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Newspaper
Scandia Journal
Location
Scandia, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jul 04, 1918
Page
1
Kansas officials released the June crop forecast based on June 15 conditions from 2000 crop reporters. Winter wheat yield projected at 97,654,376 bushels from 6,654,686 acres, with oats at a record high 71 million bushels. The report notes heat and dryness reduced yields in several regions but increases in planted area offset losses.
A recent blaze wiped out half a city block in Norton’s business district. A grocery store, furniture shop, confectionery, and garage were destroyed. Insurance coverage is pegged at about ten thousand dollars.
Dr W L Treadway a noted expert on mental disease now tied to the national public health department will visit Lansing to examine all prisoners at the Kansas penitentiary. A few inmates were brain tested years ago and now a full examination is planned.
J. W. Terell 22 a Butler county state guard member from Stroud Oklahoma is held in Eldorado on his own statement that he deserted Camp Travis Texas seven months ago. He says he is ready to fight and would go to France if given the chance.
BH. M. Briggs, assistant German instructor and Kansas University Cadet Battalion commandant, leaves KU to become commandant at Wentworth Military Academy in Lexington Mo. He joined KU in 1916 after graduating from the University of Nebraska in 1904. Mrs. M. D. Steele, long-time resident near Greeley, dies at 80. Provost Marshal Crowder lists Kansas units for muster: 615 men to Manhattan for mechanical training and 103 to Fort Hays. entrants must be grammar-school graduates, may enlist before July 1, report by July 15.
London remains a cosmopolitan hub where officers and civilians mingle, yet chatter about military matters circulates openly. Russian women in a hotel attracted officer attention then vanished, fueling spy fears as others warned of indiscreet remarks aiding Berlin.
Wounded Marines in base hospitals in France have taken to letter writing, spurred by a Paris stenographer who volunteers to draft letters home. The pretty helper visits daily, prompting sailors to exclaim about needing more aunts and cousins to respond to the flood of mail.
In Johnson City Tennessee thousands of dollars buried by east Tennessee mountaineers were dug up and invested in Liberty bonds. Gold and silver currency was found in fireplace corners under garden trees and in hollow oaks. Much of the bonds date back over fifty years and most participation came in the third loan.
Hazleton Pa Buck mountain once supplied an anthracite cowl to a historical naval battle. Now the same ground is repurposed by amateur war gardeners to grow potatoes as part of patriotic duty during the war effort.
Marton O Curt Hadlich, a German mechanic and former army aviator now an American citizen, discusses brutal treatment by German officers. He recalls beaten soldiers, harsh daily punishments, and dismal discipline at Metz and Strassburg while hoping to join American aviation.
Miss Margaret Hibbard a Cleveland telephone operator who recently arrived from England bought a Liberty bond with her small earnings after learning her brother Lieut E J Hibbard had died in Europe In grief she purchased another Liberty bond declaring it was her answer to the Kaiser and the battle of Picardy plain reflecting wartime sacrifice by families.
Washington reports a group of former athletic stars enlisting with the YMCA to instruct and keep American troops physically fit for battle overseas. The initiative aims to maintain fitness and morale among service members abroad.
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