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Newspaper
Scandia Journal
Location
Scandia, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jul 17, 1908
Page
1
A collage of notes on venom medicine, a possible illuminating gas, and a Vienna professor visiting Harvard. It cites Peary’s bold claim to pole discovery funds, jokes about Siberian automotives, and commentary on satire in poetry. It closes with reflections on Germany US postage, Homer and Casey, and the Dixie lyrics.
Washington reports a disappointing fiscal year with total receipts of 599,895,763 dollars and expenditures of 659,552,124 dollars. A 59,656,361 dollar deficit compares with a prior year surplus of 86,945,542 dollars. June shows a surplus typical for year-end, while July is expected to reveal a larger deficit.
Topeka Kansas announces five candidates are disqualified from ballot access for August primaries due to missing or insufficient signatures on nominating petitions. Disqualifications affect Socialist and Prohibition tickets in multiple districts and Democratic and Socialist senatorial hopefuls in others.
Des Moines Iowa. Grant Ferguson a Black man received a handsome gold medal from the Commercial club on a Wednesday for rescuing Wm Ebersole and companions when a launch was swept over a dam. Ferguson is credited with saving 12 lives from drowning at various times.
During a thunderstorm in northwest Missouri, politician Raleigh Martin and attorney L C Cook crawled beneath a barbed wire fence to seek safety a few hundred yards from a strike. Both were slightly stunned by the bolt.
Oyster Bay reports prominent publishers have offered Mr. Roosevelt one dollar per word for his account of impressions from the dark continent. The offer underscores high interest in his forthcoming story and reflects the era's appetite for detailed travel narratives.
Rear Admiral Charles M. Thomas retired U S N died in Del Monte California from a heart failure stroke Friday night at 8 30 p m He had dined with Mrs Thomas and Rear Admiral Swinburne and was on a hotel porch when he collapsed He commanded the Atlantic battleship fleet from Hampton Roads to San Francisco before retiring in California He briefly led the fleet at San Francisco for five days before being succeeded by Rear Admiral Sperry
A gas explosion at the Rikovsky mine in Yusovo, European Russia, trapped many miners. One hundred fifty seven bodies recovered all badly burned and the death toll is expected to reach at least two hundred. Seventy three men were rescued but many remain in serious condition and ten rescued died shortly after.
Supreme court Friday ruled in ouster proceedings filed by the attorney general for non enforcement of the prohibitory law. It ousted Coffeyville and Wichita from accepting or using money collected from jointists in lieu of license fees and removed J H Wilcox from his office as Mayor of Coffeyville.
Friederichsafen Count Zeppelin outdistanced all world records for steerable balloons and remained aloft 12 hours. He traversed much of northern Switzerland visiting Zurich Winterthur and Lucerne with an average speed of 34 miles an hour. The airship showed excellent dirigibility and stability with precise helm response.
A 72 mile national memorial highway from Washington D C to Gettysburg Pa is recommended as a memorial to Abraham Lincoln in a report by James T McCleary second assistant postmaster general and member of the Abraham Lincoln memorial commission.
Secretary Cortelyou issued a statement on the treasury deficit of 60 million dollars saying the figure is exaggerated by an antiquated accounting system. He argues that after standard government receipts are considered there is effectively a surplus.
Marionville photographer and chemist Guild confessed to secret service agent Lee T. Philpot about six months of counterfeit operations in southwest Missouri. He printed and passed $5 bills from the St Louis National Bank Springfield National Bank and Fort Dearborn Chicago Bank, with $1,080 in bogus notes seized. Arrested at Neosho and brought to Joplin, he awaits preliminary hearing before United States Commissioner Keyton.
Rev. Simpson Ely aged 59 died at Wakefield home Villa Heights Joplin after an 9:15 p.m. fall from a streetcar while en route to his last sermon. He revived in a nearby drug store then collapsed at the Wakefield residence. Ely served 89 years in the ministry and led evangelistic missions nationwide including a Kenyon Missouri presidency from 1889 to 1893.
Ex United States Senator J. R. Burton of Kansas joined the Democratic ranks in Denver and mingled with Kansas delegates. He announced his intention to support the Denver convention nominee and predicted the nomination would go to William Jennings Bryan.
The Chicago to ocean balloon race concluded Sunday night when the final of nine contestants landed at West Shefford Quebec about 800 miles from the start. The craft Fielding belonged to J. Fielding of San Antonio Texas.
L. Johnson of Cleveland says he will not serve as chairman of the next Democratic National Committee and confirms this in a statement issued on reaching the convention city Sunday.
Clay Center Kansas reports the death of ex state Senator Frank P Harkness after several months of illness. He served eight years representing the Clay and Dickinson district in the Kansas Senate.
Hal Watt, an English motor car racer, was thrown from his car while travelling about fifteen miles an hour and died in a hospital at Dieppe on Sunday.
Paragraph reports a customer uneasy after a butcher relocates to a shop adjacent to the Home for Lost Dogs. The neighboring change raises questions about food safety and local business impact.
The cross examination reveals the witness stating he stood thirteen feet seven and three quarters inches from the accused when the shot was fired. The lawyer challenges the precision but the witness insists he measured the distance and knew someone would question the exact fraction.
An entertainment at a Washington colored church featured Miss Balter singing Oh that I had wings like a dove with accompaniment by Rev Dr E F Botts, announced by the master of ceremonies.
Mrs Frank Stroebe of Appleton Wisconsin describes using Pertina to restore strength and energy after illness. She says she was a nervous wreck unable to sleep eat or rest and credits Pertina with improving her outlook and vitality.
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