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Newspaper
Scandia Journal
Location
Scandia, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Aug 22, 1902
Page
8
An article by Seward W. Hopkins reviews works by Nantes Loane including Jack Robbins of America and On a False Charge. It highlights themes and Hopkins’s commentary on Loane’s storytelling and literary scope.
Nita recalls a grim past under Maligni as her father Barnum’s trapeze partner dies in Utica. She reveals years of forced training, a contract binding her to the act, and fear for her life while seeking aid from Maubikeck to uncover the mystery surrounding her.
In a tense sequence, Wilberton questions Nita about her father’s fate and the true identity of her guardians. Dambo is identified as the rogue who set fire to the ropes, while Maubikeck shows concern as the group heads to treat burns and pursue Dambo, with Maligni and Doctor Dinsmore present.
In New York, the narrator and Maubikeck chase Maligni and Nita after Barlotti’s death. They learn the red tin box holds a contract and discuss how to recover it. Tortoni the druggist is found abroad in Europe, and a hotel room yields a torn note begging Maubikeck to rescue Nita from Maligni.
Mrs Hayscede tells Mrs Clovertopp about a son named Johnny who has been staying out late and going to town. Neighbors react with phrases like You don't say and Yes indeed as they discuss the teenager's behavior and the idea of involving the preacher to address what they call the error of his way.
The Salt Lake dispatch notes the Baltimore Grand Lodge meeting set for 1908 with officers to be installed tomorrow. The parade featured 3,000 Elks in uniforms including miners with burros. $1,750 in prizes favored Park City Utah and several other lodges for unique displays and best floats and banners.
The War Department reports that Moros attacked the Camp Vicar outpost of Company G Twenty-seventh Infantry at midnight Tuesday, killing Henry C. Carey and James Foley and wounding two others. Camp Vicar near Malabang Mindanao is named for Lieutenant Vicars after a previous massacre. The incident reinforces efforts to quell Moro resistance.
Lumberman T. B. Walker of Minneapolis closes a deal for 65 000 acres of timber land in Plumas County California at about 18 dollars per acre. Four corps of engineers are active and it is rumored he cooperates with J J Hill to push a transcontinental railroad tapping these timber lands. A 1893 survey for such a road exists.
A new eighteen foot high monument honoring Coronado and his 1541 expedition was unveiled August 12 a mile and a half south of Junction City Kansas on Captain Robert Henderson's farm. The Qui Vera Historical society sponsored the tribute after years of planning by local leaders who traced Coronado's route from Mexico in search of gold.
Mrs Evelyn Moore sues F G Moore a shoe dealer of Horton for divorce alleging repeated abuse. She cites his claim that law gave him equal right to punish her as their children and recalls he prepared a large wooden paddle. His former congregation members urged resignation over alleged ill treatment.
At Cruséage Park Avenue early Tuesday, Mrs. Etta Vanness aged 35 and H G Miller aged 23 died from injuries after attempting to extinguish a blaze. Four others were burned but survived with less serious injuries. origin of the fire is unknown and the loss is described as trivial.
Senator J B Burton of Kansas leads a senate sub committee to Hawaii to study ex Queen Liliuokalani’s crown lands claim. He and colleagues Senator Mitchell of Oregon and Senator Foster of Washington will sail next steamer and spend four to five weeks investigating island affairs and conditions.
The third annual reunion of the tonal society Army of the Philippines began at 1:30 PM Wednesday in Council Bluffs Iowa. Brigadier General Irving Hale, president of the society, gave the annual address outlining business to be considered, after which the group moved to its routine business.
Jerry Logan an aged Knoxville janitor at the state supreme court sold himself to Gerald Stuart for $1000. In a written contract he agrees to serve and obey Stuart as master from now until death, settling debts with the liberty payment. Logan, born to slave parents about sixty years ago, has many white friends from the old regime.
Thieves entered Holdrege Nebraska businesses run by Alfred Roose and Joseph Krasoniel on Wednesday night. They stole two double-barreled shotguns, one single-barrel shotgun, one rifle, several revolvers, four watches, and other items valued around 100 dollars. Items from Deisher and Kronquest’s implement house were also taken. Bloodhounds arrived from Beatrice that evening and will track the scent.
Rev. Rowland P. Hills former Episcopalian minister convicted in Washington county of bigamy is released on parole after serving the minimum four year term. Prison records cite L. A. Williams editor of the Blair Pilot as Hills’s sponsor and employer. He was a model prisoner, worked in light tasks, and Monday’s release sends him back to Blair where his second wife lives.
Officers arriving in San Francisco on the Law ton cite premature withdrawal of safeguards in Manila as the reason cholera has reemerged in the Philippines. A relaxation of hygienic regulations allowed the disease to return.
The Vienna Mittags Zeitung reports a Franco Turkish conflict looming after a Turkish officer wounded a French subject, M. Moret, and outraging Mrs Moret on a Bosphorus steamer. The Porte allegedly refuses to apologize for the act.
A trolley car on Shetland Avenue crashed into a wagon near Pittsburg causing five people to suffer varying injuries. The wagon and car were wrecked as the descending car could not stop in time and the wagon failed to clear the grade.
The London war office outlines a program to encourage horse breeding in Canada under the Canadian ministry of agriculture. A large number of horses will be shipped to Canada for stud purposes to support war needs.
The fragmented item reports Benatar James McMillan of Michigan being taken to Boston en route to Detroit, a shooting in Ottumwa Iowa where John Sims killed his father during a crime against his wife, and a judge in Quebec ordering release of Col John Gaynor and Captain Dreeene, alleged accomplices.
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