Union News Happenings in Republic and Scandia Areas
Local social notes detail visits among Union and Scandia residents including Merle Yeager and family, Stwierginsky, Swiercinsky, and Beecher households. Reports cover hog sales, corn shelling, Christmas gatherings, a watch meeting, a marriage in Scandia, Mutual Benefit Club activities, and rural visits with names, places, and dates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Merle Yeager
Thora
Republic
Frank Goodwin
Yast
Frances
Katharine
Martin Speecher
Stinson
Chas. Larson
Haggburg
Chicago
Russell Waite
Freedom Township
D. Cc. Waite
Ray ‘Swiercinsky
Oklahoma
James , Goodwin
Scandia
Leslie, Rasmussen
Frank Mikesell
Mutual Benefit Club of Union
Edith Larson
Bernice Roe
Ruth Hall
Loleta Goodwin
Arthur Howe
South Dakota
Ray Swiercinsky
Elgin
Okla
Larson
Martha Bowersox
Christopher Mosher
Rexford
Kan
James Mosher
Rydal
Alfred Kallman
Isidore Bowersox
C. E. Baldridge
Belleville
Martin Anderson
Preble & Son
Republic County
Reunion Attendees Gather in Scandia for 1925 Event
Sherman Robison, Dee Houshold er and Arthur Goodwin attended the 1925 class reunion in Scandia on Wednesday evening. College students who came home for the holidays left for their work on Sunday after a dandy rain and misty weather from Saturday night through Sunday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sherman Robison
Dee Housholder
Arthur Goodwin
Scandia
Resolutions of My Fat Friend from Home Hints
Aunt Aggie lists ten dietary guidelines for weight loss and health. The resolutions forbid pork and fatty meats, dairy butter and cream, sugar and starches, pies and desserts, and alcohol with meals. They encourage lean meats, fruits, vegetables, salads, and cheerful self-image during reduction.
Farm Calendar Highlights From Agricultural Economics Notes
January orchard pruning should begin with sharp tools and proper technique. Mating hatchery chickens is advised to maintain strong breeding lines and avoid inbreeding. Chinch bugs in corn stalks are dying off naturally as winter ends. fields need not be burned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. E. Grimes
Orchvardists
R. J. Barnett
J. W. McColloch
Real estate sales pitch and weather note from 19th century paper
A salesman attempts to push a house on newlyweds as the bride humorously lists stages of life from birth to death. The river lies frozen after a heavy freeze last week and workers hope for colder weather to start the harvest. The editorial ends with a quip about subscription status.
Oldest Cowboy Still Rides Texas Range at 95
In Childress Texas H R Mangum aged ninety five remains in active service on the Smith Brothers ranch near town. A former South Carolina immigrant he rode with cattle herds on the Chisholm trail and witnessed early Texas ranching and Indian raids. Mangum recalls frontier life and the open range as he continues cowhand work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Childress
Tex
H. R. Mangum
Smith Brothers
Mangum
Texas
South Carolina
Chisholm
Taken by Bandits In China Two Americans Held
Dr Harvey J Howard eye specialist of Rockefeller hospital Ieking is captured by Chinese bandits while Morgan Palmer is killed at his ranch on the Sugar river near Harbin. Howard and others were visiting Palmer when the outrage occurred and he remains in captivity per consular reports.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harvey J. Howard
Rockefeller Hospital
Ieking
China
Morgan Palmer
Sunga R River
Harbin
Howard
Palmer ‘Ranch
Undersea Microphones Protecting New York
A new sound ranging device tested at Fisher's Island uses gigantic underwater microphones to locate vessels by sound. The system enables accurate targeting of moving ships invisible to the eye and promises protection against night smoke and screen tactics.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
New York City
Coast Defense
Fisher's Island
Long Island
Wheat Beards and Community Leadership in Rural Life
Farmers are urged to embrace capable leadership and constructive programs to strengthen local organizations. Topics cover humane animal handling, hog housing, rodent losses, safety in stairways, learning from others, and early spring tree prices from the Hays station with shipping to start in March. Gotfrid Larson drives cattle to Kansas City. readers urged to pay subscriptions this month.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Western Kansas
Hays Branch Experiment Station
Oil From Water Baffles Gravelle Residents
In Gravelle Arkansas a 14 foot well at the Bob Caviness home began yielding gasoline rather than water after 40 years of clean supply. Neighbors have filled car tanks and report good service but fear engine damage and possible long term consequences.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gravelle
Ark
Bob Caviness
Hand Painted Knees Spark Beauty Trend in Chicago
Beauty experts promote hand painted knees as a new craze with stockings weathered by wind. Ruth Maurer says painted knees intrigue and range from simple floral designs to elaborate portraits. U S women reportedly spend millions daily on cosmetics including rouge and hair dye.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Ruth Maurer
United States
Early clocks traced from monk Gerbert to St Pauls
Harry C. Brearly notes clock origins circa 900 A D with Gerbert the monk as a leading scholar. Monks marked day with bells and the term clock derives from French cloche meaning bell. A clock appeared at St Pauls in the 13th century and Galileo later, in 1581, identified the pendulum principle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry C. Brearly
Gerbert
St. Paul’s
London
Galileo
Famous Knights in British History Highlighted by Bull
The article lists celebrated knights across fields: Drake Sidney Grenville Raleigh Frobisher and Hawkins among early names and Shackleton among moderns. Bacon in philosophy Leighton Alma Tadema and Orchardson in art Sir Henry Irving in theater Arthur Sullivan in music Sir William Crookes in science and Sir William Harcourt in politics.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Bull
Drake
Sidney
Grenville
Raleigh
Frobiser
Hawkins
Shackleton
Bacon
Leighton
Ala‘hadema
Orchardson
Henry Irving
Visiting Families And Ailing Neighbor In Salina
Mr and Mrs James McGlashan and Mr and Mrs Hugh McGowan drove to Salina Friday and visited over Sunday with the Husted and Collister families. J W Plotner, sick the past two weeks, is improving and expresses thanks to Fred Hausermann, the Woodmen, and the U B Sunday School for flowers. Salesman wanted for oils greases and paints with good pay. The JED OIL AND PAINT CO Cleveland Ohio.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James McGlashan
Hugh
McGowan
Salina
Husted
Collister
J. W. Plotner
Fred Hausermann
Woodmen
U. B
The
JED: Oil and Paint CO
Cleveland
Ohio
Butter Prices Edge Down Across Markets Despite Light Poultry
Swift & Co reports Chicago Standards at 44.5 cents and Extras at 45 while New York Extras reach 47. Prices fall 1 to 8 cents from last week as butter and eggs face bearish sentiment. Poultry receipts are light and live fowl scarce in New York and Chicago amid higher prices to reflect market strain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
New York
New ‘York
U.S. Department of Agriculture
Boston
Philadelphia
England
New Zealand
United States
Swift & Co
Waiting for the Wedding Sermon Pranks a Printer
A bachelor minister habitually publicizes his Sunday subject with a poster. He asks a choir member to choose a solo title and claims his subject to the printer. The poster ends up reading Sermon Waiting for the Wedding and Why Do You Wait Dear Brother with Miss Labor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Solo
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Union News
Verner Haggburg
Akima Canutt
Hannan
al St. John
Levi
Saturday Evening Post
Bobby
Vernon
Majestic Theatre Orchestra
James Oliver Curwood
Alaskan Wilds
Thos. Meighan Estelle Taylor
J. Dempsey
Anna May Wong
Charles Ogle
Alaskan
Far North
Alaska
Cosmopolitan
Scandia Choral Club
Zona Berg
Aggie
K S. A. C. News Service
D. C. Warren
Und.r.aker’ S
Howard . Courant
Gotfrid Larson
Kansas City
Produce
Neutrodyne
Thompson
M. A. Preble & Son
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