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Newspaper
Scandia Journal
Location
Scandia, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jun 30, 1927
Page
5
A cabinet statement echoes Henry Thoreau saying no wisdom can replace humanity. The remark emphasizes humane governance and personal responsibility in public service.
A dated cooks’ guide mixes pineapple recipes with road safety notes. It offers pineapple desserts and savory dishes alongside advice urging drivers to act as gentlemen on the road, stressing courteous overtaking and pedestrian awareness.
The 24 hour race for cars with heavy oil engines planned for fall at the Indianapolis motor speedway has been abandoned for the year. T B Meyers, manager, cited insufficient time to craft fair rules for engineers and factories to prepare competing cars.
A car damaged beyond repair may have salvage value if removal costs are surpassed by the value difference. The measure of damage equals the pre injury value minus post injury value plus interest, per an Oklahoma court ruling.
Motor gasoline for American motorists is now standardized with little difference between winter and summer grades. The Bureau of Mines reports the fifteenth semi annual survey finds this winter’s gasoline nearly the same as last year’s. Samples were collected across major marketing territories including New York, Washington, Pittsburgh, Chicago, New Orleans, St. Louis, Denver, San Francisco, Bartlesville, and Laramie.
Scientists at the United States Bureau of Standards in Washington test various traffic marker paints by applying strips on streets near the bureau and monitoring wear over time to determine which lasts longest under wheel and foot traffic.
Three Britons traveled from Singapore to London in a 12 000 mile journey using a £5 budget. They used odd jobs to fund the trip and took 15 months to complete it. The car arrived in England largely intact aside from a new front axle made from an old boiler tube after a ravine fall.
A newspaper item notes calls for pedestrians to carry lights at night while motorists face cooler weather effects on machinery. It cites English heavy car taxes driving more horse use and mentions an AG ruling that living quarters-equipped autos are passenger cars not trucks for assessment though some could be real estate improvements.
Charles Ford, 54, of Monongahela, faces possible life in Washington County jail over a 70 cent tax owed to his hometown. He ignores court offers to use insolvency relief and shows little concern, drawing sympathy and occasional cash offers from across the United States. Washington and Monongahela officials debate who bears boarding costs.
Frank Kinchin finds wife Madeline and six year old daughter Justine dead from gas in a West Philadelphia home. A pet cat and canary died, police say cat caused asphyxiation by pulling a gas range string. Kinchin turned off gas but both victims had died before help arrived.
A vintage drug advertisement claims Dare's Mentha Pepsin will strengthen a run-down stomach so you can eat freely. It promises money-back if it doesn’t provide real benefit and notes that many druggists stock the elixir as a trusted remedy.
At eighty six Mrs. Sarah Patek of San Francisco stars in a one reel moving picture she arranged to have made at home to send to England after relatives there could not visit. Four surviving children ten grandchildren and eleven great grandchildren support the project. Red Cross Ball Blue is praised as the finest product of its kind and etiquette notes caution against greedy fingers and overreaching.
New York. Samuel Orbach of 71 Columbia Street faced a jury verdict of 15000 against him in Supreme Court as his mother Mrs. Sarah Orbach sued for 100000 damages after a Cadillac ride toward a Hudson state park ended when his car hit a tree. The case was settled with the damages to be paid by a casualty firm. Orbach was a contented defendant as the suit was friendly and his fiancée and sister were in the car.
Santa Ana California report says Edward Livermore twenty five of Sawtelle faced a perjury charge after a marriage to Viola Wheeler Livermore fifteen. the court ordered the girl to juvenile custody, expecting leniency but both parents and the girl were surprised by the outcome.
Donald G Best of Quincy Illinois, former commander of the Illinois department of the American Legion, was fatally shot when a revolver fell from Deputy Sheriff Cunane of Quincy in a hotel room. Best died an hour later in a hospital.
Denmark reports the production of synthetic milk using vegetable fats to replace cow butterfat and added vitamins to match real milk. The process aims to imitate dairy milk in composition and nutritional content.
The note reads as a diaristic caption about tailoring a new dress to please someone. A visible line about a small bill and hope for a small fashion order hints at modest costs and anticipation.
A distressed patient questions Doctor Fudgett about treatment while a companion defends an old-fashioned approach. The exchange hints at a feud between generations and a belief in traditional remedies.
A humor strip caption features a patient claiming strange ear sounds and a witty doctor reply. The dialogue plays on a pun about hearing sounds where expected, typical of light medical comic strips.
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