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Newspaper
Scandia Journal
Location
Scandia, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Aug 31, 1906
Page
1
The piece denounces privileged youths wasting wealth on idle pleasures and argues laziness breeds vice across classes. It condemns fashionable elites and impoverished youth alike for moral decay and calls for harsh consequence if reform fails.
A middle aged woman sought free medicine by posing as a charity case at a dispensary. After obtaining a prescription she claimed a pocket theft and cried out that $90 had been taken. The incident underscores graft in relief services.
Walter E. Grével of Mexico City says American merchants lose ground in Mexico as buyers demand payment on receipt of bills, while European traders offer six month terms. He notes the need for better understanding of trade conditions to boost American sales.
An investigator of unusual topics uncovered a curious claim that the traveling inventor in disguise was Peter the cat of Russia. The account traces later aliases of rulers such as Joseph II of Austria in 1777 as Count von Énatsein, and Louis XVIII during the revolution burying royal dignity as Comte de Maries. Eugenie is noted as Comé Plestefonds and King Léopold as Comte Ravenstein in splendorous trips.
Washington plans 2500 Chinese laborers for the Panama Canal with bids from labor agents. If successful, more will be brought. Jamaicans and Spaniards face shortages. The plan involves exporting Chinese, transporting under contract, paying fixed wages, and returning them to China.
A. B. Stickney, president of the Chicago Great Western, told the Minnesota hearing that railroads now manipulate tariff schedules instead of issuing rebates. He asserted the interstate commerce commission should bar constant tariff changes, noting coal often moves Chicago to St. Paul below the published rate as “the boys get gay.”
E. R. Walter vice president and C. F. Anderson secretary of the defunct J. P. Baden Produce Co. were arrested on forgery charges. Anderson faces an additional perjury count. The case cites a $6,000 Butter Account credit on January 1, 1905, and a $42,200 payable item misstated as $142,000 in the June 30, 1905 state records.
Tacoma reports a newly formed island 50 miles west of Dutch Harbor between Castle and Fire islands. Photo from the revenue cutter Perry shows a structure rising about 900 feet, first seen in June, with uncertain length due to distance. Steam clouds issue from its summit and the area is ringed by boiling water.
Marceline Mercantile of Marceline Missouri plans a 50 percent dividend for creditors on August 30 as a bankrupt entity tied to C J Devlin and N H Loomis. Assets totaled 31 476 73 with liabilities 19 450 73 as of July 7.
At the International League of Women Suffragists conference in Copenhagen delegates from around the world attended a memorial meeting for Susan B. Anthony. They eulogized the late American reformer and leader in the suffrage movement.
Washington announces for the first time in thirteen years the intention to purchase silver for coinage. The Treasury invites submissions at the Mint Director’s office in Washington each Wednesday until further notice, following questions of authority and a favorable attorney general opinion. Previous activity included a 1893 purchase and Philippine purchases. silver prices have varied on the London market from about 4.78 to 66 cents per ounce in recent years.
A federal grand jury indicted Standard Oil in Chicago on nineteen counts under the Elkins law for illegally receiving railroad rebates on storage charges. Maximum fines could reach 380000 if convictions occur. In Oyster Bay Roosevelt was urged by Standard Oil over oil line leases in Indian territory with James K Jones and Barnesdale visiting Sagamore Hill.
Kansas City mayor Beardsley signs ordinance granting A L Wilson and James Fleming a 30 year natural gas franchise. They must file a 50 000 bond within 20 days and a 100 000 bond within 90 days to supply gas within 50 miles of mains in one year and 200 miles in two years. Chicago promoters back the project at an estimated 7 000 000.
The state of Kansas moves to prosecute alleged lumber combines amid pending evidence. Attorney General states applications will seek subpoenas for grain men to obtain further data from their books, to be presented to Judge Dana of the district court.
Secretary of War William H. Taft will visit Kansas to campaign with planned speeches in Topeka and another western central area. The state central committee has arranged Taft’s appearances a few days before the election as part of the campaign effort.
The W L Douglas Shoe Co celebrated the dedication of its new Montello plant and jobbing house with 11 000 dealer invitations, open house from 11 am to 8 pm, and a concert by the Mace Gay Orchestra. The two story building measures 260 by 60 feet, lower floor houses the jobbing department and full stock of shoes, while the second floor contains offices and a sample room with telegraph and telephone facilities. Visitors were guided by ex Gov Douglas and department heads, and orders can be shipped the same day for hurry jobs.
King Edward turns to riding as a weight control measure after the rabbit hole incident limited his walking. The royal hobby shift follows the earlier mishap that tamed him and reduced his daily strolls.
Capt John L Ely of Co BE 17th Ohio, now in Newton Kansas, recounts Civil War kidney troubles that led to crutch use and back pain. He credits Dean's Kidney Pills started in 1901 with curing him, says he has been well since. Sold by all dealers 50 cents a box Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY.
A fragment notes that Holland features large towns laid out like a checkerboard with an average distance of about twenty miles between settlements.
The article praises Notre Dame for its unique features and long traditions spanning sixty four years, highlighting a strong faculty and resources while noting its remarkable expansion without any endowment. It mentions a range of grades from grammar to college and references a page listing courses offered.
A quoted maxim from Piato envisions the state rising above calamities when fortune, great power, wisdom, and justice are united in a single leader. The message calls for strong virtuous governance as the path to stability.
Directions for washing velveteen describe shaking in warm Ivor Soap suds then rinsing thoroughly and drip drying. Do not squeeze or wring and stretch on the line to avoid crookedness when dry. Plays were suppressed by Puritans in 1633.
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