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Newspaper
Scandia Journal
Location
Scandia, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jan 10, 1908
Page
8
A New Year courtship fantasy in a wealthy bachelor’s living room where Dan Cupid audits the year’s loves. The Bachelor pleads for mercy and forgives past liaisons after reviewing January to May memories and vowing no future heartbreak. Scene closes with a toast to the Old Year and New Year.
Frank Perry found an exceptionally long ear at T Dick’s farm near McLouth Jefferson county. C H Steeper bought it for 5 dollars after a chain of bids from a local real estate man and Bank of Jarbalo cashier. The 17 inch ear was showcased in a bank and later sold on the Board of Trade floor.
J B Baker and Dr S J Crumbine urged Kansas cities to pass ordinances mandating tuberculosis inspections of dairy herds before milk products enter markets. Crumbine cited 1500 deaths in Kansas last year and estimated thousands of current cases. Kansas lacks a state statute or funding, with a bill to be presented to the next legislature. Kansas City already has such an ordinance.
Kansas creamery interests accuse an agricultural department expert of negatively influencing farmers. They claim the expert’s spread of a story that Kansas milk and cream bring less money than in other states harms growers and allege creamery firms are paying all they can afford.
D. Q. Davis sold his 70 acre farm three miles west of Junction City to Albert Meyers of eastern Geary for just over 94 dollars per acre. Davis moved there 13 years ago paying 37.50 per acre with no improvements. The well improved bottom farm is described as the county’s top land value.
Governor Hoch commutes J. E. Marcell to five years for forgery under the indeterminate sentence law. The sentence includes jail time and good behavior credits, reducing actual time to four years and one month. Marcell, jailed since May 27, 1904, was arrested January 5, 1904, and convicted in April. He is due for freedom February 25.
A report claiming Attorney General Jackson would become a permanent Leavenworth resident was based on his statement to stay there until the prohibitory law is obeyed. The notice clarifies there is no fixed commitment or longer-term relocation announced.
Preliminary surveys for a proposed military road from Fort Leavenworth to Fort Riley near completion. Congressman D R Anthony Jr has presented the bill to the House requesting an appropriation to cover the construction costs. The measure rests with the committee on military affairs and is expected to pass.
J C Kendall state dairy commissioner resigns to lead the Dairy Husbandry Department at Kansas State Agricultural College Manhattan replacing Professor O Erf who moved to Ohio State College. D M Wilson Erf’s former assistant at Manhattan elected dairy commissioner to fill Kendall’s vacancy. Kendall had served only since early summer.
Law Journal of London reviews two beekeeping cases on property and nuisance. A beekeeper retains ownership of a wandering swarm though he cannot recover it without trespass, while a neighbor’s actions against a hive system are ruled tortious. A nuisance case notes bees sting five people in two years, prompting injunction debates.
Patrick Cronin of Springfield Massachusetts blends barbering with painting. He stores oils water colors pencils and canvases in his shop and creates studies rather than finished works. His landscapes and studies are owned by Henry G Whitman Mrs Walter H Wesson and ex Mayor Ralph W Ellis.
Four prominent Japanese Harvard graduates who held key wartime posts between Japan and Russia were honored by the mikado. Komura was raised to count, Kaneko to viscount and privy council member, and Kurino named baron for reorganizing Korea’s finances.
The 22 year old Sultan Ali bin Hamoud bin Mahomet of Zanzibar visits Britain in a private unofficial capacity. Educated in England at Harrow and Oxford he follows European ideas and enjoys clocks with 72 ticking in the Zanzibar palace. A school days anecdote recalls him riding a horse bareback to the station, guided by knee pressure.
Raynor prepares for a candid moment as Shyne cautions him against overreaching while urging honesty. The exchange signals a tense dynamic likely shaping a pivotal confrontation.
The notice argues ordinary starches require heavy usage that hides fabric beauty and worsens wear. Defiance Starch offers greater strength enabling much thinner application for tougher, neater results at home.
The National Syndicate of Railway Men in France adopts a card petition to the senate president for a ten year wait measure. It prints 400000 cards for members to sign and mail, with no postage needed on correspondence to the senate president.
An 19th century advertisement touts Halls Catarrh Cure as a universal remedy for catarrh. It claims internal action on blood and mucous surfaces to cure the constitutional disease. The ad offers $100 to any case not cured and directs readers to mail a testimonial.
An old lady resists vaccination with a story about her brother who allegedly died after a boyhood vaccination. A physician questions her stance, prompting her to insist she has strong grounds for disbelief based on that incident.
The summer rush for fine white goods boosts starch choice. Defiance Starch asserts it is free from injurious chemicals and safe for delicate fabrics. Its strength as a stiffener reduces the required amount, delivering a finish as perfect as when the goods were new.
An aged man familiar with New York society says nothing astonishes a New Yorker like finding a desired purpose that cannot be achieved by money.
A vintage note explains washing milk pans with a Borax solution to remove grease. Use one tablespoon Borax per quart water for quick cleaning and a grease free finish.
A Plautus aphorism notes it is sweeter to gain wisdom from others woes than for others to learn from us. The line contrasts shared experience with personal misfortune as a learning source.
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