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Newspaper
Scandia Journal
Location
Scandia, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jan 26, 1900
Page
6
A description of railroad speed and power highlights the era’s locomotive performance. It notes twenty tons of steam pressure per piston, two thirds of a ton coal per hour by the fireman, and two quarts of oil hourly to keep the engine running.
The Chicago Milwaukee and St. Paul Railway issued an illustrated pamphlet about land along its new line in Bon Homme and Charles Mix counties South Dakota. Free copy by 2 cent stamp to Geo H Heafford. general passenger agent. Additional brand ads and catchy sayings follow.
Special dispatches report British forces across the Tugela River at Potgieter’s drift and Warren’s brigade crossing five miles from the river. Wounded are arriving at Moor River field hospital by train as fighting escalates. Rumors of Ladysmith relief lack confirmation. General Lyttleton’s brigade and a Howitzer battery crossed the Tugela on January 16 with heavy rain aiding progress.
Congress faces Wheeler seat dispute as General Joseph Wheeler may not be seated again without re election. Inquiry into his relief from Philippine duty shows a broad view that precedent forfeits his right to a seat, leaving him to seek re election if he wishes further service.
Edward Moore an employee of Hillsboro Coal Company shot and killed his wife Rose C Moore thinking she was a burglar. He and friend Lannigan were playing checkers when a noise at the kitchen door prompted Moore to enter the bedroom and fire his revolver striking his wife in the brain. The coroner's jury conducts an inquest as Moore mourns.
Representative Corliss of Michigan introduces a bill to build and run a transnational cable network linking the United States with Hawaii Guam the Philippines and other nations. The measure mirrors last year’s plan giving the president power to set the route and cap the cost at eight million dollars.
An attorney expresses optimism that unpaid Omaha exposition employees will be paid in full and that small creditors may recover part of the 45000 balance from exposition company assets and potential stockholder lawsuits after other resources are drained.
Henry Hughes a veteran of the old navy aged ninety five has been admitted to the county almshouse in Chester Pennsylvania He enlisted at nine teen and served three years aboard the sloop of war Hancock as a sailmaker He fought in the Mexican War aboard the St Mary He saved Commodore Matthew G Perry He served on the Kearsage Somers Congress and John Adams He was aboard the Kearsage when Admiral Schley was a lieutenant He returned to sailmaking until old age halted him.
A House special committee on Brigham H. Roberts Utah reached a unanimous finding on his polygamous status but divided on procedure. The majority, all members except Littlefield and De Armond, favored exclusion at the start while battlefield and De Armond prepared a minority report to seat Roberts on prima facie rights before expulsion.
A Caracas dispatch states Venezuela descends into anarchy as government money flows halt. Bank directors including M Montauban and other foreign nationals are arrested and confined in the fortress. The French charge d affaires cites ignored representations and calls for the French Atlantic squadron to be sent to the Venezuelan coast.
Alexander Savage, once missing from Bloomsburg Pennsylvania for 35 years, reappears as a high ranking Spanish army officer in Madrid. His brother received a letter from him stating wealth and residence in Madrid. A 5 year old China letter claimed he went to the Orient to seek fortune, and 30 years have passed since that note.
Orlie Mull was arrested at Concordia Kansas by Sheriff Simmons and to be returned to Hastings to face charges of statutory rape and perjury. He allegedly brought Sonia Soucie a fifteen year old from Franklin County to Hastings on December 29, married her, then left the city, with the complaints sworn by the girl's father.
Councilman Lobeck proposed a popular loan to fund part of the Omaha waterworks with bonds valued at 1 million dollars in the denomination of 108 to be affordable for citizens with limited means. Councilman Karr supported the plan.
Preparations for trouble are reported at Baackes mills of American Steel and Wire as supplies are moved in. The workers union says another plant, in Newcastle Pennsylvania, has closed due to the strike, and Rankin Pennsylvania may also close.
Two men were killed and three possibly fatally injured when an elevator at Q Rielly Bros on 122nd Street and St Nicholas Avenue in New York plummeted from the ninth floor to the basement. A broken cable caused the descent of about 140 feet in seconds.
Letters praise Belva Lockwood the prominent Washington barrister and sole female presidential candidate. The notice highlights her Peruna endorsement for cold and nerves, discusses catarrh risks for women, and promotes free health literature. It also advertises Southern Pacific Sunset Route travel to Texas and the West with schedules and travel contacts.
At Yetholm Scotland a man named Fan was crowned King of the gypsies succeeding his late mother Queen Esther. The tin and tinsel crown was placed by the village blacksmith whose family holds a hereditary right to crown gypsy sovereigns. The king rode in a carriage drawn by six asses.
An advertisement claims deafness stems from inflamed Eustachian tube and catarrh. It asserts constitutional remedies can restore hearing, offers $100 for any case cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure, and promotes related Hall's Family Pills.
A collage of antiquarian notes and advertisements mentions ancient Egyptian onion reverence, the cauliflower’s travels to England, and varied cures and products. It includes lines about Magnetic Starch, Laxative Bromo Quinine, Baker’s Chocolate, Piso’s Cure, and moral aphorisms, all perched in a late 19th century style.
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