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Newspaper
Scandia Journal
Location
Scandia, Kansas, United States of America
Date
May 27, 1926
Page
4
Local farmers and residents shared visits across Union and neighboring townships. Rain, wind, and lightning touched the area Monday night. Graduates from Scandia and Union Valley celebrated Class Day and community events amid church dedication and school activities.
Aunt Aggie offers home hints advising thorough cleaning and drying of woolens before storage. Use sunny windy days to air out blankets and furs, brush garments to remove eggs, wrap to keep moths out, and label bundles. Cedar chests tarpaulin bags and moth balls add protection amid ongoing pavement work and rock shortages.
John Frederickson and family of near Courtland visited business friends in Belleville on Wednesday. Wanda McGowan of Big Bend township, here for the Normal Training exam, stayed with Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Doctor. Gene Charles, former Democrat editor, spent the weekend in Belleville and will oversee Burr Oak Herald for weeks. Elmer S. Farlee and sons from southwest of Rydal were here on business and visited W.S. Farlee. Mrs. Scrivner, Mrs. McHenry, Wm. Hay, Hugh McGowan and family attended Lovewell commencement exercises. Glenn Scrivner graduated. Olof Strom and family near Sherdahl visited Belleville Saturday on business and friends. Mr. and Mrs. John Botts and Wm. Garber of Scan dia were guests of Elwood West Sunday afternoon.
A verse asks who makes the nation’s flag and praises fallen heroes. It honors loyal leaders, war veterans, and the flag’s colors. The poem calls on citizens to be faithful to the flag and to the nation.
A New Zealand big game hunter in northern Rhodesia is killed after a confrontation with a lion. After an initial failed hunt the hunter and a native party pursued the lion, and the animal mauled him severely, throwing him and injuring others. The hunter later died in hospital despite signals of life.
A reader cites the long running phantom ship legend from the Bay of Fundy era noting phosphorous from fish shoals creates burning air reflections. The Montreal Family Herald references the phenomenon as seen by sailors and compares it to a Campbell Shanter like light on foggy nights.
Scientists note slow breathing correlates with longer life and lower tuberculosis risk. Rabbits breathe about 55 times a minute, horses about 10 at rest, while the seemingly untapped animal shows about 80 breaths per minute which are barely perceptible. Observations come from pulmonary experts testing slow breathing as a tuberculosis treatment.
Detroit judge Vin cent Brennan employed King Solomon style methods to determine custodial rights for a three year old girl. A film operator captured the women’s reactions as he announced the child would go to an institution. Irene Goosen cried while Julia Przybyla showed no emotion.
In Hoboken New Jersey fourteen month old triplets Fanny Frances and Jake Ferrer gain strength and weight since doctors doubted they would live. Frances and Jake walk now, Fanny learning, with spaghetti a staple alongside a balanced diet as New Year visits to New York reveal their improved growth and health.
Mrs Morris Wallach of New York City reportedly has the longest hair in the eastern states. She says caring for it is burdensome and desires to bob it, but her husband Mr Wallach objects to cutting her hair.
A Bisleben cottage dating to 1453 believed to be Martin Luther's birthplace is transferred from the city to the Evangelical church. The Prussian government has funded its upkeep since 1817 and the city council plans to rename the town district Lutherstadt Piseln.
The Kansas agricultural outlook covers Sudan grass sowing, soybean plantings in June to dodge chinch bugs, and hog price forecasts for 1926. Topics include rose mildew control with liver of sulfur spray, wheat take-all prevention, and early broiler marketing guidance. Includes notes on creosote barriers for binch bags and soybean hay potential.
Earl Hugos of Belleville visited home folks Sunday. Ella and Ethel Bakers attended Sunday school at Highland. L Gile spent Thursday evening with Charlie Lewis. Gladys Young and mother visited Earl Patterson in Concordia. John Gile shopped in Scandia. Large crowd attended the Tiller sale. Lloyd MGregor visited E A MGregor. Scott children visited grandma Buer. Bob Hyder spent Sunday at H L Gile. Roy Gile visited Holgerson. Minta Walter and Frances Fickle hosted Norti v teachers. Barleens attended Concordia graduation. Chester Loofbourrow’s wife stayed with Clark Murphy family. Phillip Hamers of Norway visited Scandia. Logan Scott and Side Moore attended Belleville graduation. Nora Bowling and children visited L W Engle.
A quotation notes that the amount paid may depend on urgency and the buyer’s need to fill an order. The line references L. F. Payne and his view on pricing for urgent demands.
The Cody diamond once held in a bank vault in Greeley vanished when a safety deposit box was opened during an appraisal of the defunct Northern State Bank. A glass piece replaced the gem, found by J. J. Loney, county treasurer’s office collector, amid an investigation into the bank’s assets.
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