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Newspaper
Scandia Journal
Location
Scandia, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Mar 22, 1907
Page
3
The text argues that broadening view of healthful enjoyment marks progress. Recreation is a duty to provide family relaxation and simple amusements refresh the mind and body. It notes urban crowds reveal ambition and warns that after a life of work, one seeks quiet, restful enjoyment of a perfected life.
A North Carolina Senate pension bill sought 100 per month for Mrs. Stonewall Jackson. She wrote that state laws limit pensions to those with under 500 in property and asked withdrawal so funds aid destitute Confederate widows. Her request earned wider esteem.
National Magazine cites women as streetcar conductors, shoe store saleswomen, and telegraph operators in Chile. It contrasts these roles with men handling hotel chambers and room care, noting American ladies’ surprise at male servants in Chilean hotels.
The New York Historical Society receives from Mrs Nast widow of Thomas Nast several keepsakes. They include a reddish clay bust modeled by D Amore a quaint jug a proof of Nast s first Tammany tiger cartoon and a large artist s pencil. The pieces relate to Nast s work with Tweed and Tammany and the 1871 Harper s Weekly cartoon.
British authorities uncover a daring scheme where distillers built an underground piping network to move duty paid liquor from warehouses to dealers. Whisky bypassed the \$2.75 per gallon tax, allowing illicit profits and drawing comparisons to American moonshiners.
Mrs William Thaw mother of the defendant testified she could not tell all she wished as cross examination continued. She recalled Harry Thaw’s 1903 return from Paris after Evelyn Nesbit’s life story and described his mood and sleepless nights. She spoke of a girl who would become his wife and a breakdown in a Pittsburg church.
In New York on March 2 Mrs. William Thaw wept while testifying for her son as the Thaw murder trial resumed. District Attorney Jerome clashed with Justice Fitzgerald over whether to submit certain authorities, delaying proceedings and prompting a tense courtroom scene. The defense rested Friday as Jerome planned rebuttal and issued subpoenas to Evelyn Nesbit Thaw and May MacKenzie.
New York March 7 The trial of Harry K Thaw for the murder of Stanford White saw a dramatic moment as the defendant's mother testified briefly in an effort to spare her son from the electric chair. Her appearance added a new chapter to the courtroom drama amid mounting legal tension.
Parsons voters authorize a walkout if Missouri Kansas Texas officials do not grant pay raise. Atchison Topeka Santa Fe conductors and trainmen reject a ten hour day with ten percent raise, seek nine hour day and twelve percent raise. arbitration offered but not accepted.
New York markets were demoralized by renewed drastic liquidation on Friday as holders on margins dumped stocks and commission houses closed out accounts. The Missouri Pacific led losses dropping 51 4 as doubts grew over dividend maintenance.
Washington reports Archie Roosevelt resting comfortably Friday night with physicians hopeful for recovery. Dr Lamert from New York says condition is encouraging but not yet safe. the president remains vigilant against infection while staying with his son for over an hour.
Chicago Chief Wilkie of the United States secret service after returning to Washington says no progress in the disappearance of 173000 from the sub-treasury. He notes they have had no competent crew and remain far from a solution since the loss was first discovered.
Archie Roosevelt, the president's third son, sick with diphtheria since last Friday, took a turn for the worse Thursday though rallied briefly. Dr. Alexander Lambert of New York arrived in Washington at 9 o'clock after a telegram from the president and assumed control of the case.
Bloodhounds brought from Neodesha to track robbers of the Missouri Pacific train lost the scent at Lamp 81 of the Central Coal and Coke company one and a half miles from the robbery scene after a circuitous run toward the Missouri line four miles away. The board of county commissioners offers a $100 reward for conviction of either robber.
A large student delegation and a brass band greet Senator Reed Smoot and party upon Friday arrival in Provo Utah. Nand and Mrs Smoot attend an informal reception at the university after being escorted from the train.
Wallace Idaho jury in the Steve Adams murder case for Fred Tyler failed to reach a verdict after deliberating from Wednesday forenoon to Thursday evening. Foreman Geo Ellers announced the impossibility of agreement. the jurors were discharged by Judge Woods.
Nebraska railroads intend to seek a court ruling on the two cent passenger fare law shortly after Governor Sheldon signed it amid debate. They argue the emergency clause and constitutional questions may render the measure invalid, despite public demand for the fare cut.
The Oaklawn Jockey Club charter in Hot Springs faces possible revocation by the Arkansas legislature. If revoked, Attorney General Kirby may seek a receiver to take charge of the non resident corporation. If not, lawmakers may consider calling a militia to Hot Springs to enforce the Anti pool selling law as an extreme measure.
San Francisco agents of a Japanese steamship company believed to be Shosen Kaisha of Osaka seek purchase of Oceanic line liners Venturia Sonoma and Sierra now for sale. They may form a new trans-Pacific route between San Francisco and the Orient, possibly allied with the Western Pacific railroad.
John Turner 97 died at his home Sunday in Kansas. Born in York England he entered the British navy at 16 and was friends with Charles Dickens. He witnessed Queen Victoria's coronation and had been a widower for 60 years.
Richard Kennedy Jr. age 20 killed his father during a quarrel at their Solon home Sunday and surrendered to police after striking him with a baseball bat while his mother watched. The motive cited was a family dispute and the son acted in his mother’s defense.
Roseburg Oregon authorities report William Bloss an aged German man confessed to killing his companion Phil Lemmon in a cabin near Roseburg. The crime arose from a quarrel over Lemmon's loud snoring disturbing Bloss's rest.
The Hamburg American Line steamer Blucher arrived in St Thomas, carrying Speaker Cannon and a delegation en route to inspect the Panama Isthmus work. The party is aboard for the purpose of reviewing efforts on the canal project.
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