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Newspaper
Scandia Journal
Location
Scandia, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Aug 13, 1914
Page
9
A Michigan representative J M C Smith endures the same campaign speech across gatherings. Friends listening grow weary as he jokes and revisits a familiar tale. A lumberman in a church crowd groans at the same sermon about Peter's wife's mother fever and storms out.
Mrs J W Kern wife of Senator Kern of Indiana is building a 1500 acre farm between the Blue Ridge and Alleghenies near Roanoke Virginia. She supervises 250 cultivated acres daily on horseback aims to run a first class cattle farm using up to date methods. She also describes building a home as a thrilling adventure acting as architect and contractor with mountaineer carpenters.
American Ambassador Henry Morgenthau toured Palestine and Syria with Mrs Morgenthau and their daughter Ruth. The party included embassy advisers and a mounted Cavass bodyguard. In Jerusalem they were joined by Dr Hoskins Mr Peet and President Bliss of Beirut College. A reception by Vice Consul Edelman and a dinner by Jerusalem’s governor followed, with a large dinner hosted by Morgenthau.
Mrs. Fred A. Britten of Chicago argues nerves can be cured by learning to drive a motor car. She says taking on driving responsibilities builds character and steadies the hand and head, with emergencies sharpening decision making and reducing hysteria.
In a cramped building the landlord is unpopular and Tim and Mike wait anxiously for a late tenant. They pace through the evening as Tim asks the time and learns it nears midnight, fearing something may have happened to him.
Clyde Firebaugh from New Sharon Iowa writes that pimples and dandruff appeared years ago and persisted until he used Cuticura Soap and Ointment. After a free sample he bought two cakes of soap and two boxes of ointment and is now free from pimples and dandruff. The ad notes Cuticura products sold worldwide with a free sample offer and Skin Book.
A playful quarrel ends with a pun as a lover tells his sweetheart good night while a passerby interrupts. The father confronts them, and the moment turns into a comic misunderstanding about a soul and a sole.
An old time advertisement promotes Marine Hye Remedy for red weak and watery eyes with no smarting. It promises an eye comfort cure and invites readers to write for a free book. The piece also notes hosiery displays and a quip about tireless people.
Charles Edward Russell recounts Goodman the managing editor giving an order to end every item with A Great Day for Ireland. The tactic triggered a series of fatal and grim incidents cited as examples of misjudged sensationalism, including a Brooklyn janitor’s death and a burglar’s lengthy sentence. The piece notes Col John A. Cockerill halted the spread with timely proofs and extra compositors.
An officer recalls a boy about sixteen who died shielding a horse for his regiment in battle. The colonel offered to spare the boy but the youth vowed to hold the reins even in death, delivering the bridle before succumbing as bullets tore through the engagement. The tale, from Youth's Companion, highlights wartime courage.
A humorous back and forth between Mr Flatte and Mrs Flatte about shampooing the sofa and improving appearances. The dialogue pivots to a wry line about the world being a stage but lacking an asbestos curtain.
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