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Newspaper
Scandia Journal
Location
Scandia, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jun 08, 1906
Page
8
In Neosho county the Kansas Natural Gas company deposits a record mortgage totaling 4 million dollars. It is the fourth such document issued by the company's officers, raising the encumbrance to about 14 million overall.
Salina was named by Col. William A. Phillips in 1857 for salt marshes along the Saline river and Mulberry creek. The area shows salt layers in dry weather, while early explorers named the streams Grand Saline and Petit Saline. Sabetha’s post office names J P Mathews the fastest and most accurate rural carrier, with a 25 mile March route averaging four hours and 15 minutes. Webster, Leavenworth bookkeeper, is accused of stealing hundreds or thousands, possibly profits from the Taylor mill, and $50 from the safe, with destroyed books hindering trace.
Secretary E J Smiley of the Kansas Grain Dealers association reports ten productive Kansas wheat counties may yield only 50 percent of a normal harvest under favorable conditions. In three counties the crop may be less than 25 percent of an ordinary year. These counties previously reported crop conditions from .68 to .90.
The Wyandotte Chautauqua association organizes and owns eight acres in a Kansas City Kansas park with plans for a lake and free public bathhouse. Members expect to assemble this summer as enrollment at the University of Kansas reaches 1 706, an increase of 260. Jewell County crops boast the largest alfalfa area in Kansas at about 40 000 acres.
A. C. Barnett of Avard Oklahoma writes that his son suffered a full scalp eczema with hair loss. After three months with no improvement a course of Cuticura Resolvent Soap and Ointment cured the condition. He reports lasting relief and ongoing use keeps skin soft and healthy.
The discussion centers on English spelling and proposed reforms. Speakers contrast phonetic vs traditional spellings, noting how words like phonetic and phoenix shift in usage while debating the meaning of phonetics and phonetic writing.
A reader panel cites the chaplain general urging prayers for all, while another quotes a Baltimore American remark on Genesis. The exchange, framed as a matter of taste, touches on ancestry and acceptance amid Darwinian views.
A Boston Herald item quotes a Salem physician telling friends he wished to join the military but his parents urged medicine. A party member replies that many with grand ambitions must settle for a quieter life in business.
An eclectic fragment from a 19th or early 20th century page includes quotes on investigation and privacy from Washington Star, an advertisement for the Nickel Plate Road highlighting routes to New York and Boston, and various short lines on consumer goods. It mentions J. Y. Calahan as a Chicago agent, and promotional copy for cigars and household products like Red Cross Ball Blue and Garfield Tea.
An OCR fragment shows ads for Garfield Tea Co in Brooklyn offering herb cures and teething syrups, plus household products like Red Rose Ball Blue and Lewis’ Straight Cigar. Also appears are testimonials for Hall’s Catarrh Cure with endorsements and a call for a $100 reward, and a Success Magazine quote on character building targeting youth.
A. H. Stotts testifies at the State Capitol in Columbus about fifteen years of kidney trouble. After a collapse and ten weeks bedridden, he used Dean's Kidney Pills, regained health, and weighs 188 pounds after two years. Twelve boxes cured him, sold by dealers for 50 cents a box. Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo, N. Y.
A brief quote notes that a person cannot act well when their energy and health are depleted by overwork or poor nutrition. It emphasizes that the quality of one’s thoughts, ambition, energy, aims, and ideals hinges on health.
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