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Newspaper
Scandia Journal
Location
Scandia, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jun 08, 1906
Page
5
The article argues rural water systems, serving about 40 million people, receive little attention while cities invest heavily. It notes higher rural typhoid rates, cites central Pennsylvania as an example, and laments the difficulty of ensuring sanitary rural supplies without city-like control or resources.
A historical examiner notes the United States regular army and militia as the two recognized forces, detailing a standing force around 60,000 with 15,000 in the Philippines, Alaska and Hawaii contain small contingents, and the overall growth since the Spanish conflict. The piece closes with a warning about street dangers after citing a nitrate of ammonia explosive maker in a Pall Mall Gazette letter.
An old physician cites Dr William Bulleyn’s prescription as Queen Elizabeth I’s cold remedy. The mix includes Mutmeges root and various herbs stewed with ambergris, aqua vitae, and strong ale, distilled to create a cordial claimed to ease phlegm melancholy and heaviness of mind.
Witnesses at the Chicago hearing describe a long running Standard Oil system to obtain shipment data from independent oil firms. They recount monthly bribes to agents, concealed employment promises, and monitored shipments from origin to delivery.
Chicago witnesses accuse Standard Oil of using railroad agents to boost sales and siphon profits, with H. J. Cohn describing agents acting for the oil giant on the Iron Mountain line. Hibbs on May 24 testifies that oil tricks mislead customers and reveals bribery of rivals. The ICC probe, centered in Cleveland, resumes May 24.
British envoy says Sultan withdraws troops from Tabah to restore status quo in Sinai. Anglo Turkish commission to delimit frontier sought. negotiations proceed for final Sinai settlement. Ghazi Ahmet Moukhtar pasha reports Constantinople confirms withdrawal and no fortifications at Tabah. Diana to convey troops back to original positions.
Mayor F W Brown City Attorney FE C Strode and attorney H A Reese arrived in St. Louis for several days of negotiations with undisclosed business. Rumors said they came to back a Nebraska legal fight against Standard Oil similar to actions by Missouri Attorney General Hadley, but officials would not confirm.
The New York State Insurance Department on Sunday night released figures on losses from the California conflagration as reported by companies operating in the state. Estimated net losses total 113,441,595 with breakdown by company type including New York joint stock, other state joined stock, mutual, and foreign fire insurers with United States branches.
Nashville Tenn E W Carmack defeated for renomination by former Governor R L Taylor in Saturdays democratic primaries departs for Washington Sunday night. He is a member of the committee on interoceanic canals and his presence at Wednesdays meeting may break the Panama canal deadlock. Carmack favors a sea level waterway across the isthmus.
In Greater New York more than 1500 funeral drivers who struck last week have returned to work. An amicable adjustment between the drivers and the funeral coach owners' association was reached early Sunday. The drivers won their fight with shorter hours a $2 weekly raise and recognition of their union.
A fragment notes that Calumet Baking Powder is not part of the baking powder trust and emphasizes purity of food. The text mentions ingredients such as Rochelle Sakte Alum Lime Ammonia and asserts the product’s safety and purity.
Percival Gibbon began life as a cabin boy and may become a member of parliament. Andrew Lang proposed I Langwill for an author reading. A London gift funded a first edition of Defoe’s Life and Adventures of Robinson Crusoe and The Farther Adventures in 1819. Thomas Hardy recalled his mother’s early education for Latin and French. Bliss Perry is named Harvard English professor, succeeding a line of Ticknor, Longfellow and Lowell. Lafcadio Hearn lives in New Orleans and describes a ruined creole house with animals and a harmonious household.
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A Chicago Daily News item notes a hungry tramp approaching a farm gate asking for a raw turnip. The farmer’s son, described as a hard worker, refused, leaving the tramp with a curt denial.
The article compares stopping coffee to quitting whisky or tobacco, noting Postum Food Coffee as a substitute that tastes appealing when well boiled with cream. It claims a transformation occurs within ten days to two weeks as nerve poison is replaced by nourishing liquid, inviting readers to test the switch from coffee to Postum.
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