hall and family left Friday for a few days in Missouri visiting relatives.
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