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Newspaper
Scandia Journal
Location
Scandia, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jul 07, 1905
Page
1
A New York millionaire elopes with a waitress while risky driving by booze raises words. Wall Street real estate slingshot offers an inch for 4 dollars. A Pennsylvania church pays rent with a June rosé, February coming. A Montana inventor touts vineless potato and a dogless sausage may follow. Naples frets as a scientist foresees volcano closing shop.
The passage questions which nation proves a true friend to the sultan of Morocco as he tests responses to a touch. It urges patience with the new graduate and notes after weeks of travel he will recognize his imitators. It also suggests May or Weaver of Philadelphia hire a trustworthy night understudy for security.
The announcement puts this year’s postal deficit near 15 million dollars as publishers send fewer manuscripts. Meanwhile in New York a fire destroyed about 100 automobiles recently, yet no noticeable impact is expected.
A historical note recalls the battleship Texas being considered sunk in a theoretical sense after numerous casual failures in practice. The remark underscores long standing skepticism about the ship's operational viability.
A Russian in London notes that Admiral Rosestvensky’s name should stress the second syllable. The speaker asks if the reader can manage the correct pronunciation.
Preparations to ex terminate the mosquitoes proceed, but the muted public reaction suggests little boost to life insurance discussions.
A group of twelve well known men wrote to an Iowa schoolboy declaring that success rests on real hard work. eleven of the twelve were lawyers. The letters underline discipline and persistence as keys to achievement.
Report notes Alfonso formed friendships during a London stay but offers no authority for claims. It mentions Edward referring to him as Allie in informal circles, a detail lacking official corroboration.
A preacher faces a request to re sign his pulpit due to using an automobile. The dispatch details do not reveal whether his wealth came from inheritance or marriage.
A New York man was fined twenty dollars for catching a trout under six inches. The judge, however, missed noting the bigger fish that escaped.
A Chicago man filed suit for an injunction to prevent his wife from speaking, highlighting an unusual marital dispute in a local court filing. The case focuses on a request to silence a spouse amid domestic tensions.
Mr Bonaparte of Baltimore says he has no use for the man who lives on his grandfather’s name. Yet possessing a granduncle remains a notable distinction in social circles and personal history.
A chair once owned by President Washington was sold to the Mount Vernon Association for 7500 dollars. The report notes that a seat in New York's stock exchange costs considerably more.
The satirical remark mocks medical authority as Dr Osler jokes that freckled girls make amiable wives and will never be old enough to be chloro formed, highlighting period social attitudes with sharp irony.
A New York man asks police to locate his 16 year old niece who vanished from home. He notes she is six feet tall and believes investigators have some prospect of success.
An alderman in Yonkers seeks 25000 dollars in damages after being accused of soliciting a bribe. He argues the alderman who pushes his case to court deserves compensation for the scandal.
A 35 year old man in Massachusetts becomes engaged to an 84 year old woman. The community hesitates to congratulate until clearer confirmation arrives, noting the unusual pair and the social reaction from the woman's family.
The General Educational Board receives a ten million dollar endowment from John D. Rockefeller. A letter from F. T. Gates states the $100,000,000 gift will be paid October 1 and held as a perpetual foundation. Income funds higher education nationwide.
Ambassador Meyer reports from Washington that the Russian government orders immediate mobilization of 100000 to 200000 troops at Petrograd Moscow Warsaw and Kiev for service in Manchuria.
The Missouri Oklahoma Gulf railroad will locate its terminal yards at Muskogee and likely build its shops there. The company has an agreement with the city council to extend water mains to the new yards, which will be north of town.
American consul in Odessa reports firing ceased and Kniaz Potemkine surrendered without further resistance. The battle ship left Odessa for an unknown destination after a mutiny led by sailors aided by revolutionists, with several officers killed and the red flag raised.
Yale alumni meeting in New Haven reports John D. Rockefeller pledged 1 million dollars for Yale endowment. Alumni also pledged another 1 million. Endowment funds to be invested in income producing securities and preserved inviolate for the institution with annual income used for current expenses.
New York reports indicate E H Harriman plans a lengthy stay in Japan after the war. Traders expect he will pursue major commercial ties and traffic alliances for Union Pacific, eyeing a trans Pacific steamship line to link with Japan as it rises as a maritime power.
Rome reports the pope may leave the Vatican in hot weather and visit Monte Cassino in Italy. He would stay with Abbot Boniface Krug, formerly of St. Vincent's Arch Abbey in Beatty PA. The pope had promised to visit Monte Cassino on prior occasions and renewed the vow after each conclave.
Telegraph from Trondheim to the Journal announces nearly all Norwegian forces mobilized and training conscripts. About 2000 infantry moved toward the Swedish boundary and 65 cars with two engines were sent south from Trondheim to aid troop movements.
In Washington solicitor general Penfield refused to discuss Governor Folk’s request to arrest W D Thomas alleged asylum treasurer fugitive lying in London. No information can be released until county officers act, officials said.
Charles H Hubbell appointed general superintendent of the Rock Island central district covering Chicago to Denver. He started twenty years ago as a telegraph operator and rose to Chicago terminal division superintendent before taking the new post on July 1.
Costa Rican government issues strict orders to prevent bubonic plague contagion. A physicians' meeting approved nationwide instructions to spread preventive guidance.
Secretary of State John Hay died at 12:25 Friday night after signs of pulmonary embolism. His condition had been satisfactory on Friday despite a prior European tour for health. The death bulletin was signed by Drs Charles L Scudder and Fred T Murphy.
Mutinous crews aboard a battleship and a torpedo boat in the roads have killed their officers. The mutineers threaten to bombard the town, and all port work has been halted.
American consul at Odessa reports the Russian warship Kniaz Potomkin and a torpedo boat reached port Tuesday night. All officers were killed at sea and bodies thrown overboard. Sailors threaten to bombard the town if interfered with. The Black Sea fleet is expected.
Advices from Odessa report the Potemkin mutiny after a sailor was shot by the battleship commander. The crew allegedly carried the body ashore and demanded better food. No confirmed killings. Strikes and clashes with Cossacks spread panic as workers parade and union discipline weakens.
Government transport crew mutinied at Nicolaieff and turned captors over to the battleship Kniaz Potemkine. Foreign consuls seek warships from their governments. Odessa harbor fires gutted warehouses and several steamers with large losses. Estimated rioters killed run into hundreds. Cossacks also slain as troops restore order.
President Theodore Roosevelt cables Emperor William I from Cambridge praising German American friendship. He thanks the German people for courtesy and kindness and notes the growing bond as beneficial to mankind, acknowledging Kaiser Wilhelm II's efforts.
The Muskogee & Texas Railway company is chartered to construct a railroad from Cushing Oklahoma to Honey Grove Texas spanning about 250 miles with capital stock set at 40 million dollars. It will pass through Muskogee and Povim Indian Territory as part of the route.
A New York City man recounts two years of neck sores spreading to his hair causing a bald spot and itch. After using Cuticura Soap and Ointment, the sores disappeared and hair regrew thick and healthy. he recommends Cuticura publicly from 104 W 104th St NYC.
A pithy line proclaims that any man failing to persuade a woman of his wisdom and virtue is weak. The remark frames romantic competence as a measure of character in a dated, male-centered moral vein.
An empresario ad notes Mra Winslow’s Soothing Syrup for children teething softens gums and relieves pain. The text mentions a 25 cent bottle, a cure story from Rondout New York, and a claim of kidney and gravel trouble cured by a Dr avid Kennedy’s remedy. A social quote about supportive family life closes the fragment.
An advertisement touts Defiance Cold Water Starch for laundry use offering a full 16 ounce package at the same 10 cent price as smaller quarter pound staches. It claims the starch never sticks to iron and warns grocers against stocking inferior 12-ounce or 4-ounce sizes.
In a terse exchange Mr Jones calls out anyone who harms a blind man as no good. Litt le Fred asks for the meaning of fatuous, labeling the remark a foolish man’s term.
Advertisement for the Acetylene Apparatus Manufacturing Company appears in another column of this newspaper page, offering equipment and details likely of interest to industrial buyers and workshop operators.
In parts of Europe, women take on agricultural plowing tasks alongside men, reflecting long standing rural practices where women perform demanding fieldwork to sustain farming communities and contribute to harvests.
An advertisement touts Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound as a universal remedy for women. It claims to cure ovarian troubles inflammation ulcers and womb displacement and helps with backache digestion headaches and nervous debility. It also offers confidential correspondence with Mrs Pinkham.
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