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Newspaper
Scandia Journal
Location
Scandia, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Oct 10, 1929
Page
10
A 1929 Western Newspaper Union quotation from Newell Dwight Hillis extols harmony with God and nature. It links labor with soil sun and trees to ripen happiness, hope, faith, and love.
A kitchen and sewing feature describes home pickling tips and recipes for Sweet Mixed Pickles plus other dishes. It then shifts to fashion guidance on softening necklines with multiple collar designs from the Womans' Home Companion, highlighting georgette and satin jabots and lace details.
A Detroit News fashion forecast notes color-rich fabrics for fall. Woolens become softer finer and loosely woven while silks grow heavier and stiffer. Woven and printed designs multiply on woolens and silks with tweeds jerseys crepes velvets and brocades highlighted for day wear sports coats and evening wraps.
A parents magazine urges fathers and mothers to actively shape a child’s physical mental and social development for success in adulthood. It suggests positive instruction, practical skills like tool use and homemaking, and highlights the value of neatness and hands on play to foster creativity and responsibility.
Loosely woven cheviots are pushed by leading French woolen manufacturers as a winter fabric for daytime clothes. Dark blue black and slate gray blue and green are the leaders with hunter’s green favored by some. Pistachio and olive green shades are also shown by many houses.
In Paris for autumn many three piece suits feature a waistcoat as the third piece. Waistcoat fronts appear on three-quarter coats with a double closing, inner buttoned and outer flap unfastened.
The United States Weather Bureau states sunspots have not proven a dependable basis for weather forecasting. Dr. Charles F. Marvin notes earth and sun rotations, plus varying weather, hinder any definite link. The bureau cites eleven year sunspot cycles with no proven predictive value.
A California man, seeking an operator's license, admitted to lying about obtaining one in 1927. He drove 40 miles to the state traffic office in Tafe, California, confessed to officer Robert C. Dear, and will obtain the license the next day after the written confession.
Los Angeles officials say the city cannot offer or pay rewards for Hickman’s capture. Twelve claimants of the $10,000 reward, including Tom Gurdane and Buck Sheuallen, are considered out of luck after an interpleader action to determine rights of claimants. City Attorney Erwin Werner advised the council following ordinance action directing funds to county courts.
Colchester, perched on a hill and ringed by a pink wall, reveals Roman links says H. Morton. Roman tiles in churches and a Norman castle built from Rome citadel debris show the town’s ancient layout. Digging unveils Roman pavements beneath modern patches and gardens, recalling oysters and exile.
A ring lost in 1921 by Roy Johnson while feeding cattle on a Belt area ranch was discovered five years later hidden in a magpie nest at a Great Falls site. Norman Johnson, ten, climbed the nest and freed the gold ring from tightly woven twigs and grass.
Figures for the first seven months of 1929 show 998 stokers installed, compared with 849 in the same period 1928. Boilers served total 358,418 horsepower, up from 284,687 last year, implying less shoveling and greater efficiency.
A family doctor recommends Dr Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin as the safe laxative for all ages. The ad touts laboratory standards and a worldwide sales lead, urging use to maintain health and avoid constipation.
The government mobilizes men and women ages sixteen to eighty in Hasnovo district and uses fire, smoke, lye and oil to combat an extraordinary locust plague destroying crops. More than 65 tons of locusts were destroyed before the pest threat ended.
Glen Edgerly of Hallowell Maine built a small porch over his door and found a hornet nest under the roof. Unable to burn them he borrowed his wife s vacuum cleaner and sucked them out, every one.
A Philadelphia Record quote contrasts the successful man who notes the big potatoes sit atop the heap with the failure who counters that without the rest of us there would be no heap.
The Gentleman compliments a high tenor as wonderful at the bazaar while the Lady jokes that the performer can go higher once paid, noting the charity purpose of the event. The exchange reflects light social banter during a community fundraiser.
Fragmentary notes describe a journey home from Europe and reference a rapid crossing. The text hints at a pressurized effort to bring someone or something back in under ninety days, but the incomplete content lacks verifiable entities or concrete facts.
The lines suggest embracing mystery to heighten romance and advise against self chatting when bored. It hints at playful social dynamics and the value of restraint in sharing thoughts aloud.
A German company reports a breakthrough turning mud from the Rhine riverbed into a viable coal substitute. The process could provide a new fuel source by extracting energy from deposited mud to aid electricity works along the Rhine.
The boast of wealth may shape views on a town’s proper scale as affluent residents argue for growth while others seek balance, suggesting a divide between prosperity and community character.
Richer deeper colors for faded dresses hose coats and draperies with Diamond Dyes. Contain high quality anilines for even application and lasting wash fast color. Priced at 16c and sold at drug stores.
A mother praises perfect infant health as more valuable than stock certificates. She emphasizes regular habits and daily routines, noting she feeds her baby Nujol to keep digestion on schedule. Nujol, advertised as a universal aid, is promoted as safe for all conditions.
An advertisement promotes Nujol as a safe non medicinal oil to feed to babies for three months. It claims no drugs are involved and urges buying only genuine sealed packages from a druggist.
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