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Newspaper
Scandia Journal
Location
Scandia, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Apr 27, 1900
Page
11
The Andaman Islanders hold strange beliefs about origins and transformation. They say the first man drowned and became a whale, his wife and grandchildren hunted him, and the whale tipped the boat. The wife became a crab and the children sea birds. They claim fish and many birds are ancestors changed in form, with a poisonous fish species linked to murderers.
F Felny, the armless Belgian artist born without arms, died at 70. Taught by his mother to use his toes to gather toys, he later copied hundreds of masterpieces in Antwerp galleries. He painted with his left great toe through a thumblike orifice, earning royal patronage from Spain and Portugal. His sole grievance was a struggle with buttonholes.
Authorities differ on the rate of growth and its variability among individuals. The common estimate is about six and a half inches per year. Hair lengths vary widely, men rarely reach twelve to fourteen inches at full growth while women sometimes reach seventy to seventy five inches, though twenty five to thirty inches is typical.
In Paris hair dealers pay up to 250 dollars per pound for fine human hair sourced mainly from Brittany. Peasant women and girls have their hair cut annually and sold to traveling merchants who typically reward them with a few cheap gifts rather than cash.
Reports from Buenos Aires show 226 sunstroke deaths amid record heat as 219 cases occur in one day with 134 fatalities and 93 of 102 deaths the day before. Thermometers read 120 degrees in the shade on both days, despite snow and frost in the latitude.
The Massachusetts Mercury issue from Boston 1800 announced Dartmouth College will begin drawing next Friday. Tickets and quarters were to be had from EB. Larkin at 47 Cornhill, who would pay prizes on demand. This reflects a time when lotteries were lawful in New England.
While a Norwich University student Admiral Dewey studied watercolor painting and proved an apt pupil. He created several marine sketches, and one rescued work now hangs in a classroom, framed for display.
Californians cultivate the tomato tree in a novel fruit venture. Clusters yield a delicious product, with thousands of boxes shipped from Ceylon to London. Belief grows that a strong market could be found in eastern states.
Lord Wolseley Lord Roberts and Sir Hyelyn Wood have all written much for the press. Sir Redvers Buller has never written except dispatches to the War Office and shows aversion to other publicity channels.
Estimates show Christmas gift spending across major cities with Philadelphia at 10 million, New York 13.7 million, Chicago 9.2 million, Boston 5 million, and Washington 2 million. Costs of coat gifts are noted but specifics are unclear.
County Board of Commissioners met by adjournment to audit and allow numerous claims in Beattie case and other county expenses. Names include Patterson Beattie witnesses, Sherriff Brown, J.P. C Perry, and many vendors. details cover salaries, juror fees, merchandise, and county services.
In Ville Kansas on April 4 1900 the county board reviewed quarterly relief allowances for families and individuals. Adjustments to aid amounts for several recipients are recorded along with the board’s adjournment schedule and a follow up meeting set for May 6 1900 at Kelleyville. The force of staff includes W Bell chairman and D Y Wilson county clerk.
Belleville Kansas April 5 1900 Board of County Commissioners met at 8 30 a m with all members present. Sheriff Brown asked compensation to cover a 1896 salary deficiency of 200 after review. The board approved this amount and moved to road petitions approving a new road from section 11 township 4 range 4 to its boundaries and rejecting an unfavorable petition for another road. They ordered costs paid by petition signers, set future viewer meetings, and scheduled surveys. Various tax reductions and redemptions were approved for properties in Elk Creek Belleville Warwick and Valato, including back tax compromises and redemption certificates.
May first start date set for district court with cases including criminal actions State of Kansas versus Goold Shri ver Gleason Woodside and others, civil foreclosure and judgments against Steele Shimek Fitch and Heirs of Ingebrethson, and divorces Nettleship Kidder McCune. Multiple partition and vacate actions listed alongside foreclosures and title suits. Mrs. Pierce Amos foreclosures noted.
A Scandia restaurant offered a prize for the man who ate the most Master eggs. The exact prize amount was not stated, but it was described as a small early riser style reward. The note appears in the Iola Register.
The Socialists announce the field for Kansas with a slate headed by John M. Peet and Louis Matiang Non, covering electors at large I E Miller and A A Carnahan as associates. G C Clemens would be governor and Thomas Leamay secretary of state.
A Populist County convention will convene in Belleville on Saturday May Sth to elect eight delegates for the Congressional convention in Junction City on May 15 and six delegates for the State convention at Fort Scott on July 24.
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