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Newspaper
Scandia Journal
Location
Scandia, Kansas, United States of America
Date
May 20, 1920
Page
8
A fat couple travels in a Pennsylvanian station bound train and secures berths in a sleeper car. The man climbs to a high bunk while a porter helps, as hogs aboard a nearby car create loud lament. A passenger voice laments a snovin in the night as the train rests on a siding.
An exchange on a theatrical stage features a remark about bias toward a wife and a defense that she gave no reason to doubt. The dialogue hints at faith hope and charity filling the scene, leaving audience gratitude as the broader effect of the moment.
A brief item from Youngstown Telegram reports Bennie Beanbrough denying a teacher’s accusation of making faces at Herman Demraandhow. Bennie cites dental pain and eye and nose irritation as reasons for tongue and twitching during the incident.
An ebony-skinned garbage wagon driver, guiding fretful mules with commands whoa haw and gee, loses control as the team wanders past the pickup. He challenges the lead mule with a blunt question about why it cannot listen, illustrating a clash between man and beast in urban work.
M Peron net presented a sun age estimate to the French Academy of Science. Using a model where a star’s mean temperature matches its surface temperature and an internal temperature of 12 000 C, he derives a sun mass around 2×10^30 kg and suggests formation occurred between 2 million and 6 million years ago.
A William A. Radford feature showcases a one and a half story brick stucco home with seven rooms, sun parlor and rear garage. Details cover floor plan, room sizes, materials, basement finish, and labor saving features. Building as smart home trend amid rising rents is highlighted.
A humorous exchange by William Dean Howells contrasts a modern novelist who greets press notices about his divorce car, wardrobe, bulldog, and anecdote with an old-style writer who reports only a single favorable review. The piece lampoons publicity and literary status in American letters.
The piece outlines cigarette origins as an American aboriginal invention that gained commercial importance after the Crimean War. English officers adopted the habit through Turk, French, and Italian associations, and the practice spread back to America via English influence and soldiers who rolled their own.
State Industrial Court reports show Kansas business operated on less than half its needed railroad cars. Mills and elevators received only 25 to 50 percent of orders, with 42,513 cars ordered for flour and other goods but only 19,004 delivered. Wheat stocks remain stuck as banks borrow against rediscounts to cover farm loans.
Thomas L. Buie seeks habeas corpus release from Meade County jail over a charge under Kansas anti-syndicalism law. The statute, passed at a special legislative session at the urging of the American Legion and local groups, informs the arrest but details are not disclosed in the papers.
Farmers announce a suit to enjoin the Atchison County commissioners from spending more than 125000 on a premorial hall for soldiers sailors and marines after prices rose since last July when voters approved the limit. Ground was broken for the building recently.
James H White pleaded guilty to first degree murder before Judge Day in Greensburg district court. He was sentenced to life imprisonment in the state penitentiary. White defended his claim of possessing no nerves to the end.
Roy Sharon, 20, held for theft of a motor car in Emporia, confessed to stealing the vehicle and alleged escape from Hutchinson reformatory. He is also said to be tied to a store robbery at Olivet as authorities review the case. The report also notes railway finances and a gas rate hike approved by city commissioners.
Friends plan a May trip for Governor Allen to New York for a joint debate with Samuel Gompers on the industrial court law. A special train from Topeka to Chicago Detroit Buffalo Albany New York is discussed with Kansans as escort. dates and plans depend on the governor’s return. Meanwhile, Kansas coal miners’ union legal actions continue with a May 12 hearing on a temporary injunction against Howat and 250 officials.
PD Trinter and J E Anderson of Topeka were badly hurt when their plane taking part in Atchison's Americanization Day demonstration crashed into a telephone pole. Trinter may lose sight in one eye after a cut from broken goggles. Anderson, president of Curtiss Kansas Aircraft Co., is expected to recover.
D F Phillips of Chicago J M Chiltin of Kansas City and J S Hart of Kansas City plus forty other fed and state grain inspectors gathered in Salina to review department improvements and resolve grading differences across Kansas. Daniel Tamplin 64 of Junction City died leaving two brothers. Geary County granted Milford a charter as a third class city with 249 residents and May 11 set for mayor and council elections. Milford will be the new town name.
Howard Hootman aged 14 son of S N Hootman of Ottawa was fatally injured when he climbed a utility pole and touched an energized line in the afternoon.
Mrs C C Gunter of Aurora is in a critical condition after pouring kerosene on live coals caused a flash and burns. Authorities report the incident as accidental and ongoing medical care is underway.
Maxwell Wyatt pleaded guilty in Geary County court to bootlegging a toilet water brand with high alcohol content. He was fined $100 and sentenced to sixty days in jail for violating the prohibition law.
University of Kansas researchers in special problems explore the influenza germ with Prof. N P Sherwood noting several germs found but the flu germ remains largely elusive. Americas vote large majority to issue 18000 bonds to build transmission from Emporia power plant using electric current.
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