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Newspaper
Scandia Journal
Location
Scandia, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Dec 08, 1932
Page
2
The piece argues that living costs have offset salary cuts and dividends while millions remain unemployed facing hardship. It urges citizens to fund repairs and improvements now to pump money into the economy, create payrolls, and boost trade rather than rely on charity alone.
A column criticizes public ownership of electric power arguing that municipally run plants would cost tens of millions, raise taxes, and offer dubious savings. It suggests starting with grocery price plans to show potential public savings before expanding into utilities, calling such moves as logical as private business.
Ohio finished 1800 miles of dustless farm to market roads at about 2000 dollars per mile. Highway Director Merrell argues roads must be cost effective, linking farms and small towns to spur farming and community growth amid rising transport needs.
The piece notes football winds down with only inter sectional games left before the New Year classic at Pasadena. It praises USC as the outstanding western team built around a fast quarterback and the Howard Jones system, and calls Colgate the eastern standout before Pittsburgh earned the bid despite Notre Dame and Nebraska games.
Joe Hayes returns to Cherry Street and resumes his factory on Main Street after a failed margin gambit with Associated Gadgets. Bill Turner guides recovery as Littletown diversifies without big city dependence, restoring jobs and a steadier local economy.
A reminiscence recalls a 60 to 70 year old incident told by Rev. Spalding via Mrs. Southard. A minister loses control of a conveyed burial when a team bolts, the casket opens and the supposed deceased is found alive, leading to a funeral burial in the same casket.
Libby Holman Reynolds a torch singer, cleared of murder in the fatal shooting of her husband. The item notes ongoing doubt about other charges and satirical quips from Kansas papers on politics, humor, and local life.
Partial timetable shows time estimates for East Bound and West Bound trains on the Rock Island line with regular and local freight stops. Mentions Missouri Pacific Local Freight and passenger No. 652 South Bound and North Bound schedules with several garbled times.
The items recount travelers and locals in 1918, noting James McGlashen returning home to Los Angeles, Elmer Jensen from Kansas City trip, A B Johnson hosting Thanksgiving, Ray Tingstrom home from Fort Benjamin Harrison, Frank H Larsen shipping hogs to Kansas City, Mrs. Johnson’s holiday plans, Boggess visiting, Scandia Mercantile expanding meat lines, Robert Rickabaugh in cargo, O Reece's early discharge, and Minnie Johnson Haglund wedding to Axel Haglund in Kansas City.
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