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Newspaper
Scandia Journal
Location
Scandia, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Aug 02, 1907
Page
6
Morton county officials describe a prior land boom collapse followed by tax sales. Lands were bid in during tax forfeitures and titles quieted, then sold at a grand auction raising funds for the county. A September sale will auction town lots with hopes of freeing the county from general taxes for years.
Victor Murdock quotes a Kansas farmer amid reapers and threshers awaiting expected harvest labor. The farmer recalls a socialist lecturer who warned machinery would displace most workers, expressing a wish to prove him wrong by putting him to work.
The total taxable property value in Kansas rose to 425,241,900 from 404,071,692, a gain of 21,170,308. Railroads and telecoms bore about 40 percent of the increase. Top counties by valuation: Wyandotte 19,540,125. Shawnee 19,065,919. Sedgwick 14,520,224. Montgomery 10,591,570. Reno 9,366,468.
Summer program by the University of Kansas School of Engineering operates near Lawrence with about 25 students in field surveying. Four weeks each summer are devoted to practical work under two engineering faculty members.
A Kansas buyer sues Rock Island for 1348.21 over 438 head of cattle delayed at Arkalon. He alleges nine days in stock yards caused shrinkage in weight and a drop in market price as cars were not supplied for shipment.
The Interstate Commerce Commission ruled in the Mills case that Missouri Pacific and connected carriers discriminated against Kansas mills by charging ten cents more per 100 pounds to transport flour than wheat. It set a maximum flour rate of seven cents per 100 pounds between Wichita shipping points in Kansas and destinations in California.
Wichita city council approved a five cent amusement tax and a ten percent rat levy on vaudeville theaters and similar venues. A future meeting will consider applying a two percent tax to two more venues. The ordinance sets $1.90 yearly fees for theater operations.
Farmers in Manitoba Saskatchewan and Alberta report ideal seeding conditions with 85 percent of spring wheat sown by May 20 and full ground cover by June 10. Oats barley and flax exceed past records and total wheat stocks remain high as grain prices rise.
A lawyer a doctor and a newspaper man sit in a dim back room with empty bottles and cards as a rat scurries by. After a long pause the lawyer asks what their fellows are thinking and hovers over the notion he may have imagined seeing a rat.
A fragment describes a dialogue where an unnamed man warns about the danger of firewater in automobiles. An Indian respondent acknowledges awareness, noting the paleface’s use of alcohol in cars and the risk it poses.
An old advertisement claims the formula cures nervous diseases including fits and St Vitas Dance. It offers a free trial bottle and treatise from Dr R H Kline of Philadelphia with a purchase price of two dollars.
A vintage advertisement extols Allen's Foot Kase powder as a premier foot care remedy. It claims widespread use over twelve years, emphasizes cleanliness healing and antiseptic qualities, and notes 30 000 testimonials. The copy urges seeking the original product and warns against substitutes.
A soap millionaire and an actor manager discuss advertising: posters abandoned in favor of newspaper notices, as those who skip papers are deemed unlikely theatergoers. White goods rely on laundering and starch, with Defiance Starch praised for improving stiffness and appearance.
A man asks for money on the street and Egbert recalls giving him a look he won’t forget, as quoted by the Yonkers Statesman.
A brief grocer ad touts Red Cross Ball Blue as a stain fighting powder to keep laundry white. It urges shoppers to buy Sc. a package for home use.
A quip lists animals and durations without food with a 40 day limit for the condor and 28 days for the eagle. The fragment mentions Lewis' Single Binder cigars and a Peoria Ill factory address as a dealer note. It also includes a stray slogan about a simple man attempting unnecessary exertion.
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