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Newspaper
Scandia Journal
Location
Scandia, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Apr 24, 1908
Page
4
A string of quirky observations covers France's odd groups, the diamond trade threat, Venezuela's defiance, and Kaiser letters. The Charleston paper mocks rest cures for poverty while odd headlines proclaim an Ohio scientist's flora study and jokes about spanking. Aging generations skip birthdays amid rising egg prices.
Second Lieut. Glen E. Edgerton of Manhattan Kansas topped his class of 108 at West Point, graduating three months early. Yet the text notes ongoing fires injuring children and adults, criticizing cost-driven unsafe buildings over safer construction.
The Austrian government built a railway through the mountains north of the Adriatic to boost Trieste trade. Though only 180 miles long, it features 679 bridges and viaducts and passes through 49 tunnels.
A Philadelphia palmist with 24 years in practice says it was a poor day if he did not earn 15 or 10 dollars. He claims men are the most gullible victims while women are harder to manage and less easily convinced.
The Brooklyn Citizen notes it is odd American heiresses seek titles and could purchase noble titles in Germany or Italy for about $200 rather than shell out millions for bankrupt estates and spendthrift spouses.
The Greenough statue of Washington, exposed to harsh weather before the Capitol for eight decades, will be housed in the Smithsonian Institution. Mr. McCall notes the statue has long struggled to reach its clothes since 1841, prompting the move.
An Australian company has secured a concession from the Russian government to harvest 30,000,000 feet of lumber annually from Siberian forests. High Australian prices allow transport of this timber 8,000 miles to Melbourne for a handsome profit.
The inventor touts an odorless onion as a boon to mankind claiming it is as pleasant to the palate and as anti-scorbutic as the traditional bulb. Doubts arise that onion lovers will accept its genuineness without a 24 hour public display after consumption.
A gun-crew under a young officer fresh from Annapolis fired all 25 shots with an eight inch gun at a rapid pace. The Chester, a new scouting cruiser, logged 26.53 knots for four hours on a trial cruise and proved itself the fastest of its kind in any navy.
In England democracy's advance brings more books on nobility. Debrett, now in its 195th year with 2500 pages, contrasts with the original record. Since Queen Victoria's accession, about 340 peerages and 460 rotects have been bestowed.
Two well dressed men entered Citizens' State Bank in Chautauqua Kansas at 9 30 AM forced cashier C C Walterhouse and Del Easley into the vault then escaped with about $3000 after locking the doors and mounting horses in the Osage hills across the line into Oklahoma
Taft and Revision. Minneapolis Minnesota. The Republican state convention endorsed William Howard Taft for president and instructed Minnesota delegates to support him at the national convention. Harmony dominated the gathering as all contest was dropped and Roosevelt’s administration was praised. The convention urged tariff revision by a Republican congress.
The department of church and labor requests 11,000 Presbyterian churches nationwide to observe Labor Sunday on May 10. Thirty thousand local labor unions affiliated with the A F of L are asked to cooperate in the observance.
Fort Smith Arkansas reports the Arkansas River broke through its banks flooding the Oklahoma bottoms. More than five hundred people are left homeless by the rising waters and damage across the area.
The Senate considered a bill restricting federal courts from issuing temporary injunctions against state officers enforcing state laws. It requires three judges, with two circuit and one either circuit or district judge. Senator Overman cited Justice Harlan. Senator Knox noted it targets only state law enforcement. The bill, after discussion, was passed.
An appeals court holds federal courts cannot block Nebraska Railway Commission rate changes before they are fixed. The decision affirms a Nebraska circuit court decree that refused to restrain the commission from modifying rates on grain and grain products transported in Nebraska.
Baron Sakatani plans a trip to America and Europe to float national loans to ease Japan's financial crisis. The treasury has $21,500,000 ready for the war loan's first installment, with 8 percent offered to entice bondholders to rewrite their bonds.
The American car and the German car in the New York to Paris auto race depart Seattle on Saturday at five o’clock for Vladivostok aboard the steamship Glenlogan. The American car arrived from Alaska Friday morning on the Bertha after no progress on Alaska’s frozen trails. the German car arrived Friday night from Ogden.
A Saginaw gas lighting plant explosion sent dense smoke into the Bijou vaudeville theater Friday night. The building emptied in about two minutes without panic as flames towered 60 feet, but orderly exits kept clear and patrons evacuated safely.
Nine leading members of a religious sect called the dreamers were arrested in Medicine Hat N W T on arson charges. Several farmhouses in the district have burned recently under mysterious circumstances.
Samuel Gompers addressed the Grand Central Palace as part of a nationwide labor mass meeting. The event sought remedial legislation favorable to organized labor and followed similar gatherings in other cities.
At a Chicago Federation of Labor gathering on Sunday resolutions were adopted protesting Congress hostility to working men. The resolutions include a petition for immediate passage of the Wilson bill amending the Sherman anti trust law and the Pearce bill limiting court injunctions in labor disputes.
A mass meeting at the Columbia theater Sunday night adopted resolutions urging Congress to enact labor priorities. The resolutions threaten to place lawmakers on a black list for opposing labor measures and vow to block their political prospects.
The postmaster general urged Congress to create a special local parcel post on rural routes to end the postal deficit. With 39,038 rural routes serving 15 million people, carrying five 11 pound packages per trip could yield about 15 million dollars annually, making rural free delivery self sustaining and beneficial to farmers and country merchants.
Sheriff Dixon and posse returned to Sedan after chasing two men who robbed Citizens' State Bank at Chautauqua last Friday. The robbers, believed to use an instrument to listen to news on rural telephone lines, secured $3,240.
A memorial service marked the eighty sixth anniversary of Gen. Ulysses S Grant at Metropolitan Temple in New York. Secretary of War Taft Andrew Carnegie and former Secretary Leslie M Shaw spoke. Grant post G A R presented a national flag to the church.
President Baker of the Joplin baseball team issued a proclamation requiring ladies to remove hats in the Miners Park grandstand during games. The order targets display of the controversial Merry Widow hats amid complaints from fans.
Boston officials report 13 000 people left homeless as thousands walk through Chelsea seeking relief. General relief committee issues statement detailing the scale of destruction and ongoing aid efforts.
Washington, D. C. Congress is urged to act on a bill requiring publicity of campaign funds in a petition to the senate Monday by Senator Culberson of Texas and to the house by Representative McCall of Massachusetts.
Governor Broward ordered state troops to Pensacola to preserve order during a motormen and conductors strike on the local street railway. The guards were sent to restore calm and were directed to return to their homes at once.
Professor Starr of Chicago University says the negritos of Central Luzon belong to the same race as the pygmies of Central Africa.
Hor ace Traumbauer of Philadelphia wins the first prize of $2,000 in the competition for plans for the $120,000 penitentiary to be erected at San Juan.
A Southern newspaper essay argues that successful leaders often spent youth on farms and urges a return to agriculture as a remedy to financial unrest. It cites Canadian land opportunities offering 10 to 15 dollars per acre with strong revenue and notes Canadian homestead grants of 160 acres with rail links and services.
A fragment shows Mrs Sharp Ah reflecting on a light lunch with a puzzled tone. The line hints at a distrait mood and a tangential memory of a person named George and a mysterious preoccupation.
Advert explains Lewis' Single Binder cigars are produced by the Lewis Factory in Peoria Illinois. It claims annual sales exceed nine million and promotes the cigar as high quality rivaling ten cent brands. It warns against imitators and urges customers to ask dealers for Lewis' Single Binder.
Comic exchange of a beggar offering to make post holes and an old gentleman replying he never gives charity but would buy any on hand. The dialogue leans to a dry punchline about value and charity. The snippet captures a humorous street encounter with brisk, period voice.
An advertisement touts chocolate pie mix from D-Zerta Co Rochester NY offering three varieties Lemon Chocolate and Custard at 10 cents a pack. It urges readers to try it and tell friends how easy it is to make delicious pies.
A brief excerpt contrasts force with gentleness, suggesting strength is tempered by mercy and restraint. The line hints at a moral tension between power and compassion without broader context.
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