23 Jun 1911
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Newspaper
Scandia Journal
Location
Scandia, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jun 23, 1911
Page
1
A Charleston News and Courier commentary argues that taking on many tasks leads to high costs and limited success. It praises steady single minded work, noting giants are rare and sustained effort yields greater, lasting results even after hard, long hours.
The boys at West Lafayette college, Ohio, dairy prank oil in milk causing twenty coeds to fall ill and needing doctors. On the Pacific coast, students raided dorms, frightening occupants into hysterics. The era questions education’s aids and era’s daring.
An automobile in New York flung a stone from its wheel shattering a window and nearly striking bystanders. The piece portrays the vehicle as a symbol of inanimate depravity and suggests urgent measures to curb its reckless behavior.
The text contrasts London’s wild speculation waves from rubber to oil and then railways, while the United States curbs speculation as markets exhaust the easy lambs of expansion. It frames a national mood of risk and restraint.
A Chicago sighting features a golden anklet with bangles paired with a harem skirt. The piece underscores cross cultural fashion clashes as eastern harems influence Paris styles while Western women seek orient influences.
Residents of New York express frustration over rising night noise. They argue that people seeking peace and quiet should not choose to live in the city, implying friction between residents and noisy offenders.
Members of a Atlanta club vow to go to jail rather than disclose what they know about women drinking in the club. The misled poet’s claim stands as a reflection of enduring male chivalry within the city’s social scene.
The remark suggests that while clothing can reveal a woman's soul, the body she carries also significantly influences how well the dress fits and presents itself.
Old warnings about tight trousers and padless pants surface in a reflective note. The piece questions what happened to those sartorial fears and their perceived danger, offering a wry take on fashion panic.
The navy department will erect three self supporting wireless towers on the Arlington government reservation forming an isosceles triangle. Central tower stands 600 feet high with two 450 foot towers. About 600 tons of steel will be used. The plant aims to send messages 2000 to 3000 miles linking ships from Guan tanamo Cuba to 3000 miles north of Arlington.
St Louis creditors file two suits in the U S circuit court seeking a receiver for all E G Lewis properties at University City Missouri an injunction against the magazine publishers syndicate from acting under a recent takeover agreement and foreclose on all improved property of University Heights Realty and Development company The claimed property value ranges from 2 000 000 to 8 000 000.
The Postal Telegraph company via its periodical challenges rival Western Union for exempt status under Sherman anti trust law since the latter merged with American Telegraph and Telephone.
The Lorimer hearing in Washington DC will start Thursday June 22 after Lorimer requested a delay. First witnesses were asked to appear Monday but postponement was granted because consul Elbridge Haneey cannot attend.
Rhineland Missouri joins the dry column as the saloon license rises from 150 to 500 dollars per year. One saloon keeper refuses to pay the higher fee, leaving the town without a saloon for the first time in its history.
A farmers movement in Garnett Kansas and surrounding area aims to construct a rock road ten miles southwest to Mount Delta. The effort seeks improved rural connectivity and local infrastructure development.
A two day East Coast storm killed five and left five missing with nearly one million dollars in damage. In New York Clason Point on the sound saw a rotating Ferris wheel struck by lightning, its axis freed and a panic ensued as passengers were lowered by improvised ladders. Paterson New Jersey mills lost their roofs while New Jersey towns faced floods, uprooted trees and water filled cellars.
In Pittsburg Kansas Judge Charles Capp ruled that only Cherokee county residents may serve as deputy sheriffs. The Crawford and Cherokee Volunteer association operations are halted. States attorney John S Dawson and special assistant A L Clotfelter are in Columbus seeking agreement with Judge Sapp. Last week Judge Sapp ordered $12,000 worth of liquor seized in wholesale houses restored to its owners.
Mrs. Michael Lefevre wife of a mine lessee says she shot John Zang proprietor of the Zang hotel in South Creede to defend her honor Zang allegedly seized her and tried to drag her into a room Lefevre fired wounding him Zang died leaving a widow
More than 100 good roads enthusiasts from Pomona Quenemo Melvern Olivet and Lebo organized the Santa Fe Trail Cut-off association. The new cut-off joins the main trail at Lebo’s northwest corner and offers a flatter route several miles shorter than the main trail.
Salina Kansas judge Dallas Grover of the Thirtieth district ordered court officials to notify jurors they are excused from service The move aims to spare farmers who face great inconvenience when court sessions disrupt their work
Reading Kansas reports cattle in large pastures near risk as drought lingers and rain is needed within days to provide water for hundreds of cattle in the area.
Pittsburg Kansas assis tant attorney general W P Montgomery says militia not required to enforce the prohibitory law in Crawford County He reports 140 government liquor licenses and the sellers concentrated in Pittsburg Frontenac Chicopee Curranville and other towns He will keep a constant pressure saying the county will be dry as the Sahara desert soon
Captain John L. Lowry of the river steamer John L. Lowry saved 65 passengers and crew when a fire broke out near the engines opposite Smithland Kentucky on the Ohio River. The ship carrying 90 excursionists and 15 crew fled to the decks as flames spread and oil barrels exploded, but all aboard escaped unharmed as the vessel reached the Illinois shore. The John L. Lowry operated between Paducah and Evansville.
Gov. Abram Gonzales announced reforms to restrict foreign concessions deemed monopolies in Chihuahua. The measure targets foreign ownership of minerals and timber assets in one of Mexico’s wealthiest states, seeking nonrenewal of such concessions and tighter control over American property interests.
Atkinson presented evidence from Harry A. Gorsuch about associations blacklisting manufacturers who sold to consumers. Defendants argued against admitting the testimony amid long legal arguments.
Jackson county in southern Missouri will sell about 960 acres of school lands, mainly grazing country in McDonald county. The land lies in the Ozarks and is valued at around five dollars per acre, with most holdings in a rugged southwestern landscape.
Representatives from towns along the St. Louis to Kansas City route will attend a Fulton Commercial club banquet where the cross state highway proposal is to be discussed. Curtis Hill the state engineer has been invited to speak.
The Long Bell Lumber Company of Kansas City Missouri has acquired the Pine Bluff Arkansas estate of a Minneapolis lumberman who died two years ago.
A Mrs Orville Rock of Paw Paw Michigan promotes Lydia E Pinkhams Vegetable Compound as a safer alternative to operations. She says after four weeks in hospital she recovered well and regained strength using the product and urges other women with female complaints to try it. The ad claims thirty years as the standard remedy restoring countless women's health.
A Jersey husband faced a peace bond after kissing his wife against her will. The judge warned him never to kiss without consent again and set a $100 bond to keep the peace.
Willis proclaims himself a human dynamo as Gillis notes the charged nature of everything he wears while the judge comments on the charged mood and conduct surrounding the case.
An advertisement touts Mrs Winslow’s Soothing Syrup for children teething. It claims gums soften inflamed areas ease pain relieve colic and other discomforts with a bottle priced at 250.
A remark on the ideal philosopher frames a person who can justify his own faults to his own sense of correctness. It highlights self-justification as a philosophical trait.
An ear y advertisement touts Garfield Tea as a remedy for constipation headache and bilious attacks. The copy urges chew and smoke untarred tobacco and promotes Meriwether Edwards of Clarkeyville as sellers while warning against vanity in popularity.
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