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Newspaper
Scandia Journal
Location
Scandia, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jun 26, 1908
Page
2
W. Ox Vance requests announcing his candidacy for County Attorney as a Republican. Jonathan Taylor declares candidacy for Representative pending August primary. John R. Bowersox confirms 56 as Republican candidate for Representative awaiting primary decision.
John M. Doyie declares candidacy for the 32nd senatorial district subject to the August primary, asking readers to consider his bid for the state senate.
A. Ellingson of Beaver township announces his candidacy for County Commissioner in the 2nd district, subject to the Democratic primary decision.
A Kansas bar examination week ends with 63 new lawyers admitted to practice. The report notes overall pass counts and includes a terse remark: Oh Lord.
The passage notes some reluctance to nominate Sherman of New York for vice president but expresses optimism that Taft will be a very healthy looking president, suggesting public confidence in Taft’s leadership despite mixed reactions to Sherman.
The piece argues Roosevelt outperformed Jackson in shaping his political legacy and appointing successors, noting Roosevelt’s stronger impact than Jackson’s. It emphasizes Roosevelt’s effectiveness relative to Jackson as a benchmark.
The Kansas City Star notes a man near Belleville captured two channel catfish described as having legs and able to live out of water. The report questions whether such oddities indicate a broader nature phenomenon or a local business joint remaining at the county seat.
A State Journal editorial contends that machines in Kansas may fall if voters engage. It argues primaries shift power to the people, replacing delegates and trading influence, but only if ordinary citizens vote and participate. abstention would let machines endure.
The Taft nomination on the first ballot signals a unified Republican effort with Taft praised as a fit national leader. Editorials from multiple papers note Taft's character appeals beyond Republicans and stress the party platform as explicit and aligned with Taft's record. The piece discusses labor prejudice and the Brownsville affair as potential weak points, while praising Taft's experience in the Philippines and as Secretary of War.
An Iowa family now in Narcosse Florida promotes Chamberlains Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy made in Des Moines. They credit its life saving prompt use in El Paso Texas and report growing sales through D A Nywall as they expand the mercantile business locally.
German paleontologist Dr Abel proposes that primitive whale ancestors had heavy bony plates along their backs. These plates, once thought to belong to gigantic turtles, may have been part of the whale skeleton, resembling glyptodont shells. The idea suggests ancient whales were bipeds living on land at that time.
For sale brood sows weighing from 200 pounds up offered by A Benson at a southern location. Poultry prices listed: old cocks 8¢ hens 8¢ ducks 6¢. A. J. Riley invites new correspondents to cover their communities for The Journal.
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