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Newspaper
Scandia Journal
Location
Scandia, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jul 26, 1907
Page
3
A collage of wry lines and social musings touches on money in a box public folly wills and warnings. It cites Cranberry growers, a turkey trust, and a library tied to ammunition as satirical foils. The piece threads jokes about marriage ambition suicide and aging Yale grads with dated references and quirky observations.
The Baltimore American says treat best friends like cash. The Chicago Record-Herald questions if one can have both best friends and cash, prompting a debate on social values.
A newspaper note reports that Japanese individuals are growing taller, claiming an increase of over an inch in the latest generation. The blurb questions if the trend will make the Japanese giants of the era.
Decatur county shows farmers organizing a game protective association. Investigators indicate quail protect crops more than they serve as food, suggesting broader adoption elsewhere.
The British ambassador Igre says the American people demonstrate exceptional ability for self government. He has studied American institutions carefully and traveled among the people, calling the United States’ system a significant tribute from a governmental expert.
Persian mendicants travel vast distances on donkeys to Meshed or Mecca and return as Hadji. The animal serves its owner, though the donkey often bears harsh treatment with a chain used as a substitute for a whip.
Judge Uriah M. Rose of Arkansas, a long time leading figure at the Arkansas bar, is recognized as a scholarly lawyer and an eminent proponent of American dignity and interests at the Hague conference. He is Kentuckian by birth and has for a quarter century been in the foremost rank of Arkansas’ legal community.
Enforcement begins with closures of all opium dens in Peking and orders to establish free hospitals for poor patients to be treated for opium addiction. Dowager Empress outlined plan last November. Other provinces show mixed results but a noticeable decline in use.
The United States filed in New York a petition against the major tobacco firms led by American Tobacco and Imperial Tobacco with 56 corporations and 29 individuals. The government aims to dissolve the trust by breaking up consolidated agreements, citing its growth since 1890 and potential monopoly. James C. Reynolds, the special assistant AG, said a receiver may be sought based on witness evidence, and criminal prosecution under the Sherman law is highly probable.
San Francisco temporary mayor Dr. Charles Boxton testified on the witness stand that Theodore V. Halsey, an indicted agent of the Pacific States Telephone company, paid him five thousand dollars mostly in hundred dollar bills to influence votes against granting a rival franchise to the Home Telephone company.
San Francisco reports indicate the telegraphers strike widening with a possible walkout in a major eastern city. Western Union officials refused conference after a grievances meeting led by I N Miller Jr. a note from Miller was read by Chief Operator H J Jeffs. The Commercial Telegraphers union chief in Chicago said no settlement is possible without a general strike, prompting plans to depart for Chicago.
San Diego reports another Japanese held at Fort Rosecrans on a Friday arrest for possessing a blue print of fort works. The servant, described as highly capable, kept a standard engineering text in his room and the plan showed advanced technical skill though it was unfinished.
The article contrasts a new cradle design with traditional infants care. A man claims sideways rocking harms babies and introduces a boat-shaped cradle that swings lengthwise, challenging long-held beliefs about infant soothing while invoking modern motherhood ideals.
Westerners and southerners are increasingly moving into New York power roles. Theodore P. Shonts tackles the transit problem. Virginia’s Thomas F. Ryan exits Equitable Life with Morton’s team driving better results for policyholders. Other western figures include E. H. Gary of U S Steel, John W. Gates, Henry C. Frick, Norman B. Ream, William H. Moore, and Daniel G. Reid among New York’s top leaders.
A refined hostess known for big houses shares a tale of premature white hair seen as charm. At a tea a debutante received an old blue cup. The hostess joked the cup was a hundred fifty years old, prompting a careful response from the young guest.
A grand jury in the United States district court returned an indictment against the Atchison Topeka and Santa Fe railway for granting rebates totaling 12 000 dollars to the United States Sugar Beet company of Garden City Kansas. The 65 count indictment charges alleged law violations and carries a potential maximum fine of 1 300 000 dollars or 65 000 dollars.
London reports Sir Thomas Lipton probable to renew a challenge for the America's Cup in 1908 with another Shamrock. Though he may not confirm, the New York Yacht Club may receive the challenge by the October deadline, with Lipton eager to make another attempt and cross the Atlantic next year.
John T. Thompson a prisoner in custody of Detective Joseph Day of the Portland Oregon police leaped from a car window as the train ran 40 miles an hour near Denver and escaped Thompson is wanted at Portland for a $3000 theft and was captured in London after a worldwide chase
A Rock Island passenger train No. 24 derailed near Peabody Kansas after hitting a derailing switch at midnight. The engine overturned injuring engineer Lady of Herington and baggage man Gushee among others including a brakeman, a Pullman conductor, and several passengers.
Elmer Stricklett recalls a New York club boast and predicts a Mountain View youth who can outpitch Mike with a extraordinary slow ball. The rival notes the young pitcher can run after his own ball and fetch it back as he sees it about to be hit.
The jury to try Vice President Louis Glass of the Pacific States Telephone and Telegraph Company for bribing Supervisor Charles L. Buxton with 5000 dollars to vote for withholding a franchise to the Home Telephone Company of San Francisco was completed Tuesday afternoon.
The grand encampment of Knights Templar voted Thursday to hold its next triennial conclave in Chicago in 1910, with officials confirming the decision at the meeting extending to Saratoga and New York.
An engineer notes that thin sand coatings previously kept state highways in Massachusetts from raveling in dry weather. Last year saw two long dry periods that disrupted the road bond and left loose stones standing up on the surface, despite thin sand spreadings.
Witty exchange frames a playful miscommunication on family roles. A speaker claims a former wife, misnamed as Mrs De Ivorce, is dead while another clarifies she is alive, and a self styled grass stepmother quips about her status. The fragment hints at comic social dynamics and mistaken identities.
The National Education Association closed its sessions with a Patriotism and Moral Instruction resolution urging teachers to deliver broader civic and moral instruction. It also backed simplified spelling, salary increases for teachers, harmonizing child labor laws, and universal education, while opposing secret societies and endorsing world peace and international arbitration.
Report circulated Thursday that a Japanese national was seized at Fort Rosecrans in the act of drawing plans of the fort. Major Getchell confirms the arrest, notes the man was not a servant but a stranger, and mentions heavy punishment for the offense. He declined to identify the prisoner or disclose the fate of the detainee.
Mrs. Ann Owens, a Hutchinson resident for 20 years, is reported dead at age about 118. Born a slave in Maryland in 1789, she passed through the Wilkinson and Dick Christmas families before moving to Madison County Mississippi and later Kansas.
Federal immigration officers raided a Japanese farm near Inglewood suspected as part of a labor smuggling chain from the Mexican border into California. Five Japanese nationals, appearing to have traveled long overland routes, were captured at the scene.
The International Christian Endeavor convention began Wednesday afternoon in Seattle with a welcome address by Gov. A. Mead and City Engineer R. C. Thomson representing the mayor. The event will run for five days.
Dublin hosts a royal visit with King Edward and Queen Alexandra greeted warmly. The opening day features fine weather, a celebratory atmosphere, and a strong public reception marking a successful start to the tour.
Ten members of the First Kentucky regiment passed out during a closing drill at the exposition in Norfolk Virginia. The hospital corps treated the incapacitated soldiers as medics worked to revive and stabilize them.
The census and statistics department reports Canada’s population on April 1 reached 6,504,900, up 1,133,586 in six years. The data highlights growth across major regions including Ottawa, Ontario.
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