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Newspaper
Scandia Journal
Location
Scandia, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Mar 26, 1909
Page
1
A string of witty observations tones the era from astronomy to politics. Notes on Lincoln as a proposed state name in the southwest, jury prospects, Maxim’s gun, constitutional lawyers, Castro in Venezuelan affairs, Wilson on statesmen born in New York, Utah’s capital, and quirky forecasts on cold waves and ships.
A thief blew open a safe and carried off a guard dog, while the Tacoma police force remained intact. The rest of the excerpt muses on wealth, law, Alaska foods, and the limits of technology in an era of rapid change.
Tennessee plans a July enactment banning liquor sales within four miles of schoolhouses. The measure requires schoolhouses to be eight miles apart to enforce the rule, aiming to curb liquor access near schools.
A New Orleans policeman arrested his wife after a quarrel with another woman and escorted her to the police station. The incident was described as closed so far as the public is concerned, with the man facing potential repercussions for what he will hear.
Congress considers bills mandating wireless outfits on ships. Public sentiment supports the move, bolstered by the service's splendid showing, and the measure would reassure travelers and commerce alike for those at sea.
The New York Times reports a distinguished citizen asked to sign a woman suffrage petition would do so only if two changes were added. He demanded that if suffrage is won by women it should be taken from men and that all women over 40 receive two votes. The ladies are considering the idea.
Theodore Roosevelt sails from New York aboard the Hamburg with Maj. Edgar A. Mearns J. Loring Alden and Edmund Heller to collect African fauna for the Smithsonian. His son Kermit will be the official photographer. The expedition travels via Gibraltar Naples Mombasa Nairobi and Port Florence Entebbe then travels across Uganda to the Nile toward Khartoum and Cairo. Roosevelt funds his own travel while Smithsonian backs the scientists and specimen shipments.
In Woolbrook Sirmouth England a tame rabbit's brood of six survives after the mother is accidentally killed. A house cat has taken the litter under her care and feeds and handles them as if they were her own kittens.
A historical quotation questions the misuse of Providence and the harm caused to others. The passage reflects on ethics and the severity of misusing intellect and gifts, contrasting folly with the moral duty to protect neighbors.
Bulgaria imposes a two dollar yearly bachelor tax with little practical impact. The remark notes that a man marrying to avoid the tax would be too poor a financier to be a worthwhile husband.
German experiments show cholera and typhoid germs can travel upstream via fish. The study indicates fish may spread contamination to communities upstream from polluted rivers, not just downstream areas.
The passage compares a sunken bell aboard ships to a sixth sense for locating land, likening it to the mythic ability of fish in deep sea. It suggests the bell's beneficent possibility guides vessels toward land proximity.
A reflection on strength in aiding others in dark times. The author calls on individuals to be a source of support and courage for those in crisis, framing compassion as life’s true glory.
The Atchison Globe questions why a collapsing tree in a crowded town base would always harm the man with a small income and large family, suggesting social causes behind each deadly moment.
In a era of heightened cleanliness the article introduces an antiseptic toothbrush marketed as a tool to improve health and happiness by reducing germs and ensuring a germproof mouth care routine.
A gold mounted corundum stone seal dating to 1653, once used on several deeds of Oliver Cromwell. The amethyst or ruby-like stone bears the Lord's Prayer engraved across its surface and is now held by a prominent Welsh family.
A traditional cure suggests bruising onion and potato into a pulp, mixing with salad oil, and applying to a bare burn or scald. Secure with a bandage to hold the mixture in place.
A Horace quatrain warns that delaying the hour of living is like a rustic waiting for a river to pass before crossing. The river keeps gliding by, and life moves on, forever. The note emphasizes timely action and seizing the moment.
A Cleveland style quip from the Indianapolis News comments on public health and personal experience with illnesses. The editorial tone suggests frustration with comparisons in health care or symptoms. It reflects a newspaper voice critiquing common assumptions about illness severity.
Mrs. Frank Roseboom of Moscow Idaho describes hereditary kidney trouble and related ailments including nerve weakness eyesight and sleep problems. She credits Dean's Kidney Pills with relieving all symptoms and notes the product sold by dealers at 50 cents a box from Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY.
A fragment notes Charon’s indignation over a wireless ferry system request. The text then promotes Garfield Tea as a quick acting laxative benefiting the body. It quotes Wendell Phillips on education as progress and closes with an early 20th century drug ad mentioning 25 cents a box and free samples by John S. Brown & Son.
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