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Newspaper
Scandia Journal
Location
Scandia, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jun 07, 1907
Page
8
Dr S J Crumbine secretary of the state board of health defines health as a balance of body mind and soul a state where work is pleasure the world looks cool and beautiful and life’s battles seem worthwhile Health is the antithesis of disease degeneracy and crime and its laws are as inexorable as gravity and justice.
S S Ashbaugh, attorney for the state railroad board, announces a demand for a uniform two cent per mile fare across Kansas to end discrimination. He cites railroads charging two cents a mile for 500 mile books but three cents per mile for shorter trips as unfair.
About 1000 farmers north of Junction City will receive a daily noon weather report at no charge. The service uses the Wareham Dewey Telephone company's central and will be sent by telephone to rural patrons with existing rural mail and telephone service.
Lawyers for Kansas await a copy of the supreme court opinion and plan a meeting to decide grounds for a possible rehearing in the suit against Colorado over water from the Arkansas River. Attorney General F. Jackson requested an expedited copy for the conference.
Ward Burlingame of Topeka will resign after 27 years as head of the Washington dead letter office. He leaves voluntarily. Burlingame, an early Kansas editor, came to Kansas in 1853 and served as private secretary to Senator Lane, Governor Carney, and Senator Caldwell.
E L Clubiné, a prominent stockman and cattle feeder living seven miles north of Marion, was instantly killed when he was thrown from his wagon.
Daniel R. Anthony wins unopposed to succeed Charles Curtis as U S senator, editor of the Leavenworth Times and son of late Col D R Anthony, famed Kansas editor and relative of Susan B Anthony. Also plans unveil a permanent Sedgwick County exhibit of agricultural products at Wonderland Park in Wichita with a display building to open this fall.
The National Association of Manufacturers urged immediate tariff revision and more reciprocity after a convention poll showing 55 percent in favor, 20 percent hands off, 8 percent not yet, and 17 percent indifferent. President Van Cleave pledged support for industrial education, open shop, better consumer service, and law enforcement against illegal combinations, naming James W. Van Cleave and F. H. Stillman. The convention closed with a banquet.
Kansas City live stock commission merchants moved to oppose the post mortem inspection order. Major packers Armour Morris Swift and Schwarzschild Sulzberger notified they would refuse to purchase cows or heifers without examination after killing, paying packer valuation for condemned carcasses. The order covers Kansas City Chicago St Louis Omaha and St Joseph. Merchants met at the stock yards and resolved to sell no cows or heifers to packers under the new terms. Dealers also advised customers to ship no fat cows or heifers for the first days next week.
The Department of Justice announced that David P. Dyer Jr was sent to Europe to secure the surrender of Charles F. Grotefend, former paying teller of the Washington National Bank in St. Louis. The move was made without the president or attorney general knowledge and was terminated once public calls framed it as a vindication for Dyer.
Details emerged of a national effort to control farm product prices led by Rev J T Tuohy Catholic priest George W Wickline and Owen Miller. Headquarters are in Indianapolis with unions in fourteen states signaling wide scope.
Severe electrical wind and rain storm near Lincoln Nebraska Friday night kills farmer Charles Schlitzner and injures his seven year old son. Rainfall reported as six inches causing cornfield and garden damage and washed out country bridges.
An elderly German shopkeeper amuses his family with gossip about customers. He claims a pink-cheeked young woman will marry soon, based on her purchases of paper and envelopes, noting her stubborn refusal of discounts. He predicts a forthcoming engagement and quick marriage.
Mrs A C Brestlin of Chicago reports a long battle with her baby's itching skin similar to eczema. After trying many remedies, Cuticura Soap, Ointment, and Resolvent Pills brought marked improvement and complete recovery following three boxes. October 1906.
A church cornerstone laying in New York City drew large crowds and celebrated with moving pictures that captured the dedicatory exercises. A prominent member praised the photos while a devout elder questioned the shift from sermon to screen.
In a tense exchange Senator Sorghum admits difficulty preventing fraud in the ejection but boasts that he has arranged measures to make the opposition’s fraud seem insignificant by comparison, ensuring it goes unnoticed.
An OCR fragment advertises products with playful lines about dyeing and cosmetics, mentioning PUTNAM FACELESS DIYcs, Lewis' Single Binder, and Garfield Tea. It references Peoria, Brooklyn NY, and druggists as sellers.
Mr Dustin Stax asserts his corporations have done more for literature and art than any other effort by aiding magazine writers and illustrators, highlighting his impact on the field.
Miss Mudd sighs Oh dear and hopes for a sensible way to preserve her complexion She asks if keeping the box in a head place will keep it safe and sound revealing a humorous domestic moment in the page.
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