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Newspaper
Scandia Journal
Location
Scandia, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jan 25, 1907
Page
4
A patchwork of excerpts notes Parnell anniversary observances in England with ivy wreaths, a St Louis fire from a factory, a German language expert, and claims of New York housing over 2000 millionaires. Other items question canal plans from Massachusetts to the Atlantic, food price pressure, and the state of national wealth and happiness.
Boni de Castellano states his matri monial entanglement has not cost him any friends. The New York American quips that to lose something one must have had it first.
A major Chilean earthquake devastates half of Arica leaving the town split in ruin. Reports mention residents installing signs with phrases about earthquakes and grass as a curious postquake warning.
Andrew Carnegie calls football groveling in the mud while the New York American suggests a man must figure a way to fly. The Wars tyee quotes a speed limit dream for motorists and William K Vanderbilt Jr comments that the dream is a stern reality to others.
Three autograph notebooks once owned by the poet Shelley sold in London for 15000 dollars. A large portion of the manuscripts has not been published.
For the first half of 1906 Italy saw 458,618 emigrants, over half heading to transatlantic lands. The drain on population greatly exceeds natural increase, stressing the country’s population balance.
The island hosts about 687 named lakes and 20,000 unnamed ones. It lies on roughly 4,000 miles of coastline.
Roy Knabenshue plans a balloon flight to the North Pole starting in Toledo. The idea may shift to New Orleans with stopovers in Florida California and Samoa to bring home comforts and privileges.
The era of suffrage is reflected in school results where girls outperform boys in the three Rs and in art. Royal Academy honors favor female painters and models, and the New York Mail notes U S statistics show girls excel in aesthetic taste and education across several regions.
Kingston reeled after a major quake at 3 30 pm damaging ten mile radius and destroying most buildings. Fire followed, the business district lay in ashes, about 400 killed with thousands injured and 310 bodies already recovered. Aid planned from London and New York to supply doctors and medical relief.
A Kingston Jamaica earthquake leaves the city in ruins with most buildings damaged and many people dead or injured. The disaster floods reports of 500 to 1,200 dead, 10 000 homeless, and widespread destruction including harbor subsidence and shipping district collapse. American battleships Missouri Indiana aid relief as seismologist Pelar notes regional tremors and other seismic events.
Reports from Jamaica list about 1,000 dead and 90,000 homeless after the quake and fire in Kingston. Damage to Kingston estimated at 10 million dollars as banks burned but vaults survived. relief urged and British gov t communications sent from Port au Prince. Sir James Ferguson among the dead. harbor shores of Kingston reported sinking with wharves ruined.
A London dispatch dated January 15 from Holland Bay outlines graphic accounts of the Kingston disaster. The report notes the city of Kingston facing extensive destruction and casualties, emphasizing the scale of the calamity.
Early reports from Kingston Jamaica describe widespread destruction after a catastrophic quake. Buildings collapsed, warehouses ruined, fires raged, and looting occurred as the business district suffered extensive damage and many deaths were feared.
Washington January 18 The house approved an emergency relief measure for Jamaica sufferers. The bill authorizes the president to distribute provisions clothing medicines and other necessary articles from naval stores to destitute island residents in peril of starvation after the recent earthquake and conflagration.
A freight powder car explosion near Sanford Indiana destroyed a Big Four passenger train No 5 killing 30 to 40 people and injuring at least 35. Rescuers struggled in flames as bodies were found charred and scattered amid wreckage and debris.
Buffalo experiences the worst wind storm in a decade with two deaths reported and property damage likely totaling $2,000,000. Lake Erie flooding swells the Niagara River while docks at North Tonawanda lumber market are wrecked and Niagara Falls power is cut off leaving many buildings dark.
Reports from beside Ex Governor Frank W Higgins say his condition has not changed in twelve hours. Dr H J Janeway has returned home in New York, saying little can be done. Physicians say the end may be near as Higgins nears death from heart disease after leaving Albany to return home.
Public celebrations began Saturday night and continued through Sunday as the shah appeared in a public durbar at the great palace. Thousands filled the first court to witness the ceremony and express their joy at the coronation.
Flood danger eased in Arkansas City Kansas as railroad routes show marked improvement. Officials report river level declines and safer travel conditions for commuters despite ongoing watch.
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