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Newspaper
Scandia Journal
Location
Scandia, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Mar 10, 1921
Page
3
Ex-Governor Goodrich of Indiana compared the baseball bribery scandal to a Maori gambler tale at a dinner. He described a Maori millionaire who bragged after a horse race then protested, illustrating how people manipulate outcomes to claim a fair result.
A quirky exchange features a mind reader asking if someone is Doctor Smith and a response guiding toward home. The line about a dressmaker notes practical skill compensating for a lack of grace.
American troops in Germany favor Western adventure tales and Caesar translations, with Zane Grey and Rhine legends popular. Wagner operas and Story Magazines captivate reading crews. the American Library Association estimates 30,000 books for Americans, French, Belgians, and Brits in the occupied zone, now handed to the YMCA for distribution.
A New Orleans pickpocket demonstrated skill by stealing a man's gold tooth from Adrien A. Chazulle of 1080 St. Philip Street. The tooth was in the purse when the thief took the purse from a passenger on a Louisiana Avenue streetcar.
In the Bronx a poultry shop housed about two thousand geese ducks and chickens clucked as they awakened residents with an alarm that drew police and fire crews. Firemen fought the blaze for two hours, causing heavy property loss across eleven retail clothing and food stores.
A Philadelphia report quotes L A Shaw of the internal bureau of mines on smoke candles as future war tools. British and American candles produced smoke from zinc chloride to conceal troop movements, with toxic diphenylchlorarsine potential. The expert foresees limited incendiaries but expanding smoke use to reduce casualties in attacks.
Psychological tests of ability for shop work are being conducted by the University of Wisconsin psychology department with freshmen in the college of engineering. Results are being computed by vocational psychology students as part of their training to become employment managers. A second set tests journalistic ability in conjunction with journalism schools at other universities to identify latent talent beyond high school records.
Flora Indiana resident Fred Rhodes woke to snow blocked roads then cleared a path and rode to Elkhart. His train had departed he arrived hours late, finding Vera Gardner still waiting at her home eighty miles away, the wedding delayed by weather.
In Decatur Alabama a slow clock in a railroad station caused a widow to miss the train carrying the body of her dead son. Carey was awarded 500 dollars in damages against the Louisville and Nashville railroad for the oversight.
Col. Edward L. Munson, chief of morale, general staff, says Lets Go is the chief battle slogan of the American army in the world war. He notes other phrases like Where do we go from here and When do we eat but Lets Go stands foremost for daily use in rest or in battle.
A large doe chased by dogs ran along Beavertown Pa main street and leaped into Fulmer's hotel garden. It then jumped the fence and trotted through business streets stopping to look in store windows.
A compact guide to main dishes with recipes for Alaskan Dish using round steak, panned oysters, baked lima beans with tomatoes, and fricassee of sheep tongues. Each item includes steps, ingredients, and serving notes alongside brief verse excerpts.
Seasonal good things offer cottage cheese in many dainty dishes. Recipes include cheese piped on open sandwiches, cream cheese, Romaine salad with dates and cheese balls, Spanish Cream with gelatine, and baked polenta with meat gravy. Delicate spreads and molded desserts highlight cottage cheese use.
Madame de Stael describes the Vesuvius region as the most fertile part of the kingdom yet scarred by lava. She notes Lacryma Christi vines thriving beside land destroyed by lava as ash and smoke signal approaching the volcano. The ascent reveals Naples and shining sea, then a dying landscape with black furrows, scarce plants, and absent life until the ash domain of death.
A contrarian voice notes Bennie Beanbrough resisting folly while a wary speaker predicts someone will outwit him. The text dismisses gendered assumptions about insight, contrasts wishes with effort, and hints at ambition clashing with reality.
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