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Newspaper
Scandia Journal
Location
Scandia, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jun 26, 1903
Page
1
A collage of sentences comments on railways, marriages, poetry, branding, and figures like Carnegie. The piece riffs on social trends, language quirks, and international affairs, mentioning Russia and a bankrupt Texas oil company. It notes the seven masted schooner Thomas W Lawson as a failure and jokes about maritime overproduction.
The text notes Eleanor Romgon, described as the newest Juliet, failed to reach ideal heights despite wearing high heels. It also hints at a need for a brainy engineer to devise methods to store flood waters for irrigation of arid regions.
A lyricist known for religious songs endures a thunderstorm calmly while resting between two feather ticks. The alteration between fervent belief and the harsh weather illustrates resilience and faith under duress.
A sculptural unveiling at the New York memorial honors General William Tecumseh Sherman. The commemorative event notes Sherman’s fame and legacy while a controversial line about his baying and other cultural references stir debate.
A police court judge muses that a week in a bowling alley may be enough for a married man to spend there but notes the ruling could be reversed by the Supreme Court. The remark reflects a legal debate over leisure time and marital duties.
Bridgeport mayor Mulvihill attempted to intervene in a fight between striking workers and nonunion men and was knocked down by a brick. The incident underscores tensions during the labor dispute and draws calls for restraint from peace makers.
The passage reflects speculative judgments formed from observed parental actions around the birth of twins and triplets. It suggests underlying emotions and possible bias in interpreting family responses to multiple births.
Two Berlin doctors cablegram claims they have an infallible insomnia remedy and that their names will stand high on lists of those who have produced a universal good.
In Belgrade on June 15 the senate and skupshtina elected Prince Karageorgevitch king after King Alexander's death. King Peter, in Geneva, received the news with satisfaction and declared he would become Peter the First after conditions on exile, civil list, and delegation to Geneva are met.
Reports from Ione Ore and Heppner detail a massive flood disaster with estimates of 300 to 400 dead and more than 500 in losses. Rescue teams search wreckage as townspeople clear debris and aid arrives. communications are stressed and roads nearly impassable. Three survivors, R D Ball J J Kelly and A P Bradbury, reached Pendleton after witnessing the devastation.
Comptroller of the Currency reports the March 31 1903 condition of banks and bank branches in the Philippine Islands. It lists foreign and local banks with branches in Manila Iloilo and Cebu, capital figures in pesos, notes in circulation, total liabilities of 60 623 085 pesos, deposits and interbank items, specie holdings, and loan totals.
A circular from the Pacific Coast Lumber Men's Association secretary lists poor shingles market conditions and urges the indefinite continuation of the July 4 shutdown of mills in Washington Gregg Idaho and British Columbia.
Former Lieutenant Governor John A. Lee testified before the grand jury that he was offered $1000 a month to shield himself from the grand jury until the doodle investigation ended. The proposition came after his travel from Jefferson City to Kansas City.
The Gentlemen's Driving Club at Glenville Race Track Cleveland reports Lou Dillon owned by C. K. G Billings set a new world record on June 16 with a 2:06 4/5 mile. The prior mark was 2:07 by Lucille, also owned by Billings. The final quarter was timed at 30 34 seconds.
The Wisconsin Central announces a one way fare cut to Chicago of 3.50 over the usual rate. The move aims to meet cuts by competing lines and is expected to prompt similar reductions by other Chicago routes after Omaha matched the new rate.
The article surveys magnetism from small tasks to industrial brawn. It notes magnetic tweaks in picking tiny iron bits from eyes to Edison’s ore separator, and uses in straw basket tacks, steel plate lifting by electro magnets, and hot metal handling, as Cassier's Magazine describes.
A Mexicali hotelkeeper was convicted for stealing electric current by wiring his hotel to the city system. He received one year in prison a $33.70 fine and disqualification from public honors. The case hinged on the district code definition of robbery as taking a movable thing without right or consent.
A timid man finally agrees to a prescription after recognizing the Latin and signs as copied from a book. He notes memory and copying roles from typesetter and proofreader, then doubts relying on hearsay for his safety, recalling an exchange in the Washington Star.
Dr Charles A Eastman appointed special agent to revise Sioux allotment rolls and assign permanent family names. Task aims to preserve native names where possible and consult Indians personally for changes, rejecting vulgar nicknames and inaccurate translations.
An Ideal Woman's Medicine claims unprecedented demand from coast to coast for Pydis E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. Thousands praise relief for female ailments and Mrs Pinkham invites women to write for free health advice from Lynn Massachusetts.
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