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Newspaper
Scandia Journal
Location
Scandia, Kansas, United States of America
Date
May 06, 1926
Page
5
Daisy L. Gulick highlights a Supreme Court decision on women workers and the industrial statute. Wages set by the statute are void for women but remain in force for children. Orders vary by sector with eight to nine hour days, six days weekly, and specific closing times for hotels, mercantile, manufacturing, and telephone work.
Ella Maxell of Superior spent Sunday here, visiting friends and enjoying local sights.
The school board and faculty host an open house for community patrons this Friday at the school building. Displays will cover every department and an eight o'clock program will follow an adjourned annual meeting reporting the auditing committee. The town saw property trades as the Methodist church swapped parsonages and church with Robt Doctor, plus a cash adjustment, and Doctor plans to remodel the church building into a residence.
Twenty-one graduates will receive diplomas this spring with twelve boys and nine girls in the class of 1926. Commencement Friday May 27 will feature a speech by Walter Burr of Manhattan. The class includes Glada Erickson Shirley Hogue Thelma Kallman Paul Wells and others. Week events run May 19 Senior Day and Eighth grade exercises May 27 H S commencement Alumni banquet and community picnic follow.
Riverside Park starts its season of dances on Thursday May 13 hosted by Mr and Mrs Blakeley. The Dee Atherton orchestra will play as the park invites locals to enjoy recreation with strict conduct rules. Missouri Pacific workers unloaded crushed rock and cinders to raise the Main street crossing by about eight inches.
H B Couch and an engineer from Concordia surveyed Topeka Main Street for underground telephone cable ahead of paving. About 3500 feet of cable costing around 1500 will be laid at total project cost near 3000 dollars. The plan aims to avoid street disruption while allowing future metallic circuit upgrades.
Belleville Telescope owner A Q Miller purchases the Republic County Democrat from Eugene Charles creating a consolidated paper. The move boosts Telescope influence as the county seat paper and is welcomed by Belleville merchants. Charles may join Kansas State Agricultural College journalism staff.
Concordia May 4 arrangements by promoter to bring Alan Eustace and Dick Daviscourt together in a finish wrestling match at the Brown Grand Theatre Wednesday May 12. It is billed as the best match seen in the county outside larger cities with a guarantee to the fighters.
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