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Newspaper
Scandia Journal
Location
Scandia, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Aug 09, 1901
Page
8
A brief note recalls the first United States census taken about 110 years ago. Philadelphia led as the largest city, followed by New York, Boston, Charleston, and Baltimore in that era.
A renowned philanthropist has decided to donate his fortune to charities, promising significant good. The text also touts Hostetter's Stomach Bitters for appetite, digestion, and relief from dyspepsia and related ailments, urging readers to seek the genuine product.
Francis Burton Harrison, Yale postgraduate in English, plans to write a Civil War history from the Confederate viewpoint. He inherits literary talent from his mother Mrs. Frances Burton Harrison and is encouraged by his bride Miss Mary Crocker, daughter of a California millionaire.
Dr Thomas H Norton American consul at Harpoot Turkey hosted a dinner for Phi Beta Kappa members resident in Peru. Nearly a dozen guests attended representing Harvard Princeton Yale Vassar Hamilton Bowdoin Amherst Williams and Columbia.
The Bear Flag tale places the original flag raising in Sonoma California on June 14, 1846. The Bear Flag party seized General Vallejo and raised a white flag bearing a painted bear and the words California Republic.
An 1880s advertisement-like snippet touts Dodd's Kidney Pills for kidney trouble and Bright's disease. It claims Mr Russell of Chippewa County was cured after two boxes and reports strong endorsements. Also mentions Dr Le Duc's Female Regulator and rubber boots for sale, with generic hunting tale about a fisherman.
Good Housekeepers choose Red Cross Ball Blue for best results and quality. Sold at leading grocers for 4 cents.
Farmers across western Nebraska spread poisons like Paris green and arsenic to kill grasshoppers, unintentionally killing quail and other insectivorous birds. Chief Warden Simpkins vows prosecutions under the new game law, which protects many bird species feeding on pests, with penalties up to five dollars per bird.
Jessie Rodgers who was shot by Mike Kilroy near Raymond Ned has been taken to his home in Maysville Missouri. He remains paralyzed and partly helpless though improving at home. His brothers stayed with him until it was safe to move him and it is likely Rodgers did not wish to prosecute Kilroy.
A letter arrives at the navy department from Admiral Kim berley asking to be excused due to health. He reportedly suffers heart trouble. Secretary Long will decide from his Higham Massachusetts home. Sehley has replied to the precept. his letter was mailed by counsel last night, but officials say it has not yet reached the department.
William Petrashek, a Bohemian farmer living three miles east of Fable Reel Nebraska, had his right hand badly disfigured when caught in a threshing machine cylinder while repairing teeth. The steam was reportedly turned on by the engineer without warning, but officials hope the hand can be saved.
Five to six thousand people gathered in Auburn Nebraska to greet Major Church Howe envoy to Sheffield England. The reception included Governor Savage ex Governor Furnas and Mayor Darrah. Howe spoke with emotion after a formal welcome by local officials and county and state representatives.
Labor crisis in San Francisco triggers a citywide walkout by the City Front Federation. About 14 unions with 35 000 members join the strike, with 12000 complying. Most big shipping firms lack union crews except for the Pacific Coast Steamship Company vessels. Four coastwise ships sail under a special agreement leaving crews ashore.
Kansas farmers expect a near half crop of corn due to recent rains across Kansas and Missouri. Col Veale notes late plantings show vigor and will bring in enough feed for cattle on the range. further rain improves the outlook and fall pastures.
Detective Barry of Pittsburg with George LB Staley arrives in Omaha. Staley, wanted for a larceny of 300 to 500 dollars from the United States Railway Company, had vanished from Pittsburg and appeared begging in Bennington Nebraska. He claims amnesia since leaving the east, possibly driven insane by heat and agreed to return to Pittsburg without a Pennsylvania governor’s requisition.
Chief Wilkie reports bank notes pressed from historic State Bank of New Brunswick plates, over fifty years old. Authorities estimate about 2,000,000 of these notes may be in circulation between New York and San Francisco.
A fragment reports severe heat with six deaths and ten prostrations. The maximum temperature is noted as 07 degrees, while a recent shower is mentioned as offering slight relief.
Hon. Robert W. Wilcox, Delegate to Congress from Hawaii, writes a Washington testimony praising Peruna for dyspepsia and catarrhal stomach troubles. He claims the remedy cures or greatly helps many cases and urges sufferers to write Dr. Hartman for free advice.
An early 20th century sales pitch promotes Dr Kline s Great Nerve Restorery with a free trial and treatment guide. The ad lampoons singers and nerves while listing contact at 931 Arch St Philadelphia with dubious claims and nonsensical language.
A jumble of consumer quips and playful ad lines appears including Piso’s Cure for Consumption claim secondhand, a boast about love being blind and dumb, Red Cross Ball Blue laundry pitch, a digitized line about policemen’s hair being numbered, Wizard Oil pain relief, and a note that many rush to face trouble.
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