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Newspaper
Scandia Journal
Location
Scandia, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Dec 28, 1906
Page
3
Dr Wiley's report notes progress in food preservative regulation after the Pure Food bill failures. It discusses salicylic acid and salicylates, praising certain medical uses but deeming their addition to foods reprehensible and harmful to consumers. The New York Post calls the new laws a safeguard so people may avoid unknowingly consuming the stuff.
The 1910 return of Halley’s Comet, famed yet not the largest, will be visible again. Halley linked its appearances in 1682 1531 and 1607 to forecast 1759 its return. Previous orbits showed a period near 75 to 76 years influenced by Jupiter and Saturn with the nucleus brighter than some first magnitude stars and a tail reaching 20 degrees as it nears the sun.
Staikes age notes how Ireland suffered as strikes drove away crafts. Dublin once thrived in shipbuilding timber trade iron manufactures and steam printing. Limerick famed for gloves Kilkenny for blankets and Bandon for woolen goods.
A Massachusetts man set a trap gun for burglars but a series of unclear, labored phrases describe how the weapon unexpectedly ensnared a thief. The report hints at danger and a questionable habit of the trap, with uncertain involvement by the setter or others.
An incomplete OCR fragment hints at a Pittsburg Press item about a "man with the hoe" motif linked to an American theme. The readable bits suggest a literary or editorial discussion rather than a clear event. No concrete names or dates are established.
Washington reports a 27.83 percent reduction in the post office deficit totaling over four million dollars while postal receipts rise by more than 15 million in 1906. Madden details net receipts of 167,932,782 with expenditures at 178,449,765 and a gross deficit of 10,542,941 including losses from burglary fire and uncollected debts. Proposals include uniform one cent local letters two cents for interoffice letters and a uniform four cent rate for all printed matter per four ounce increment.
Cairo dispatch reports President Castro near death with doubts over succession. First Vice President Gomez would assume power immediately if he dies, backed by a large army faction. Venezuela faces rising bandit outrages and potential anarchy as conditions deteriorate.
Deputy U S Marshal under Interior direction shut down all Osage oil and gas wells except three following a state led probe. The action stems from findings that over 4800 acres was leased by a single operator in violation of law.
The Chicago and North Western Railroad faces significant opposition from nearby property owners as it contemplates a $20,000,000 depot in Chicago. Despite protests and council efforts to block the enterprise, the plan proceeds.
Joseph Kerns, former Chicago goods clerk and newspaper man, captured in Great Bend after daylight bank hold up, pleaded guilty and was sentenced to the state penitentiary for ten to 21 years.
President transmits Taft report on discharge of three companies of Twenty-fifth Infantry after the Brownsville incident. He urges individual judgment by merit, condemns mutiny and murder, and argues punishment must fit the crime regardless of race. He warns against excuses based on color and stresses accountability for each man.
The president announced the acceptance by John Mitchell of the United Mine Workers of America and Marvin Hughitt of the Chicago and Northwestern Railway as representatives of labor and capital on the Nobel Prize trustees board.
A Victoria BC woman described as a Banchu Banner native, married to an English officer of Gordon's army that crushed the Tiapang rebellion, has asserted a claim to the throne of China. The report notes her unusual succession bid and links to her spouse's service.
The president transmits Secretary Metcalf s final report on the San Francisco Japanese issue. It covers three points including school exclusion, boycotts of Japanese restaurants, and violence against Japanese residents with assurances of federal protection and full enforcement of treaty obligations.
The Interstate Commerce Commission, investigating the car and coal shortage in the Northwest, reports startling replies to its telegram inquiries. Fuel scarcity is widespread, far reaching, and severe, with no general overstatement of the situation, the commission says.
In Stone City Kansas a Fidelity Coal Co mine explosion killed three miners and burned fifteen others. Seventeen workers were lowered into the shaft with five kegs of powder when the blast occurred as the cage reached the bottom. Authorities suspect fire caused by a pipe, igniting open powder.
Texas police report William C Anderson alias Anderson Charleton held by Austin chief Morris on embezzlement charges from the First National Bank of Kansas City. About $500 cash and a car bought in San Antonio found upon arrest. Anderson had been in Austin ten days before being taken to Kansas City.
In Omaha Nebraska a federal court jury convicted four defendants from the Nebraska Land and Feeding Company and its agent Aquilla Triplett on 33 counts. The case charged conspiracy to defraud the government of public lands and subornation of perjury. The Spade ranch totaled 400 020 acres. The verdict came after a two hour jury deliberation.
George A. McNutt of Kansas City, passenger agent for the Missouri Kansas and Texas railway, announced in this city that the company will be advertising to be paid for in transportation, despite a ruling by the Interstate Commerce Commission.
Chicago experts and the Interstate Commerce Commission officials Harlan and Lane concluded their inquiry into car shortages. Remedies proposed include a national car clearing house and reciprocal demurrage laws, higher per diem charges, reduced free time for unloading, and new terminal facilities in dense areas, with further testimony planned for Galveston in January.
Secretary of State Root accepts the tentative programme for the Hague Conference and reserves the right to discuss disarmament and the Drago doctrine. The latter topic was added at the Rio conference, sparking much debate among participants and observers.
The Baldernock parish church north of Glasgow burned Friday morning. An old pre reformation building, notable for its outside stair to a loft and watch towers once used to guard bodies in resurrectionist times, housed ancestors of the Stokes Bulllocks and President Roosevelt.
The government rested its case Friday against the Standard Oil Company of Indiana over alleged concessions from railways. Oil company attorneys said they would rest upon briefs already filed as the hearing proceeds on the demurrers to the indictments.
In Paris the government bill on new religious measures was welcomed in the Chamber of Deputies on Friday. The measure received quick approval with a strong majority, 413 to 166, as cabinet supporters say it will strengthen the ministry in its ongoing clash with the Vatican.
Mrs Bright of Fort Worth Texas on the Rock Island train No 12 between Duncan and Marlow Oklahoma Territory gave birth to a baby boy at 5 10 Friday afternoon Serious traveling men contributed a handsome purse for the newborn who was named Rock Island Bright.
Advices reached Victoria B C from the Orient via the steamer Tremont saying the Japanese cabinet agreed to enlarge the army by two divisions as urged by the minister of War. The plan would boost field forces toward three quarters of a million troops with no establishment in place.
Washington reports the forest service of the United States government will join the International Association of Forest Experiment Stations as announced in a Department of Agriculture bulletin issued Friday.
Wrangel Island on the southwestern Alaska coast achieved its first telegraphic connection with the outside world on Friday. The milestone marks a historic link for the isolated region, enabling faster communication.
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