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Newspaper
Scandia Journal
Location
Scandia, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jun 11, 1909
Page
6
The state wins the first ruling on whether a school land lease is void for lack of a five yearly revaluation. Payne vs Barlow in Justice Wallace's court found the lease void though Barlow resided on the land since December and made about 400 in improvements. The decision will likely be appealed.
Farmers across Brown county report wire and cut worms inflicting heavy damage to corn with fields likely to be replanted. Wire worms destroy kernels underground while cut worms remove sprouts. gophers and squirrels also raid planted corn as populations surge. Warmer weather may end worm activity.
The Kansas Pharmaceutical Association closes officers for the year with A L Topping as president and Charles F McAdams second vice president. Robert Lowman is secretary Mathews Waterman assistant secretary and W W Henderson treasurer Fros Sayre Lawrence librarian. A judge Doster Topeka opinion finds last year’s liquor sale ban by druggists unconstitutional and a campaign for repeal is contemplated.
Robert Leith, a well driller, brought samples believed to be quicksilver from a farm three miles north of Ellinwood. The substance was found at 185 feet depth, recovered from muddy water, and examined by Gottlieb Ernsting who deemed the sample practically pure quick silver.
Roy Robertson a lineman for the Missouri and Kansas Telephone company was killed at Laney while working on a pole. He either lost his footing and fell or touched a live wire. He died instantly.
Lizzie Lindsey, wife of Frisco railroad man Wilson Lindsey of Cherokee, reunites with her father Thomas T. Jewell after a 42 year separation. Jewell, once separated from Lizzie’s mother in Rushville Alabama, will live with his daughter in Albia, Iowa.
Assistant County Attorney H. T. Foote of Hutchinson obtained a warrant for the arrest of Herman Benscheidt proprietor of the Hutchinson Vinegar works on charges of selling hard cider in violation of liquor laws.
William Evans sold his 160 acre farm six miles north of Hiawatha to George W. Barnes for 24000 dollars, which equals 150 dollars per acre.
Geologists argue that the world’s highest mountains are young, formed since a middle tertiary sea left sedimentary rock high in Europe Asia and the Americas. Strata and fossils on the Alps Caucasus Himalayas Andes Rockies reveal major uplifts and extensive folding, contrasting with old low Highlands and Scandinavia.
A discussion of mountain ages and erosion compares youthful peaks to old ranges. It cites the Alps and Ural Mountains as eroded, while central Asia and western America resist longer. It notes Mount Saint Elias erosion signals and lists volcanic cones like Mount Shasta and Mount Rainier as tall formed by lava buildup.
Weston extols walking as a cure for dull moods and cites Allen's Foot-Fase antiseptic powder as the aid that makes feet feel fine. The ad claims 30,000 testimonials and urges readers to order a 25 cent package from any Druggist or request a free trial package from Allen Olmsted in Le Roy, New York.
A curious tourist asks how many children the woman has. She replies she cannot be certain, listing several family members by name doing various activities and noting she won’t know until supper time.
Mercy Hospital, a prominent western facility, opened its 100 bed addition May 1 and seeks seven more nurses for the Training School. The two year course offers thorough theoretical and practical instruction for private or institutional patients. Graduates earn about 25 dollars weekly. Address Dr. K B Richardson for details.
One million women from cities towns villages and rural areas join a national campaign against tuberculosis. Organized under the National Association for the Study and Prevention of Tuberculosis with state and General Federation of Women's Clubs leadership, the drive extends to Alaska Hawaii Porto Rico and the canal zone delivering prevention and cure messages to American homes.
A Baird Texas resident extols Postum as a coffee substitute after illness from coffee linked pains. The letter claims rapid health gains including regular bowels and absence of distress, and notes the son also improved on Postum. It ends by inviting readers to consider Postum as a replacement for coffee.
A testimonial from Lena V. of Adrian Georgia urges women to avoid risky surgery by using Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. The ad promotes the remedy for displacements inflammation ulcers fibroid tumors irregularities pain backache indigestion and nervous prostration and invites readers to write for confidential free advice from Mrs. Pinkham in Lynn Massachusetts.
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