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Newspaper
Scandia Journal
Location
Scandia, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Mar 11, 1920
Page
3
An old health advisory warns Americans to cut rich foods to prevent kidney trouble and urges taking Jad Salts, a lemon grape acid lithia mixture, daily for a few days to flush and stimulate clogged kidneys. The ad touts Jad Salts as inexpensive and harmless, resembling a home remedy.
An advertisement extols Cuticura products for baby rashes including Cuticura Soap Ointment and Talcum. It claims soothing itch, burn and comfort after baths with fragrance, pricing each item at 25 cents and noting wide availability.
The exchange notes that the speaker never writes by hand but always uses a typewriter. The remark underscores a preference for mechanical writing and hints at evolving office technology.
In Topeka a sharp drop in sisal prices lowers binding twine costs for Kansas harvests. State prison twine plant offers at least 1 cent per pound below commercial prices, aiming for no profit. The plant can produce up to 3 million pounds annually, with state demand estimated at 30 million pounds. Kansas also welcomes Frank Jarrell back to The Earth publication as chief, after service with Red Cross and railroad administration.
Mrs. W Y Morgan of Hutchinson is named by Carrie Chapman Catt, head of the International Suffrage Association, as a U S delegate to the Madrid suffrage gathering in May. Morgan will leave New York March 31 with Catts party then tour Spain before the May congress. She is a former president of the Kansas Equal Suffrage Association. A Topeka sale report states Throop hotel sold for 60000 to D T Ward of Carthage Mo.
John Stolker Empire superintendent is exonerated by a coroner's jury in the motor vehicle crash that killed 12 year old Albert Serafin. Mrs Gracia Gregg German dies in Frankfort from pneumonia after influenza at 29, daughter of attorney W J Gregg. The Valley Fall Fair and Stock Show set for October 5 to 8 with about 10000 in new buildings. The Grant Miller Broom Corn Co erecting the largest broom corn warehouse in Wichita at 50000. The Jones Motor Co Wichita loses about 14 million in a fire destroying two of five buildings, with about 75 percent insured. Mrs Delia McLaughlin dies from pneumonia following influenza in Atchison. Her mother and son also recent pneumonia deaths.
Kansas voters in all first and second class cities must register by July 28 to vote in upcoming primaries and general elections. The special session reformed registration to remove aliens who obtained first papers before 1918 and closes loopholes.
Miss Katherine Albaugh daughter of the late Morton Albaugh of Topeka has been named secretary of the state civil services commission effective April 1 announced from the governor's office. She previously served as an instructor at Pittsburg state normal school and in 1919 became secretary to the lieutenant governor. most recently she was second clerk in Governor Allen's office.
Walt Mason, famed Emporia writer, plans to move to California in May with his touring car. Mrs. Mason has already gone west and the couple may spend over a year on the Pacific Coast near San Diego.
A home remedy blends Bay Rum Barbo Compound and glycerine in water to darken gray hair. Apply twice weekly until the shade reaches the desire, with druggists able to prepare it. The mixture softens and glosses hair without greasiness or rubbing off.
An old advertisement offers $100 for any case of catarrh that cannot be cured. Hall's Catarrh Medicine is taken internally and acts through the blood on mucous surfaces. Sold by druggists for over forty years at 75 cents. Testimonials free. F. J. Cheney & Co. Toledo Ohio.
Question on lip disorders and eczema describes intense itching and burning. Claims local salves fail and that cleansing the blood with S. S. S. cures skin diseases. Offers free medical advice from Medical Director, 48 Swift Bldg., Atlanta, Ga.
In a tense scene a couple clings to each other as a lamp flickers at the door. The icy wind intrudes while a bellows of a heated vow ends with a father’s sharp command to extinguish the light and go to bed.
A brief humorous quote from the Lexington Leader shows a worker asking for a raise and getting a reply about not being seen as merely a life saver by his boss. The joke centers on salary, job status, and expectations in the workplace.
A quirky exchange highlights an onion grower pursuing success through homegrown produce. The brief dialogue centers on ambition and practical farming effort, with humor about the work involved in raising onions.
Two men on a train pause as a detective reveals his career of exposing frauds. He jokes that the greatest case involved a young, pretty woman whose temper proved her true character. The punchline lands when he confesses, I married her.
A six year old in the East End wet hair on a cold day as she explained her teacher told students to keep their feet warm and their heads cool. The mother noticed the dripping hair and asked why. The child recounted the lesson in a simple, practical moment reported by the Indianapolis News.
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