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Newspaper
Scandia Journal
Location
Scandia, Kansas, United States of America
Date
May 09, 1929
Page
4
Billie of the Three Bar confronts rustling, outlaw Slade, and a perilous homestead dispute as Deane, Harris, and trail hands scheme amid the Breaks. Vigilante justice and looming violence unfold around Arnold’s stockade and the looming dance at Brill’s.
Morris tracks a series of white-face cattle killings along the Breaks as a lone rider raids Thirty miles a day, leaving a dozen dead. Sheriff questions Billie about the killer, but she withholds the name, while Deane pleads for a safer life for her. The story ends with moral tension and a cliffhanger.
An observer challenges the idea of a silver moon, noting the satellite appears yellow and stars display varied colors. He recalls observing a white star near the moon described as mercury on brass, while poets like Tenn yson keep singing of the silvery moon.
Webster notes define a ha ha as a sunk fence or ditch not seen until close by. Mount Vernon’s brick ha ha walls, eight feet high, were called so because they are hidden from the house, built on a terrace and enclosing the grazing field.
A reflection on virtue, effort, and refinement as essential to social welcome. It cites Locke on rough diamonds needing polish to reveal luster and value, implying character and cultivation determine worth.
Governor Reed reaches agreement with national bankers on taxes for 1929 and 1930, setting a 2 percent rate on bank stocks and surplus. If state rates are lower than 2 mills, banks pay state rates. if higher, they pay 2 percent. Road funding authorized totals about 118 million dollars for highways and equipment. R W Dole elected Kansas highway director to take over May 1 after John Gardner resigns.
Governor Clyde M. Reed continues efforts to aid Kansas wheat by seeking an emergency export grain rate. He reports railroad presidents have conformed to traffic officials in denying a rate that would move 66 million bushels stored in mills elevators Missouri river terminals and farmers bins.
In Topeka J C Mack of Newton has not resigned from the state highway commission. After a meeting with Governor Reed, Mack will delay resigning pending a medical examination to judge health. If doctors approve, he will remain in position. Beloit editors Brewer and Dunham take over Beloit Gazette from Mrs. J R Harrison effective May 1. Atchison Irene Reece of Effingham will be queen of the Missouri River apple blossom festival on April 26 in Topeka and St Joseph.
Hiawatha farmer Charlie Koelliker has constructed a tall corncrib nicknamed a skyscraper. An elevator attachment lifts corn to upper compartments, streamlining storage and handling.
Pratt Mirt Newhouse of this city purchased twenty three quarters of land in Hamilton County. He sent out six tractor plowing outfits to break 2000 acres for fall seeding to wheat.
Charles S. Lawrence elected mayor of Wichita to succeed Frank L. Dunn. A banker and lumberman, Lawrence has been president of the city commission for a year and is one of the city's best known business leaders. He has lived in Wichita most of his life.
Dr. Charles A. Fisher, 73, longtime Pittsburg physician and former mayor, who served in the state legislature when the Kansas State Teachers College of Pittsburg was established, has died here.
Trooper Arthur Sharp of Bradford, ex Natal mounted police, believes he holds a lead to the fabled King Solomon's diamond mines. He recalls a Durban voyage rescue, a grateful Zulu father, a promised guide, and a failed search before illness halted his expedition. He plans to return to Port Shepstone if funds permit.
Leslie Michigan born Jay Delamater at 83 turns from farming and family duties to painting and drawing. After a life spent supporting five children and running a photographic studio he now works at an easel hoping for critical recognition from top art critics.
The village of Vavalese in the Flemma valley reportedly tops Italy's fecundity charts with families of 24 children, many with 20 or more, and averages around ten to twelve per family. This sensational claim, though unverified, has stirred local pride and curiosity about large families.
A 1929 incident on Market Street between Fourth and Fifth sees a news boy chase a man half a block to recover a banknote mistakenly jerked from the man’s pocket. The boy refuses half the reward, exemplifying honesty amid a backdrop of crooks and embezzlers. The note appears in a San Francisco Chronicle quote praising such integrity. Red Cross Ball Blue advertises laundry whiteners at grocers.
A compact aphorism advocates the Golden Rule urging restraint and kindness in storytelling. It emphasizes that silence can prevent conflict and promote peace, framing ethical communication as a personal discipline.
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