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Newspaper
Scandia Journal
Location
Scandia, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Dec 27, 1928
Page
2
A speaker warns against too many irons in the fire using blacksmithing and juggling metaphors. He cites a youth guiding a speeding car with one arm around a sweetheart, leading to a crash, and notes Graham neglecting studies while managing class politics. The moral favors focused effort and single tasks.
Johnny Evers, ex Cubs and Braves star, is hired by Judge Fuchs to assist and manage the Hub National League club. Evers will operate from the field under Buchs direction as he joins a difficult situation and a faltering college class political scene. The note closes with reflections on an overcomplicated, failing setup.
Kathleen Rice a University of Toronto graduate works as a mining prospector in northern Manitoba on a copper and nickel vein near her log cabin at Herb lake. Since 1921 she has developed the Starr claim amid challenging terrain with engineers praising the prospects and her Vanadium early entry.
Miss Rice, daughter of Henry Lincoln Rice of Toronto, abandons a mathematics post to live 15 years in the North. She traps in winter and hunts moose, preserving meat, and earns lasting respect for her devoted, well trained dogs. Her adventures began with a college chum funding the venture.
Four Japanese fishing vessels known as death ships drift in the north Pacific after a December typhoon blew them from the Japanese islands. One hulk, the Ryōs Maru, carried cannibal claims and washed up on the Washington coast nearly a year after the loss. Charts show two major current circles that could carry the ships for years between the Pacific coast and Japan.
In Jacksonville Florida Dr Henry Dus runs a factory where oak leaves turn autumnal colors in about five minutes. Leaves and plants treated by his method last indefinitely without brittleness or loss of beauty. The factory head, a licensed physician, says the treatment is a secret.
A silver fox strayed into Ahuntsic, Montreal, and was captured by a police officer who took the animal to the station. Valued at $500, the fox rested in a box at the station afterward amid nearby fox ranches on Montreal island.
The body of William Penn, founder of Pennsylvania, was found near a lonely dirt road in rural England. Arthur L. Bates, a former Pennsylvania representative, leads a movement to have Penn reinterred in Pennsylvania with a monument at the grave. The plot also holds Penns two wives Gulielma and Hannah and their children. The plan calls for a commission to negotiate with British authorities. if removal is rejected, a monument may be erected on site. Penn acquired Pennsylvania from King Charles II to repay a debt to his father. Penn arrived in 1682 and laid out Philadelphia. he died in 1718.
A San Antonio woman credits Milks Emulsion with curing a long cough and persistent illness after pneumonia and a 1920 cold. She reports weight gain, stronger appetite, and full recovery including return to social life and college preparations. She endorses the product and notes a satisfaction guarantee from Milks Emulsion Co.
Electric plows in Italy press ahead with a V shaped double ended design hauled across fields by a table. Power comes from an electric transmission line through a transformer. Operating cost reportedly under $8 per acre though initial installation is steep.
In a brief note Ady claims rain water with a handful of 20 Mule Team Borax makes shampoo easier and improves hair shine by softening the water and aiding the soap.
A brief quotation from Colton notes that ignorance seems at the bottom of human knowledge while deeper inquiry brings us closer to it. The line frames curiosity and limits of understanding as a paradox.
A quirky clipping notes a man with eleven children and jokes about stork madness. It comments on lighthearted topics including coal use and laundry blue products, ending with a humorous aside about a spectacled man troubled by seasickness.
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