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Newspaper
Scandia Journal
Location
Scandia, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Sep 01, 1921
Page
7
A long list of local movements and visits includes Chas Madigen buying a Ford touring car, Godfrid Larson returning from Kansas City, Vic Carlson and family visiting Scandia, Mike Weislogel coming home from Pennsylvania, and Marjorie Messride visiting Ada and Ella Hawkins. Also noted are church events, a grass seed sale, shifts in staffing at the Scandia Mercantile, and various trips to Kansas City, Topeka, and California.
Former teacher Miss Ruby Thomas visits friends and will serve as an instructor at Concordia High School next year. She studied at Manhattan last winter. W Y Morgan and A Q Miller of the Telescope with Judge Hogin visited Senator Gulic, hinting Morgan may run for governor next year.
The column records community updates including births at home of Mr. and Mrs. Shotzman on August 26, Ernest Burns laid up with a sore ankle, visits by Axel Wohlford and family to Wisconsin and Chicago, and multiple visits among local families. It notes Rev. Lundberg’s appointment to Scandia and the Dorcas Society meeting, plus editor’s stop in Topeka and townsfolk visiting Caldwell and Randolph. Also mentions sports results at Miller's rink with Bill Reece defeating Welch and Haas.
Local outlet urges buying Harvest oil now as options include graphite and castor machine handling. Mentions doctors and colonel figures in brief, implying a promotional push.
Stunts humor and thrills fill Saturday as William Fox star Tom Mix arrives at the Princess Theatre in A Ridin Romeo. The cowboy hero uses homey tricks to cope with cold mornings while a baby on a rock triggers a kidnapping chase and comic misadventures.
The article notes how the horse, once central to daily life, is supplanted by the telephone and automobile. It references readers of Black Beauty and Sewell’s Autobiography of a Horse, recalling John’s wild
The article notes Black Beauty as a beloved tale and describes the Vitagraph all star production by George Randolph Chester and wife, aiming for faithful adaptation of Anna Sewell's story. It mentions the theater showing and references other topics like coffee brands and sun effects on clay.
The passage argues that taxes on rented property are paid from rent by tenants, while tenants and laborers both hold equal voting rights. It suggests that a laborer who enables an employer to gain profit has the same right to vote as the employer, reflecting a broader stance on voter equality. Scandia Mercantile meat market is advertised for fresh and cured meats.
The advertisement asserts catarrh cannot be cured by local applications and must be treated internally. Hall's Catarrh Medicine is said to act through the blood on mucous surfaces, composed of tonics and blood purifiers, with testimonials available.
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