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Newspaper
Scandia Journal
Location
Scandia, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Dec 22, 1905
Page
11
Wednesday evening A. H. Herman finished the two story tenant house under construction. Granstedt sale brought in a little over $900. Miss Gertrude Cullers plans to return from Lawrence Friday evening for the holiday vacation. English Walnuts priced at 150 cents a pound at Star Grocery.
The Union Valley community shares Christmas wishes for the Journal readers. Miss Cora Nichol visits Union and plans to move to Decatur County. Ed Stafford teaches at the Dry Lake school and travels for business. The Union Valley schools have one week of vacation over the holidays and a Christmas program by Miss Norris and pupils is set for December 22. Prof W L Livingston will lead a singing school after holidays and residents are urged to attend. Roy Milton and G F Bergs family head to Oklahoma for their future home.
A fragment from a periodical urges brevity in all acts. It counsels cutting long talks prayers and writings to essentials, urging readers to convey messages quickly and clearly.
Experiments with carrier pigeons show a highly developed sense of direction. In twenty minutes the first bird dispatched at 10 p.m. reached its roost seventeen miles away. Half arrived before midnight and the rest within a few hours, indicating strong navigational abilities in birds.
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