Union News and Local Developments in Scandia Area
Union News covers residents attending events in Belleville Salina and Man hattan Kansas with notes on farms, livestock advice, and agricultural economics. It highlights farm home production values, chinch bug control, weather shifts from October to early November, and community activities including a Halloween party at the Union Valley school.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Archie Larson
Talmo
Harvey Kirk
Belleville
Frank Mikesell
Salina
Earl Johnson
Beatrice
Ernest Mikesell
August Rasmussen
Ralph
Scandia
Roy Hall
Paul Housholder
Lee Bowersox
Maurine Larson
Chas Mikesell
Ted
Paul Milner
Hallowe’en
Austin
Dan Housholder
Manhattan
Dee
State Agricultural College
Union
Werner Haggberg
Carl Lindercranz
Jerome Bowersox
Ralph Bowersox
Wm. Eastman
Republic
Alfred Kallman
Iona Waite
Finey Waite
Freedom Township
Oscar Marshall
Bernard
Mike O’neal
Union Valley School
Ancient Jerusalem walls unearthed near Holy Sepulcher site
Archaeologists report uncovering about 60 yards of a third wall around Jerusalem thought to date from 40 to 44 AD, with a four yard thickness. The find fuels debate over the Holy Sepulcher location while a Byzantine mosaic tomb and a nun’s tomb chapel are also revealed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jerusalem
Agrippa
Titus
Jewish Exploration Society
Herod Agrippa
Syria
W. F. Albright
American School of Oriental Research
Doctor Albright
Farm Calendar Previewing Fall Plowing Benefits For Kansas
Fall plowing for spring crops improves soil structure reduces insect pressure and eases early spring work. Central and western Kansas should pursue fall work and leave alfalfa over winter to protect plants catch snow and boost next season hay yield. Manure top-dresses alfalfa to insulate plants and lift yields.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas
Relics Sought From War of 1812 British Ship Nancy
Summer visitors search a sand buried Nancy wreck near Wassage Beach Ontario for naval guns cannon balls and relics from the schooner burned August 14 1812. Locals report finds include a 24 pound cannon ball a uniform button bearing T Nutting Covent Garden and royal navy anchors. Col J A Currie plans government action to preserve relics as historical mementos with provincial police guarding the site.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montreal
Georgian Bay
Nancy
Wassage Beach
Ont
William Freeman
J. G. Paterson
Ontario
Skeletons Found of Early Battle Victims Near Lost Hills
In Kern County California a party of bounty deputies uncovered 11 skeletons in a desert brush clearing near Lost Hills. The remains include four white men two white women and five Indians believed to be victims of an early clash between settlers and Native people.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bakersfield
Cal
Lost Hills
Kern Bounty
Honor Aged "Jimmy" Macon Funeral in Exclusive White Cemetery
An aged body described as a negress rests in an exclusive white cemetery after honors. The funeral from Mrs R H Smith's residence follows Anna Jordan’s ante-heir status. Anna had served as "mammy" for 88 years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jimmy
Macon
Anna Jordan
R. H. Smith
Anna
Play Rehearsals Tax Patience and Temper in Debate
Jerome K. Jerome describes a theater rehearsal where actors argue over blocking from hearthrug or chair, pausing by a mantelpiece or table, while the author, producer, and actors clash on how best to convey passion. The dispute ends with the actor choosing the left-hand bottom corner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Erybody
Jerome K. Jerome
Harper’s Magazine
Totem Poles Figure in Religious Belief Across Cultures
Nature Magazine reports totems symbolize family lineage and welfare among tribes including Alaskan Indians. Beliefs tie descent to an animal or object crest carried on belongings. Intermarriage is limited within shared crests, while Christianity prompts abolition of the totem in some areas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nature Magazine
Pagan Day Names Reflected in Weekdays Across Ages
The article explores how English weekday names derive from pagan gods and Norse influences. It explains conversions of Mars to Tiu, Mercury to Woden, Jupiter to Thor, Venus to Freya, and debates Saturn and Laeter while confirming Sun and Moon days remain obvious.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
England
Tiu
Mercury
Woden
Thor
Venus
Freya
Work and Worry in the Ancient View of Democritus
The piece contrasts Democritus’s wit with modern anxiety, arguing work has a definite aim and end, bringing serene satisfaction, while worry lacks objective and drains nervous energy, potentially harming gray matter and nerves.
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Democritus
No Dry Cell for Him Sim Upside Taken to Court
Sim Upside was brought before the court after a clash with a Cash Food clerk over a baseball game. The clerk struck him with a 10 cent bag of salt, while Sim countered with a discharged B battery he was taking to a radio shop. The judge called it the clearest assault case, both parties equally guilty, and discharged Sim as the battery was discharged.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sim Updike
Cash Food
Sim
Lawsuit A Thousand Years Old In Andorra
The Law's delay, a case started in the ninth century, persists in the Pyrenees republic of Andorra. The dispute concerns property described in a contract drafted over a thousand years ago. Aphor Ta laws remain undecided with no immediate prospect of settlement.
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Republic of
Andorra
Pyrenee
Wrought iron bridge lamp accessory offered at sale
Gift Shop Concordia advertises a small wrought iron bridge for reading lamps priced at four dollars ninety five cents, described with emphasis on its low cost. The brief item notes the item is complete and available at the store.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Concordia
Also Mentioned on This Page
Drince Scandia
Buck Jones
Spurs
Jackie
Coogan
EAC
The
Journal of Free For
Union News
Kansas Agricultural Experiment Station
R. L. Throckmorton
F. W. Bell
McPherson County
Agricultural Economics
Jackson County
W. E. Grimes
J. W. McCulloch
Walter B. Balch
L. Payne
W. H. Riddel
K.S. A. C. News Service
S. Delay
Scandia Journal
G. W. Nichols Massuer
O. V. Nichols
C. O. Enderud
C. V. Haggman
M. O. Peters, M.D
R. B. Briney
Courtland, Kansas
Cheney’ & Cot
Toledo, Ohto
Moneavery
Cuendag
Dersindty
Wedeise
W. R. Billings
N. G. W. .A. Anderson
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