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Newspaper
Scandia Journal
Location
Scandia, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Oct 19, 1922
Page
1
A Tanlac advertisement cites Mrs. C D Flaherty of Lynchburg Virginia claiming her son gained twenty pounds after use. It attributes under nourishment to stomach issues and says Tanlac helps digestion by extracting nutrients and rebuilding the body, urging readers to buy from druggists.
A parrot learns to shout Johnny, your mother wants you, sending the boy home. He returns surprised when his mother denies calling. A mix of household ads and quips follow, including Cutira Talcum and a London Opinion note.
A group of young Moscow and Petrograd clergymen formed the Red clergy after a split in the Russian Orthodox Church. They oppose lavish Byzantine services and push for a simple church nearer to the masses, aiming to elect a successor to Patriarch Tichon and favor a proletarian church aligned with the Soviet Internationale. The movement followed the patriarch’s abdication demands and faced government prosecutions and executions as authorities cracked down on dissent.
A dredge operation below the central dam produced a two foot long blue oval meteor. The stone weighs more than granite and contains hundreds of buried pebbles. Engineers say it likely struck the river while burning, with pebbles sinking inside on impact.
Church authorities and parish councils move to purge counter revolutionary clergy from ranks and discuss ending celibacy vows for bishops. The measure aims to realign church leadership with nationalist goals and curb dissent within church ranks.
Mr and Mrs C Tofte of Tidewater Oregon traverse from Oregon to Rochester Minnesota carrying two babies seeking employment. They began in May when he lost his job and crossed the Cascade and Rocky mountains finding no work. Mrs Tofte fainted at times but they pressed on, planning another search for jobs.
London reports a group of English investigators led by D. W. M. McGovern sails for Tibet to seek Buddhist priest secrets of life extension and ancient books in monasteries. They aim to verify tales of longevity and five post flood volumes, hoping to illuminate early world history if Tibet permits access.
Fort Worth Texas reports the government helium plant slashed cost from 2000 to 9 cents per cubic foot. aims for five cents as experiments push volume. Plant stores 2.6 billion cubic feet, shipped carloads East for army use, with 160 jobs hoped when fully running. monopoly on world supply noted along with wartime origins and potential military impact.
Harry G. Sykes received a sentence from Mayor Bamford to cut grass in front of the public library after making a prank call to an undertaker. Sykes phoned Russell TV Hardy to report a death and ask him to tend a supposed corpse, prompting Hardy to complain.
In Jersey City precinct Donahue retires after twenty years of service as he removed his uniform and burned it near the Isolation hospital. A dog trained by William Zinkand along the Lincoln Highway found a dollar bill and delivered it to de Zink’s porch. The article notes early Japanese scientific study of earthquakes.
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