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Newspaper
Scandia Journal
Location
Scandia, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jan 29, 1909
Page
6
A Brooklyn Life excerpt contrasts a couple dreaming of solitude with a relief expedition survivor’s humor. A witty hat purchase exchange frames the piece as a light note on marriage, longing, and hardship within a North Pole context. The banter ends with a playful pun about a “doleful wife” versus a “Merry Widow.”
Dialogue captures Mrs Fastboy's impatience as supper awaits while the husband is held at the office. The maid has already laid breakfast settings, prompting a sharp exchange with Mrs Fastboy calling the other woman an idiot.
A witty exchange from Harper's Bazar frames a creditor and debtor discussing a bill as a settled melancholy. The jest hints at financial strain with literary flair.
A terse line from Saturday Sunset hints at an unsettled marriage scenario as a newlywed states that marrying the widow was her idea, challenging Robbins' expectations about the union. The exchange suggests social or romantic tensions within a brief, pointed moment.
Kansas City theaters announce a week long engagement of The Right of Way at Willis Wood Theater from Sunday January 24 with matinees on Wednesday and Saturday. Cast features Guy Standing Theodore Robert Charley Steele and Joe Portugals. Eugene W Presbrey’s dramatization emphasizes realism and romance and probes thoughtful themes amid amusement. Celestine And has Pryor’s church crowd depicted with humor and warmth.
A brief comic inquiry from a Philadelphia Inquirer style voice notes the delay of an echo as a former telephone operator named Mrs Newrich asks for a number. The snippet evokes early communication and newspaper cadence.
A Missouri list of patents issued January 5 1909 reported by Brown solicitor of patents. Names include Forkner Millan Mack White Williams Brady Day Hume Appleby Crabtree Tu High McCutchan Sheppard among others with patent numbers and locations across Missouri Kansas Oklahoma and nearby regions.
The Senate and House debate actions on Willett speech expungement and investigation. Salary raises pass for the president, vice president, and speaker. speaker’s pay set at 15 000, chief justice 15 000, associate justice 14 500. Eulogies planned for Parker and Allison. Newlands introduces bureau of arts and public buildings bill.
The president’s Friday message to Congress departs from his prior style with no big stick emphasis. It reads as philosophical and reflective on accomplishments and misseds, presenting a calm valedictory tone. The address introduces the national resources report from the conservation commission.
In memory of Alfred C Alford a Kansas officer killed in the Spanish American War while leading Company B Twentieth Kansas at Caloocan Philippines. His home was Lawrence and he was the first officer of the Fighting Twentieth to fall. A Boston organization named Alfred Alford Camp No 49 United War Veterans includes only members in active service.
Washington reports the naval program for the fiscal year 1900 was passed by the House of Representatives after committee review. The bill totals 1.5 billion dollars, with heated debate over naval expansion and the decision to remove a provision restoring marines to ships. Peace advocates opposed the increase while advocates pressed to authorize more vessels.
Homer Pond formerly of the Third Wisconsin Infantry and veteran leader in the Kansas G A R and Odd Fellows lodge died at the National Soldiers' Home Leavenworth after a three year hospital stay. He served as postmaster at Fort Scott during President Van Buren’s era. his brother James Pond was a noted manager of lectures.
A lone highwayman entered O. J. French’s store at Wellington near the Rock Island depot and, at gunpoint, forced the cashier to surrender $25 in silver from the drawer. He fled but was captured at Calwell with a confederate after a telegraph alert and brought back to Wellington where the clerk identified him.
Rumor United States Panama libel proceedings may delay the president’s Africa trip. White House says no contingency. he plans to sail as scheduled after March 4, though he may be subpoenaed as a witness in the case.
Ruth Bryan Leavitt petitioned for divorce in Lincoln Nebraska alleging non support as sole ground. The artist William H Leavitt now in Paris is named as respondent and custody of three children is sought. The case was withdrawn after filing with service to be by publication.
Kansas residents in Chicago plan a January 29 Kansas Day dinner inviting Governor Stubbs and notable Kansans for addresses. The organizing committee includes George Ry Peck George T Nicholson John Sebastian Russell Roe Whitman J C Wesley and Rev Duncan C Milner.
Members of the Kansas State Bar association plan their third annual convention in Topeka on January 27 and 28 with a packed two day program. The annual banquet will be held on the evening of January 28 and stands expected to be a memorable occasion.
Congressman W A Calderhead recuperating in Topeka Kansas and able to be on the street rather than bed bound. He plans to return to Washington at the end of a twenty day leave of absence.
A premature explosion at the Bird Doe Mine north of Joplin Missouri killed Zeke Gullett and injured three men. Dar Richardson is expected to lose an eye. Perry Cuppleer and I T Norris were also hurt. Gullett tamped the hole and was 30, unmarried, with severe facial injuries.
Inmates at the Trutchinson reformatory crafted a gavel presented to the house. Speaker Dolley accepted the token saying it bore great significance as a gift from the reformatory. The senate also received a gavel from the same source.
The president nominated Guy A. Swallow of Meriden to be postmaster at Fort Leavenworth replacing Laura Goodfellow, amid reports of office troubles. Swallow was recommended by Representative Anthony.
San Francisco Cil Howart T Black, a salesman, caused a trial sensation by telling the court his wife was approached on Wednesday by a man who sought his opinion on the bribery case.
In Chicago on Wednesday Lloyd R. Steers wed Kathryn Charlton of Oak Park. The ceremony featured an unusual twist with George S. Steers acting as best man for his son.
Andrew White of St Louis pleaded guilty to fraudulent registration and received a two year sentence. He was the thirteenth voter convicted of fraud in the latest registration drive.
Former Chicago residents described as Kansans plan a Kansas Day dinner on January 29 to mark the state's admission to the Union. Speakers include Eugene Ware George R. Peck B L Winchell F J V Skiff and John Sebastian.
Gov. Stubbs selects James Teeter as marshal of the South-side city court in Kansas City. He succeeds Albert Decker who was elected sheriff.
In Chicago stock yards district officials report that Morris & Co. documents tied to rebating and packing concerns have been burned by companies since the federal investigation began. The claim comes to light through word received by the U S district attorney.
Peter Healy a wealthy farmer died while driving home to Kanecouny farm on Thursday. His 14 year old daughter Margaret restrained the horses and brought the carriage home with her father deceased in the vehicle.
The Joplin and Pittsburg Electric Railway known as the Heim line wins a city franchise for building into Cherokee. Negotiations are in progress between Girard Coal Belt Electric Railway and J. J. Weim, president, for purchasing the coal belt system.
County Superintendent D. Holt reports that 60 of Cherokee county's 100 rural schools conduct daily elementary agriculture lessons. Two schools will offer a course in vocational training for seventh and eighth grade boys.
J. Giles Smith known as father of Scottish Rite Masonry in Wichita and first thirty third degree Mason in the consistory died suddenly of heart disease. He began the movement to establish a local consistory over twenty years ago.
A Camden New Jersey testimonial praises Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound for relief from headaches back pain and fatigue. Gardiner Maine reader credits cure of female disease after three months of use. The notices urge doctors' failures to seek the remedy for inflammation ulceration and other female ailments.
A bachelor muses on marriage and choosing a wife who would be his equal. A married man replies that a woman who would submit to such treatment is not worth having at home, citing JT’s experience.
An ad claims Hall's Catarrh Cure as a constitutional remedy with testimonials and a money-back offer. Also mentions Beech laxative and humorous quotes, with miscellaneous product notices and medical claims from Toledo Ohio vendors.
An old advertisement touts Pettit's Lye Salve for eye conditions claiming over 100 years of use. It suggests benefits for discomfort and vision issues and notes availability from local druggists in Maal New York.
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