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Newspaper
Scandia Journal
Location
Scandia, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Mar 01, 1907
Page
3
A collage of remarks on disease poverty and morality contrasts with odd anecdotes. It cites a Los Angeles woman carrying ashes for a lost partner and notes Swettenham’s pronunciation. The Thaw trial sympathy grows while a London doctor muses on healthier and richer lives. Near Washington a Bowie woman shoots a man.
A Massachusetts man declares pea soup the elixir of life while contrasting it with whisky. The colorful remark highlights his affection for the dish and its comforting qualities.
A historical note states coal production centers in Genoa and Leghorn provinces with Naples also involved. It mentions coal mined in Sciacca Girgenti Sicily and Sardinia Island, indicating geographic spread of Italian coal sources.
A Brooklyn man filed for an annulment claiming he did not know he was getting married during the ceremony. He reportedly believed the event to be a hazing or initiation.
A recent fourgetme style golf match on an English course featured players aged 86 80 84 and 81, totaling 331 years. The piece notes golf suits older players and the putting green as a symbolic elder stage.
English manufacturers have begun to make larger women shoes, now advertising size eight. The trend targets not just athletic young women with large feet but any woman with small feet and a gentle voice, emphasizing comfort over pinching.
The Youths Companion notes nearly 380 million dollars spent last year on U S railroads for expansion and improvement. One company alone tackles 200 million dollars of projects. Government annual revenues once lagged rail investments, and capitalists doubt flying machines will replace freight and passenger cars soon.
The Youths Companion reports that bequests to charity announced in newspapers totaled 106 million dollars in 1906, the highest since 1901 when it reached 123 million. It excludes smaller gifts from less affluent donors.
The text argues the calendar is merely a yearly reminder and not a mournful term from antiquity. It cites the Roman calenda as a debtor's account book tied to monthly interest, noting Seneca’s remark that calendar is a word born of human greed.
The Russo Japanese War history by General Kuropatkin, confiscated yet now accessible, offers a harsh indictment of Russian leadership. Three volumes cover Liaoyang Sha river and Mukden with orders, statistics, and disobedience claims against generals including Kaulbars, blaming strategy, morale, and rail limitations for defeat.
On a Hobart platform a man named Charles Thomas, pursued for abducting Beachon’s wife, was shot by Dr Beachon who stepped from a Rock Island train. Thomas died instantly from a shot to the temple as the doctor claimed he had killed him.
An explosion from leaking gas at a restaurant near Second and Main streets in downtown Los Angeles killed four people and seriously injured about six others. The two story brick building housing four small businesses was completely wrecked with several injured.
The Platte river flood in Nebraska on Friday washed away two railroad bridges the Missouri Pacific rear Louisville and the Rock Island at South Bend. Friday night conditions worsened around Springfield South Bend and Louisville with residents in river bottoms urged to move to higher ground.
President Roosevelt asks Congress to act on urgent public land reforms including conservation of coal and fuels on government lands, federal control of western pastures with grazing fees, a $500000 fund to curb land frauds, and a two title system separating surface lands from underlying minerals to be leased.
The Japanese and Korean exclusion league backed by civic groups presses Mayor Schmitz to resist any temporary easing in the Japanese school question. League officers demand an immigration law as strict for Japanese as for Chinese, while President Tivemore wires Root’s proposed amendment as unsatisfactory.
Augustine Birrell chief secretary for Ireland announced on Thursday that a bill to establish an Irish council and for related purposes would be introduced. The move signals the Liberal government’s commitment to Irish governance reforms and places Irish registration at the forefront of current parliamentary business.
In New York the Thaw trial faces a delay as juror Joseph B. Bolton, whose wife died, may rejoin the panel when the case resumes Monday. Judge Fitzgerald reportedly noted Bolton's expectation to return to the jury.
Des Moines reports Iowa’s two cent fare bill passed the house by 106 to 0. With the publication clause stricken, the measure would become law if the senate approves it, effective July 4. Supporters cheered as the vote passed.
The report states John W. Hamilton of the Methodist Episcopal church, living in San Francisco, is seriously ill with nervous exhaustion at a friend’s home in East Orange. His son Dr Gordon Hamilton and a daughter are with him as they travel from San Francisco to visit.
Rabbi Emil G. Hirsch told a National American Woman Suffrage Association crowd that a global trend idolizes soldiers and destruction. He argued the military mindset led to war gods and the destruction of female infants and that women must win the vote to influence home and national governance.
St Louis reports union officers say the strike will ignore a manager issued ultimatum that blacksmiths and helpers must report when shops open. John Reed of Kansas City, head of the system code, vows unity and blames delays in negotiations for the trouble.
A New York electric express on the New York Central line at 205th street and Webster avenue Saturday night killed twenty and fatally wounded two, with about 145 others injured. Hospital and police reports indicate fifty are seriously hurt and the death toll may rise in 24 hours. Many victims suffer lacerations or shock but are expected to recover.
In Springfield Missouri late Saturday night a Barry county circuit court jury awarded Mrs. J H Kingery five thousand dollars in her damage suit against William H Shipley a Frisco conductor between Monett and Wichita Kansas. The suit asked twenty five thousand dollars for slander and alienation of her husband's affections.
In Bisbee Arizona since last Tuesday about 1100 miners have been discharged by the Warren district mines. No official cause given but believed linked to Western Federation organizers arriving to unionize the camp and drive labor action.
Harriett Lowell Barrett, favorite niece of poet James Russell Lowell, died Sunday in Loveland Ohio at age 0. Her husband, age 84, is noted as a former commissioner under President Lincoln.
Several hundred anarchists, socialists and labor activists marched through Chicago Sunday with red flags and banners. A mass meeting followed with English and German speeches denouncing capitalists over the arrest and alleged involvement of Charles Moyer, William D Heywood, and George A Pettibone in Governor Steunenberg’s murder case.
Report describes crowds near El Paso Texas and Ciudad Juarez where penniless Japanese immigrants seek entry to the United States. Many are denied admission yet smuggled in as immigration forces bolster patrols with inspectors in border towns and interior settlements along the Rio Grande to catch stragglers.
The Agricultural Experiment Station of Fargo North Dakota reports widespread deception in paint materials. Kegs labeled Pure White Lead contain chalk barytes silica and other substances while linseed oil hides petroleum adulterants and water. The article urges a state law requiring accurate labeling so farmers can buy intelligently.
In a playful exchange two women discuss a gown praised for its beauty while one recalls buying it in a department store as a utilitarian woolen climbing garment that was marked down that day. The conversation turns to altering the gown to an evening wear.
The article notes the reclamation service has made 280 000 acres productive in four years, covering a quarter of mapped irrigation under 22 projects. It also advertises Defiance Starch for stiff shirts with gloss or domestic finish, 16 oz for 10c. Qla Neilson, the Danish Duse, arrives to perform with Scandinavian societies.
A historical ad-like claim asserts anemia and blood health can be treated with Dr Williams Pink Pills. The testimonial from Louis L Clark of Plainfield New Jersey describes post surgical weakness improving after using the pills and lists conditions supposedly cured. The text promotes availability and pricing from Dr Williams Medicine Co Schenectady NY.
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