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Newspaper
Scandia Journal
Location
Scandia, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Feb 01, 1907
Page
1
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The Clay Center Daily Republican notes a Wisconsin effort to nominate Senator Lafollette for 1908. It suggests Senator Chester S. Long’s supporters may claim authorship of the Blackburn resolution. Kansas farmers plan a nine story Kansas City building this summer linked to Chicago merchant Montgomery Ward.
Prom expressions suggest the current Topeka legislature will not pass railroad reforms or a general primary election law. Speakers indicate opposition to enacting demands from the square deal Republicans and indicate no valuable railroad legislation will be enacted if it can be prevented.
The State Editorial Association chose Tom Charles as president at its recent Topeka meeting, the largest editors gathering in the state. The Treeman editor is praised as peerless in Republic County, with expectations he will lead the paper to continued prominence.
Commentary argues Governor Hoch has lost support in the Kansas statehouse and among state politicians. It notes his refusal to reappoint Carl W. Taylor as Attorney for the Board of Railroad Commissioners, claiming Taylor could not work in harmony with railroad interests. The piece mocks the rationale as a thin excuse.
A Kansas Republican blasts Caldwell for breaking promises to back Roosevelt aligned reforms. The speaker accuses Caldwell of blocking a general primary law, an end to pass laws, and other progressive measures, warning such acts could cost the GOP control at the next election.
The delay in appointing a postmaster in Courtland draws criticism as factional tensions rise. The Comet notes promises to Mr. Cameron and suggests the appointment may go to a Manhattan man once “His Royal Highness” approves, amid calls from residents for a local choice.
A Belleville freemen critique notes that most Kansas legislators who loudly praise Theodore Roosevelt would abandon him if public opinion swayed. The finding extends to Republican editors and politicians who denounce Taft, Bristow, or Stubbs, revealing hidden anti Roosevelt sentiment in their hearts.
Kansas editors pass a resolution urging Washington to remove import duties on wood pulp and related paper products. The association directs its secretary to notify Kansas senators and representatives of the action and to advocate tariff revision to protect forests and reduce paper prices.
A few beautiful Misses and children's cloaks are offered at half price at Newell's store. The sale features items described as fashionable and affordable with savings noted for shoppers.
A writer estimates that the power produced in a single Atlantic voyage by a modern steamship could lift and place every stone of a great pyramid from the Nile, illustrating the vast energy involved in such vessels.
Scientists excavate remains of a large sea reptile from limestone in Hutboldt county Nevada and ship the find to the University of California for study.
Ward Brothers sale plans disrupted by bad weather causing comfortable quarters and ample hot lunches advertised. event appears postponed as weather delays progress.
John Pleasant of Magn olia, Indiana praises Dr King’s New Life Pills six years after trying them. He claims the longer you take them the better you feel and guarantees satisfaction at all druggists for 25 cents.
The quotation urges sharing love and kindness while friends are alive, not after they die. It compares alabaster boxes of perfume to plain funerals and urges preparing verbal affection to comfort loved ones in times of trouble and after life ends.
In a playful dialect piece from the Atlanta Constitution the thunder explains how the night was too dark for him to lead and the lightning volunteered to blaze a path. The lightening then dashed ahead as the fastest ever known, while the thunder called to return to the road.
The passage notes celery as the cultivated form of a common English weed named small age. It states that celery was introduced to English kitchen gardens around the time of the Reformation by Italians who called it celleri.
The article notes Balduin Mollhausen’s habit of placing scenes in Germany and America across his novels and travel sketches. It highlights his prolific output nearing two hundred pieces and his long travels in the western prairies and Rockies before serving as Potsdam librarian, with lasting enthusiasm for the American West. He donated four albums of American pictures to a Berlin museum.
A bystander consoles a sobbing man among mourners at a Rothschild funeral in Paris. The beggar insists he is not a Rothschild relation, saying his misery stems from the contrast with relatives who restrain their grief.
A reader from Crovertown Stark County recounts a dramatic recovery after using Dr King’s New Discovery for a severe cough and lung discomfort. The testimonial claims four one dollar bottles sufficed to restore health and prevent a fatal bout, with a free trial bottle offered.
The earliest English cemetery distinct from churchyards is Kensal Green, consecrated in 1833, marking the first separate burial ground in Britain about two decades after the first in America. The term means sleeping place.
The article notes playing cards are of Eastern origin, uncertain who first introduced them. It suggests they originated in Arabia and were brought to Europe during the Crusades, highlighting their long and evolving European adoption.
Fragmentary OCR text hints at a Continent debate with references to a firm hold and deliveries. It mentions a person from the northern states and a prize of 20 000 cards collected, suggesting a competitive event or contest context.
A verse fragment by Thomas S. Jones Jr. celebrates a road free of care and the wildwood. It evokes wandering horizons, sky as companion, and ancient lore returning as a faun awakens the Greek glades. The text blends travel and myth with a lyric tone.
Mme Walthaire of Aubé France was believed near death when a mistaken sprinkling with nitric acid solution, thought to be holy water, reportedly restored her to normal health. The episode reflects a dramatic medical misfortune and miraculous recovery claim.
A Frenchman who died in Constantinople left $45,000 to his nephew M d Al bi who lives in Paris on condition that the young man cycle to Constantinople to claim the legacy.
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