Christmas Peace and Science Jumble in Old Dispatches
The article blends a Christmas meditation on peace with scattered facts and questions. It cites the Nativity story from Bethlehem and the angels, then shifts to notes on rubber consumption, bullet energy, Santa alibis, Newtonian motion, and prompts about decisive character in daily life.
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Scandia
Sigsbee
Abraham Lincoln
South
Campaign against short skirts sparks moral debate in society
A Washington society woman leads a campaign to suppress short skirts and bare legs arguing for a retro moral order. She faces counterpoints from readers praising modern dress as sensible and not inherently vulgar. The column also notes quirky items from 1930s life and a joke about smoking mothers.
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Washington, D. C
Christmas Reflections On Faith And Social Duty
The piece blends a Christmas meditation with social critique. It notes Bethlehem as the source of hope and ethics while urging awareness of economic inequality, child labor, and schooling, urging action beyond seasonal charity and calling for stronger public effort.
Electrification changes life on the farm and its people
An editorial argues that electric and motor power transform farming from hard manual labor to efficient production. It notes milking and harvest machinery, home appliances, and self feeding livestock, predicting widespread electrification and higher rural living standards while preserving rural values.
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Kansas
Farmers and the new age demand smart headwork
A Kansas woman's remark on livestock echoes a shift in farming. The piece argues farming will attract many and that success hinges on intelligent management, not just handwork, to use new contrivances for a comfortable family life.
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Kansas
Drofers Daily Telegram
City Commission Cuts Light Bills In Christmas Gift
The City Commission reduced municipal light rates effective January bills. Rates now are 9 cents for the first 40 K W hours, 8 cents for the next 30 K W hours, 7 cents for the following 30 K W hours, and 6 cents for all beyond 100 K W hours. Power and cooking rates and the 10 percent discount stay the same. A. D. Roszell notes mild winter weather and various local notices.
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Herington Sun
Quips and Quirks from Kansans Across the Plains
A column of light anecdotes and cartoons from Kansas and nearby towns. Jests about tobacco versus cigarettes, money talks, radio frosting mishaps, traveling salesmen, corn crop humor, and a Western money tale from El Dorado plus classroom quips and a Scotchman puzzled by gratis.
Forsberg Larson Wedding in Scandia Christmas Morning
Mr C Albin Forsberg and Miss Sanna Helena Larson united in marriage by Rev H A Zimmerman at his home on Christmas morning. After the ceremony the couple planned to live five to six miles northwest of Scandia.
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Clarence Tebow
Scandia
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Shirley Shivvers
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