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Newspaper
Scandia Journal
Location
Scandia, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jul 12, 1907
Page
3
The narrator trails a widowed woman and Jenks the stage driver at Carney Croft. He uncovers fresh earth and a wrapped bundle at dawn, realizing a grave-like site with multiple little mounds as he hurries back to the estate. The chapter ends with a cliffhanger.
In the early hours, Sgt Jorg reported a trail found after a night of sleepless patrols. Morning broke as investigators followed fresh tracks and noted uncertain signs of activity near the waypoint.
The Boston Herald notes that a wealthy American heiress lives under constant guard. She may not leave home alone, even for a park trip or a visit, unless accompanied by protectors, due to threats from fortune hunters and conspirators seeking her wealth.
A reflective piece traces how past surgeons were coarse and feared for operating on conscious patients. It credits anesthesia with freeing the field, allowing a higher type of surgeon to emerge. The stance highlights progress from brutal methods to more humane, imaginative practice.
A Bavarian winemaker crafted 55 000 gallons of wine in a year using chemicals and no grape juice. He is among many involved in similar schemes, facing imprisonment and fines. Over seven years, about 300 tons of glycerin and acids were used by dealers, fueling a hazardous, alcohol laced with no real grapes.
Spanish War Veterans announce the national encampment of the Army of the Philippines in Kansas City from August 13 to 16. The Louis A. Craig camp plans entertainment for delegates and visitors, and the Twentieth Kansas regiment reunion will occur with the encampment. Expected attendees include Lt. Gen. Arthur MacArthur Jr., Brig. Gen. Frederick Funston, Col Wilder Metcalf, Brig. Gen. Irving Hale, and Brig. Gen. Charles King.
The Record-Herald canvassed U S accident fatalities after Independence Day reporting 36 killed and 1 471 injured nationwide in 24 hours. In Chicago six deaths were caused by apparently unloaded revolvers and large firecrackers. New York contributed seven deaths. Many injuries were serious and some would die, with cannon firecrackers blamed for most incidents involving children.
Lincoln Neb. Attorney General Thompson reports that five express companies were enjoined by the supreme court from evading the new state law cutting express rates 25 percent. The law, effective Friday, finds the firms failing to file schedules with the railway commission, signaling noncompliance and exposing them to penalties at the commission’s discretion.
The descendants of the signers of the Declaration of Independence organized temporarily at the Jamestown exposition in Norfolk. William Shields McKean of Washington, D. C., was elected president and Thomas J. Randolph of Norfolk secretary. About 200 descendants attended. they adjourned to meet again in October 1908 to establish a permanent group.
New York reports that E H Harriman ordered full accident reports from the Union Pacific Southern Pacific and Oregon lines and directed prompt disclosure to the press starting Monday. The move affects all rail lines within the Harriman system and aims to inform the public of incident details.
Secretary of the Navy Victor H. Metcalf in a Thursday interview confirmed a report that a large portion of the United States Navy will be in the Pacific next winter. He said eighteen or twenty of the largest battleships will sail around Cape Horn on a practice cruise and will be seen in San Francisco harbor.
Troops and gendarmes lined the route to the wharf in Villafranche France to prevent a popular mutiny. Seventeen infantrymen marched to the cruisers bound for Sfax with the ships sailing out to sea soon after the men boarded.
San Francisco mayor Eugene Schmitz, awaiting sentencing after a conviction for extortion, told the Associated Press in a Tuesday interview that he will run for reelection to a forty term.
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