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Newspaper
Scandia Journal
Location
Scandia, Kansas, United States of America
Date
May 23, 1918
Page
1
Governor issues a proclamation urging Kansas towns to form a harvest army to fill a 60,000 man shortfall for wheat oats and barley. May 20 to May 30 recruitment window with local chairmen to assign town quotas. Harvests begin around June 15 and run thirty days with 8.8 million acres corn and 3 million sorghum needing work.
Brig. Gen. Charles I. Martin of Topeka reports from France by cable to his wife that he arrived safely. He previously served as adjutant general of Kansas and led Camp Doniphan in Major General Wright’s absence.
Haddam has contributed 1135 to the Red Cross in the last thirty days. In the Third Liberty Bond drive the two Haddam banks sold bonds totaling 54500, achieving 65 percent over the quota and supporting solicitors in the field.
Kansas Attorney General Brewster says grocers cannot use the federal food administration to justify price fixing. He notes Hoover says no state or local food authorities or their committees have the right to set prices. Governor Capper calls bankers and business leaders to close shops during next month's wheat harvest to aid farmers.
In Robinson the Red Cross sale raised 3300 dollars. Auctioned items included a rooster and a calf sold to Jere Kimmel and R King for 2050 dollars and three owls for 100 dollars. Robinson’s population is 500.
Hubert Larther of Fort Scott announces the state Democratic convention in Topeka has moved from May 21 to May 28 due to a scheduling conflict with the Red Cross drive opening on May 20. The change affects all party delegates and events planned for the Topeka gathering.
In Hiawatha district court Judge William S. Stuart received a report that Frederick Crabb’s quarter section was unused. Three attorneys were sent to investigate and found no crops last year with twenty five acres now in use. A receiver was petitioned for and appointed. William Hixon qualified and began cultivating the farm.
The War Department request to organize two Kansas regiments is studied as mandatory under the National Defense Act. Plans were completed for the Fourth and Fifth Infantry, Kansas National Guard. Col. P. M. Hoisington to be commissioned and command the Fourth Regiment.
Judge Pollock must confirm the sale after $80,000 was paid by Walter A. Johnson of Topeka to E. W. Clausen of Atchison for the Leavenworth and Topeka railroad. Plans to incorporate the road for $100,000 were prepared. The initial bid failed due to subscriptions based on fee simple ownership.
The Kansas Supreme Court affirms the conviction of Robert E. Smith of Parsons for the murder of Agnes Smith wife of Asa Smith. The court finds the record supports the charge and that the lower court judgment stands.
The Kansas Supreme Court reversed the Neosho County District Court in a tax case. It held a mausoleum built and used solely for permanent interment is exempt from taxation despite being on the county tax rolls. The facility with 216 crypts had faced denial of exemption by county officials and the district court.
Charles Aiken has let the contract for a 60 room hotel in Floorado. The project is to cost 50000 dollars. He has gone to Kansas City to purchase building materials.
A Plymouth Rock rooster presented by Mrs. John Veach sold for 274 dollars on the first bid and 64 dollars on a reoffer. The Gardner Red Cross sale totaled over 1000 dollars.
Dr. E. C. Mor gan, a Clay Center native and medical corps lieutenant, is cited in dispatches for remaining in a shell hole to render aid until exhausted and briefly removing his gas mask to speed treatment. He volunteered after the war began and joined the 26th Infantry in France last August.
Dr. Henry C. Mayer an Ellsworth physician was held under $500 bond by United States Commissioner C B White at Topeka to await the federal grand jury. Bond was signed by Matt Harmon barber and Dr Eva Harding. Mayer’s son serves in the United States Medical Reserve Corps and a stepson with the American army in France. Mayer naturalized in 1893.
Roy Buckingham associate editor of the Salina Journal, long on reserve in the radio service, has been called to train at the University of Texas. He has served the Journal three years after coming from the Wichita Beacon.
Petition signed by 80 percent of property owners presents a plan for an 18 foot wide concrete road spanning 25 miles through Dickinson County via Herrington and Hope on the proposed Old Trails route. The effort highlights strong local backing and seeks approval for the key infrastructure project.
An editorial argues the housing crisis requires more than shelter, urging builders, employers, bankers, and communities to create proper homes for workers. It stresses the home as a source of security, community ties, and productive labor in rebuilding America after the war.
The article argues the housing problem in the United States has grown urgent due to the war. It stresses that housing must blend sentiment with business judgment to be humane and workable, highlighting garden space and sanitation as vital. Government support for homesteading labor is essential to sustain America’s future greatness and labor needs.
The article notes that American gold coins called eagles, half eagles and quarter-eagles began circulation on December 6 1792 with values of 10 5 and 2 50 dollars. It tallies historic mintage totals for double eagles eagles half eagles and quarter eagles and mentions earlier three dollar and one dollar pieces. It traces the eagle symbol back to medieval Ireland and to ancient Persia Rome and Charlemagne and records adoption by Napoleon Austria Prussia and Russia before the revolution.
The shrew mole, a US found species, has a slender snout and webbed hind toes. The true common mole has a long pointed muzzle and inconspicuous eyes with long narrow hind feet. Moles primarily feed on earthworms and do not eat vegetable matter such as grass roots.
The text notes bronze use in Bolivia and Peru before iron, with the Incas along the Andes. It discusses whether these peoples invented bronze or acquired it from copper ores containing tin, a point of historical debate.
A reporter recalls a recent meeting focusing on the vote tally. The excerpt captures a brief exchange noting the ayes and noes as the chief features. It also advertises Dr. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets as a liver and bowel regulator.
An advertisement for a Business Men's Efficiency College in Kansas City Missouri promotes rapid training with new methods and reasonable tuition. It invites readers to write for free illustrated information and to start any time, promising placement for graduates.
A brief editorial quip contrasts Jetter and Ketter with wry lines about ideas and finances. The exchange highlights a playful clash between visionary thinking and practical money matters in a light civic-note tone.
The advertisement claims Cuticura heals eczema and rashes that itch and burn and prevents pimples by daily use. Free samples offered by mailing to Cuticura Dept X Boston. Soap and ointment sold at druggists and by mail in 25 and 50 cent sizes.
Jack Reilly, a Newark football talent, read about daily exercise and tried it by an open second story window. He bent too far forward and fell from the window, getting more exercise than he expected, according to a friend.
A nurse overhears the young son of a wealthy family recounting how he hid behind a portiere to spy on his sister and her suitor. The sister begs for details and the boy recalls the suitor kneeing and pleading with Clara about increasing costs.
A Christian Science Monitor line notes John ranks high in an exam but a girl achieves the top mark. His father is angry, yet John defends the girl’s capability saying she is not merely ordinary. The exchange highlights a challenge to gender assumptions.
A giant redwood in California’s Mendocino county withstood a fierce storm and a forest fire. Despite top damage the trunk survived and a young tree rose from the roots to grow inside the old trunk, offering hope as the old tree eventually decays.
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