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Newspaper
Scandia Journal
Location
Scandia, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Aug 30, 1907
Page
1
The article tracks gold production from 15th century Europe to 1900, noting initial low stocks and gradual increases. It cites a modest yearly rise in the three centuries after the voyage, projecting 1900 output if trends continued, and reveals actual 1900 gold production at $262,220,915.
The piece argues that people often undermine their own progress through indiscretions and flaws. It notes many tolerate weak traits that repel success, suggesting discipline and self-study in youth could have altered outcomes. It cites New York Weekly on ordinary workers who could have become employers.
The Chicago News cites recent statistics for Switzer land leading divorce rates and claims British women are developing larger feet while men grow smaller. It casts light on a changing social balance and suggests men may soon be in a diminished role, hoping women will treat them kindly when faced with this shift.
Long Island residents suffer from a disease caused by breathing dust stirred up by cars. The article warns the condition will spread beyond roadway dust exposure as auto traffic on favorite thoroughfares continues.
President Roosevelt, at Provincetown on Town Hill, called for a national incorporation law and vowed to prosecute "malefactors of great wealth." He said the government would not punish the poor or honest wealth, but would not shy from pursuing criminal conduct by prominent corporations. He urged balance between firm law enforcement and avoiding unwarranted suffering.
A U S postal official admitted Tuesday three mail bags were stolen from an Arlington car between Denver and Oxford Nebraska. The bags reportedly contained about 250 000 dollars in money and valuable papers, causing a sensational police and public curiosity response.
A telegram from Delaware reports the death of the postmaster of the House of Representatives in Washington DC. He was 75 years old and had been ill for several months.
Topeka Kans Frank Grattan attorney for the state board of railroad commissioners says he will file a complaint with the board seeking a flat two cent passenger fare in Kansas The filing is expected Saturday Notices to railroad defendants give ten days to answer hearings set about twenty days after Saturday If warranted the board will issue an order Grattan backs Governor Hichs message and the action pauses other talk for weeks Do not talk and all commissioners are at home Secretary Shiner also remains silent
Secretary Cortelyou declares a phased plan to deposit government funds in New York, Boston and other cities to ease the money market ahead of the crop moving period. He will start next week and designate weekly points to inject funds to prevent acute stringency and possible panic during peak demand.
Paris dispatch reports Vice Admiral Philibert commanding French naval forces off Casa Blanca sending word that Moors advancing on the French camp were shelled by both shore and sea batteries after fog lifted. By 2 PM Gen Drude moved field guns to a ridge four miles away and Moors fled eastward.
An outbreak of foot and mouth disease is reported from Langley in Ellsworth County Kansas. The sheriff said a veterinarian diagnosed cattle in a pasture as afflicted. One cow died during the inspection and the herd is quarantined. the situation may not spread further.
A federal court fined the Chicago St. Paul Minneapolis and Omaha Railway Co. and its former general freight agent Hiram M. Pierce twenty thousand dollars and ordered a two thousand dollar penalty for the same conduct. The Omaha road and Pierce were convicted in April for granting rebates to Spencer Grain Co. in the same district.
The Eddy suit ending March 1 ends after a hearing in Concord Massachusetts. George W. Glover and others as next friends sue Calvin S. Frye for an accounting of Mrs. Mary Baker Eddy's property. A motion to suspend the suit is filed while Mrs Eddy's competency is determined. Judge Aldrich and Judge Chamberlain preside.
A special train of ten Pullmans brought 250 members of the Fifteenth Pennsylvania volunteer cavalry to Colorado Springs. Large crowds welcomed the veterans as they marched to hotels. On Wednesday they toured the area's scenic spots with General William J. Palmer hosting and paying all expenses from departure to return.
In Lawrence Kansas the Missouri Kansas Thanksgiving Day contest may move to McCook field if George Tebeau gains 25 percent of gate receipts and the Kansas City Athletic club refuses to handle the game. Local supporters expect 5 000 Lawrence residents to attend the match.
Gov Hoch warns Kansas state railway commissioners that a two cent fare must be implemented promptly or a special legislative session will be convened. He requests immediate confirmation of the board's intent to adopt a straight two cent fare to determine further steps to secure the measure.
Former United States Senator Joseph R. Burton of Abilene buys the Salina Union with L. C. Housel and J. H. Vetter of the Topeka Capital. The paper will become a daily with Burton taking editorial charge on September 30 while remaining in Abilene to run the home rule paper he started after release from Ironton jail.
Information from Rome states that Pope Pius X awarded the title of countess to Mrs. Thomas F. Ryan, wife of the financier, in recognition of her charities to the church and to benevolent causes. Her gifts to church and charity run into millions.
The Toledo St. Louis and Western railroad company has acquired control of the Chicago and Alton. The deal is subject to conditions that will be finally determined in ten days to two weeks from now.
Henry Little an early settler in Hope died Thursday morning of appendicitis. He was the uncle of Colonel B C Little. The death marks a notable loss to the pioneer community in the county.
Raisuli controls his region and a pretender governs the northeast as Mulai Hafik proclaims a sultanate. Morocco's government decays into a mock regime while Rabat and coastal towns face threats from tribesmen and foreign warships. European movement is blocked by frontier fears.
The Hague Joseph H Chao ate drafts a plan to allot judges for the high court of justice uniting United States and Latin American representatives into one group to ensure equality and curb sectional tensions from earlier allocation proposals.
Greene county prosecutor W R Self has dropped lynching indictments due to inability to secure witnesses. The 1906 Springfield mob burned three Black men to death, with twenty three indictments of mob members and two arrests made.
The Tokyo government reports its investigation into the June 19 Prebiloff incident finds Japanese fishermen offered no resistance and claims American guards fired unprovoked. Tokyo awaits Washington response as the public watches closely.
Caracas issues a firm response to the third note from American minister W W Russell regarding five claims against Venezuela. The reply mirrors prior messages, insisting the complaints are not within diplomatic intervention.
Honolulu reports local Japanese community offers to repatriate leprosy patients from Motokai to Japan as Tokyo begins segregating its lepers, seeking relief and national policy impact.
A dispatch from Logan West Virginia reports James Arthur Kemp former chief clerk of the Washington police department was arrested there Sunday. Kemp had disappeared July 5 and records show a shortage around 4000 dollars. An officer went to Logan to return Kemp to face embezzlement charges.
A Denver and Rio Grande passenger train No. 5 westbound derailed Sunday afternoon a mile east of Fernleaf, about 25 miles west of Pueblo. Twenty persons reported injured and a number shocked and bruised.
Floods in central Japan flood towns with at least some villages entirely submerged and the heaviest in years feared. Reports describe widespread damage and rising waters affecting communities in the region.
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