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Newspaper
Scandia Journal
Location
Scandia, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jul 16, 1909
Page
6
State Insurance Commissioner Charles W. Barnes issues an ultimatum to agents restricting debates with large property owners under the new law. Agents may still broker but must channel full premiums, ending partial commissions to favor big clients. The move targets carriers and agents amid state market changes.
The Kansas legislature funds a special librarian and clerk to establish a legislative reference library modeled after Wisconsin. Miss Edwina Casey from Wisconsin will lead the department, with Miss Mary P. Billingsley of Belleville as clerk. They will catalog state documents for lawmaker use beginning July 1.
State law preserves the existing insurance for public funds on deposit, allowing 4 percent or higher interest until contracts expire, then banks must drop to 3 percent or be excluded from the guaranty fund. Tax commissioners hear lower assessments requested by Kansas Natural Gas, People's Gas of Montgomery County, and Kansas City Pipe Line, as total assessments reach about $12 million, up from last year by roughly $600,000.
Governor Stubbs compiles a statement comparing Kansas freight rates for cattle hogs wheat and corn with Nebraska Missouri Illinois Oklahoma and Texas. Rates for other states come from their reports while Kansas uses the maximum freight rate law.
C E Morris of Westmoreland told the Topeka state tax commission that the valuation of the Kansas Southern and Gulf line, a nine mile stretch valued at 69900, should be about 13000. He is the receiver and urged the commission to cut the value. The piece notes state school land yields revenue and is purchased rapidly, with higher values raising appraisals and sales prices.
The St Louis and San Francisco Railroad company has been granted permission by the railroad commissioners to issue 16 million in refunding bonds. The new bonds will take up outstanding bonds about falling due.
The Kansas Rifle team chosen from Fort Riley competition will compete at Camp Perry Ohio on August 23. Practice starts August 9 in Burlington. Members include Lieut Parmley Lieut Walling Lieut Clark Capt Kessler Sergeant Cole Lieut Sawyer Sergeant Townsend Company listings cover First and Second regiments along with staff and musicians.
Vinita and Maude Rodwell, aged 13 and 11, once separated after their parents died in a covered wagon, are now living together in a good home near Salina. Vinita was placed there a year ago and the Kansas Children’s Home society matched the sisters by accident, withholding adoptive parents’ names.
Joseph Longshore state oil inspector announced 15 appointees to 118 deputy inspectors, bringing total selections to 26. Appointees include Miss Anna Haberline Kiowa George W Hemsey Quenemo A F Matson Arkansas City George Harming Girard Isaac Futhey Nictaze S A Davis Newton T Harmon Chetopa Nick Simeon Pittsburg Fred Yoxall Osborne HH March Galena F W Sturgis Concordia N A Turner Colby F M Luynch Plainville Charles H Emmons Hill City I A Mole Olathe.
A stretch of pavement in Lawrence is torn up for a new electric line project. Track laying cannot start yet because a carload of spikes and bolts went astray after leaving the factory. Once the missing car arrives, the work will proceed.
Kansas farmers lose high grade seed wheat as hail destroys 1200 acres near Hays City. The wheat was nearly ready for harvest and expected to yield strongly, leaving seed shortages for the season.
W. H. Shoemaker sold the 200 acre farm of W. A. Carmean north of Narka to Frank Holechek for 23000 dollars. The deal, at 115 dollars per acre, represents the highest farm price yet paid in Republic county.
A box of fireworks exploded on the Santa Fe express car at Lawrence waking half the town. The box contained torpedoes, crackers and rockets and the blast sent people scrambling but no injuries were reported.
A Boston man describes severe eczema on his hands with itching burning cracking and sleepless nights lasting three months. After trying his doctor's medicine relief came in a Cuticura remedy and he was cured within a month.
A pickpocket, after brushing past an elderly man on a street car, steals an old wallet. In a secluded spot he unpacks it to reveal a central card reading Young man Give Up Your Career of Crime Nothing in It. The scene hints at a warning against crime rather than a literal prize.
At a Dunmanway rural council meeting a member complained of the official veterinary surgeon's neglect. He cited a swine fever case in the area where the doctor had not appeared until the Tuesday, with another man representing him on arrival.
A cryptic dialogue about right and wrong ends with a playful holiday taunt. The text mixes a question about mortality and a nickname Johnnie with a light response. It reads as a fragment from a humorous column or a staged sketch.
A witty captive charms the cannibal king with flirtation and delays her fate. The monarch, impressed by her charm, frees her and she quips that the knowledge of being pretty would come in handy someday.
A friend recounts stalking a bull elephant when a cow charged the observer. She rammed the tree with her tusks snapping them near her head, stunning her momentarily. The herd fled, leaving the man with about 80 pounds of ivory valued at roughly $250.
The term grasshopper refers to husbands who take over domestic duties when wives recuperate at the sea in summer. With wives away, husbands must cook and handle household tasks, earning the nickname grasshoppers, a counterpart to grass-widow.
A London Globe fragment shows an invalid being cheered by a friend who brings flowers and jokes about a coffin. The caretaker and humor reveal a somber, resilient tone as the visitor tries to lift spirits amid hardship.
An eager parent extols trees green leaf gowns in winter while a child imagines trees store their dressy leaves in trunks for the cold season. The playful exchange blends nature wonder with youthful wit.
A young man in Seneca hunted up the coroner to apply for a marriage license and was assured he could not receive anything worse than a death warrant at that office.
W A Blair and J W Blair purchased the Greenleaf Baker elevator in Atchison and will rebuild it with a capacity of 200000 bushels.
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