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Newspaper
Scandia Journal
Location
Scandia, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Aug 21, 1908
Page
1
The piece argues that honorary degrees reward serious achievement and motivate effort. It notes that many worthy academics rise above peers and deserve honors in law philosophy science letters or divinity. It emphasizes civic duty of colleges and friends to honor and appreciate such achievement.
The Capital notes English pronoun usage with foreign parallels. It cites French je German ich and yo in Spanish writing, then mocks Harvard grads for misusing I and you, and for say ing he don't and between you and I, wondered in Cambridge and beyond.
Brazil marks the July 14 anniversary of King John VI’s 1808 proclamation opening ports to the world. Rio de Janeiro served as Portuguese capital after Napoleon fled Europe, and Brazil hosts a national expo with 20 state exhibits. Portugal is represented by special officers due to Don Carlos’s assassination.
The pope notes that if the Roman Catholic Church could be equally respected abroad, he would favor separation of church and state everywhere. He credits the United States’ long history of religious freedom and absence of a state church for its high regard.
A severe storm drenched Fort Riley with rain Tuesday night. Tents along two miles of Kaw river were blown down and water ran through the Pawnee flats camps. Brig Gen John B Kerr's headquarters tent was struck by lightning. several men were knocked down and one burned.
One thousand Chinese soldiers at Konghau near Wuchow mutinied after a comrade was jailed for gambling. They killed their commander and staff, looted the village of Onyang, securing about $100,000, and joined rebels in the Tsiking mountains. Loyal troops fanned out to hunt the mutineers.
Samuel Griffin of Medicine Lodge Barber county announced contest proceedings against William Gesner over the Republican nomination for the county house seat after Gesner won by two votes. David Phillips plans to contest the Allen Woodson district state senate nomination after a 21 vote defeat.
Lincoln Nebraska resident William Lush fired four times at his wife of 30 years after she would not talk to him as often as he wanted. A bullet harmed her hair but she was uninjured. Lush survived after being taken to St. Elizabeth's hospital with a chipped skull.
In Hannibal Missouri a dispute over a ham sandwich at a local restaurant led to the shooting death of William V. Whitney a traveling salesman from St Louis. John M Williams a Marion County farmer shot and killed Whitney during the confrontation
Sheriff Hines and city police with armed citizens scour the countryside for youths who dragged Mrs Catherine Stucker from bed last Saturday. The 88 year old widow is hospitalized in critical condition with concussion and severe injuries after the assault. Her attackers left her at 403 Morgan Street before fleeing.
A luncheon at the Hotel Astor in New York honored Thomas J. O'Brien American ambassador to Japan. The Japanese Society of New York Rear Admiral Coghland and Senator Burrows attended as guests. Baron Takahira presided as Japanese ambassador to Washington.
In Arapahoe Oklahoma Sheriff Ed Thomas shot J M Crisp a merchant after Crisp, warned of a raid, mistook the sheriff for a robber. Passers by saw Crisp in the store and alerted the sheriff who fired twice. One bullet wounded Crisp in the side though it may not be fatal.
Assistant Secretary of State Robert Bacon sailed for New York on the steamship San Juan after the federal government and the Catholic church settled disputes over estates once owned by Dominican and Franciscan orders in Porto Rico.
New Haven, Conn. The Catholic Total Abstinence Union adopted resolutions denouncing liquor traffic and urging sanctification of Sunday and exclusion from Catholic societies for those in the liquor trade, marking the convention’s key actions.
In Topeka Kansas the Saturday Evening Post story promising over 200 bushels per acre is debunked as Egyptian mummy wheat. Colorado experiment station and Kansas Farmer label it a nature fake and warn readers away. Prices cited reach $300 a bushel though trials show it fails in wind and milling.
A white woman’s assault sparked a violent mob in Springfield Illinois with threats of vengeance against Black residents. Gov. Deneen orders militia and cavalry from multiple towns to restore order amid arson and rioting. A 14 year old boy Louis Johnson dies amid the violence with conflicting medical verdicts.
The ninth annual reunion of the Army of the Philippines in Galesburg selected Pittsburg as the next year’s meeting site during the Friday gathering.
Prominent evangelist Ira D. Sankey died Thursday night at his Brooklyn home. He was 68 and had been blind for five years, suffering from complications of overwork. News of his passing spread on Friday.
Six Chinese men were charged with violating the Chinese exclusion act after being found in a sealed Mexican Central freight car at Herington Kan on July 11. Their hearing occurred before Commissioner Williams in Topeka, Kansas, Friday.
An electrical storm hit Salina Kansas Friday morning bringing a soaking rain and putting telephone lines out of service in three directions from the city.
Levi P. Brockway of Anoka Minnesota reports five months in a hospital with a terminal prognosis. He describes heart trouble smothering spells and fainting, with impaired vision and kidney issues. After using Deans Kidney Pills the condition improved and he has felt well since. Sold by all dealers for 50 cents a box Foster Millburn Co Buffalo NY
A playful exchange unfolds as Miss Yellem asks the professor for a favorite air and the professor replies with fresh air and abundance, greeting the morning in a lighthearted moment.
In New York's Bohemian circle two popular members include a famed white man and his wife an author. Their daughter, about four, was visiting a friend when the child was asked if her mother can sew. The girl, honest and bright, confessed uncertainty yet claimed her mother could smoke a cigarette.
A reflective piece argues marriage tends to dull routine for both partners. It notes wives envy creative careers but warns any life becomes monotonous if one lets it. Cultivating personal interests and hobbies is proposed as the remedy.
A New York woman credits Grape-Nuts and Postum with a 20 pound weight gain and renewed strength after a decade of stomach and liver trouble. She stopped coffee, started the cereal with Postum, and reports improved health, energy, and ability to work full days. The letter, framed as a Postum testimonial, asserts genuine results and urges readers to send in letters.
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