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Newspaper
Scandia Journal
Location
Scandia, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Apr 24, 1908
Page
3
A fragmented column notes varied topics from Venezuela and the Kaiser to social mores and aging. It cites a Charleston paper on poverty cures, reports a West Point graduate, and critiques fire safety costs, rail construction, and a Philadelphia palmist's earnings amid gender claims.
The Brooklyn Citizen notes it is odd that American heiresses seek titles, while baronial and other honors can be purchased in Germany and Italy for as little as $200 instead of buying a bankrupt estate and a spendthrift wife for over a million.
The Greenough statue of Washington, long exposed to harsh capital weather, will be sheltered under the Smithsonian Institution. Mr. McCall notes the figure has repeatedly stretched to grasp its clothes since 1841.
An Australian company wins a concession from the Russian government to extract 30,000,000 feet of lumber per year from Siberia. Australian demand and 8,000 mile transport routes imply substantial profits. Also notes a new odorless onion inventor claiming health benefits, but skepticism remains about its palatability.
A young Annapolis‑trained gun officer led a crew to score 25 hits from an eight inch gun with precise rapid fire. The cruiser Chester completed a four hour trial at 26.53 knots, proving itself the fastest of its type in any navy.
Fragments state that in England the advance in democracy has increased book holdings, noting a ninety-fifth year with pages and changes since Victoria's accession. The text appears garbled but suggests a shift in records and access during the period.
Two well dressed men robbed Citizens State Bank in Chautauqua Kansas at 9 30 am taking about 3000 in currency after forcing cashier C C Walterhouse and Del Easley into the vault They closed the vault door secured the money and escaped on horses toward the Osage hills crossing into Oklahoma The robbery is described as one of the boldest in the region with ties to outlaw gangs in nearby Oklahoma.
Minneapolis delegates at the state convention endorsed William Howard Taft for president. The convention instructed Minnesota's national convention delegates for Taft's secretary of war, urged tariff revision by a Republican Congress, commended Roosevelt administration, and emphasized harmony by discarding contest elements.
The department of church and labor urged 11,000 Presbyterian churches nationwide to observe Labor Sunday on May 10. They called on 28,000 local labor unions affiliated with the A F L to cooperate in the observance.
Arkansas River broke its banks flooding the Oklahoma bottoms and threatening Fort Smith area as over five hundred people evacuated or prepared to evacuate.
Washington DC A bill to regulate federal courts granting temporary injunctions against state officers enforcing state laws was advanced by the senate Friday. Senator Overman explained the measure requires three judges two circuit and one district or circuit judge to grant such injunctions. Senator Knox argued it limits risk to proper enforcement and, after brief discussion, the bill was passed.
A U S court of appeals rules federal courts cannot enjoin a state railway commission from changing grain rate schedules before they are fixed. The decision affirms a Nebraska circuit court decree that refused to restrain the Nebraska railway commission from modifying grain and grain products rates in Nebraska.
Baron Sakatani will travel to America and Europe to float national loans for Japan as Tokyo faces a treasury shortfall with only 31.5 million dollars ready for the war loan’s first installment. Authorities anticipate bondholders rewriting bonds to gain an 8 percent incentive.
The steamship Glenlogan carries the American car and a German car toward the New York to Paris contest. The American car left Seattle Saturday at five o clock for Vladivostok after arriving from Alaska on the Bertha. The German car reached Seattle Friday night from Ogden.
A Saginaw Mich theater emptied in two minutes when dense smoke from a nearby gasoline lighting plant explosion filled the building. Flames leaped sixty feet as the audience exited, but orderly evacuations kept exits clear and no panic occurred.
Members of a religious sect called the dreamers were arrested Tuesday in Medicine Hat N W T Niné. They faced charges related to a matter described as arson and related acts.
Across the nation labor groups held mass meetings to press for remedial legislation. Samuel Gompers addressed New York demand for reforms, while Chicago resolutions urged passage of the Wilson bill amending the Sherman act and Pearce bill on injunction limits. Washington urged congressional action with a blacklist threat against opponents.
The postmaster general urged Congress to authorize a local parcel post on rural routes to end the postal deficit. He noted 39,038 rural routes serve 15 million people and estimated five 11 pound packages per trip yearly could yield 15 million dollars, making rural delivery self sustaining and aiding farmers and regional merchants.
Sheriff Dixon and posse returned Sunday night from pursuing two men who robbed the Citizens' State Bank at Chautauqua last Friday morning. The fugitives, believed to hold an instrument to tap rural telephone lines, reportedly used it to hear officers’ movements. The bank they robbed netted $3,240.
A memorial service at Metropolitan temple commemorated the eighty sixth birthday of Gen U S Grant. Secretary of War Taft Andrew Carnegie and former Secretary Leslie M Shaw spoke. Grant post of the G A R presented a national flag to the church.
President Baker of the Joplin baseball team issues a proclamation banning ladies from wearing or displaying hats with bat motif during games at Miners Park to quiet protests against the Merry Widow style headgear in the grandstand.
In Boston Mass the general relief committee reported that about 13 000 people were left homeless after the Chelsea fire. The widespread displacement prompted mass movement of residents seeking shelter and aid.
Washington D C Congressional action urged on legislation to require publicity of campaign funds. The petition will be presented to the senate Monday by Senator Culberson of Texas and to the house by Representative McCall of Massachusetts.
Florida Governor Broward ordered state troops in Pensacola to return to their homes at once to preserve order during the strike by motormen and conductors of the local street railway.
Manila reports Professor Starr of Chicago University suggests that the negritos of Central Luzon belong to the same race as the pygmies of Central Africa. The remark reflects debates on racial classification and human diversity.
The first prize in the competition for the $120,000 Lan Juan penitentiary plans has been awarded to Hor F rb Phils, earning a $2,000 prize as the winning bid and design.
A Southern newspaper contributor argues that successful leaders grew up on farms and warns of the lure of land investment. The piece highlights Western Canada lands at 10 to 15 dollars an acre with strong revenue potential and notes Canadian agents in the U S offering details on free homestead grants and railway access.
A fragment notes Mrs Sharp-Ah seeking a light lunch amid rumors about a man named George and a suggested predatory mind game. The entry reads as a cryptic social comment with incomplete names and unclear context.
An advertisement touts Lewis' Single Binder cigars as high quality and popular, claiming over nine million sold annually. It presents the 15c cigar as equal in quality to the best 10c brands, warns against imitators, and urges customers to ask dealers for Lewis.
A short comic exchange shows an old man refusing charity and offering to buy the beggar's post holes instead, revealing a thriftier mindset and humorous social interaction.
A fragment notes three varieties labeled Ghacolate Custard and another flavor offered by Zerta Co Rochester New York at a price of several cents a plate. The ad headline presents a deli or confectionery context with unspecified product names and pricing.
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