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Newspaper
Scandia Journal
Location
Scandia, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jul 04, 1929
Page
3
The Three Bar owners rally after a devastating raid. Harris and sheriff pursue rustlers, with a planned trial and eventual capture. the stockade siege ends with no prisoners, and the ranch vows to rebuild from ruins starting anew at the tile house that began the brand.
Harris sits on a baggage truck and watches the train carry away the Three Bar girl. Deane and Judge Colton push her toward action and a future where the Three Bar plays no part. The chapter ends with anticipation of a return to Colton life and new plans.
A spectator in Zaria reacts to viewing airplanes and the interior of his country, expressing disbelief in Islamic doctrine due to the clouds' solidity. The unusual sight appears to shake his faith, with expectations he may turn toward a different belief system.
Washington reports the coming fifteenth decennial census with 100000 enumerators under 550 supervisors. Clerks prepare reports, punch cards and a new recording machine printing 60 items at 400 per minute. Machines handle over 8 million cards daily to produce the permanent governmental record.
Rome plans a city run Palace of Hospitality to accommodate visiting provincial students workers and agriculturists. The two or three story building near the Tiber close to the Temple of Vesta will be fitted as a hotel with kitchens restaurant baths and reading rooms. Part of it will stay open while full services dormitories restaurants baths and recreation rooms will be used on large invitation occasions.
Littie Dorothy Bat trick ten, the sole pupil on Brownsea Island, forces the Dorset county council to close the island school. The girl, the only child of school age there, would face a five mile trip across the channel to the nearest school, leaving her sisters and brother behind.
Archeologists study a crude two foot square sandstone bear head found on an Ozark farm near Warsaw Missouri. The artifact may be over 1000 years old and possibly worshiped by prehistoric peoples long before Columbus. The piece is housed in Drury College museum.
W M Jardine notes in the Saturday Evening Post that industry penetrates rural areas, boosting local markets roads schools and power. Homes and farms gain electrification as plants in cotton coal metal and washing machines rise, lifting land values and credit facilities while supporting farm products.
The article advises planting around a small home to improve proportion and value. It recommends native shrubs and trees suited to local soil and climate, arguing planting can add dollars to resale and require less maintenance than foreign varieties.
The Missouri house approved a bill allowing all cities to establish planning and zoning commissions with authority to lay out permanent physical lines. Commissions would present their plans to city councils for approval, benefiting smaller communities most.
Engineers from the United States Bureau of Public Roads advise a minimum 20 foot width for two lane highways. In built up areas the roadway should be at least 36 feet wide to allow parallel parking and 50 feet where diagonal and right angle parking is permitted.
The text outlines garden plots: ten to twelve square rods for summer fruits, and an acre and a half to two acres for remaining crops except winter apples. It notes summer apples can fill spaces between winter apples, as they are less permanent trees.
A Waldport Oregon Tribune item notes a resident who offered time for a community benefit but faced hesitation from the first speaker who asked for time to think it over. The discussion reflects local civic deliberation and volunteer spirit.
The The Dalles Optic visitor notes that money earned within a town should be spent locally rather than sent to distant mail order houses or paid to traveling peddlers, arguing this keeps wealth circulating in the community.
Sullivan county clubwomen launch a roadside beautification campaign planting trees evergreens and vines along highways. As the season progresses flowers will be planted in locations chosen by the volunteers.
A humorous remark about driving speed limits circulates, with a man joking that at 15 mph fenders rattle, at 25 mph windows rattle, and at 80 mph the engine knocks, implying the car cannot go faster. The gag suggests a rough, old-time attitude toward speed and mechanical limits.
A courtroom-style gag shows an office boy telling a salesman outside to report the boss says he has a mustache. The judge references the mustache as the punchline, delivering a brief comic exchange.
A humorous line from Lustige Blaetter notes a consumer demand for ice without wafers. An advertising blurb promotes Red Cross Concentrated Bluing bottled at 6.02 fluid ounces sold by grocers for 10 cents.
Officials report over 1.5 billion government postal cards used in the country during the past year, reflecting heavy correspondence activity and public service outreach across regions.
A historic editorials notes that intellect is not a universal adornment and opinions weight differently across individuals, cautioning readers about overconfidence in mental certainty.
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