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Newspaper
Scandia Journal
Location
Scandia, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Mar 16, 1906
Page
10
Opinion favors clipping horses in early spring as essential for health and work efficiency. A Buffalo test showed clipped horses stayed healthy while unclipped ones suffered coughs and pneumonia. Proper clipping aids drying, comfort, and energy for the next day’s work. A clip can be purchased cheaply, and care improves value. A humorous aside ends the piece.
A promotional notice from John A. Salter Seed Co of La Crosse Wisconsin advertises Salzer’s Bargain Seed Book filled with bargain seeds. It promises free seed to grow 5 tons of grass, and highlights Cosmos as a fashionable annual flower added with a mailed notice.
Readable items note Chillicothe reports 761 boys and 761 girls in public schools. Liberal lodge plans a Ben Hur performance. Carthage burglars raid a pickle factory. Roosevelt not asked to curb zinc ore strike near Carthage. Missourians feature in lectures, dances, and curious local events from Sturgeon to Richmond.
A brief note recalls the popular account of George Washington's early fame for saying he cut down a cherry tree and confessed the act. The legend is cited as a teaching about honesty and moral virtue in early American lore.
The bridge whist craze has reached railroad circles with the Colorado Midland issuing bridge whist score cards. The two color score pads will be mailed to players on receipt of five cents postage to Co. H. Speers G. P. A. Denver Colo.
Brief item notes a proverb about misfortune or luck with a sharp pun on lightning and spine. The clipped text suggests an editorial or page header labeled TEL BRIEFS and a stylistic remark about unlikely repeated events.
Capt John J Ely of Co E 17th Ohio, now living in Newton Kansas, recalls contracting kidney trouble during the Civil War. He credits Dean's Kidney Pills, used since 1901, with curing his chronic condition after years of pain and mobility struggles. Sold by all dealers 50 cents a box Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY.
Professor Charles Zeublin returns from a five week lecturing trip in the Northwest. He notes Portland struggles to keep prestige while Seattle grows toward becoming the West’s great seaport, surpassing San Francisco, and predicts Tacoma will become the West’s great manufacturing city.
A Cleveland style medical ad claims Dr Williams Pink Pills rebuild red blood and cure nervous disorders, dyspepsia, and female weakness after grip. Testimonial from Mrs Amelia Hall of Norwich Connecticut recounts improved strength and appetite. Includes offer for booklet from Dr Williams Medicine Co Schenectady NY.
An engraving titled Hagerman Pass to Colorado is issued by the Colorado Midland Railway. The 26x40 inch plate is suitable for framing and can be mailed to any address on receipt of 15 cents in stamps to C. H. Speers G. P. A. Denver Colo.
A clipping echoes social foibles and labor woes with satirical notes from Chicago News. It questions matrimonial roles and gender expectations, suggesting some men are underpaid for their knowledge while women seek respect and security in partnerships on Easy Street.
The fragment discusses the belief that a rabbit’s foot does not affect destiny or events such as the Red Sea crossing or a presidential election. It suggests usefulness only while possessed, then its value ends.
The U.S. government has opened an investigation into charges by W. R. Hearst against major trunk lines and sugar trust subsidiaries. The probe alleges rebates to American Sugar Co and a fixed percentage pooling of freight from New York by lines including New York Central West Shore Pennsylvania Philadelphia and Reading Erie Delaware Lackawanna and New Haven Hartford.
The Treasury Department will deploy six surgeons to parishes around New Orleans to aid state authorities in preventing yellow fever spread this summer. Nine public health and marine hospital surgeons will also travel to major fruit shipping ports in South and Central America to oversee shipments.
In Philadelphia a police squad raided a 200 person anarchist meeting as Johann Most of New York spoke on his birth anniversary. He ceased his speech at police orders and the hall was cleared amid a scuffle. no arrests were reported.
The Christian Herald as third time contributes to a Japanese relief fund. Dr. Klopsch editor says the state department received $10,000 via the Red Cross for transmission to Japan, with similar weekly sums expected for some time.
In Chicago two masked burglars broke into Cryrenius Beers home and pointed revolvers at his head demanding the safe be opened. Beers’s fright saved him and the thieves fled with about 30 dollars in jewelry.
In Harrison Nebraska a blizzard death tragedy unfolds as the bodies of Mrs Clinton Metz and her two children are found about a half mile from the Metz ranch. The children lost on their way home from school and the mother lost while reaching for them died in the harsh weather. The three were located roughly 200 yards apart.
A London newspaper prints Andrew Carnegie asserting wealth offers few advantages. He argues riches do not greatly increase happiness and mocks the idea that millionaires who laugh are common, suggesting wealth may even lessen human joy.
Judge Harold A. Salomon of Stockholm, appointed by the Swedish government to study juvenile courts in the United States, is introduced to the president by D. K. Watson, a commissioner for codifying the federal criminal laws.
Boston report notes President Mellin of the New York and Hartford Company states reductions in passenger rates will go into effect across all lines this spring and summer. Some reductions already authorized include a span out to 2 cents a mile.
A Western ally sought a government post with Roosevelt’s help. While a target was nearly chosen, a protest arose not over killings but over alleged atheistic beliefs. The dissidents opposed him for being an agnostic, despite a homicide record not being the primary issue.
A Paris case describes a woman with extreme kleptomania for smoking and color dyed pipes. Police found in her flat over 2,000 pipes, none paid for, suggesting a long pattern of theft from shops.
A Paris physician claims a technique to tint eyes by injecting liquid behind the pupil. He says pale blue eyes can become deep violet in seconds with no apparent harm to the patient.
Herbert J. Hagerman of Milwaukee has just taken office as governor of New Mexico. He is born in 187 and is noted as the youngest governor in the country. Unmarried and wealthy, he is regarded with social favor in the territory and has already received many letters from young women.
A London saloon-keeper sought magistrate approval to move his license to another locality. He argued the current district had become a New Jerusalem and that Jews did not drink as much as Christians, aiming to relocate.
Mrs McSosh questions her husband about a sober return as he explains filling the refrigerator with coal and shoveling ice into the furnace. The exchange, delivered with a Cleveland Leader tone of comic domestic misunderstanding, highlights the era’s lighthearted home life.
A query from readers asks if a pauper married a wealthy grass widow in Glover. No confirmed details are provided. the note invites clarification about the reported marriage and local status.
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