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Newspaper
Scandia Journal
Location
Scandia, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Aug 18, 1905
Page
4
A humorous note from Scandia Journal questions China’s civility in quarrels over power. It jokes about car installment plans letting buyers ride briefly. A stray line hints at linseed oil’s pigment use and mocks an unfounded claim about Miss Lillian Russell fracturing a rib as advertising.
The piece mockingly notes Premier Balfour's stubborn stance and calls Miner Scotty’s remark about New York a bum town. It adds that New York police amuse themselves with pie-eating matches, suggesting lax law enforcement and fattening food.
A Chicago remark ponders if the line about simplicity could imply sinfulness. It notes German meat prices fuel general popular agitation and reflects on shared Western sentiments amid rising costs.
The piece notes a humorous belief that kissing a pretty girl could cure a headache, celebrating old fashioned remedies and their quaint charm.
A Pittsburg man refuses an offer to exchange his wife for half a million dollars, underscoring a personal code amid shifting social values.
A Kalamazoo donor who left ten thousand dollars to feed tramps intends the fund to accumulate. The plan calls for regular meals as long as contributions grow.
A man claims he knows whiskers grow faster in hot weather than in cold. The self shaver is convinced by his own observation that warmer temperatures accelerate facial hair growth.
A New York man suddenly collapsed and died while a physician was assessing his physical fitness. The article notes the doctor’s pronouncement of soundness contrasted with the unexpected death. The incident highlights uncertainties in medical certainty.
The line notes hay fever sufferers gain a ready alibi for taking time off during the hay fever season. It hints at a lighthearted view of absence excuses tied to seasonal allergies.
The note contrasts efforts against yellow fever in Havana with sanitation work for General Wood in New Orleans, implying both public health and military administration. It raises questions about feasibility and effectiveness of disease control across cities during the era.
Snippets critique a Joliet penitentiary error that kept a man twenty two years, discuss a fifty percent rise in U S diamond imports, note plentiful money for automobiles, and comment on Japanese gender norms and Russian strength in contrast to bluffed wives.
A California man asserts he can electrify eggs to grant eternal life but experts doubt he will achieve notoriety comparable to Scotty.
The writer reflects on Algernon Swinburne and his early career, noting that his reputation is firmly established and he would not publish a novel from his bright youth.
A Montana farmer claims to have found a method yielding 30 000 bushels of potatoes per acre and believes his fortune hinges on a proportional increase in potato consuming demand.
Correspondents of the New York Sun debate the father of the United States Navy but agree Admiral Dewey stands as its most distinguished son.
A chilling quote suggests violent retaliation and suppression of dissent. The remark frames harsh methods to control a dangerous agitator by drowning, implying a firsthand account of brutal enforcement tactics and the dangers of silence in the face of power.
Russian reply to Japanese peace terms submitted by Witte at Portsmouth Saturday accepts all but two points. Indemnity and Sakhalin cession to be reviewed, with Russia inviting Japan to discuss terms piece by piece.
Baron Komura reports Russian plenipotentiaries’ credentials satisfactory and Japan has submitted a basis for negotiation in writing. Russians will reply in writing. Witte’s credentials had caused some doubt. Japanese public watches Ports mouth closely, hopeful for peace yet prepared to continue the struggle if talks fail.
New York hosts an interchurch conference on federation with 24 denominations and 18 million communicants sending 5 to 50 delegates each. President Roosevelt backs the federation project and cabinet members are expected to attend discussions on religious education social order evangelization missions and national progress.
Independent fishermen in New York waters clash with a wealthier oyster interest amid plans to protect natural beds. The fishermen formed a protective association and began proceedings to block leases or sales to the alleged trust, threatening local supply for the upcoming season.
The Cosmopolitan will serialize Confessions of a New York Detective by an ex captain of police in September. Henry Raleigh provides illustrations with realistic drawings enhancing the tale’s life and police supervision themes.
In Nagasaki Captain Walter B. Barker of the U S quartermaster department was killed in a railway accident.
Houston news reports James L. Darrah a young millionaire died in a Thursday morning automobile crash. He swerved to pass a milk wagon at about forty miles per hour, struck the wagon, and the car plunged, Darrah's neck broke. Miss Bettie White of St Louis suffered serious injuries.
Paris reports claim that German bankers offered a 24 million dollar personal loan to the sultan of Morocco, raising questions of legality and sovereignty. The note follows talks to keep the status quo until the international conference, with Germany delaying reply by possibly seeking the sultan’s views first.
United States Marshal William R. Flynn seized all personal property of J. Edward Addicks to satisfy a $42,000 New Jersey judgment obtained by Charles F. Henchman. Henchman sold a building bought by Addicks to cover a mortgage. the sale failed to cover the debt. The marshal levied on crops, horses, milk wagons, and other farm property on three Addicks farms, but could not seize land due to existing mortgages.
A thousand Socialists at a forest meeting near Lodi in Russian Poland were surrounded by soldiers. Most were arrested and many wounded while attempting to flee. The military commander sentenced the chief of police and the burgomaster to one week in prison for disobedience of military orders.
The bodies of George Johnson aged 22 and William James aged 20 were found beneath a cottonwood tree along the Cimarron river at Hohemer crossing north of Cushing. They appeared to have been bathing when struck by lightning, with the tree showing signs of a brutal impact.
News from Afton reports Daniel Buzzard an Indian resident across Grand river was bitten by a mad dog about two weeks ago. He showed hydrophobia Monday and was chained at home. He escaped that night and has not been seen since, with fears he died attempting to cross Grand river.
Announcement notes a four million dollar church edifice to be built immediately on the old site, nearly a replica of the St Thomas Episcopal church that burned Tuesday in New York's fashionable resident section.
The Roanoke Virginia Republican state convention nominated L. L. Lewis of Richmond for Governor W. P. Kent of Wytheville for lieutenant governor George A. Riverecomb of Allegheny for attorney general and John Acker of Rockingham for treasurer.
In Santa Fe New Mexico the third recent kidnapping attempt aimed at Miguel A. Otero son of Governor Otero failed due to the temporary absence of the boy from Mrs. W.3B. Childers summer home. Six armed men rode to the cottage on the Pecos river demanded Otero but found him absent. They searched the premises and departed. The leader is believed to be an ex convict recently pardoned by the governor.
Pittsburg report says the merger of Kansas and Indian Territory oil interests headed by W. L. Mellon failed to close. Western representatives, led by Colonel J. K. Mundy, returned home after long talks in Chicago, with no clear commitment to revive the deal. Mundy expressed some hope it might eventually be consummated.
An unidentified man shot himself in the Cochran lot at Fairview Cemetery in Council Bluffs Iowa on Wednesday night. A conductor identified the body as a visitor from Kansas City who had arrived several days earlier.
Rev Dr Gunsaulus of Chicago denies Denver reports that his sermon compared Roosevelt to Christ. He said he said nothing of the kind and that no sane minister would claim such a comparison for the gospel.
Col Rand letter from Hitchcock urges a bid form change for leasing half a million acres of Indian pasture lands. Bidders may submit a second choice in their bids, per instructed revisions received in Oklahoma.
Captain Jerome B. Osier believed to be Illinois' oldest resident died Wednesday at 105. He was born in Erie Pennsylvania and had lived in Chicago for many years.
Valparaiso Chile reports Congress passed a bill to subsidize sugar beet root producers as part of a broader effort to boost domestic sugar supply.
In Birmingham England stealing bicycles has grown so common that major insurance offices have halted cycle insurance. The move reflects rising crime and risk, leaving cyclists without formal coverage and prompting call for safer streets.
Dealers claim once customers try Defiance Starch no other cold water starch can be sold. It can be used cold or boiled. The adage about taming a shady stream is invoked with the cow standing in.
An advertisement asserts Piso's Cure for Consumption as an infallible cough and cold remedy. It cites N. W. Samuel of Ocean Grove New Jersey dated February 17 1900. The note includes miscellaneous lines on corsets and a Homeseekers Guide offer for Uintah Reservation settlement.
A fragment notes defiance and a claim that for sale there is nothing equal in quality or quantity. The text is garbled and lacks clear persons, places, or dates to identify a larger news item.
A terse adage notes promising a half day of fishing to a boy yields three extra days of labor in the following two days. The quip implies incentives influence work effort and planning.
S. G. Warner and G. P. and T. A. of Kansas City Southern Ry invite inquiry from homeseekers in Kansas City Mo. for Free Government Homesteads New Colony Locations Improved farms Mineral lands Rice lands Timber lands and for copies of Current Events Business Opportunities Rice book K C 8 Fruit Book. Cheap round trip homeseekers tickets on sale first and third Tuesdays of each month. The short line to the Land of Fulfillment.
The English press prints notable lines from Disraeli noting two distinct parliamentary styles, remarks on money and temperament, and views on agreeable company and sympathy. He quips that money provokes anger and worsens health, and that sympathy serves the poor while compensation exists for the rich.
Electric waves and sensitive receivers enable distant operations. Professor E D Branly demonstrated to the Paris academy an apparatus that can start an electric motor light incandescent lamps and trigger an explosion. Effects can be produced or stopped in any desired order at a distance.
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