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Newspaper
Scandia Journal
Location
Scandia, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Oct 26, 1922
Page
1
An advertisement extols pipe smoking as a source of ideas and calm, arguing bold thoughts emerge when the mind is clear. It promotes Edgeworth tobacco as suited to individual taste, offers free samples via mail, and describes Ready-Rubbed and Plug Slice forms with a sales pitch to consumers and retailers.
Two fishermen arguing if a man fell into a river speculate whether it was a movie actor. One suggests if the person drowns he would be dead, otherwise not, reflecting a humorous Epworth Herald style.
Dr. George Madelung, designer of the Hanover glider, forecasts motorless craft reaching 20,000 feet. He explains gliders rely on upward air currents, with daytime soaring aided by sun-heated updrafts while night flight remains impractical. His work influences new seaplane designs for the U S Navy.
In 1920 United States railroads reported 119,832,127 dollars in damages and loss to freight. The figure highlights the financial impact on freight handling and insurance costs across the industry during that year.
The Virgin Islands report attendance near 100 percent in public schools, with compulsory education from six to fifteen. Sickness is investigated by school nurses and only their illness certificates count. Fines for absences and tardiness exist, while hockey is rare. Since 1917 the system expanded beyond sixth grade, adding grades seven and eight and two junior highs, with plans for a full high school by next year. Thirteen U.S. teachers teach locally.
A French administration plan in the Marquesas seeks to rehabilitate inhabitants morally and materially, with aims to develop commercial opportunities and establish schools. The Bayard Dominick expedition backed by Honolulu Museum researchers notes fertile valleys and potential breadfruit, taro, and banana crops, currently neglected.
A mother cat named Snookums fought an alligator five feet long that dragged onto W. F. Madden's porch where five newborn kittens sheltered. The cat sprang, clung to the alligator’s back, slashed its hide, and drove the wounded reptile into a cellar to save her litter.
Dr Handy notes several fine harbors in the Marquesas and suggests fueling stations could be built there for ships traveling between Australia and Panama. He envisions a future logistics node aiding transpacific cruising and trade.
Daniel Morgan of Columbus, Ohio, drank five gallons of liquor spilled from a gutter after state revenue officer J C Thompson poured it out. Morgan used a tin cup and bucket, then placed the bucketful in his car before being arrested and fined $110 for illegally consuming liquor.
A brief scene on a golf course shows a caddie returning a ball to a golfer then refusing payment, joking that the caddie punched the boy who found it. The Boston Transcript notes an unrelated radio remark about a proposal and station choice.
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