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Newspaper
Scandia Journal
Location
Scandia, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Oct 22, 1925
Page
1
The Scandia Journal notes it is mailed as second class matter from the Scandia Post Office and lists a yearly subscription price of 1.25 dollars.
The Methodist Episcopal Church district superintendent invites all members and Sunday school to a meeting at the church on Sunday October 25 at 10 A M to discuss merging the Methodist Churches of Scandia. D B Magee District Supt.
20th Sunday after Trinity gospel Matt 22 1 14 invites to the marriage supper of the Lamb. Mrs Gust Larson entertains the Dorcas Society Friday afternoon with refreshments from 4 to 7 and change to afternoon only. Union services at Presbyterian Church next Sunday evening with Sunday school and worship morning as usual. CHAS PEHRSON Pastor.
L F Payne advises bringing red combed spring hatched pullets into the laying house and confinement for a few weeks to get them used to roosting and laying in the right places. He notes some keep pullets inside through winter while old hens run free. A town football game in Jamestown ended 19 to 0 as the side failed to find a suitable suit for John Nondorf, and the Princess entertains.
Ancient Peruvians used a quipu system of string knots to express numbers and data without language. A thick top string held thinner cords with single, double, and triple knots marking tens, hundreds, and thousands, with colors signifying roles such as soldiers and corn. shepherds in Puna still practice it.
Thomas Burke argues that poverty is punished like a crime. He recalls his own early punishment for humble birth and notes that boys born poor who seek better lives pay a high price. He contrasts public rhetoric with harsh social consequences faced by the poor and ambitious.
The text explains U S patent filings require a $20 first and a $20 final government fee, after which the patent runs 17 years without further costs. It contrasts foreign practice where renewal fees or annuities are paid to maintain protection and where the invention must be worked domestically.
The Everest climbers reported life at 21,000 feet with bees moths and butterflies and spiders living in ice islands above vegetation. At 18,000 feet wingless grasshoppers thrived. Food consisted of cannibalism among small spiders.
The Philadelphia Public Ledger states courtesy as a universal medium of exchange that smooths business and relations. It emphasizes that courtesy reflects inward consideration, enhances human associations, and should guide interactions beyond mere material gain.
Mrs. Fletcher Walter visits the Tom Gile home and spends Tuesday with Mrs. Sadie Walters at Norway Ott. Grandm a Walters improves. Miss Gladys Dodge visits home folks from Concordia. Ben Vincent buys cattle near Courtland. Harry Kelly the Three K medicine man called locally. Morris McGregor helps brother Lloyd with feed. Lon Engle visits Jim Mahan home. Charlie Morgdin and Bertha Gile visit Jens Stenson. Chester Woodkas visits John Young. Frances Dodge visits Minnie Wilson. Sarah Gile visits G W Wright. Mrs Mertie Walters visits mother. Archie Walters Gladys Young and Hattie Walters attend Baptist convention at Concordia. Howard Ames buys a new Ford. Pauline Nichol visits Dorothy Gile. Dist 81 plays ball with Sunny Side. score 12 to 6 for Dist 81.
The piece traces myths about the Great Wall of China once famed as a wonder. It notes Sir Aurel Stein uncovered miles of reed and poplar wall beyond Kia-ju-Kwan, revealing older, romantic fortifications. Few Chinese know of Stein’s findings, preserving Kia-ju-kwan’s place in lore.
The first Ironbridge spans the River Severn in Shropshire England. Cast in 1778 at Coalbrookdale Ironworks under Abraham Darby as designer. About 500 tons of iron used with mastered keyed castings, no welding. The 24 foot roadway rests on an iron foundation with clay and road metaling. Main arch spans 100 feet.
A man issues a curious arithmetic trick to a friend using counts of living brothers and sisters and the dead, claiming the final three digits reveal deaths, living sisters, and living brothers. The friend performs the steps and the assertive statement matches the results, per Tit-Bits.
Letters of administration with the will annexed issued to Jonas P. Alstrom for the estate of Anna Wilson, deceased, by the Probate Court on October 5, 1925. Creditors must present claims within one year or be barred.
Five Maori relatives clung to a coffin on a submerged rock for 15 hours in bitter cold after their launch struck a rock off the New Zealand coast while transporting a body to Wellington. They endured freezing conditions until rescue arrived.
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