Scandia Journal Publisher A B Kimball
Local newspaper notes A B Kimball as publisher of the Scandia Journal with standard masthead branding and publication details.
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Newspaper
Scandia Journal
Location
Scandia, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Aug 16, 1907
Page
1
Local newspaper notes A B Kimball as publisher of the Scandia Journal with standard masthead branding and publication details.
The piece argues parents should honor a child's talents and encourage their natural abilities. It contrasts a son pursuing his own path despite parental pressure with daughters who excel in cooking, sewing, or academics. It urges studying each child’s disposition to guide them toward productive, supported progress.
A New York City East Side image of slums and poverty is challenged by a state banking report showing one savings institution serving about 150 000 people with deposits exceeding 100 million dollars, suggesting not to overestimate East Side misery or yellow journalism.
A doctor urges New York readers to establish public Turkish baths so every citizen can bathe weekly or more often. The Indianapolis Star notes the shift from cautioned use to a daily necessity, a surprising transformation in medical guidance.
A jealous wife, described as storm-brain, took the law into her own hands by striking a girl in blue, hair-pulling, and fighting in a race. The piece questions whether justice will acquit the wife under the unwritten law across the border.
Gov Frantz was nominated by acclamation at the Republican state convention in Tulsa. The platform includes an anti trust plank and calls for removing restrictions on Indian lands while endorsing good roads. Roosevelt telegrams support Oklahoma and Indian Territory interests. Other nominations include Turk for lieutenant governor Robnett for attorney general and Stillwell for state treasurer.
San Francisco plans to forward large quantities of army merchandise ammunition and supplies to the Philippines. In the next days four transports the Logan Warren Crook and Buford will sail loaded with military stores and carry about 8 000 men from the Twenty sixth and Twenty ninth infantry plus officers.
On Wednesday tribes raided Casablanca over harbor works, killing a European and injuring others as guards were slain. Several Europeans and Jews took refuge on a German ship, while the French cruiser Gallilee sailed to Casablanca that night.
France's minister of public works approves a bridging and roads department project to build a canal from the Rhine valley to Marseilles. It includes a seven kilometer tunnel at an estimated cost of 6.9 million dollars, which would become the world's largest by earth moved.
Brigadier General Charles Francise Powell U.S.A. retired died Tuesday at his brother's home in St Paul Minnesota aged 63. He served in World War I and held posts in the Army Air Service. Burial will be in Arlington with full military honors.
In Trenton a bill in equity filed Friday before Chancellor Magic asks the American Sugar Refining Co to account for its business over the last four years. Geo H. Earle Jr., receiver of the Pennsylvania Sugar Refining Co of Philadelphia, says the suit could open a new field in trust investigations. The action is separate from a $30 million damages case in New York. Earle claims the American firm became trustee when it gained control of the Pennsylvania company in 1903 and is liable for an accounting though it never operated the plant.
Berlin experiments show successful long-distance photo telegraphy from Munich to Berlin. Professor Stern operated a government loaned wire system and transmitted faultless photographs of Emperor William and the crown prince. Next week the test will extend from Berlin to Munich.
London reports that Egyptologists allege Rameses I was not truly worthy of the title Great claiming temples and monuments bearing his name predate him by a thousand years. They suggest the king promoted the name to glorify his reign.
The German government plans to send full-blooded Trakehner stallions from royal breeding farms near the Russian frontier to Fields Place in Kentucky. The Kentucky stock farm, leased by Germany, will use the animals to breed cavalry horses for the German army.
Negotiations to settle the Colorado and Southern railroad switchmen and yardmen strike in Denver failed Friday afternoon as two proposals from each side were rejected, leaving no agreement.
The Associated Press reports that Sarah Bernhardt’s name will not be included in the forthcoming list of new Legion of Honor members, despite prior reports over a year. Paris, France.
San Francisco report says Jimmy Britt defeated Battling Nelson by decision after a masterly 20 round battle Wednesday night. Britt dominated the late rounds to seal the win in California.
The amateur brass band head jokes that learning to play a horn ruins singing. A neighbor asks if horn practice damages voices and the leader admits strain on vocal cords, noting he once had a fine bass voice but cannot sing now. The exchange ends with a playful lament from Youth's Companion.
Kingsley of the New York Life Insurance Company addresses policyholders outlining four points for administration. Emphasis on strict economy, widest publicity, maintenance of the company as a worldwide institution, and securing new business under the law while prioritizing policyholder interests.
A tired hobo asks for shelter at a farmhouse. The farmer, after noting a ten cent magazine claim on open air sleep benefits, offers shelter and use of his potato patch. The judge’s voice highlights self reliance and simple resources as enough for comfort.
A London newspaper notes two country girls visiting St Pauls Cathedral. While one admires the vast interior under the dome a spectator imagines awe, the other quips that the place would take a long time to sweep, delivering a light holiday moment.
A woman testifies that switching from coffee to Postum Food Coffee cured her stomach and nervous problems and she credits similar gains to others who quit coffee. She notes her mother, neighbors, and even a friend improved after stopping coffee and using Postum. The piece ends with a plug for the book The Road to Wellville and a slogan There’s a Reason.
Washington reports reveal results of investigations by Herbert Knox Smith's committee, charging Standard Oil with inflating prices and margins from 1898 to 1905. The commission disputes the company's claims of benefiting consumers and accuses it of monopolistic, unjustifiable practices and excessive profits.
Los Angeles reports A. R. Robinson receiver says a fraudulent and criminal entry affected over 4000 acres in Imperial valley. General Prescott and others discovered the scheme weeks ago and secret service agents collect evidence to reveal a land fraud rivaling the Oregon case.
The article notes John D. Rockefeller remains unshaken by Standard Oil being fined 29.24 million dollars. He comments that this is the age of big things and then remarks he played the best golf game of his life.
William D Haywood secretary treasurer of the Western Federation of Miners arrived in Denver Sunday night after being recently acquitted at Boise Idaho of murdering former Governor Stellenberg. Local celebration was cut short due to the late hour.
Garfield views Harriman's project as Garfield, James R. Gar field secretary of the interior and F. H. Newell of the reclamation service toured Laguna dam in Yuma. They examined work to curb Colorado River overflow and protect thousands of acres of land. The effort, started months ago by Harriman, cost about 1.5 million dollars.
A third class railroad car carrying forty passengers and the engineer derailed Sunday afternoon near Les Ponts de Ce. The locomotive left the bridge over the Lot river after a tailing beam collapsed. The engine and car plunged 50 feet into the river. All aboard the second car were drowned.
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