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Newspaper
Scandia Journal
Location
Scandia, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Aug 05, 1910
Page
1
Bees kept busy year round by shipping six carloads of bee colonies from Southern California to Utah for winter. The cost per carload is under 150 dollars and Utah beekeepers find it profitable. The article notes their strong organization and imagines a possible union and strike by bees.
Turkey's Smyrna district now yields about sixty thousand tons of raisins as vine acreage expands. Old fruit stocks are high while California adds to supply, pushing Smyrna prices from 4.09 to 7 per hundredweight to 2.68 to 4.50. Smyrna and California promote raisin day to boost demand and prices.
A young Evansville man failed a navy weight test by a pound but drank a gallon of water and passed the second exam. He is now enrolled as a sailor, with the piece noting his determination and hinting he will stay with the water wagon.
For the first time in years Mexico experiences a revolutionary feeling yet has advanced politically and industrially. Disturbance and demoralization are less likely as the country has learned to govern itself in a more civilized fashion.
A French aviator devises a machine to rise from the water. He argues that once flying art is perfected, all natural elements will resemble challenges overcome by man.
Question contrasts two dire flight scenarios with broken control and danger, asking readers to choose between a motorboat with a damaged rudder near shore or an airship with a failing plane a mile above ground, evoking peril and choice.
The text notes how after a dramatic flight some men turn to talk of air power in war while remarking Sunday school picnics seem more pleasant. It contrasts grim military planning with peaceful pastimes.
The article notes Doctor Wiley declaring women should learn to cook and jokes that he is reviving the old biscuit that mother used to make line of humor. This reflects a social debate on domestic roles and male authority in the period.
Census records show a Colorado couple tied the knot ninety years ago, a milestone that prompts curiosity about the longevity of their union and the couple’s enduring partnership.
A quirky note contrasts paying five dollars for affection with fines for violating the mashers' ordinance. It frames a humorous comparison between purchasing kisses and compliance costs in local rules.
Evidence links Dr Crippen and Ethel Le Neve to a flight from London aboard the Montrose. The couple traveled under aliases including Robinson with the woman posing as a boy. they were arrested after a captain notified Scotland Yard following overheard discussions.
The Cavalry Baptist Church in Des Moines Iowa offers a free wedding ceremony at any Sunday service by Rev J W Graves. Couples may marry without civil fees and use the church with full solemnity and pomp as desired.
The United States Packing Company opened its cold storage rooms to the public at noon led by manager J T Carmatek. Workers in the area, suffering heat all week, were invited inside to a temperature of 388 degrees and many visited while the heat persisted above 100 degrees.
Not guilty verdicts were returned for twelve Cairo citizens charged as mob leaders in indictments accusing them of leading a mob that stormed the Alexander County jail and lynched the Black man Jonn Pratt.
New York City will sell eggs and bread by weight after a new rule announced by Commissioner of Weights and Measures Driscoll. The change aims to standardize pricing and ensure accurate weight-based sales across the state capital.
Government secret service men raided a Kansas City opium operation base led by Charley Kwong Sang. They seized cash and supplies worth over 25 000 dollars and confiscated opium gear including jars pipes yenshee and other materials. Substantial funds were recovered estimated between 10 000 and 35 000 dollars.
In Guthrie Oklahoma a state supreme court ruling blocked Governor Haskell’s bid to relocate the capital. The court refused the writ of prohibition against Logan County District Court’s injunction preventing the move. Justice Williams wrote the opinion with full court concurrence except Justice Turner.
Joseph Wendling, accused of murdering eight year old Alma Kelner daughter of a Louisville brewer, has been chased through six states Mexico and Central America and is now tracked in San Francisco where detectives close in.
Governor Shellenberger directs Attorney General Thompson to begin ouster proceedings against Omaha Chief Donahue and fire and police commissioners Hoye Hunter and Wappich for alleged non-enforcement of the eight o clock closing law.
Testimony before Master in Chancery Rosewell B. Mason describes a scheme where the Illinois Central railroad was defrauded of at least 1,000,000 by inflated repair bills. Harold A. Sims, former Memphis Car Company superintendent, testifies to collusion between railroad officers and the repair firm. Inspectors were bribed. plant materials and parts were misused across repairs, inflating charges for new material and labor.
The Republican congressional committee opens eastern operations in the St James building to educate voters on tariff policy. It will mail 1,000,000 copies of Taft speeches on Lincoln Day and the Payne-Aldrich act protections. A western bureau in Chicago under Congressman McKinley will run speakers.
The board of arbitration in Little Rock Arkansas announced a 6 percent raise, averaging $5 more per month, for 1200 telegraph operators of the Missouri Pacific railroad. Under the Erdman Act both sides must accept the award.
The Prussian Appeals Court ruled Christian Science healing a misdemeanor and punishable by fine or imprisonment in Berlin. A German Christian Scientist was previously prosecuted for practicing without a medical license, fined, and appealed. higher courts upheld the conviction as legal.
In Muskogee Oklahoma federal authorities issued six warrants for individuals accused of fraudulently cashing government checks at the recent Cherokee payment in Tahlequah meant for Indian minors and not turning the funds over. No arrests have been made and 70 similar cases are under investigation.
The Missouri State Bar association adjourned at the New Elms hotel after electing officers. New president is J. J. Vineyard of Kansas City. new treasurer E. M. Grossman of St. Louis and Lee Montgomery of Sedalia named in leadership roles.
In a clipped exchange a speaker dismisses a simple cold remedy as they list “ninety eight cures ahead,” prompting a dry quip about waiting for remedies. The tone captures a late era newspaper moment of humor and social chatter.
In Dowlais, South Wales, about fifteen years ago families suffered severe itching described as unbearable. Doctors failed to help until a patient used Cuticura Soap Ointment and Resolvent with dramatic relief and cures. The writer notes long term use of Cuticura by their family.
A northern New Hampshire tale recalls Obed, a notorious woman hater, who buys a coat after a tailor cuts and sews with extra seam allowance. He wears the ill fitting garment without trying it on, declares it unsuitable, and jokes he has seven yards of cloth wrapped around him when asked about a new coat.
In London Charles Sumner answered a heckling Englishman with a line from Gray about ashes and fires. The exchange occurred at a dinner honoring Sumner, who kept his composure and was not criticized further that evening.
A reflection on the idea that claiming happiness at the cost of others’ misery reveals the deepest fault in a person. It contemplates moral balance and the corrosive nature of selfish joy.
A cautious outlook follows a scene of reconciliation as observers warn that a negotiator who ends a feud could still possess a concealed resource or tactic. Community leaders urge vigilance and continued readiness for any sudden shift in power dynamics.
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