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Newspaper
Scandia Journal
Location
Scandia, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Dec 15, 1905
Page
2
An editorial asserts Colliers Magazine leads a stand against patent medicines and warns newspapers against pharma advertising. It credits independent publications with education about pure food and medicine laws and argues for press independence from drug industry influence.
The Pullman Company's single sleeper operation yields yearly profits from 12000 to 18000 dollars. Many would be satisfied with income from one car. The article argues sleeping car rates could be halved and still provide handsome dividends.
While on a trip south last week we met Mr. Shultz of the Toronto Republican. He is probably the busiest man in the state and must have the smartest wife. He prints the Republican with 1,100 circulation and two other papers from nearby towns, aided only by his wife and a girl composer.
The JouRNAL weighs two options in the district race. One view favors backing Calderhead, the other backing the editor as a congressional candidate. The paper seeks guidance and remains open to advice.
The New York Central Railway plans to deliver 21,000 freight cars next year while the Rock Island orders 1,300. The piece notes that the eastern lines show strong business activity as major railroads move to expand rolling stock.
The item appears as a brief note praising a proposed local paper in Munden with a nod to a person named Bro. Hill and a wish for success.
The speaker notes significant yearly improvements in papers and signals Anna Carlson’s Lindsborg News as the leading recipient for the palm this year.
A business trip highlights Woodson Wilson and Greenwood counties in Kansas south of the state’s beaten paths. The Missouri Pacific route from Kansas City reveals rolling hills, valleys, and forests with developing gas and oil lines near Verdigris, Coffeyville, and Chanute. Crops are good, alfalfa is rising, land costs 15 to 40 dollars per acre, and Standard Oil shows interest as 14 independent wells operate around Toronto.
A Scandia mail carrier was asked by a young man to buy a suit for his upcoming wedding and deliver it the next day. The carrier complied and now anxiously awaits the wedding announcement as days pass with no word.
A Scandia man bought three pounds of popcorn, boiled it for three hours at home, and returned to complain that his split peas were tough. The grocer admitted no pea stock, revealing the joke.
The dialogue identifies Alexander of Pennsylvania as a formidable figure likened to Samson for toppling an insurance company and defeating enemies described as modern Philistines. It reflects a rhetorical boast about strength and impact.
A physician told the writer that if limited to a single medicine for child raising he would choose vaseline, clarifying the remark was not an advertisement for Standard Oil but a general medicine pointer.
The tone suggests officials prefer to spread the smallpox across the country rather than credit Scandia doctors with stamping it out. The remark frames medical efforts as politically costly and favors broader contagion over recognizing local physicians.
A comment suggests Burton imitate Mitchell by removing teeth to ease the situation. The remark frames dental extraction as a strategic move and uses political metaphor to discuss handling pressure.
A new song Just at the Break of Day is on our table with words described as pathetic and music said to make it one of the popular hits of the day.
In this season many small country dailies dedicate space to ads as the main content, leaving readers with a mix of promotions and notices rather than substantive news.
City council met in adjourned session Friday evening and passed the ordinance in addition to routine business. Also advertised in another column small ads note Candies by the Pound Pail or Barrel and Jap-a-lac for sale at Palace Drug Store with special low prices to schools and churches.
A historical analysis argues railroads act as highways and tax collectives. It warns that freight rates tax every person, compares private railroads to government function, and calls for rate legislation to restore fair taxation and representation.
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