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Newspaper
Scandia Journal
Location
Scandia, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Oct 04, 1928
Page
1
The article argues neglect leads to poor performance and higher maintenance. Regular minor servicing items include ignition timing, spark plugs, battery terminals, fuel lines, carburetor adjustments, oil changes, and inspecting electrical components to maintain efficiency beyond 25 000 miles.
An all night sleeper bus runs on the Liverpool Street to Cricklewood route. Passengers are night workers who sleep aboard after paying fares. Conductor Bob Hurford wakes and assists each passenger at their regular stop, and only keeps regulars to their proper stopping place.
Repair shops report continued profit from front wheel bearing lubrication despite motorists' belief that greasing is rarely needed. While parts often cost less than expected, bearings are not cheap and neglect risks costly failures.
Drivers push a stalled car to start it by joining bumpers and easing into a start. American road practice warns that rough bumps can nickle the bumper surface, recommending calm approach with bumpers aligned before any movement to protect vehicles.
A Connecticut judge urges drivers to focus on traffic over roadside chatter. The columnist argues rear seat talk distracts both front-seat drivers and passengers, stressing safe habits and constant attention to the road.
A straightforward tin can tester shows when a valve is gas tight. Drill a hole for a tire valve stem, seal with inner tube washers, and add a rubber washer under the can edge. Use a short rubber tube on the stem and press the can firmly to the valve to test for leaks by blowing through the tube.
A legislature in New Brunswick considers prohibiting billboard erection along highways. The piece notes risks from headlights and the dangers of attempting to beat trains at crossings. It mentions automotive safety and weather as factors in street gatherings.
Mrs Dorothy Walworth Carman of Maplewood New Jersey offers ten ingredients for small town happiness in American Magazine Humor is central preventing petty events from becoming calamities She urges tolerance discretion neighborliness contentment magnanimity modesty and interest in work Also advises bearing no grudges forgiveness and cultivating a hobby to stay absorbed and avoid touchiness
A Farm and Wireside Magazine discussion highlights the farmhouse as a valued, well designed living space on modern farms. It notes the shift from hardship to recreation with farms becoming strong residential choices alongside schools churches and social facilities influencing buyers’ decisions.
The article notes thousands of homes nationwide financed like rent through building and loan groups. It states about 1,000 homes have been built in Charlotte over 24 years under this system, with owners earning ownership by paying nominal monthly rent. It argues rent receipts are worthless compared to owning and fostering civic pride and asset accumulation.
The Cleveland News argues for spending 30 million dollars or more to construct subways to handle rising traffic. It urges citizens to act now to shape the city’s future, warning that delays will hinder tomorrow’s development.
A city plan consultant notes that early planning focused on economic value and that the public did not grasp the city beautiful concept. He says the public now embraces aesthetics and beauty as a business and industry watchword, while planners lag behind.
Warns that poplars box elders and soft maples are undesirable for home grounds. They grow fast but live briefly attract many insects and their roots clog drains making it hard to plant other species nearby.
Baltimore bachelors debate the German statistical bureau claim that married men live longer. They laugh at the idea and praise bachelor virtue, with comments from Philip Perlman William Chaffe Frederick Huber J. Wallace Bryan and others on good conduct and the notion of dying young.
A Jacksonville syndicate tests rumors of pirate loot in Florida finding a heavy chest reportedly buried in Suwannee River quicksand near Old Town. They say the chest measures wide and deep and may hold gold stones and 15 million dollars linked to Louisiana Finance. River man Uncle Tom located it two years ago before his failure.
Edmonton reports eleven thousand six hundred reindeer begin a long migration from the Yukon range to Hudson Bay grazing grounds. The herd, started 80 years ago with 1 240 animals, expands naturally and moves to new pastures. The shortest route will be used with progress of ten miles daily and rest periods for grazing. Breeding seasons will halt travel.
A Utrecht maid who refused to kiss eight cats at night quit after being ordered to do so. The mistress took the case to court and the maid won, securing release from the job without notice.
The Kansas Supreme Court dismissed the protest against the gasoline tax by big oil companies while keeping the suit against state officials and other companies. About half a million dollars in gasoline taxes will be released for road work and distributed to counties on October 1. John Gardner of the highway commission notes Kansas history marks the Santa Fe Trail as a state highway dating back to 1855, with early designations and road laws outlined.
The federal government collected 19,306,282.53 in internal revenue from Kansas taxpayers for the year ending June 30. H H Motter, collector of internal revenue, notes a decline of about 0.4 percent from the previous year as tax rate reductions reduced receipts from 20,214,690.20 in 1927.
Topeka Earl D Swarner of Kansas City Kansas is discharged as receiver of the Craig Investment Company and the Superior Trading Company, both loan shark firms withdrawn from the state. An ouster order was issued under an agreement with William A Smith attorney general.
An entire Emporia family of six perished when No 7, the Santa Fe mail train, crashed into their motor car at a Lebo railroad crossing. The victims were D G Lewis 65 the Lebo cemetery sexton his wife 41 daughters Isabelle 12 and Margaret 2 and sons Hugh 6 and Edward 4.
Topeka resident Topeka John Albert Roose son of Mr and Mrs Walter J Roose aged 12144 months won grand champion baby of Kansas in the better babies contest at the Kansas free fair securing a silver trophy. One hundred and sixty one babies entered. Wichita J C Lockwood 70 a plains man and former member of the 7th cavalry died in a Utah car crash on the way to Wichita Forrest Butts cashier of the Protection state bank longtime Southwest figure is dead.
Concordia at Kirwin High School reports fresc man Concordia-Carl Sparks, age 15, in a hospital in dangerous condition after being tripped. He carried a Pop bottle in his belt when he fell and the bottle broke causing multiple cuts in the abdomen.
Weir Thomas Bennett 43 city clerk and manager of Union Public Service Company a Doherty subsidiary died by self-inflicted gunshot in the company office. The report notes the fatal action took place at the office building and Bennett was found deceased.
The article recalls Dr. Caldwell’s early practice from 1875 and his 1892 prescription Dr Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin. It describes a liquid laxative aimed at women children and elderly people, marketed in drug stores, claimed to relieve headaches biliousness flatulence indigestion loss of appetite and sleep issues. It notes the free trial offer via mail from Monticello Illinois.
A duck in Portage Inlet British Columbia died after a bullhead became lodged in its throat during a struggle with seagulls. The incident described by Field and Stream notes the fish’s spines irritated the duck’s neck as it attempted to swallow, leaving the body with the bullhead still protruding from its mouth.
A housewife smiles at clean clothes from Red Cross Ball Blue and thanks the product at all grocers. A curious note adds that leather predates writing, with explorers finding leather wherever they travel.
A remark that those who speak proper English are seen as pretentious only by rural critics highlights tensions over speech norms and social cred. The comment underscores attitudes toward linguistic variety and perceived sophistication in public discourse.
Mrs J. Cree of Schoolfield Virginia reports using Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound for years of weakness. After five bottles she can stand, do housework, sew, feed animals, milk the cow, and tend the garden with renewed health.
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