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Newspaper
Scandia Journal
Location
Scandia, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jul 13, 1922
Page
3
Kansas will receive more than 5.3 million dollars in federal road aid and has until November 9 1926 to amend road laws to maximize the funds. State Highway Engineer M W Watson notes the extension increases the amendment window from three to five years, avoiding loss of aid.
Iesther Davies and Mrs. A R Bell were injured when a car driven by Curtis Sevnk of Oswego collided with Bell’s vehicle at Parsons. Both women suffered fractured skulls in the accident.
Richard J. Hopkins, attorney general, files nomination papers to run for the state Supreme Court. He will oppose Judge Silas Porter for the seat in a contest likely to shape the court’s balance.
The state board of agriculture projects an 8.5 million bushel increase in harvest from expanded wheat acreage in Kansas, with an estimated total yield of 117,215,000 bushels and an average 12.95 bushels per acre across 9,058,362 harvested acres. Sedgwick leads counties with 4,396,625 bushels projected.
Malcolm Gray secretary of the state board of administration urges rejovination of county poor farms to handle overflow from state charitable institutions and hospitals. A report shows capacity 6500 in twelve facilities while about 7000 are housed, with parolings for nonviolent cases to free space for violent inmates.
The bodies of three young men found near the Santa Fe tracks five miles northeast of Newton were partially identified as Clyde Perryman Claude Perryman and Lloyd Keith of Buffalo Missouri by observers. A J Rowe aged 68 was found dead in a public road near Leona Doniphan County Friday night with neck broken and shoulder crushed the coroner ruled death from being struck by a motor vehicle.
The state board admitted sixty four applicants to the Kansas bar from the recent examinations. Four of the new admittees were women. Nine applicants failed to pass the test.
William A. Radford offers free building advice while advocating a story and a half house design. Describes living dining and kitchen sizes, a sun porch, three bedrooms, and a central bathroom. Emphasizes exterior charm with brick foundation and comfortable interior layout, noting overall ease and economy of construction.
The passage argues that beauty is essential to art and that ugliness contradicts true art. It asserts art blends concrete and abstract to elevate the soul, notes beauty's transient obscurity yet its permanence, and describes beauty as the driving force of existence guiding toward sublimated experience and superior conception and expression.
A judge notes a humorous dispute about a husband growling his anger over spending a pleasant evening. The remark frames a domestic scene with a light tone and mild tension. No further legal action or formal outcome indicated.
H Mohr of 112 S Fourth St St Louis praises Tanlac after suffering stomach trouble gas and heart palpitations for years. He reports regained weight and appetite with no pain or headaches. The ad notes Tanlac is sold by druggists and ends with a humorous Harper's Magazine quote about a child.
An advertisement urges using Red Cross Ball Blue in laundry to prevent tiny rust spots from inferior bluing, claiming trouble free results and inviting readers to try the product.
A fragment shows a quarrel over antiques selling tactics. A seller argues about misattributing a chair’s provenance to Pompadour or Du Barry while a buyer questions authenticity and the seller’s credibility. The exchange hints at social tension over lineage and reputation in decorative arts.
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