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Newspaper
Scandia Journal
Location
Scandia, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jan 08, 1931
Page
2
The American Country Life Conference at Wisconsin College of Agriculture urged a surfaced road to every farmer’s gate. It noted that 90 percent of U S roads are local dirt routes and winter impassable, calling for low cost surfaces bound by asphaltic oils.
Bert W. Selin surveys 1901 warnings on wheat, arson and loyalty to party. The column touches Crookes predictions, Norris and Borah insurgency, Justice Clark on the 18th Amendment, a hawk collision in a schoolyard, a theater robbery thwarted, Medicine Lodge park offers, and assorted Idaho news items.
The piece argues against restricting employment to men, asserting women with talent and training deserve positions. It notes efficiency, not gender, determines layoffs during downturns, cites New York unemployment surveys showing men sometimes demand higher salaries, and concludes no strict line of demarcation exists between men and women in industry.
The Central Trust Company of Chicago receives a supplemental mortgage from Kansas Power Company for 500000 with a 1250 registration fee and 305 recording fee. An additional 500000 bond issue is noted, with filings required in Barton, Clark, Clay, Edwards, Ellsworth, Ford, Kiowa, Gray, Haskell, Jewell, Lincoln, Marshall, Meade, Mitchell, Norton, Osborne, Phillips, Republic, Rooks, Rush, Russell, Seward, Smith and Washington counties. An accident report follows about Ruth Craddock and Duane Cousins sustaining cuts from shattered windshield glass.
A mosaic of one line jokes and local quips from Kansas papers. Bit players include jokes about dirt farmers politicians home town money and a Belleville baker asking about Fleischmann yeast. An elevator gag and a football vogue huddle line close this fragmentary column.
Journal items recap visits family events and small-town happenings. Names include J R Shivvers Haggman Preble Westin Larson Sothers Isaacson Fraser Erickson and Preble with a wedding at Wells residence and a study club gathering. Schools report Pleasant Grove enrollment and attendance.
East bound schedule shows times 2 A M and 9 55 P M 10 24 P M with flag indication. West bound no stop noted. Missouri Pacific passenger service listed with south bound departures No 640.
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