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Newspaper
Scandia Journal
Location
Scandia, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Dec 01, 1905
Page
1
The piece blends social commentary and light jests. It mentions Count de Witte and vodka, headlines a boxing match between Marvin Hart and Al Kauffman for a $15,000 purse, and notes fashion shifts like big hats for women fading from style.
The text notes that only an old bachelor claimed children naturally gravitate to him, a remark presented as a reminiscence rather than a report of events. It preserves the voice and tone of a casual aside from a newspaper page.
Hall Caine argues that wealth makes virtue harder to achieve while poverty makes goodness easy, contending it is no trouble to be good when one is broke.
A strike at the Paris mint disrupts operations yet workers claim they are still making money from the dispute. The report notes continued pay or compensation despite the stoppage.
Sir Alfred Harmsworth purchases a further London newspaper marking his thirty first acquisition in his print empire.
Report claims about a Sunday Moscow parade drew about 200 000 people, with the figure attributed to a source beyond a press agent, suggesting broad public turnout.
The statement notes that Rhode Island is among the fastest battleships and highlights the irony that its name comes from one of the two smallest U.S. states, implying a contrast between size and naval prowess.
Russian students show boldness but thus far none have undergone a college fraternity initiation ceremony.
A Cleveland football team has completed four games without any player sustaining an injury. Despite the flawless health record, the squad has lost every game.
A Detroit figure who built a devil monument draws attention as readers recall an Irish quip about standing up for one’s friends, highlighting contrasting public reactions and regional attitudes.
The New York Mail notes a gatekeeping line for Hall of Fame induction. It remarks that many deserving figures miss entry by being alive and insists the honor often goes to posthumous selections, prompting reflection on the criteria for recognition.
A theater company collapses with assets totaling thirty-eight cents, just eight cents more than the price of the best seat at a ten to twenty third performance.
The speaker quips that the Cossacks are ineffective and suggests engaging an American football team to clean out the country, asserting the need for decisive results.
Baltimore recorded seven small earthquakes since June 1, detected only by the Johns Hopkins seismograph, causing no alarm as authorities report no danger or reported damage.
A New York man says he has been robbed forty times in thirty three years and jokes about needing a safety deposit box large enough to live in. The remark underscores ongoing personal security concerns in the city.
The czar reflects that trouble was inevitable and better to endure it now than to wait another year of war, a sentiment framed as a grain of comfort amid ongoing hardship.
A remark attributes extreme pessimism to Mark Twain suggesting universal peace only after death. The text then jests that the sentiment may reflect a neighbor’s parrot or a troublesome child.
A short quip from the Atchison Globe ponders cordwood selling, asking how much can be earned daily by cutting and hauling wood to town for $5 per cord. It reflects a casual reader question about rural tree-logging profits.
Major G O Squires describes the U S Army Signal Corps work in Cuba the Philippines and Alaska before the Technological Society. He notes growth from 200 300 men to 1200 with 45 officers and details the rapid Philippine link up completed in a year cable costs and telegraph use transforming mail court and daily bulletins.
New York promoters form the American Bison Society to prevent buffalo extinction. William T. Hornaday discusses with President Roosevelt a plan to establish a government herd in the West, offering 15 specimens from the New York Zoological Society. J Alden Loring travels to Fort Sill to discuss range and logistics on the Wichita forest reserve.
Millard F. Blake of Martinsburg sues the Pennsylvania Railroad Company for 500000 claiming his vision during fever guided the design of a drop-bottom car that could carry 150000 pounds, far more than standard 30000 to 40000 loads, and asserts the railroad used his patent without compensation.
The National Grange Patrons of Husbandry at Atlantic City endorses the move for farmers to form independent telephone companies to secure fair rates and better service through competition. It also backs President Roosevelt’s effort to secure consumer and producer justice from interstate carriers and supports an amendment to allow an interstate commission to hear complaints against unjust rate regulations.
Investigators report a $15,000 theft at the Nichi Bei Dinko branch on East Fifth Street. Burglar entry came from a connected bicycle shop, chisels used to breach the safe, with dynamite caps found behind the safe. About $312.50 remained concealed under papers. police call the act the work of expert burglars.
Tokyo reports Japan plans a special squadron to cruise in the Southern seas as far as Singapore. Seoul negotiations show Koreans had no choice but to accept the treaty drawn by Japan. The premier attempted to flee the palace but was blocked by gendarmes and refused to sign the protocol. ministers resigned but the emperor did not accept. General Hasegawa to be governor general of Korea.
In Colorado miners refuse to work in mines using the Murphy drill, a fifteen pound device claimed to replace four men. Investors G T Carnahan and D M Moffat back the model, first used at Portland mine in Cripple Creek, which displaced many workers and shifted drilling back to two-man teams.
Tucson based A T Allyn Lewis vice president of the late International Bank of Nogales was acquitted on a charge of publishing a false statement about the bank. He then faced embezzlement charges for 5500 but the court directed a verdict of not guilty. Five other indictments were dismissed.
Walter L. Hoover, a Wilmington railroad detective, left a note claiming pursuit of Mrs. Todd and died by asphyxiation after failing to solve Margaretta Todd’s murder near Philadelphia. Hoover had toiled on the case since the wealthy woman’s body was found by the railroad tracks.
Guthrie Oklahoma reports the Bank of Hardy with $10,000 capital will be started at Hardy, the Kaw reservation town on the Midland Valley railroad. Incorporators include George S. Hartley Thomas Baird N F Boone of Arkansas City Kan and William Hardy of Newkirk Fred Huster Alex M Scott and T L Hill of Kay county.
Troops pour into Kielce Russian Poland reinforcing garrisons. One regiment arrived while two more regiments passed Kielce marching toward Dombrova, signaling intensified military buildup in the region.
Nearly two million dollars will be taken out for the Orient by the Pacific Mail liner China on Saturday. Three fourths of the money, about fifty tons of Mexican dollars valued at fourteen million dollars, is aboard under strong guard. Most of the silver is consigned to Shanghai.
Detroit Michigan at a special meeting of the Michigan grand lodge of the Ancient Order of United Workmen officials decided on a ten month special monthly assessment for members 55 and older. The goal is to cover 150000 in unpaid death claims by using 84000 owed from the supreme lodge and raising about 75000 from the older members assessments. It is believed the unpaid claims can be paid without touching the reserve fund, which belongs to holders of new policies with higher rates.
Mrs Imogene McLean longtime popcorn and candy vendor on the City of Providence excursion boats was found dead in her room from illuminating gas asphyxiation Her husband Samuel McLean was found unconscious but recovered at the city hospital She had been bedridden for two months officials suspect a gas heater being unintentionally extinguished as the gas filled the room
In Springfield Illinois on Wednesday the Kansas City fast mail train on the Wabash railroad ran into an open switch at New Orleans and crashed into a stopped freight train. Engineer Brecount and the fireman escaped injury as the locomotive was demolished and several passengers were thrown to the car floors.
Louis Apadaca, sought for the murder of Sofie Madrid, was shot and killed at his father's ranch forty five miles south of Trinidad while resisting arrest. Madrid was killed last year as she prepared breakfast when he fired through a window. He had eluded capture until today.
Henry S. Dewey announced he would run as an independent for Boston mayor, adding complexity to the mayoralty contest in the city. The move introduces a third option beside major party candidates, reshaping local campaign dynamics.
London reports the 1812 built Forte, a seventy-four gun frigate, sunk in the Medway by shells from the gunboat Bustard. Fire sparked as coal depots on the forts burned, 2000 tons of coal ablaze. Fire parties could not approach due to heat, leading to shelling to halt spread to ships nearby.
William Koch succeeds himself as grand foreman of the Brotherhood of American Yeomen after a credentials committee report is adopted by a 74 to 8 vote in Colorado Springs. The Iowa delegation is seated, signaling the end of the dispute.
Mrs. M. C. Maitland of Jasper Ontario reports her three month old son suffered an itching watery rash and progressive wasting until Cuticura soothed him and he slept again. She credits one set of Cuticura with a complete permanent cure. The note ends with a warning about overindulgence in sweets among girls.
An old advertisement proclaims Hall's Catarrh Cure as the only positive cure for catarrh, a constitutional disease, and offers $100 to any case it fails to cure. It urges readers to send for testimonials and notes the product is sold by druggists for 75 cents, with Hall's Family Pills also endorsed. The closing line makes a sardonic remark about marriage.
The ad asserts Defiance Starch is more flexible and durable than competing brands delivering one third more for the same money. It links starch quality to dressmaking costs and value, noting money influences the figure in the dressmaking process.
A vintage ad extols Defiance Cold Water Starch as superior to rival brands, claiming 16 ounces per package and higher quality than 12 ounce competitors. It notes boys may fight less with this starch, implying smoother ironing benefits for boys and girls.
In this compact ad the Russ Company of Soush Bend promotes WSE The Famous Red Cross Ball Blue with a large 207 package price in cents. It claims better quality than competing starches and one third more Defiance Starch for the same price. It includes a proverb about women guessing quicker than men reason.
An article notes most hospital patients are women awaiting or recovering from surgeries caused by neglected womb and ovarian issues. It features Luella Adams from Seattle who healed from a womb tumor after using Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound and invites women to seek free advice from Mrs Pinkham in Lynn Massachusetts.
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