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Newspaper
Scandia Journal
Location
Scandia, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jul 08, 1910
Page
7
Frank P. Lewis of Peoria bought twenty four carloads of fancy grade tobacco, the largest lot for any U S factory, to be used by Lewis' Single Binder Cigars. The purchase, from the finest crop in years, will last over two years and involved a premium price.
A humorous anecdote describes Mrs. O'Brien's twins and a nurse prompting Jimmy to alert his aunt. The first birth brings a little brother and the aunt is delayed. Half an hour later the nurse reports another brother and Jimmy wonders how many more may come before night.
Keen observers predict a large property boom in Wantland Colorado a new town in the center of the Little Snake River Valley. An irrigation system will water about 60000 acres of rich land with 10 year payments and water rights priced at 35 dollars per acre. The land is sold by the State of Colorado under the Carey Act. Industries such as sugar factories flour mills and canneries are eyed for Wantland. Full information available from Routt County Colonization Company 1734 Welton St Denver Colorado.
A clergyman at a parsonage marries a couple with his young son present. The boy asks whether a man must live with all the women he has married, prompting a thoughtful moment from his mother.
A nurse reports applying Resinol to a six month old leg ulcer twice daily for four weeks, leading to permanent healing. She also used it for children's facial eruptions and on various minor skin complaints with satisfactory results. Augusta Maine testimonial from a graduated nurse Mrs Isadore Cameron.
A quirky snippet shows characters mispronouncing phrases like The sea ceaseth and It sufficeth us. Mith Elisabeth remarks on the difficulty while playful mispronunciations persist, revealing humor in verbal slips during a light moment.
An odd blend of household tips and ad lines. Mentions Red Cross Ball Blue for cleaning clothes and dr Pierce’s Pleasant Pellets for stomach liver and bowels. Includes a quip about a genius who borrows money and notes on animals multiplying and snakes being adders.
Wyandotte county wins localization of rail line value affecting two dozen properties. Prison costs trimmed despite a population rise as the state contemplates funds transfer to cover May and June bills. Roosevelt schedules August 29 Osawatomie speech and battlefield dedication with a new aviation plan owner in dispute.
In Beverly Massachusetts Colonel Theodore Roosevelt visits President William Howard Taft at the president’s summer cottage. They greet warmly and chat for about two and a half hours on the veranda with old White House camaraderie. Lodge and Norton attend as witnesses.
A 24 member party including Prince Henry of Prussia Count Zeppelin and officials sails from Bremerhaven aboard Mainz to Spitzbergen to select a headquarters for the Zeppelin airship expedition to the Arctic aboard the Phoenix.
Samuel Hardin, a county jail prisoner under a penitentiary sentence in Leavenworth Kansas, hanged himself using a wire tied to the top of his cell door. He had been allowed a wire to hang clothes and had a prior seven year penitentiary term. He was recently jailed for wire theft and junk theft with a sentence of one to three years.
L. L. Smucker editorial writer for the Wichita Eagle has purchased the Eldorado Republican from the late T. B. Murdock. S. S. Smith, once with Murdock, has bought a paper in Medford, Oregon.
Senate committee probing Gore related Oklahoma land contracts found no funds allocated for the inquiry costs. The panel is unlikely to begin until December when Congress resumes. In contrast, the House Indian affairs committee for Oklahoma was granted broad powers and funding from the contingent fund.
Washington pension records show Civil War veterans and widows dying at roughly 90 per day, according to the pension bureau data.
PB. Keyes of 147 Congress St Boston reports decades of painful skin humor resisted doctors and hospitals. After trying Cutiura Remedies he was completely cured in a short time, expressing relief and gratitude in a dated testimonial from October 12, 1909.
Wm J Sadlier reports rapid cure after ten days using Cuticura Soap Ointment and Resolvent. He tried doctors for months with no results at 1614 Susquehanna Ave Philadelphia dated May 1 1909.
A tan Irishman among a revenue scuttle crew took a turn at the wheel and after a quirky spell in the pilot house he became the target of humor below. He quips that he steered more in ten minutes than others did in their watch.
A seaside visit with Aunt ends in tears for Helen when she hears her mother speaking from the city. The child fears getting mamma out of a “little hole” and bursts into sobs.
A character notes the subject was raised in a refining atmosphere and spent his boyhood in Pennsylvania oil districts, implying formative influences from the industry heartland.
Chicago woman credits Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound with avoiding a third operation. After two surgeries and ongoing inflammation a friend suggested the remedy, and after three bottles she recovered. The ad touts safeguards for female ailments and urges trying the product to restore health.
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