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Newspaper
Scandia Journal
Location
Scandia, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Sep 02, 1926
Page
8
State Superintendent Miley announced the August semi annual distribution of the state school fund totaling 281 286 72 dollars for 540 936 children between five and twenty one years old. Wyandotte Sedgwick and Shawnee counties receive the largest shares.
The article discusses Mary and Martha and Lazarus, contrasting Mary’s spiritual service with Martha’s practical tasks. It highlights Jesus’ praise of Mary’s better way, then recounts Mary anointing Jesus after Lazarus’ resurrection. A poem about mutual understanding follows, attributed to 1926 Western Newspaper Union.
Mrs Jones watches her husband Jones begin his first round at the golf championship. He repeatedly misses the tee shot, drawing silent awe then a later burst of laughter from the crowd. She defends him as she expresses pride and frustration.
Mythic Enceladus, son of Tartarus and Gaea, one of the hundred handed giants, waged war on Olympus. For impiety he faced Jupiter’s thunderbolts and was buried beneath Mount Etna in Sicily, whose eruptions are tied to his fiery breath, shaking Sicily with each movement.
Public health urges vaccination and sanitation as typhoid risks rise with tourist travel. 1925 cases spread from an Indiana town into eight states via polluted water, with six Illinois cases traced to the source. Individuals must ensure safe food and water as the season opens.
Patient jokes about a loud stomach after eating ox tongue at dinner while the doctor pretends to investigate a curious digestive complaint. The exchange plays on humor and appetite.
A terse reflection asserts one philosophy values learning to endure the world as it is rather than seeking to reform it. The idea centers on resilience and acceptance over change.
Dr. William Montgomery McGovern recounts rituals where bones are exhumed after 15 to 20 years, powdered, and mixed into festival drinks to purportedly convey ancestors' power. Men are described as finer in physique than women, twins and deformities are killed at birth, and monkey and red ants are eaten as staples described as tasty by the explorer.
American hunters and anglers issued over 5,000,000 licenses during the 1924 25 season. Returns to state treasuries surpassed 6,400,000 dollars.
A concise aphorism reflecting the craft of repairing language through creative insight. The line suggests artistry can restore fractured meaning or expression.
Harnessing engineer Dexter P. Cooper says the tide plan for the Bay of Fundy requires 65,000 workers to build dams and gates at an estimated cost of 75 million dollars. The scheme would develop at least 500,000 horsepower initially, with potential growth to 700,000 horsepower.
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