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Newspaper
Scandia Journal
Location
Scandia, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Dec 27, 1907
Page
6
Editorial urges support for local businesses to keep money in the community. It argues dollars spent away diminish local circulation and wages, and that home patronage benefits workers, farmers, merchants, and professionals alike, with shared community gains.
A historical legal notice quotes Section 5480 of the United States revised statutes on mail fraud. It outlines penalties of a fine up to 500 dollars and imprisonment up to 18 months or both for devising schemes to defraud and misusing mail.
A critical look at financial schemes labeled as cooperative systems. The piece warns that promoters use trust logic to extract people’s money, often via stock sales and wholesale goods plans with large dividends. It cautions readers against investing in unknown cooperative stores in big cities, noting many aims serve a few owners.
A dated sermon warns against self harm through bad investments and following quack advice. It condemns speculative schemes promoted by new cooperative merchants and urges farmers to avoid financial ruin and support local businesses instead.
Philadelphia Record reports that in 24 cities population 25 000 to 300 000 playgrounds increased 94 percent in schools, 48 percent in parks and municipal spaces, totaling a 54 percent rise across all playground types over two years. The lumber boom near Williamsport declines as log drives end and mills convert to manufacturing and stone crushing for crib timbers.
A village plan proposes a storage facility with sufficient capacity to hold fruit and produce from surrounding areas. It would enable farmers to sell surplus at favorable prices, providing local supply and potential income.
A panicdriven crowd at a savings bank sees Marguerita from Italy withdraw 312 in one dollar bills and a gold five dollar piece. She verifies all funds are present before finalizing the withdrawal amid anxious customers and a tense mood.
Attorney Grattan for the Kansas railroad board files demurrers in Topeka federal court challenging federal jurisdiction over the two-cent fare order. The suit, brought by the railroads to block the mandate, awaits spring hearings as state interest arguments are debated. The outcome could end the case or require the state to answer and press the two-cent fare defense.
The largest farm sale of the year sold 386 acres ten miles southwest of Abilene at 90 dollars per acre totaling 34 740 dollars. C V Myers of Newman Illinois bought the Dickinson county farm from C T Estes who had owned it only since last winter and made a 15 000 dollar profit from the crops during ownership.
More than 400 women and children lacking funds were invited to a free performance at Concordia's Brown Grand theater. Tickets were donated after the indigent were identified, with plans to make the event an annual Thanksgiving feature. A county wide liquor injunction was issued in Concordia, barring Thomas Hurst from selling alcohol at his home or anywhere in Cloud County.
The board of health reports a large increase in typhoid fever cases in Kansas this year compared with last year. October records show 350 cases in the state, up from 236 a year ago, with the western region most affected.
W A Richardson sold 20 acres of his farm land a half mile south of Wichita to E H Nudd at 300 dollars per acre. The total price was six thousand dollars, marking the highest farm land price in Sedgwick County and likely Kansas.
A 13 year old boy named Harry George was hunting near Abilene when his gun accidentally discharged after falling from a tree. The weapon fired into his breast and he died almost instantly.
The excerpt notes expectations that E. H. Madison will perform well in Washington as the new Seventh district congressman, despite being described as not an editor.
William R. Lighton of Fort Scott editor of Trackman writes a novel about the life of railway trackmen. The book is titled On Life's Main Line and is expected to portray the daily toil and dangers on the road.
County clerks object to performing additional duties under the new tax law without compensation. The tax commission ordered payment equal to the cost of employing efficient clerical help for the extra work on real estate assessment rolls.
Inquiries about potato machinery manufactured in Topeka come from distant regions including Russia and Austro Hungary. Dedjers in agricultural implements in those countries writing to B H Push de Topeka, inventor and maker of the machines, requesting samples of the fame. 39 cease Accidentally Shot. Charles Hamilton was placing a shotgun under a buggy seat at Chetopa when the gun discharged tearing off his right hand.
A red rubber balloon launched by a Paris child at the Tuileries Children’s Fete on October 20 reportedly traveled 1,211 miles in 19% hours before landing near Underman Jaani Finland on October 21. The only details published are the child’s name and address on a return card.
A stork named Marinette in Belizane France, owned by Hilaire Borge, lost a left leg after a break failed to heal. After failed setting and gangrene, the leg was amputated and fifteen days later the bird walked on two legs, one wooden.
In a village near Mexico City a ten year old boy carried a donkey a quarter mile on his shoulder after the alcalde heard a complaint. Police doubted the tale until tests showed extraordinary strength. The youth is jailed awaiting release and local residents fear possible further feats.
The article describes a fox hunt with 200 huntsmen and 100 yelping hounds pursuing a single frightened fox in western Massachusetts. The tone mimics a playful regional chronicling from Cleve land.
Mrs Joannah Straw of Canton South Dakota reports three years of rheumatic pain in her back limbs and headaches. At 81 she praises Dean's Kidney Pills for restoring energy and health, noting she now works, eats, and sleeps well. Sold by all dealers 50 cents a box Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY.
The San Francisco Argonaut recalls a Pacific avenue judge whose wife hired a cook while hers was away. She cooked for a week and earned an ermine cloak from the judge. Envious chatter followed, and Mrs Jerome teased her husband about a veil as payment.
A young American barber in a men's cafe clashes with an Englishman over business practices. The Englishman, angry at Yankees, seeks a shave but is told by the barber that they only lather there and that he must go elsewhere for his share.
A man once ill-treated by a boarding house proprietors later thrives as a popular dentist. He exacts revenge by opening a new dental office directly opposite the boarding house with a bold window sign advertising steel pointed teeth as a specialty.
An Illinois man claims heavy meat eating harmed his health until trying Grape-Nuts. He gained 30 pounds, felt better, and his wife also benefits. A 68 year old neighbor reportedly recovered from long indigestion after switching. The ad cites Postum Co in Battle Creek Michigan and the booklet The Road to Wellville.
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