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Newspaper
Scandia Journal
Location
Scandia, Kansas, United States of America
Date
May 09, 1929
Page
5
In the Breaks a tense struggle unfolds over rustling and homestead laws. Slade exerts control with daring rebrands while Billie and Deane confront threats as rustling syndicates keep the Three Bar alive. The Breaks breed vigilante justice and looming violence.
Betriis and Billie face a mysterious hunter raiding Three Bar cattle with white-face bat casualties. The sheriff seeks the killer’s identity, while Billie withholds the name, citing a possible personal connection as Deane urges Billie toward a calmer future away from danger.
London Tit-Bits reports an astronomer claims the Moon is not silver but yellow after observing a white star near the crescent. He notes stars display colors from red to blue and even green, challenging poets like Tennyson who hailed the moon’s silvery glow.
Webster defines a ha ha as a sunk fence that is not visible from nearby. At Mount Vernon, brick ha ha walls were 80 feet high on a terrace, designed to hide the barrier while enclosing the cattle grazing field.
The text argues that innate virtue and talent, though valued, are insufficient alone to win admiration. People seek refined qualities. rough diamonds must be cut and set to shine, as Locke notes.
After an all day conference Governor Reed and Kansas bankers agreed on a 2 percent tax on bank stocks and surplus for national banks in 1929 and 1930. If state banks pay less than 20 mills national banks follow the lower rate. if higher they pay 2 percent. The plan aims to equalize taxes by 1931.
Topeka. R W Dole of Almena Norton county was elected state highway director by the Kansas highway commission. He will take over May 1 succeeding John Gardner who resigned to return to his Marion business. Dole has served on the highway commission for several years.
Governor Clyde M. Reed holds hope to aid the Kansas wheat situation after railroad presidents replied in line with traffic officials rejecting an emergency export grain rate to gulf ports. The move targets 66 million bushels stored in mills elevators along the Missouri river terminals and in farmers bins.
Topeka report states J. C. Mack of Newton did not resign from the state highway commission. After a conference with Governor Reed, Mack chose to withhold his resignation pending a medical examination to assess his health. If physicians approve, he will remain in office.
Mrs. J R Harrison announces the Beloit Gazette has been sold to L F Brewer and A B Dunham. The new editors are Beloit juniors with strong newspaper backgrounds. The ownership transfer takes effect May 1 following the death of Senator Jack Harrison two months prior.
Miss Irene Reece of Effingham will be queen at the Missouri River apple blossom festival in Effingham and St. Joseph on April 26. In Hiawatha, Charlie Koelliker built a skyscraper corncrib with an elevator to lift corn to upper compartments.
Pratt Mirt Newhouse of this city buys twenty three quarters of land in Hamilton County most virgin soil. He immediately sends out six tractor plowing outfits to break 2000 acres for fall seeding to wheat.
In Kansas near Bushong Mrs Caroline Mistler aged 51 crawled a mile on hands and knees after being kicked by a cow and is in critical condition at St Marys hospital in Emporia. In Wellington George Cox a 55 year old grocer and postmaster at Corbin is in critical condition after a self inflicted shooting attempt.
Charles S. Lawrence was elected mayor of Wichita succeeding Frank L. Dunn. A banker and lumberman, Lawrence has long been a prominent local business figure and lifelong resident.
Dr Charles A Fisher 73 longtime Pittsburg physician and former mayor and state legislator died here He helped establish Kansas State Teachers College of Pittsburg and served in public life for decades.
Bradford resident Trooper Arthur Sharp formerly of the Natal mounted police believes he holds the key to the famed diamond mines. He recounts a voyage in which a rescued guard and a grateful Zulu father sparked a quest that led to a trail of blue clay V indicating diamond strata. He plans to return once funds allow.
Leslie Michigan resident Jay Belding DeLamater, aged 83, ends decades of work to support family and pursue art. He studies pencil, paint, and brush in a local studio, hoping to win higher critical recognition after a life spent on farm work and running a photography business.
Rome reports Vavalese in the Fiemma valley sets a fertility record with a family of 24 children and many couples with 15 to 20 children. The village averages ten to twelve children per family, with dozens having around 20.
Pasquale Vialentino faced a sanitary code violation for keeping goats within city limits. He weighed 400 pounds and claimed to drink goat milk. The magistrate ruled the goats must be killed after noting the health inspector’s orders were followed and the goats had already been driven to the slaughterhouse.
A news boy on Market Street between Fourth and Fifth streets chased a man half a block to recover a banknote the man had accidentally jerked from his pocket. He declined half the reward, inspiring readers amid tales of crooks and embezzlers.
Advertorial promotes Red Cross Ball Blue as the solution for sparkling white laundry. Claims it never disappoints and is available at all good grocers.
A concise aphorism echoes the golden rule about not sharing negative tales. It frames respectful communication as timeless guidance for personal conduct and reputation.
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