Scandia Gazette Publishes Bold Scolds on Ginger Jag
The Scandia paper prints a fierce rebuke to a local youth known as Ginger Jag for becoming intoxicated on Jamaica ginger and lemon extract. It condemns the offender as a fool and threatens to publish his name and mail a copy to his Santa Fe employer. Also notes William Farnum film engagement at Princess Theatre on September 23 for the WWI era drama For Freedom.
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Gazette
Santa Fe
The
Ginger Jag
Emporia
State of
Kansas
United States
William Farnum
William Fox
Princess Theatre
Mr. Farnum
Germany
France
Cupid
Jennings Suit Shop Ad Promises Low Prices and Fit
An advertising blurb touts Jennings with low prices and a guaranteed fit or no sale. The short notice invites shoppers to visit the store for a bargain on a new suit.
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Jennings
County Educational Notes Praise McCune School Improvement
County notes praise school interest as many districts send library lists and catalogs. McCune district east of Belleville earns credit for a fine new building, properly heated and lighted, seated and home-like, with plans to make it a standard school within the year.
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Nate
McCune
Belleville
Central district school advances with new building efforts
Central district west of Rydel touts a premier school building with a full basement furnace workshop and play room amid plans for a house warming Friday. The feature school promises modern facilities and civic pride, while wage debates surface as teachers earn around 75 dollars monthly with 40 dollars for board and room.
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Rydel
Barber Shop
Frances Willard Day Observed By State Education
The state marks Frances Willard Day on September 28 with schools and teachers urged to observe. Pamphlets suggesting programs are available on request from this office and other materials can be obtained from The Messenger editor in Downs Kansas, addressed for a special edition.
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Frances Willard
County treasurer urges apportionment of seven thousand dollars to county schools
The treasurer notes seven thousand dollars of state dividend money should be distributed to county schools, urges school district treasurers to claim their apportionment, and reminds teachers to enforce flag display, truancy reporting, and daily attendance. Training materials and courses will be mailed when ready, and visits by the state supervisor of rural schools may be arranged. Also noted are a stray red weighing 40 to 50 pounds and the Cuthbertson family moving to Glade Kansas with a Rock Island pump operator role.
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Schol
State Supervisor of
Hanting Seeks Hauling and Plowing Jobs
Wanted ad offering hauling and plowing services by Albert Snyder. Promises prompt work at reasonable prices with contact by phone 95.
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Hanting
Albert Snyder
Spectacles of Rain Fire and Flood in California Canyons
Readings describe dramatic canyon phenomena near Santa Monica with steam vents from clay canyons along the Pacific coast. Fires in oil-bearing shales produce glow and occasional flame, possibly triggered by lightning or spontaneous combustion, inspiring old legends of spirits and “volcanoes.”
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Los Angeles
Scientific American
Santa Monica
California
Pacific Ocean
Giant bamboo grass used in Far East farming and craft
The bamboo grows two feet daily in parts of Japan and China reaching 150 feet tall and two feet in diameter. Farmers plant a clump that rapidly widens. bamboo replaces steel in building, furniture making, fencing, and household goods. Its shoots provide food and shoots fuel numerous items from awnings to chairs and paper to write on.
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Japan
China
Must Be One of the Crowd in Work and Life
The piece argues against self isolation and urges social balance. It warns that constant inward focus isolates a person and hinders public relations, noting true leaders share burdens and recharge, while genuine influence comes from being part of the collective. It emphasizes energy management and subtle mind-to-mind awareness.
Social Icicles and the Chill They Bring at Gatherings
The piece describes men labeled as social icicles. Despite looks, education, and means they are the center of attraction for others yet repel conversation. They act as wall flowers and drones at events, cooling the room and hindering social warmth.
Camping in Old Morocco’s Picturesque Encampments
The article describes Moroccan camps as colorful and cinematic with copper-topped tents for elites and caravan travel as the main transport. It notes plains blanketed with iris and wildflowers, horsemen in vivid robes, mud villages, saintly shrines, and shepherds returning at sunset, then tents set near orange trees for dinner of roasted sheep and couscous under a blue African sky.
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Elsie F. Well
Asia Magazine
Morocco
Great Plains
For Sale 80 to 360 Acre Farms In Jewell County
Real estate notices list 80 acre parcels near town with good water and school access, a two story house, barn, and terms including cash and March 1 dates. Also describes a 360 acre stock farm with 120 cultivated acres, pasture, fenced lands, multiple outbuildings, and a house. Estate settlement sale by J. W. Plotner.
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Jewell
J. W. Plotner
Notary Public Offers Paper Attestation and Contract Drafting
J. W. Plotner announces appointment as Notary Public and readiness to attest legal papers, draft contracts, and prepare documents for Justice Court. The service emphasizes collections as a specialty.
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Justice Court
J. W. Plotner
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J. H. Norris
Bank of
Scandia
J. 0. Anderson
Journal
Candia
J. W. Plotner & Son
William Allen. White
Norporia Gazette
Vailande
the Farmars and Merchants Bank
County Educational Notes
Poplar Grove
Mary Jansky, Co
Missouri Pacific
Jake Weislogel
O. R. Cuthbertson
Glade
Congress
Gorden
Ings Stamps
the Bank OF Scandia
G. W. Nimocks, Pres
J. H. Sandell
Cashier
Old
A. O
Fortney
Kansay
C. W. Bobo, M.D
A. R. Morey
R. J. West
F. & M. Bank
Feandia Lodge
Quincy Ellis,ng
Rob't. Rickabaugh
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