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Newspaper
Scandia Journal
Location
Scandia, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jan 26, 1956
Page
4
Sunday afternoon guests included Mrs Benny Lervold and Robbins while Gethnie Tracy of Concordia visited Frank and Carl Isaacson. Arlie Larson of Superior Nebr joined Sunday dinner with Isaacson family along with Donald Runft. Many relatives hosted and visited over the weekend in Scandia and nearby towns.
Mr and Mrs Leslie Rasmussen and Mrs Edward Pachta attended an anniversary dinner at the Amos Blecha home in Munden honoring Adolph and Mrs Blecha of Belleville on their 43rd wedding anniversary. Other social visits list relatives and neighbors from Courtland Jamestown Belleville and Topeka with multiple guestings and overnight stays.
Local notices recount visits and dinners in a rural community with names like Scherling Hobson Nelson and Rasmussen. The column also notes errands in Grand Island, Concordia, and Belleview along with a set of curious facts about history, wildlife, industry, and language.
A copper colored puppy named Penny is found by a family with children and a dignified physics professor father. After Penny is claimed by neighbors, a field test to decide ownership ends with Penny choosing Hester, prompting the father to admit defeat and yield.
The Mississippi River water system and its tributaries extend beyond 12 000 miles, forming a vast network that reaches numerous regions. The excerpt highlights the expansive scale of the watershed and its extensive branching.
Wild animals escape from circuses and shops in several cities causing panic. An ocelot roamed near the Naval Observatory for nine days before returning to its pet shop. A leopard at a Oklahoma City zoo was captured with doped meat, killing the animal. Jackie the lion hid in a New York basement until matinee time. A Baltimore TV kangaroo fled a studio, creating traffic jams and scuffles before a dramatic, brief spree.
Mt Hamilton Calif Dr George H Herbig an associate astronomer at Lick Observatory says he may have detected birth of two new stars in the Orion Nebula. He based his claim on two photographs taken seven years apart showing changes in a dark dust filled region, a possible first in astronomy.
In 1954 five stars were observed where three had appeared in 1947. Dr Herbig and other astronomers have spent the past decade gathering evidence that all five stars belong to recently formed stellar species.
Minneapolis report shows life expectancy gains with twice as many babies born in the 1950s expected to reach age 100 as those born in 1900. The Family Economics Bureau cites 80,000 of 20 million births in the past five years could live to 100, compared with 40,000 of similar-era births a half century earlier.
New York report shows accidents kill about 6,000 youths yearly with motor vehicle crashes a major factor. Among boys ages five to fourteen, accidental death exceeds poliomyelitis and pneumonia combined, and ten to fourteen year olds suffer more deaths from accidents than all other causes. Drownings are the second leading cause and motor-vehicle mishaps account for two-fifths of elementary age fatalities. Other notable causes include burns, conflagrations, firearms, and falls.
Officials at the State mental hospital in Raleigh watch a street broadcast of Sidewalk Superintendents. They spot a patient on the program and decide to intervene, sending someone to fetch him.
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