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Newspaper
Scandia Journal
Location
Scandia, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Mar 27, 1908
Page
2
The article argues intelligent talking enriches dinner companionship and social life. It cites Sir Walter Scott on who talks well, stresses spontaneity over prepared discourse, and praises good listeners who follow the lead of others to avoid monopolizing conversation.
The Philadelphia Public Ledger reports King Edward funded a 1000 cigar order two years ago for 3000 dollars and now opts for 500 cigars at about 1600 dollars claiming high quality. A ship safety tale follows as the Steamship Pergian loses a heavy steel safe on ascent from Philadelphia to Boston and crews wrestle it to a stop using ropes and capstan bars.
An old text imagines a pocket size automobile that a chauffeur could carry in his coat pocket while pulling snow shoes in the other. It envisions arctic boots aiding travel on slopes and notes that cars are bulky for cross country use.
The American battleship fleet will visit Japan after President Roosevelt and Secretary Root approve accepting an invitation from Baron Takahira. If feasible, China may also be invited. the voyage will likely bypass the Atlantic coast until March and include stops at Hawaii Samoa Melbourne Sydney Manila Yokohama and Manila before returning via the Suez Canal.
The Nebraska supreme court ruled liquor dealers can be indirectly responsible for deaths. In one case a widow may collect support from a saloon keeper who sold her husband liquor after a debauch in David City. In another, Willow Springs Brewery of Omaha is liable for a boy’s death after he allegedly became intoxicated there and was killed by a railroad engine.
Caldwell Idaho report states Judge Fremont Wood recommended commuting Harry Orchard's death sentence to imprisonment after Orchard admitted truthfulness in his testimony at the Haywood Pettibone trials regarding ex Gov Steunenberg's murder. The death sentence followed Orchard's guilty plea pronounced last Tuesday in Wood's court.
In a convention of the Fifth congressional district captains R. T. Stanfield of Belleville and J. D. Heasted of Clay Center were elected as delegates to the national convention. They were instructed to favor Secretary Taft for president and endorsed Roosevelt era administration and congressional work of the session.
Des Moines delegates at the state convention elected four delegates at large for the National convention and voted 67217-24 to 5077-24 to endorse Senator William B. Allison. They approved the Ohio platform calling for tariff revision, while Cummins supporters showed fealty to a split stance but failed to block the Allison endorsement.
The Missouri and Kansas Interurban known as the Strang line from Kansas City to Olathe and planned to Topeka has been sold to the interests controlling the Kansas City Western Railroad. They own the trolley line to Fort Leavenworth and Leavenworth. Purchase promises completion to Topeka and possible extension to connect with a larger regional system in Southeast Kansas and Southwest Missouri.
Guthrie Oklahoma state corporation commission drew two proposed orders Friday night setting hearings for involved companies. The first order bars changing passenger schedules abolishing stations or telegraph offices without commission submission. The second fixes telegraph rates at 25 cents for ten words and one cent for each additional word between points in the state.
Judge W. N. Evans of West Plains opened his gubernatorial campaign in Joplin at the Club Theater Friday night. He voiced support for the Folk policies the initiative and referendum the state primary law against injunctions and for the submission of a prohibition amendment.
Des Moines faces a coal famine as every Iowa mine will close on April 1. Dealers expect a shutdown of at least one month. Mining firms are storing coal now while the industry assesses how long closures will last.
President Roosevelt will urge Congress to pass a special session package after March 4 1909 including tariff revision, amendments to the Sherman anti trust law to favor labor and capital, curbs on court injunction powers in labor disputes, and an employers liability bill.
In Mexico City manufacturers urge the finance minister to impose a protective duty on all locally made goods. They argue domestic industries suffer from American competition, with U.S. prices often higher or lower depending on tariffs and market conditions.
The Chinese throne and Great Britain sanction a three year experiment to reduce opium imports observe effects on domestic cultivation and consumption. If successful measures will regulate further and curb opium use nationwide.
In Canton the government yielding to Japanese demands in the Tatsu Maru dispute triggers widespread anger. Over fifty thousand people attend mass meetings, with mourning draped buildings and more than twenty speakers denouncing the action.
Three heavily armed bandits attacked Edward Hoffman and a companion two miles from Rawhide in Reno Nevada. They threw the victims down and fled in their two horse rig with about $47 000 in gold and bank notes bound for the Coalition Mining company at Rawhide.
After almost a year of litigation the Interstate Commerce Commission ruled it cannot control freight rates on shipments to foreign ports if the rates cover the full distance from inland origins. The decision limits ICC authority over overseas shipments.
John Evanson of Duluth broke the American ski record Sunday with a 131 foot jump in the season finale.
El Mundo reports on good authority that Prince Manuel now King Manuel’s arm wound from February 1 during the Carlos and crown prince assassinations has not healed and has worsened. Attending physicians declare amputation imperative.
The Znamya organ of the Union of True Russian People in St Petersburg Sunday edition prints assassination threats. Front page features a black cross and the slogan death to Milukoff, signaling violent rhetoric from nationalist group.
A Sunday blaze damaged the Robinson Lumber Company yard on North Main Street, causing an estimated loss of about $40,000. Fire crews battled the flames, with authorities reviewing the event as a serious industrial fire.
President Nord Alexis told reporters at the palace Sunday that conditions in the republic are absolutely tranquil. He spoke during a Sunday interview outlining a stable political climate in Port au Prince.
A letter from A Kaltenbrunner, Dominion Government Commissioner of Immigration, asserts that free homesteads enable rapid success. He recounts a Regina letter detailing 1907 yields near Rouleau and Drinkwater, including 70 acres of wheat yielding 20 bushels per acre and 160 acres of oats yielding 90 bushels per acre, plus carloads sold at 53 cents per bushel.
Old time drug advertisement offers one hundred dollar reward for incurable catarrh and endorses F J Cheney Co. with testimonials from Toledo wholesalers. Claims Hall's Catarrh Cure cures internally by affecting blood and mucous surfaces. price 75 cents per bottle. sold by druggists.
A dialogue from the Catholic Standard and Times features Mrs Spenders challenging a husband about adopting masculine attire. He replies that he fears no such change and quips that men’s clothes are rarely costly.
Mutterly reminder to examine every bottle of Castoria for a safe remedy for infants and children. The message stresses the signature and notes the product has been in use for over 30 years and is one of the kinds you have always bought.
A fragment from Harper's Weekly features a dialogue where a woman questions a man about kissing other girls. He confirms but says none are familiar to her.
Advert says Brown’s Bronchial Traches unbeaten for hoarseness coughs and sore throat. Claims long history and trusted cure. Seller asks fancy prices, buyers pay more.
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