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Newspaper
Scandia Journal
Location
Scandia, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Mar 15, 1907
Page
3
A traveling Illinois merchant writes his son in England that haste to wealth harms health and life. He warns against endless work and anxiety, noting overwork erodes health and judgment. The piece urges restraint by both husband and wife to prevent a life spent chasing riches.
George Shakespeare Hart, a London engineer and collateral descendant of William Shakespeare, died aged 64. A family pedigree shows his link to the poet, tracing through Shakespeare's sister Joan and her husband William Hart of Stratford upon Avon.
The Boston Herald notes a surge in briarwood pipe imports pleasing old smokers. It praises outdoor use as fashionable yet cautions against street smoking as poor taste, advocating the den as the proper pipe retreat.
In Laurium Greece an abandoned 2000 year old silver mine was revived when poppy seeds buried under slag germinated after the slag was cleared. The resulting space filled with a vivid display of blooming poppies, illustrating light’s remarkable restoring power.
In dia is a great country for this instrument and thousands of talking machines are in use. The native who commands the price seeks a talking machine and relishes records reproducing his native songs. The American machine leads and there is room for more in the market.
A Wilmington resident boasts that he placed a brooding hen on a setting of cold storage eggs and hatched 17 furred chickens. He attributes the odd result to nature adapting animals to their environment.
Dr. Lindsay Johnson notes moles can project and retract their eyeball far beyond the orbit to see. The dense fur covers the eye, making an opening necessary to allow vision.
The Siamese government floated a 5,006,000 loan in 1905 and issued a new 15,000,000 bond at four and a half percent taken up by London Paris and Berlin bankers on January 21. A large part of the issue funds railways.
New York reports Mrs Evelyn Nesbit Thaw’s testimony in the Stanford White murder case moves toward completion after Jerome finishes cross examination. Harry Thaw challenges the district attorney and defends his wife while Dr Evans analyzes eight letters for signs of insanity.
The Thaw trial pivots to lunacy questions as District Attorney Jerome signals plans for a commission to assess Thaw's mental state. Dr. Britton Evans testifies about melancholia and adolescence related insanity while Jerome presses for paranoia links and credibility disputes with Evelyn Thaw and her brother Howard Nesbit.
A retrospective on the 59th Congress notes near billion-dollar appropriations since December, with navy battleships, army reorganization, pensions for veterans, river and harbor funds, higher salaries for officials, and immigration, agricultural bank and anti trust measures. It cites investigations into Brownsville and Congo actions and outlines key legislative changes.
Soldiers' home canteen in Leavenworth Kansas was shut at noon Saturday as Congress first session mandated that such homes be denied annual maintenance funds. Profits from liquor sales had amounted to 18000 dollars annually.
Ten thousand witnessed a Sunday bullfight at Juarez plaza del Toros in El Paso. Female Spanish matadors filled the mata doras and banderillas as they killed three bulls. one bull and two bulls avoided death. Madam Nordica watched from the audience and rewarded a matador with a roll of bills for killing a bull in her honor.
Washington President Roosevelt stayed in the White House Sunday night until 10 signing many minor bills passed by Congress. He will not attach his signature to any major measures until Monday.
Washington reports a lengthy filibuster of the ship subsidy bill continued through Sunday with Senator Carmack directing the hearing. Lawmakers paused to pass minor measures and adopt conference reports as the session neared closure.
Senator Spooner has written Wisconsin Governor Davidson to resign from the United States Senate effective May 1. The letter was dated Saturday, but news of the resignation only became public in the Senate on Sunday, prompting wide inquiries about the Wisconsin senator.
The John A Salzer Seed Co of La Crosse Wisconsin promotes a postpaid bundle including Garden City Beet Earliest Ripe Cabbage Earliest Emerald Cucumber La Crosse Market Lettuce Juicy Turnip Radish Blue Blood Tomatoes and more at 10 to 15 cents per packet with a 16 cent add on for Berliner Earliest Cauliflower plus a mammoth plant nursery stock and free catalog via Box W.
A German journalist in Washington noted secretary Taft as impressive and noted New Hampshire congressman Sulloway appeared even larger by comparison. The observer commented that Sulloway is bigger than any man in the imperial guards and vowed to write a full letter about him.
Mr. S. M. Pickens ships 12 game cocks to Mexico at eight dollars each and has orders for 100 at five dollars and 50 at eight dollars, totaling 996 dollars. He plans to gather 150 birds for the large order. The picked breeds are Ginngrays and Warhorse, noted as fine pit cocks bred to stand steel.
The quoted lines critique how truth is consumed and absorbed, suggesting the heart becomes colored by its qualities as if fed upon. It reads like a reflective, literary snippet rather than a news item.
The Postum Cereal Co. Ltd announces a prize drive offering 325 cash awards for letters detailing experiences with coffee and Postum. Entries must be from prior Postum users and describe benefits, preparation tips, and honest outcomes, with final judging by three external judges.
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