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Newspaper
Scandia Journal
Location
Scandia, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jan 31, 1908
Page
6
A discussion on store placement and market capacity warns against overbuilding in new western towns. It argues that excessive competition dilutes trade, that successful merchants target communities with genuine need, and that location, population, and local demand determine a store’s fate.
A writer laments rising organization across sectors from farmers and grain dealers to retailers and workers. They argue combines push prices in some cases while others seek to curb wages and secure living, questioning if home trade principles could prevent such combinations.
A prayerful plea to send aid to the poor and lonely, asking Christ to light a candle in the darkness with a grateful heart. The fragment reflects a devotional tone attributed to Henry Van. Nvika.
A historical report criticizes mail order houses for selling mostly low grade jewelry and plated silverware at high prices with weak guarantees. It cites a likely 25 to 30 million dollars yearly in jewelry from catalog firms and notes aggressive discounting, fake brand marks, and inferior silverware often passed off as better quality.
A historical articulation criticizes mail order houses for centralizing capital in large cities. It argues they injure local merchants by draining demand and limiting regional development, urging readers to oppose rapid growth of mail order systems to protect community wealth and employment.
A Burman witness in a criminal case testified in calm terms that he had no occupation. He stated that his wife is a good, careful and hardworking woman who supports him. Calcutta Statesman reported the deposition.
Folio sized paper known as foolscap derives from folio capo in Italian. Between the 13th and 17th centuries it bore a watermark of a fool’s head with cap and bells, marking the sheet.
A Beecher aphorism extols books as a finer furnishing for a home, noting books can outshine furniture in making a house feel complete and beautiful. The sentiment frames reading as a core decorating choice.
A London firefighting note highlights Saturdays as the busiest day for fires. Over ten years London recorded 3,393 Saturday fires versus 3,002 fires on Mondays, the day with the fewest blazes.
A naval authority foresees a future dominated by very large battleships of 20 000 tons or more and heavy guns 12 inches and larger. War at extreme ranges will hinge on speed and fleet formation with line ahead tactics. The article argues big ships win and navies race to mass firepower.
Congressman Madison wins Reclamation Service interest for an irrigation project in southwestern Kansas. A natural basin near the Finney Haskell county line south of the Arkansas River could become a lake at low cost to irrigate thousands of acres east of the basin. Mailison urged officials to send an expert for a technical study.
Saline County treasurer reports Rock Island railroad cannot pay the first half of this year’s taxes due to financial stringency. The action forfeits a 5 percent rebate, effectively charging 10 percent interest on 2500 dollars. Taxes due June 20 next.
Cupid causes two teachers to resign in Salina area schools. Schools will stay closed until out of town replacements are secured amid a shortage of qualified teachers in Saline County.
The city of Topeka through its lawyers files a petition in district court to recover 4819.36 from M. Snattinger, a director of the defunct First National Bank, as the balance due to the city from stockholders of the bank.
A chain of large skating rinks is planned led by Chanute backers. J. M. Rickel and Jas. Reid, owners of the Star rink, have already built rinks in nearby towns and aim to erect a mammoth facility in Chanute as part of a $10,000 rink effort.
The Kansas Portland cement plant at Iola resumes operations with about 300 men back at work who had left December 24. Fires were started in the kilns of the Union Brick works and 75 men returned to their positions there, after leaving two weeks earlier.
The Crystal Salt Plant at Kanapolis started all machinery in the presence of Denver directors. There was no hitch or break. the equipment ran perfectly and the directors expressed satisfaction with the operation.
The teacher prompts the class with a riddle about a dimer and three cents lost. A precise Boston boy interrupts, joking about needing time to get change first before answering.
E R De Yee of Wellington holds a 290 year old center table once owned by his great great grandmother. It has remained in the family since the original owner's death.
The monarch produced a satisfactory meal featuring salt beef or pork and cabbage reflecting a simple royal dining preference.
Ray Brown art director of Everybodys wrote that a story by Samuel Hopkins Adams moved May Wilson Preston to tears after she illustrated it. Adams visited and Brown joked the tale had made two people weep: Preston and Brown who billed for the drawings.
A short慈quotation urges never miss beauty in faces skies and flowers and to welcome it as a blessing from the fountain of all loveliness. It describes beauty as acharmed draught to be drunk with eyes and gratitude.
Five of ten Shawnee county prize winners in the local corn contest at Topeka earned premiums at the state corn contest held at Manhattan agricultural college.
The Kansas Improved Stock Breeders association elected George W. Berry of Lawrence as president E W Melville of Hadora as vice president H A Heath of Topeka as secretary and treasurer I D Graham of Topeka as assistant secretary The group backed the direct primary the guaranty bank deposit bill and a measure to tax stock at market value amid concerns over inflated assessors listing stock at five to six times market value.
At Congressman James M. Miller request the Postmaster General issued an order stopping rural free delivery and mail route carriers from transporting intoxicating liquor in Kansas along their routes. The action is expected to extend to all states with a later nationwide order.
In a morning mail item a postal card shows J Alexander McNutt claiming to have graduated from a correspondence school of journalism and asking to write for a newspaper. The editor replies inviting him to submit a letter to the circulation manager with the subscription price.
An old fashioned reliance on field roots and herbs meets modern medicine in Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. Mrs. Bertha Muff 515 N C St Louisiana Mo testifies after twelve years of illness and eleven doctors, claiming the remedy restored health and strength and could help other women.
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