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Newspaper
Scandia Journal
Location
Scandia, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jan 01, 1925
Page
2
W S Baker pastor announces no Sunday morning preaching for two weeks due to the Union Revival meeting. Morning service will be at 10:00 with the theme The Man of God Faithful to his Charge. Friday prayer gathering at 7 20 p m and Sunday School each Sunday at 10:00 a m.
Aniana Lutheran Church holds Sunday school and morning service after New Year. Union services at City Hall 7 30 led by Rundus Brothers with prayers for youth and the perishing. Epiphany services at 11 am with Wise Men worship. Congregation annual meeting at 1 pm. voting members urged to attend. Chas Pehrson, pastor.
A European writer recalls reaching Malabar Hill near Mumbai to view Parsi burial rites at the Towers of Silence. He details mourning customs with white attire and the body laid on a platform while ritual scavengers, such as eagles, aid in decay before bones are interred after months.
A French physician Dr Edde claims the Venus de Milo never had arms. He cites a bronze statuette he found in Beirut mirroring the famous Louvre statue and suggests the sculptor left arms unfinished. The tale ties to a historic search on Milos for the famed missing limbs.
A businessman who often misplaced umbrellas had his phone number engraved on each umbrella. Since then he has recovered every lost umbrella, as finders call the number and owners collect. The system discourages theft and encourages honesty, though the umbrella cannot speak.
Johnson, a new rail yard worker, was told to mark each item eleven. He marked a horse and a truck with wrong numbers, confusing the foreman. Johnson admitted the error, explaining he couldn’t tell which side of the I to place the second numeral.
A compact excerpt from Honor Bright's "Mere Man" suggests that women should withhold overt affection to keep a man interested and implies social strategies for dating. It notes a man might crave love until given freely, then lose desire, and advises avoiding homebound entanglements in social evenings.
The passage portrays an orthodox Jew as stern and austere yet capable of enduring hardship. It credits him with self discipline, spiritual ideals, and a refusal to drift into vice while upholding law and order.
The article surveys ancient Scottish earthworks and stone rings such as the White Waterthua near Forfarshire with four circles and a deep ditch, Bamakin in Aberdeenshire with five circles, and burgh towers whose circular outer walls hide sloped interiors with many small chambers. It highlights mysterious Pictish ruins like the Rousay tower in Orkney.
The Giants Causeway on the Antrim north coast is a basalt rock promontory thought to be the start of an ancient road to Scotland. Eroded cliffs left thousands of regular six sided pillars forming a paved tops, with heights around 500 feet and pillar diameters between 20 and 80 inches.
The pastor noted an unusually uplifting revival, while at the end Jack Smith, a village character, entered after hunting skunks and sat behind the wife and sister, causing the audience to smile as he wore soiled clothes. The moment arose when the pastor spoke of the heavenly atmosphere.
The passage argues that investing in better teachers and school equipment benefits children most through parental example. It cites Huxley and Norman Hapgood, urging parents to provide the best schooling their means allow, noting that true education starts in the home and shapes children’s future.
A Scottish farmer confesses he substituted a sixpence for the plate offering at church, prompting a decades long beadle silence. After 23 Sundays the beadle finally intervened with a whispered admonition before Sandy. Edinburgh Scotsman
Pathfinder Magazine explains the expression from pillar to post, tracing origins to debated sources. Some authorities link it to an inn or judicious enclosure, others to medieval horse training rings. the pillar and posts describe center and boundary in a circular path.
The article traces Roman commercial practices from open stalls and verbal signage to later innovations. It notes Pompeii wall inscriptions and early shop windows, with merchants advertising by name and price tags, and highlights the shift after Eastward trade expands.
Berlin report in Industrial and Engineering Chemistry cites Herry Decker of Jena who argues resin or decaterpene resinous matter may crystallize into diamond under extreme pressure and heat over long periods. The theory posits hydrogen removal from carbon rich material leaving pure crystalline carbon.
The passage notes John Pyne of Bath introducing mail service into England in 1784, detailing his advocacy after London departures on Mondays and Bath arrivals midweek. It contrasts flying mail with ancient courier systems and hints at slower reforms before railway adoption.
A young writer courts a feuding woman while directing a film. The man jokes about age, claiming she seems thirty two though she denies it, sparking a light exchange set in Los Angeles.
The piece compares historic glass drilling with a triangular file and brace using lapping pressure and pepperine lubrication to a modern quick method. It notes replacing the old file with a thin walled tube of brass or copper in a brace and using powdered carborundum as a cutting agent guided by a wooden centering aid.
The nine inch super bird of paradise is noted for velvet black plumage with purple and green metallic ornaments. It features a bright metallic green pectoral shield and a large forked erectile shield on the neck. Native to New Guinea.
A garbled passage shows a child named Alex insisting to his grandmother that he is Alex while others doubt him. The text mixes quoted speech and misread phrases, mentioning dry trousers romper wearing and a scene of recognition or denial.
Probate Court in Republic County Kansas to hear January 7 1925 at 2 pm for final settlement of the estate of Benjamin M. Lervold Deceased. Frank O Lervold administrator seeks allowance of fees discharge of duties and heir determination. Belleville Kansas December 6 1924. Henry H Van Natta Probate Judge.
A compact classified note offers auto repair services with a promise of customer satisfaction. It mentions acetylene welding equipment and references Moe at Mahaffey Building as a contact point.
One like new Edison offered at $35.00. Another new Edison priced at $50.00. Zona Berg & Son Music Co of Superior, Nebraska lists these items for sale.
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