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Newspaper
Scandia Journal
Location
Scandia, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jun 07, 1907
Page
12
Salina Sheriff George H. Myers pursuing Mrs. Louis Dawson over $75 in stolen clothing and jewelry. In Cincinnati the suspect resisted as Myers confronted her at her boarding place. a punch from Dawson sent Myers fleeing home while detectives watched.
Amid a statewide mad dog scare Kansas towns report madstones emerging. The best known rests with Mrs. Lizzie D Dollar in Paola, a France brought heirloom about the size of a hen egg. It was used on former Governor St John’s bite and reportedly cured, though sometimes kept on the wound for days.
Special master T F Garver submits findings of fact and law to the supreme court upholding Missouri Pacific in denying a separate passenger service on the Madison branch from Madison Kansas east to Butler Missouri The report says the line is interstate and Kansas authorities have no jurisdiction but on the merits Garver sides with those seeking more passenger train service on the Madison branch
The Gazette of Kansas criticizes the green bugs as minor pests, noting it has never believed Charley Finch or the bug's alleged damage to wheat. It downplays fears of widespread devastation and recalls past panics like foxes with kerosene lamps. A hard rain is said to stop them.
State university chemists test eight malt samples from drug stores and find six exceed two percent alcohol while two reach about six percent. The study notes wide variation among brands and urges further testing and supervision.
A War department telegram at Fort Riley announced the Second cavalry’s Second squadron would move from Fort Riley to Fort Des Moines Station and the First squadron of the Thirteenth cavalry would move to Fort Sheridan Illinois. The timing was unspecified but likely before the Seventh cavalry arrives from the Philippine islands in July.
Whistler recounts American sailors disguising an eagle as a cock for a seaport cockfight in England. The improvised bird, matched against a real English cock, falters before the American attacker ends the tale with a dramatic bite and a quip about bringing more birds.
A Manchester Guardian piece recalls Mr Gladstone’s fondness for Chateau de Chorone and its neighborhood walks. It highlights a famed photo of Gladstone and Lord Rendel in discussion, gifted to farmer John Jones of Montgomeryshire who admired the prime minister. Jones received timber felled by Gladstone’s own axe for woodcarving keepsakes.
A dialogue about a bald man facing peril, one speaker noting a fighting chance since his adversary cannot grab him by the hair. The exchange highlights resilience and a perceived edge in perilous situations.
A dialogue features pes eimidt and Pesan debating a chance to redo life and relive a summer’s heat, with the pessimist doubting and the optimist insisting otherwise. The exchange reflects nostalgia and a playful contrast over enduring a hot period again.
A New York lawyer, long a member of humane society circles, finds respite from city life at a New England farmhouse. An inquisitive boarder notes his S P C A ties, prompting Carter to recount a run of canine and ram encounters while away from paved streets.
A banker fond of figures estimates that every adult in New York City carries an average of $26 in cash. The figure highlights the city’s cash handling and economic habits amid the era’s financial practices.
Ogden Utah pioneer J W Browning recalls doctors diagnosing diabetes five years ago and kidney troubles. He says Dean's Kidney Pills relieved back aches rheumatism dizziness and night awakenings and has kept him well for a year at 75. Sold by dealers for 50 cents a box Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY.
An 1885 London celebration for Dr Samuel Johnson featured Australian cricketer Bonner. He thanked the reverence for Johnson, saying he would trade his cricket triumphs for Johnson's enduring memory, a remark cited in the Letters of George Birkbeck Hill.
A Boston Herald writer recalls an elderly deaf man in his native village who rents rooms to pleasure seekers. While in the garden he notes he has two quarts of bugs on his potatoes, a wry response to the young man's compliment about the lodgers.
The widow of Collis P. Huntington informs Washington friends of her plan to settle in Paris. She will close her New York house and move to the French capital where a ban to her costing near one million dollars will be completed.
The postmaster general says post office experiments in typewriting telegrams have not been altogether satisfactory. The London Globe suggests the telegraph department may seek something slower.
A schoolroom worker recalls a year of nervous strain from coffee and credits Postum Food Coffee with restoring health. After a rough first trial, a second, longer boil produced a rich flavor and marked improvement month by month, enabling her to work with ease and pleasure. The ad promotes Health Classic and The Road to Wellville as reasons to choose Postum.
A middle aged man marries a widow and, after the guests depart, reveals his wedding present of five children. The widow Sarrah calmly reveals she already has seven, turning the shock into a light moment from the Ladies' Home Journal.
The duke of Abruzzi visits our country and speaks with emphasis on his name. At 34 he has pursued hazardous explorations and mountaineering, serving in the Italian navy and traveling the world. He is the son of a Spanish king who abdicated, and he has authored writings about his wanderings and earned honors from scientific societies.
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