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Newspaper
Scandia Journal
Location
Scandia, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Aug 11, 1911
Page
3
Twenty years ago last Sunday Esq Smith officiated for James A Curran and Maud Templeton in Courtland. Local notes mention crops, weather, and social visits, with reports of farmers picnics, bridge trade growth, road work, and a policy against publishing gossip and slander.
Dobbins household activity described as lively with preparations noted for a household event. Wostins comment on wives planning a summer away, suggesting a domestic routine in a public notice style.
Two skeletons found by water mill workers near Biggleswade North Bedfordshire were moved to the British Museum for study by the British Antiquarian Society. They are thought to be a Phoenician chieftain and his wife, well preserved and valuable. The male measured six feet six inches with a massive skull. The female lay perpendicular to him with feet against his side, suggesting she was slain and buried with him in a prehistoric custom.
The London Mail reports HMS Defence landed a big gun and 450 blue jackets on Colonsay in the Hebrides. The event is described as the island’s largest armed invasion since the clan feuds, signaling ominous times ahead.
In a dialogue from a legal transcript, Sububs says he has engaged two maids through an intelligence office. Urbano asks about keeping two, and Sububs explains one starts Monday and the other a week later, noting No. 1 will likely leave.
Kaiser Wilhelm taught Princess Victoria Louise the millinery trade as a public object lesson. The anecdote recalls a period when the trade school approach featured royal involvement and practical demonstrations for youth.
Residents of a remote western island chain were unsettled by a demonstration of a searchlight during a visit by warships. The light, unfamiliar to the islanders who relied on prayer and Bible reading, prompted widespread astonishment and concern.
The Kaiser used his daughter Victoria Louise to reform middle class idle daughters by training her in hat making. A regular milliner taught the princess at the Berlin palace and spurred other poor women to learn the trade. History notes whether she wore a self made hat. The aim was to improve appearances and independence among women.
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