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Newspaper
Scandia Journal
Location
Scandia, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jun 19, 1903
Page
1
The weekly from Scandia Kansas discusses aging relics like the French du hat becoming fatal with cars, a playful line on Alfred Austin, a Kirksville actress naming herself, Policy King Al Adams at Sing Sing, and musings on William Astor and Hever Castle.
Hetty Green asserts women should know how to keep house. The question remains whether such knowledge benefits Hetty herself or is merely practical guidance for others.
The remark suggests that without baseball’s broad appeal, many men would not stand out in formal conversation. It notes how the sport’s popularity shapes social performance and gives performers a stage.
A claim alleges that eating early strawberries causes mental depression and that their high price typically triggers mood issues. The statement lacks supporting evidence and presents a controversial link between diet and mental state.
King Edward greeted and bid farewell to the Italian king with repeated kisses during meetings and partings. A New Jersey woman was jailed for assaulting her husband. The court weighed whether he needed it.
A Lynn Massachusetts factory can manufacture a pair of shoes in thirteen minutes, a rate as quick as a 13 year old boy can wear them.
A Middletown New York minister asserts he lives comfortably on twelve dollars monthly. The inquiry seeks to know where he buys his coal and meat and how he manages household basics.
Whitaker Wright asserts he would have been worth 50 million dollars if he operated in this country. The remark is seen as a critique of American opportunity and policy.
Parents may die of despair in Lime stone Me but the race is not in danger of death by own action there. Three sets of twins and one of triplets arrived in that town in five days.
A Chicago girl writes to Postmaster General Payne expressing interest in his eyes and adds a playful hope she is not knocking the Chicago men. The lighthearted note reflects social flirtation in the era's public correspondence.
An Omaha man valued at $40,000 took his own life as a result of loneliness. The incident left scores of people pining for the company of the dollars he left behind in Nebraska.
A New York Sunday school superintendent warns against marrying a woman with an artistic temperament. He adds he would not object to a woman who is skilled at bread making.
A fragment notes Monday as a day when the worn diary entries mirror a child's concise routine, stating got up washed went to bed in a pared down form. The line suggests domestic weariness and repetitive daily motions echoed in a wife’s diary.
Doctors diagnose the eastern man with a rare condition called dermitalis exfoliativa universalis. He cannot explain how he contracted such a terrifying affliction and seeks understanding from medical experts.
The trust states it will take more time conveying the mails between New York and London. This appears to be the sole concrete measure, as the group plans to proceed slowly on this route.
A Bayonne New Jersey man with many children cannot rent a house in town due to the family size. The advised course is to move out into the country.
A dog reportedly leaped from a flat roof in New York rather than live. The incident is cited as one of several cases showing notable canine intelligence.
The Philadelphia Medical Journal compares the costs of a one horse buggy and an automobile for physicians finding the auto cheaper if storage and attendant costs are covered. It notes demand for autos is rising among doctors and highlights speed reliability and control differences between cars and horses.
The saying notes that in many cases the preparation and selection of a jury take longer than the actual court proceedings. It reflects on courtroom delays and the burden of jury service in trials.
James Culet of Alston Michigan suffered twenty years with rheumatism and kidney trouble after trying many doctors and medicines. He credits Dodd's Kidney Pills, used over 42 boxes, with driving out rheumatism and restoring his health and recommends them.
Ethel Barrymore attended an after show dinner in Chicago after her last engagement. A young man in a box tried to catch her eye and later sat beside her at dinner. He whispered asking if she saw him wink during the third act, to which she replied loudly about feeling her heart beat.
In a reminiscence dated to the New York World’s past, Mr. Pulitzer recalls a 20th anniversary moment. He admits an embarrassing question about the greatest newspaper and names the New York Herald as the finest paper in New York or the world.
A short, odd clipping warns that a woman is advertising a set of ten rules to select a wife for ten cents. The notice targets men seeking inexpensive wives and asks readers to take notice of the scheme in St Louis.
A Galion physician reports self trial with Grape-Nuts curing years of indigestion. He calls it pleasant nutritious and easily digested. cites nerve support blood enrichment and improved vitality. Endorses to patients and notes the product is supplied by Postum Co Battle Creek Mich.
State Auditor Wells’s clerks completed assessments of railroad telegraph and telephone firms in Kansas. Total valuation rose by $631,000, with railroads up $404,803 and telegraph telephone lines up $226,528. Multiple railroad segments saw per mile changes, including Frisco and Union Pacific, amid varied increases and decreases across divisions and depots.
In Argentine Kansas a historic plan allows seven graduates of the class of 1903 to receive diplomas and join commencement with white students. Three are African American. Graduation at the Baptist church May 22 will feature minimized display, no essays, and a program including an address by J. W. Parker of Olathe. Graduates will sit front-row, stand for diplomas, then return to seats.
Ed Berg near McPherson Kansas reports severe Hessian fly damage in wheat with stalks carrying up to seven larvae. He notes nearly every county patch is affected, especially volunteer wheat, while neighbors’ stubble burnings fail to curb flies. Drying weather worsens losses, says Parker of Parker grain Co after inspecting King City Township wheat.
The Calumet and Hecla Mining directors announce a dividend of 10 dollars per share, the fourth for the fiscal year, totaling 25 dollars cumulative. In Missouri, the St Joseph Parkville Kansas City railway is chartered with 5 million dollars capital to build an electric route from St Joseph to Kansas City via Atchison and Leavenworth. Independent river coal operators in Pittsburg and Cincinnati discuss a Monongahela Coal & Coke style merger with 16 million dollars capital. Henry C. Everdell, for the reorganization committee, purchased the Asphalt Company of America and the National Asphalt Company assets for 6.606 million dollars in Jersey City. An appeal on testimony admissibility in the interstate commission hearing against coal-carrying railroads by W. R. Hearst was not made. Clarence J. Shearne could not say when the appeal would be argued.
A Concord North Carolina hardware store owner endorses Dean’s Kidney Pills for backache and disordered kidneys. The ad claims a free trial by mail from Foster Milburn Co and a 50 cent price at druggists. It ends with a random quote about lies traveling faster than truth and a note on theatrical ventures depending on income.
An advertisement touts Red Cross Ball Blue a 2 oz package for whitening faded clothes. The copy mentions a dentist’s endorsement saying it treats the root of the trouble.
An advertising notice assures Defiance Starch provides the largest and finest quality with a money back guarantee. The product comes in 16 ounce packages priced at 10 cents. The copy also offers a quip about some men being too lazy to catch snails.
A garbled phrase extols Texas as a state of unexaggerated possibilities promising a great future. It invites readers to request a book titled TEXAS and pamphlet TIMELY TOPICS No ge from Katy 502 Wainwright St Louis Mo to learn what is being done to make Texas better known and appreciated.
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