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Newspaper
Scandia Journal
Location
Scandia, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Oct 10, 1918
Page
3
Kansas farmers sold 54.1 million bushels of wheat by September 20, about 53 percent of a 102 million bushel crop, with 26 percent shipped out of state and 52.14 million still held by mills and elevators in Kansas.
A War Department telegram from Wichita announces the death in action on September 12 of First Lieutenant Edward D. Wells an officer in a headquarters company. It is presumed he fell during the St Mihiel offensive launched that day.
William Doyle of Springfield Missouri was killed and Tom McCullum of Springfield Missouri was slightly injured when their automobile overturned west of Coffeyville. The men were traveling salesmen and had visited Caney twenty miles west on a trade trip.
William Munson a single farm hand near Salina shot himself in the left breast with a shotgun after becoming perplexed by a draft board questionnaire he had just received. He died at the scene.
Joseph Holmes a Finney County farmer was convicted in a Wichita federal court for aiding the Pierceville post office robbery and sentenced to one year and a day in prison plus a $100 fine. Joseph Steinhoft of St. Louis received four years for his role. The daughter of Charry Pile died instantly when she fell from a car her father drove and was run over. the body went to Kansas City for burial. Two French girls Charlotte Watch and Jean de Lons arrive as YWCA wards to attend Washburn College this year and speak English. Arthur 36 Fairman an architect from Manhattan committed suicide in a Chicago hotel after failing to enter the army. Ben Jasling of Herington died from injuries after being run over by a corn binder in Council Grove Hospital at age 46.
Rupert Greenfield the son of Mr and Mrs Ed Greenfield of Belleville has been gassed in France where he has spent most of the last year at the front He is now out of the hospital and his parents have received word of his discharge from medical care.
The executive committee in Topeka decided to relocate the annual Kansas State Bankers Association convention from Winfield to Topeka and set the meeting for February.
A Chicago expert offers practical, inexpensive improvements to home design. Focus areas include laundry layouts, lighting, plumbing placements, stair tidiness, porch screening, exterior flow, and a milk bottle cabinet, all aimed at convenience and easy upkeep for the housewife.
A mother and daughter exit a theater in rainy windy weather. The daughter’s filmy white silk skirt blows as she steps off the curb and hides under the Merchants' Bank shelter. The exchange ends with the mother criticizing the attire as unsafe and impractical.
A carefree bachelor named Green marries and, within twelve hours, jokes that marriage isn’t as costly as expected. Friends warned about gas and rent, but Green remains optimistic as he recounts the day after the ceremony.
A reader recounts a chat with Daphne at a box office about a film thought to be educational. The speaker complains the program is instead a lurid border train robbery tale, noting the era’s sensational style and mislabeling by exhibitors.
A witty saying contrasts merit with power. Critics sharpen judgment as they evaluate art and leadership. The line suggests caution against inconsistent speech and motives.
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