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Newspaper
Scandia Journal
Location
Scandia, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Feb 21, 1908
Page
1
The Folkestone Victoria pier beauty show for men draws talk in Scandia Journal. Councillor Forsyth limits prizes to facial beauty and opens the competition to all England with audience judging and women counting votes. Local contestants train with dumbbells and diets to win.
A New York dairy executive breaks down milk costs from farmer pay of three to four cents per quart to delivery, freight, cleaning, and handling, noting six and a quarter cents per bottle in distribution. He warns profits are slim and bottles may be unpaid. The piece ends with a puzzled question about agricultural perseverance.
Trans-Caucasian railway director Col Neigebauer notes six months of the year yield 30 violent deaths among staff including 10 top officials. He suspects revolutionary motives but aims to curb profits for the culprits by barring local officials from fill vacancies, ordering transfers from European Russia instead.
The official Chinese investigation lists counts of Chinese abroad excluding students. Notable totals include Siam 2 755 609 and Java 1 826 700, with large numbers in Malaya sia 1 023 500 and Formosa 74 506. The overall total across regions is 6 793 531.
Salt water baths are healthy in moderation but water that is too warm can cause faintness. The article notes many boats have warm bathroom water and urges caution, even for those used to hot baths at home.
Andrew J Hodger of Santa Fe Kansas received a gold medal and 5000 dollars at the Carnegie Hero commission meeting in Pittsburgh. Hodger, a county superintendent of schools, risked a second cave in to rescue Joseph King and recover William Nunn from a deep well at Pierceville Kansas. The award funds will educate his four children.
War chief Geronimo addressed 1 500 Apache and allied Indians at a Collinville Oklahoma pow wow urging adoption of white man ways education and Christian faith. Interpreters translate his remarks into several tribal languages and English as campfires glow and dancers perform amid colorful regalia.
A bear hunted for half a day near Bear Lake was fatally struck by the president late Thursday. Ben Lilly and a Black assistant pursued the animal with hounds, the bear weighing 375 pounds and breaking cover from the cane break before the final shot.
Washington reports that on Tuesday counsel stated a compromise would likely be reached in the Kansas liquor law case. The main issue to be resolved is the severity of sentences for violations, not the law's constitutionality.
In New York the copper market drama spans Thursday with United Copper’s corner collapse and a suspended Otto Heinze & Co. brokerage. F Augustus Heinze resigns as Mercantile Bank NY president as dire securities losses push prices down from last year’s peaks.
The territory of Oklahoma sued the Rock Island railroad for higher wheat rates than Kansas. The U S Supreme Court dismissed the case after the railroad withdrew its appeal. An injunction had previously been issued in Oklahoma citing rate disparities with Kansas as a charter violation.
Vienna reports the Emperor remains critically ill with a catarrhal ailment. In the last 24 hours his condition improved somewhat though the illness shows no fever and he coughs violently. Court officials said Thursday night was the worst since illness began and Friday evening he remained feverless but still coughing.
Judge Wallace of the criminal court reportedly decided to close Sunday performances and issue warrants next Saturday for the arrest of every actor actress musician or traveling show company member in 16 Kansas City theaters. Up to 300 or more participants could be affected.
The Commercial Cable Company completes the direct New York Havana line with the final splice made at sea about 120 miles from Coney Island. Commercial business will begin Monday next.
The Missouri attorney general sues Standard Oil Waters-Pierce and Republic Oil for monopoly bid and price fixing. Judge Anthony led the trial at Fredericktown and found the firms guilty. The high court in Banc is set to hear the case Wednesday on the report and defendants’ exceptions. Hadley calls it one of the most important cases since Dred Scott.
Commissioner Ballinger announced a tighter rule for homesteaders on public lands. From November 1 entries after that date must prove 14 months of actual residence before commuting to cash title, up from eight months. The change excludes entries filed before November 1, 1907.
At a late hour Sunday the New York clearing house committee announced the Heinze Morse and Thom as interests had been eliminated from city banks. The association said it stood ready to provide all necessary aid to any bank under suspicion, as the investigation showed solvency.
United States geological survey fuel testing plant at Jamestown exposition reports denatured alcohol yields one and a half gallons to equal one gallon of gasoline in power. Alcohol costs about twice gasoline. Experiments ran six weeks to compare fuel values.
Special dispatches from Mexico City report the gang leader who stole $15,000 worth of bullion from the Guanbajatato Consolidated Mining and Milling company has been captured after being wounded three times. With him were seized all the stolen bullion and about 40 other suspects have been arrested.
Lieutenant H H Rosseau civil engineer and Isthmian Canal Commission member arrived from the isthmus and urged Secretary Metcalf to widen the proposed canal from 100 feet in the locks due to the rapid increase of beam in naval construction since plans were made.
President Roosevelt described his hunt on Bayou Vensas and Bear Lake tallying three bears six deer one wild turkey twelve squirrels one duck one possum and one wild cat noting they ate all but the wild cat and that at times he felt they could not endure more.
William English Walling of Indianapolis Indiana his wife and sister in law Miss Rose Transky were arrested in St Petersburg Sunday night by a force of gendarmes due to their association with several members of the Finish progression party.
A Sunday prairie fire in northeastern Wilkin County Minnesota wiped out three farms. The loss is estimated at fifty thousand dollars. Report filed by a 7A special from Barnesville to the Pioneer Press.
A home made mixture of Dandelion fluid extract Compound Karyon and Compound Syrup Sarsaparilla is claimed by a New York daily to relieve kidney and bladder trouble before Bright's disease stage. The author notes back pain frequent urination discolored urine and rheumatic relief from the remedy which supposedly filters uric acid from the blood. A well known physician endorses the harmless ingredients and the method to shake them in a bottle. Save the prescription.
A Travel Magazine passage extols milestones as companions on a walking journey. It notes how seeing a milestone nearby lifts spirits, how a fellow traveler ahead greets you, and how gaps in view invite a welcome sense of closer proximity as distance accumulates.
A proposal suggests engaging professional storytellers to visit hospitals and entertain patients. Marshall P Wilder, a famed limnitutive entertainer, performed in New York and was warmly received by convalescents, leaving them cheered by his merry tales.
A Huntsville Alabama woman drinks coffee for forty years then quits and suffers stomach trouble for two decades. After failing treatments and near death she switches to Postum four months ago and reports improved health, better sleep, and restored appetite, praising the product and urging readers there is a reason in The Road to Wellville.
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