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Newspaper
Scandia Journal
Location
Scandia, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Dec 16, 1910
Page
1
A downtown candy company reports a sharp drop in sales as women pursue slimming fashion. Managers note former regulars spend less, with office workers and businesswomen favoring lighter treats like lemon drops, while large box purchases dwindle and male customers fade.
Chicago Evening Post reports a geology department test of first year physiography students at Wisconsin showing widespread ignorance. Only one sixth of 103 freshmen answered properly about locations like Vienna Venice Lisbon Hongkong and major mountain ranges. The Rhine location confusion across Asia or South America highlights the gap.
A Brooklyn woman tried to smuggle seven dutiable gowns through the New York custom house. Her act cost her father about four times the gowns’ value, and she narrowly escaped severe punishment. Collector Loeb vows harsher penalties for flagrant violations as smuggling battles continue, with women risking prison.
The fleet will assemble at sea with sixteen vessels for visits to French and English ports signaling a historic cruise. The display highlights superb American warships though it underscores the absence of a robust American merchant marine.
A thief stole a gold spike used to fasten the first rail in Pennsylvania but found it gold plated. The incident brings sharp disappointment to a man acting in good faith and is condemned as deceitful and akin to selling a gold brick.
The article notes a 33 000 difference between two population counts for Tacoma, attributing the variance to excessive enthusiasm in padding census returns. It argues modest inflation would have succeeded, while overdoing it proves generally disastrous.
President Taft urges economy in government spending and outlines plans on conservation of public lands including forests, coal and water power. He defends tariff policy while pressing for Panama Canal fortification and vessel subsidies to boost American commerce abroad.
A 1909 testimonial from W C Cook of Clinton Iowa praises Kilmer’s Swamp Root as a cure for a system “full of uric acid.” The letter, notarized by Dale H Sheppard, urges readers to prove what the remedy will do and to request a booklet and sample bottle from Kilmer Co. in Binghamton New York.
A self described Paris Green performer attempts suicide by ingesting poison but survives with medical help. An eminent doctor is called, the patient resists, then agrees to reconsider after 24 hours and asks for further treatment.
A brief Smart Set exchange where Mrs Gramercy notes her husband wants to rid her. Mrs Park offers solace stating crying won’t force alimony disagreements, reflecting witty social dialogue.
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