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Newspaper
Scandia Journal
Location
Scandia, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jun 17, 1910
Page
5
Major tremor strikes Avellino Compartment in Campania plus Calitro San Sossio and Castelbaronie. Twenty thousand residents flee homes as troops Red Cross and government rush aid. Victor Emmanuel visits the scene as Italy pledges $110000 for survivors.
Washington DC Uncle Joe jokes that Congress will adjourn around the Fourth of July depending on hot weather. He quips that if the Lord is favorable and there are three days of 90 degree heat the session will flee quickly, as if a bush were on fire.
Secretary Coburn of the state board of agriculture toured Ford County wheat fields and praised prospects as almost perfect. Ford County has 74 000 acres in wheat this year and an expected average of 35 bushels per acre.
In Leavenworth Kansas a memorial session opened the June term of the United States circuit court. Judge Pollock sat with judges John F Philips and William Dill on the bench. About 200 lawyers and city residents attended the ceremony.
The Washington scene shows the House planning an inquiry into the abrupt removal of Horace T. Jones and other department officials who testified. A resolution to probe the suspension and its timing against Ballinger’s subordinates signals concern over precedent and executive actions in the federal service.
The infant born to Mr. and Mrs. Anderson at 8933 Buffalo Avenue weighed 18 ounces, marking the smallest baby in Chicago as reported at the Riverside exposition.
President Taft sealed administration victory by unifying Eastern roads with the Western trunk line agreement. All railroads that had planned June 1 freight-rate hikes pledge to withdraw increases and hold new schedules until Congress passes the railroad bill. The Interstate Commerce Commission will judge reasonableness of future rates, shifting the burden of proof to railroads.
Through his attorneys Elmer C. Swope claims the Thomas H. Swope estate except the portion left to Frances Swope Hyde. A West Virginia claimant contends he is Col. Swope’s son and appears in the Independence circuit court records to join a partition suit filed by Mrs. Margaret Swope and her children. The Swopes’ answer to the suit was brief.
Senator Cul lom presents a memorial charging Illinois Senator William Lorimer with bribery. The document from Clifford W. Barnes of Chicago is read in part and referred to the committee on privileges and elections for action.
The Agriculture Department reports spring wheat area at about 19 742 000 acres, up 1 349 000 acres or 7 2 percent from last year. June 1 condition stood at 92 8 versus 95 2 in 1909 and 93 the ten year June average. Winter wheat June 1 condition was 80, compared with 92 1 on May 1 1910 and 81 9 the ten year June average.
Washington officials determine that if all currency in circulation were divided equally among every man, woman, and child, each would receive 34.59 dollars, 14 cents more than the amount estimated a month earlier.
Newton businessman C F Nissen acquired a 1682 German printed book during a Copenhagen trip. It features an illustration of Halley's Comet as seen by early savants with explanatory notes. The edition is scarce and unusually legible for its age.
The Kansas Pharmaceutical association held a two day session at Salina. The next year's meeting will be in Topeka. Officers elected include President George W. Kates Newton first vice president Harry Dick Lawrence second vice president Clarence Reed Salina treasurer Matt Weightman Topeka secretary Robert Lowman Pittsburg corresponding secretary Frank Smith Herington librarian L E Later Lawrence executive committee L Archer Hutchinson C C Holmes Parsons W F Bangs Madison W Bird Winfield Charles Zitz Salina.
Mayors and city officials met in Marvin hall at the University of Kansas to discuss sanitary engineering problems. F O Marvin, dean of the engineering school, presided as topics covered included septic tank sewage disposal to prevent stream pollution. A five member committee was appointed to gather more information and report later.
Residents fear a teacher shortage next winter as only about 60 attended the county normal institute in Plainville. The low turnout stems from waning interest in teaching, especially among male teachers who seek higher pay in other trades, though Kansas teacher salaries remain competitive.
Prof. Thomas Murray's deputy reports the 1910 city real estate value at 3 884 835 dollars, a gain of 508 499 over 1909, driven by new improvements in the past two years after turning over his books to the county assessor.
The Arkansas Valley Interurban company has purchased a 125 by 140 feet tract at Water Street and First Street in Wichita for 40000 dollars to build a new interurban depot immediately.
Mrs. Harve Underwood wife of a Chase county farmer who lives two miles south of Matfield Green dropped dead of apoplexy the other day.
Chanute’s main street lit up as the white way opened under the Cha nute Commercial club. Ten to twelve thousand people gathered for band music and festivities spanning about 20 blocks of new attractive lighting and decor.
In Independence a 13 year old and his 5 year old brother, sons of carpenter Simon Heffly, were injured when a stick of dynamite picked up by the older boy was connected to a dry battery. The elder boy lost an eye and suffered chest burns and tears, while the younger boy had a thumb and finger blown off and chest and abdominal burns.
Greeley county clerk announces a new count showing 37 more dogs than hogs in the county. The disclosure highlights a shift in farm and domestic animal balances and may affect local animal management planning.
A testimonial from J. N. Markham of Montesano Washington credits Dean's Kidney Pills with curing his kidney trouble and dropsy after gradual onset. The ad urges readers to remember the name and that the product costs 50 cents a box, from Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY.
Frank J. Cheney of Cheney & Co. swears the firm will pay one hundred dollars for every case of catarrh not cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure. Notary A. W. Gleason witnessed. Advertisement notes internal cure and mucous action, requests testimonials, and lists Toledo retailer locations and price 75 cents.
A New York magazine editor at the Authors' club recalls Myra Kelley and Carnegie amid graft concerns. A dinner anecdote quotes a man asking about a community position and being told wealth is the honorable measure, illustrating the era's cynicism.
The writer toys with Artemus Ward's letters from Bowdoin College Maine and muses on his son Artemus Ward Jr. becoming a humorist. He jokes about parenting, schooling and future paths while reflecting on the boy's raised humor and possible career.
A mother’s letter touts health gains from changing a child’s diet. She swapped potatoes and heavy meat for fruit, Grape-Nuts with cream, soft boiled eggs, and Postum. The baby’s teething stomach issues improved, and the family credits specific food elements in Grape-Nuts and Postum.
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