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Newspaper
Scandia Journal
Location
Scandia, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jan 01, 1909
Page
2
The Washington Star urges moving inauguration day from March to late April noting a House Senate majority favors the move. It argues 4 March winds risk lawmakers and cites past resignations. The Rochester Herald hopes the next session starts the reform.
The piece notes that top opera divas like Mme Calve caution aspiring girls against chasing fame. It stresses the singers endure hardship with little home life or money, yet the Star says ambition and a voice still drive young women to pursue the stage despite warnings.
Reports from Death Valley describe a sequence of shocks felt in nearby regions. Heavy boulders moved, miners were knocked from banks, and mules stampeded as unrest spread. No serious injuries are noted, but the seismic activity suggests wide interior agitation.
The report notes rising pistol killings across regions tied to personal quarrels and urges states to legislate tighter controls on concealed weapons, arguing some temperaments should not permit carrying deadly implements.
A New York dry goods manager argues prosperity reduces darning, claiming women will buy stockings instead. A New England thread mill president supports the view, while critics say the claim slanders American women who mend stockings despite hardship. The debate centers on whether stockings are darned or replaced.
A playful Christmas scene unfolds as a father reassures a child about Santa Claus. The exchange touches on Santa’s kindness and appearance while a parent questions the tale’s honesty and a child mentions the stork as a source of belief.
Missouri Supreme Court affirms Attorney General Hadley’s anti trust case against Standard Oil Republic Oil and Waters-Pierce. Each company fined 50000. Waters Pierce may continue in Missouri if it proves disassociation by January 15 1909. Judge Woodson writes the opinion with six agreeing. Lamm and Graves file separate opinions.
Pearl Locke a 3 year old in Chicago was killed when her mother Mrs Earl Locke, while decorating a Christmas tree, unintentionally fired a loaded revolver. The weapon had been in the house six months with one chamber loaded.
A Lake Shore passenger train on the DeCtwsean Jackson route to Fort Wayne was wrecked Thursday night near Pleasant Lake Indiana. Sixteen people were injured, five seriously.
Samuel Gompers head of the American Federation of Labor and two top aides were sentenced in Washington DC to prison terms for contempt of court in the Bucks Store and Range Company boycott case. Gompers one year, Mitchell nine months, Morrison six months, with bail set at five, four, and three thousand dollars respectively.
Kansas Attorney General Fred S. Jackson filed in the state supreme court an ouster suit against the St. Louis San Francisco Railroad for lacking a Kansas charter and seeks to collect 100000 in charter fees. The petition argues Frisco should have paid 25000 in 1896 25000 in 1899 and 50000 in 1907 reflecting capital increases. The action targets only intrastate passenger and freight moves within Kansas, not interstate commerce.
In Dexter Missouri Fred McCullum, 21, was killed by his brother Harry in a pistol duel inside their father J W McCullum’s drug store. The store was crowded with Christmas shoppers when Fred fired first, prompting Harry to shoot. Harry, 21, runs the business alongside his elder brother.
Gov Hoch appoints a Kansas committee to join with Oklahoma’s to probe penitentiaries amid reports of inhuman treatment poor meals and unsanitary conditions. Members include E W Blackmar F D Coburn S J Crumbine C M Sheldon and Frank Gilday. The governor asked Oklahoma's Gov Haskell to appoint a parallel panel so the joint inquiry can begin immediately.
The State bank safe at Hall's Summit Coffey county 15 miles southeast of Lebo was blown open around 1 am Tuesday. About $3000 was removed. robbers number unknown. They cut all town wires except the long distance line to Lebo. Money came from the Waverly bank and cashier Noble Nesbitt continues business despite difficulties.
The navy year book prepared for the senate navy committee places the United States second among world powers. Britain leads with 61 first class battleships, while the United States has 31 ships totaling 449,796 tons, and Germany 31 ships at 414,486 tons. France and Japan follow with 26 and 15 ships respectively.
Peter Claudians the Greek was found guilty by a jury in Oakland for dynamiting the house of former Supervisor James L Gallagher, the star witness in the San Francisco bribery graft cases. He was sentenced to life imprisonment after a verdict reached on the first ballot.
In Kansas City Missouri twenty creditors of Grant Hornaday's Fort Scott bank, which failed weeks ago, gathered to map a reorganization plan. The conference, likely to last several days, drew bankers from Chicago St Louis Kansas City and Kansas towns.
Jefferson City Missouri Miss Martha Colditz age sixteen was burned while playing Santa Claus at Mount Zion school eight miles south of the city. Though likely to recover she will bear permanent facial and hand scars. She is the daughter of Reverend C Colditz of the county.
Panic and stampede at a Wednesday night moving picture show in the Keith theatre Altoona Pennsylvania injures several patrons without any serious injuries. Fire origin unknown and property loss described as small.
The St Louis hospitals received Christmas gifts totaling 44500 from the hospital Saturday and Sunday association which recently stationed young women in city office buildings to collect funds for the hospitals.
The Mayor's Christmas Tree event at Convention Hall drew about 5,700 children with tickets for 1,500 to 2,000 more expected to receive gifts on Saturday. Santa figures led eager crowds as Mayor Crittenden delivered bags containing five toys an orange banana candy nuts an apple and a game printed with Mayors Kansas City Christmas tree 1908.
An unsuccessful attempt to wreck the Missouri Pacific train arriving from the southwest at about 1 am Friday was halted before damage. Local officers tie the incident to two Milan bank robbers captured at Clearwater. Prisoners were later moved to Wellington despite plans to bring them to Wichita. Ties were piled on the track and a switch was thrown in the yards but the plan was foiled.
A large fire in Ravia Johnston county wiped out most of the town's business section on Friday. About 55 thousand dollars in losses hit five business houses, a lumber yard, and 38 warehouses. A defective flue caused the blaze, with Merrill-Houston Lumber Co losing 20000 dollars and L D Comstock's Store 10000 dollars.
Fred Henderson confessed to fatally shooting Deputy Marshal Margruder of Higbee on December 18 and wounding Marshal Cain. He was arrested in Mexico, Mo., on Friday night after fleeing from Centralia where he held up the Chicago and Alton station agent early Friday.
French actress Sarah Bernhardt was granted an audience by Emperor Nicholas I at Tsarsko-Selo near St Petersburg, sharing a moment and receiving a portrait of the empress on a Friday visit.
In Philadelphia, Alfred Turner aged 10 weeks was killed during a domestic fight Friday after his mother dropped him when the father attacked his wife over breakfast. The mother and father were arrested, with police reporting the infant crushed beneath the struggle.
The Pan American Scientific congress opened in Santiago on Friday night with President Montt and his cabinet, diplomatic corps members, and delegates from all American republics in attendance.
Rio Janeiro Brazil Lieut Con rado Heck was Friday named naval attache to the Brazilian embassy in Washington, marking a notable diplomatic posting.
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