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Newspaper
Scandia Journal
Location
Scandia, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jan 05, 1900
Page
5
The duchess of Northumberland owns a famed shawl woven entirely from Persian cat fur. It uses thousands of skins and took years to weave. The eight yard square garment can be compressed to the size of a coffee cup. It was previously owned by Charles X of France.
A Philadelphia Record item explains a test to tell real diamonds from glass or paste by touching with the tongue. genuine diamonds feel notably colder.
Manila report details a southern advance as two battalions of the Thirty ninth infantry seize Cabuyao near Laguna de Bay. Two Americans killed and four wounded as insurgents retreat. many prisoners and four six pounder guns captured. Gunboat Laguna de Bay shells Cabuyao before disembarkation.
From Rensburg Cape Colony January 1 General French defeats the Boers and occupies Colesberg after a night march turning the Boer right flank. Cavalry infantry and artillery advance as a feint front attack draws the enemy, causing retreat eastward. London reports praise for French tactics and urges larger mounted forces to front lines.
In Alliance Nebraska E Clough was shot by J A Kime at the former s Home. Three shots were fired at goose range. one hit Clough in the neck but the wound is not dangerous. A warrant for Kime s arrest is issued. Kime surrendered to the sheriff. Hearing before County Judge Hewitt. Long standing dispute over government survey lands Township 24 Range 47 with both men claiming ownership.
President Dole of Hawaii remains unconcerned about a supposed black plague. He trusts the health board to stamp out the disease quickly as public opinion splits. Some physicians doubt the diagnosis while fears persist about Chinatown’s sanitation and Japanese residents in the quarantined district.
The warrant for Charles H. Cole former Globe bank president arrives in Los Angeles. The attorney-general directs Cole be escorted to Boston under guard. He waives preliminary exam. four counts allege embezzlement of 600000 on August 7 and 300000 on August 17 with two related counts.
The jury finds William Neufeld guilty of first degree murder in the killing of his cousin Mrs. Nathan Kronman. He faces execution in the week beginning February 12. Mrs Kronman’s body was found by her husband at home after work on August 7. Jewels belonging to Kronman were traced to pawnshops, with Neufeld identified as the pawned suspect.
A half-starved, lame man entered Tre mont seeking aid to reach Omaha. He claimed injury while working for the Burlington at Newgeastle, and feared being cast out. He wandered to the county commissioner's office and the courthouse before being sent to Omaha for relief.
Advertisement letters extol Cascarets as a modern laxative and intestinal tonic. Readers from Chicago to Manitoba report relief from constipation and biliousness, praising taste and effectiveness. The note promotes 10c 25c 50c tablets, with a call to beware of imitations and to request a free booklet. CCC. F E Martin of Falls City travels to Cuba seeking wealth.
An assortment of marketing blurbs promotes Grain-O as a coffee substitute priced at 15c and 20c per package, Magnetic Starch as a standout product, and Baker's Breakfast Cocoa from Walter Baker & Co. The copy also notes portraits of sixteen Colorado capitol citizens and mentions a Presbyterian church in Snow Hill Maryland.
A Hartford City special reports 44 window glass plants with 1700 pots, part of American Window Glass Company, coming into operation. Idle since last June, the plants will employ about 15,000 workers statewide and 1,500 in Hartford City, home to the state’s largest plant, plus a smaller facility. The current fire is expected to last six months, with prospects for steady operation afterward.
Headquarters in New York of the commercial travelers and hotel mens anti trust league have been opened by Wm Hoge secretary and treasurer. A vigorous campaign will be urged among commercial travelers associations and hotel groups to organize against the trusts. The league started in August with 12 000 members.
Grant Bathurst, assistant postmaster at Rote Pa, died in an accidental dynamite blast at the Bellefonte Limestone Co weigh master's office in Salona eight miles from the city. Two others injured. the building was blown to pieces. Bathurst, 35, leaves a wife and one child.
La Porte Texas advances toward a deep water shipping point at the head of navigation on Galveston Bay. Wharves switch tracks and streets sewerage and water systems near completion as I R Holmes oversees improvements from Sylvan Hotel. A February 1900 sale is planned and visitors are urged to meet Holmes for facility access.
France faces a rising gambling problem with the government launching a study. Reports indicate that about half of personal crisis cases in Paris stem from losses at the races.
A historical advertisement promotes Hall's Catarrh Cure by F. J. Cheney & Co of Toledo Ohio as a constitutional treatment for catarrh claiming it cures by acting on blood and mucous surfaces. It offers a $100 reward for failure to cure and urges readers to request circulars and testimonials.
A vanilla bean kept in a sugar box is said to impart a pleasant flavor to sugar. An English reference notes a practice of placing vanilla in sugar for aroma. A statistician from the bureau of statistics estimates the cotton crop will be unfavorable this year.
A compilation of mixed notices and ads including fund drive request by J H Teitlebaum at East Las Vegas New Mexico, mentions of Magnetic Starch product claims, Illinois property valuation increase, Grippe cure claims, a Sicilian fraud sentence, Manila Evening event, Philippines curios exhibit, Piso Cure for Consumption testimonial from Albright Pa, and London theatre employment figures.
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