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Newspaper
Scandia Journal
Location
Scandia, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Sep 13, 1917
Page
3
Central Kansas wakes to renewed fertility after August rains totaling four to seven inches. Corn, alfalfa, pastures rebound. tomatoes and beans recover. water in ponds and streams rises. farmers weigh expectations for the 1917 harvest amid varied opinions on field corn.
One hundred two year old Holstein heifers sold by Jet to Leavenworth county farmers sparked a large get acquainted picnic in Leavenworth. About 2000 people from the County Farm Bureau Federated Canning Clubs Leavenworth Commercial Club and families attended dairy and poultry exhibits and horse races after a basket dinner.
William A. Radford notes the bungalow boom across the West is adapting to many homes while warning against wasting money on poor materials or ornate labor. He praises white stucco walls, casement windows, and simple, economical decoration that preserves space, value, and resale appeal.
Cyrus Leland Jr of Troy longtime leader of the Republican organization in Kansas died at Noyes hospital in St. Joseph at 71. A Civil War veteran born in 1841 in Wisconsin he moved to Kansas at 17 and built a career shaping state politics known as King Cyrus. His Troy store aided poor farmers for decades and helped prevent foreclosures with generosity and unpaid notes from a half century.
A fair-haired actress enters a theater to see Ashamed of Her Brother. Her bowl-shaped hat with plumes draws attention. A polite exchange occurs when another spectator asks about the headgear and she replies she has bent the plumes back.
Ogdensburg Wisconsin woman recounts severe female troubles with back and side pain. She credits Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound after six bottles fully curing her. She urges others with similar issues to try the remedy and seek advice from Lydia E Pinkham Medicine Co. in Lynn Massachusetts.
A humorous exchange questions whether a wife is justified in taking money from her husband if he leaves it in his pocket. The reply asserts she is justified if he is careless enough to leave money there.
Advertisement offers free Cuticura Ointment samples with a book for skin troubles. Readers can request by mailing a postcard to Cuticura Dept. L Boston and can buy Cuticura Soap in stores.
A traveling salesman after his card is torn by a manager uses a bluff to force a meeting. He sends back another card and tells the boy to say he sells two cards for five cents, securing an interview and a large order.
A well known black defendant faced a brick assault charge. After preliminaries the judge asked why he struck the relative. The man replied that the other called him a black rascal, and suggested the judge might react similarly if insulted. The exchange probes racial tension and self defense in court.
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