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Newspaper
Scandia Journal
Location
Scandia, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Aug 31, 1922
Page
6
Topeka says denying sale of goods to strikebreakers is intimidation and vows enforcement. Richard J Hopkins cites industrial court law protecting workers right to quit and to work. Special agents gather evidence in multiple Kansas cities amid merchant refusals at strikers' urging.
City Clerk J W Murphy of Russell reports a widespread paving boom as Kansas municipalities rush street improvements. Secretary John G Stutz notes the list is the longest yet and confirms cities are spending more on streets this summer than in any prior year.
The state compensation committee of the American Legion launches a campaign in over three hundred Kansas newspapers to educate voters about the proposed soldiers bonus measure. Donald H. McIiver, executive head, announced the effort.
Wesley Simmons died in Wichita when a flower dox weighing about 300 pounds fell on him as he swung from it. The accident occurred before his parents and grandparents. he was dead on arrival.
The Kansas public utilities commission obtained a writ of mandamus and an incidental injunction in the Supreme Court against the St Louis and San Francisco railroad. The order compels the railroad to maintain train service until it shows a necessity for curtailing service.
District Judge Wall in Wichita ruled that Charles Poppleton Elver Poppleton and Mrs. Effie Stanley share equally in the 18000 dollar estate left by their father George A. Poppleton two years ago. The ruling overthrows the Poppleton will naming Herbert Stanley as heir.
Thieves broke into the Tranches rug store in Kensington Smith County and stole about $3,000 worth of jewelry and watches. A man named Roy Wilson was arrested ten miles north of Kensington with the stolen items in his possession.
The contract for a new Emporia Shore hotel project was let recently with a cost of 250 000. George Siedhoff of Wichita and men from Emporia are joint stock owners in the hotel company.
Kansas municipal officials from forty towns endorsed amendments to the state motor license law to share funds with counties for highway work. They approved city planning powers, nonbond city financing tweaks, and mayoral waterworks extensions with protest periods. Aimed at delinquent taxes changes and municipal ice plants, the group also opposed tax exempt bond restrictions while floral association sessions concluded in Fredonia.
The Wichita board of education recently awarded the general construction contract for the new high school to Eberhardt Construction Company of Salina for $628,620 after nine bids were submitted.
Lawrence and Topeka will host a Meet-Us-Half-Way picnic on August 22. The event will be held on a farm midway between the two cities to promote better relations.
Victor Bennett twelve year old son of Mr and Mrs G A Bennett of a farm twelve miles northwest of Coffeyville was dragged to death recently by a pony that had just been purchased for him.
Light wines and beer fueled a protest that cost editor William Allen White his job at Judge, the humorous weekly. The Women's Christian Temperance Union pushed uniform dress for Wa Keeney high schools and Trego County, prompting school board and trustees to back dress codes.
Henry Webster ten year old son of Frank Webster Braman Oklahoma died in a Wellington hospital from a gas pipe pump handle injuring his neck while he played with other boys in Braman. The handle severed his jugular vein and he bled to death.
The Rev R W McQuirry 45 pastor of Argonia Baptist church collapsed and died in the pulpit after delivering a sermon. Mysterious fires south of Overland Park damaged grain and hay stacks at four farms within thirty minutes with authorities unsure if incendiary causes. Four people were injured in a Springfield Missouri motor collision near Cheney two cars collided injuring residents.
Connecticut Experiment Station offers practical rules to reduce fall moult in pullets. Key steps include hatch timing in March to May, provide free range year round, limit high protein rations, avoid delaying maturation, place pullets in winter quarters before production starts, and prevent sudden changes in feed or care after lay begins.
Farmers face turkeys roaming beyond bounds. Keep them in an enclosure until noon, feed in the pen each morning, and clip wing flight feathers if birds escape after feeding. Warm weather shifts turkey activity to morning and shade later in the day.
A housewife often kills her best cockerels and pullets, thinking it justified. It notes that valuable roosters fetch $2 to $3 and urges caution before the next cockerel is killed.
The article urges giving extra attention to older hens. Keep those staying another year in a separate pen with special rations. Sell or fatten birds promptly to avoid wasting time on culling.
Betty four, scolded by auntie, says she does not care. Auntie retorts she will not buy the ice cream cone. Betty answeringly proclaims April fool and uses the moment to avoid concession while keeping dignity. The passage shifts to tribute to Joseph Oller, inventor of pari mutuel betting, detailing his innovations and his influence on modern betting systems.
Washington beauty parlors split into rival camps over bobbed hair with fear of baldness. Experts warn tight hats cut scalp air, slowing hair growth and risking hair loss as curling iron debates intensify.
A witness on the stand recounts a shooting encounter as a prisoner drew a revolver and fired at George Henry and the witness. They fled for life, with the exchange including a taunting remark about speed if the other man had eaten eggs that morning.
A brief note emphasizes that improving health begins with positive feelings and mindset as a foundation for recovery.
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