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Newspaper
Scandia Journal
Location
Scandia, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Mar 29, 1907
Page
2
State Fish and Game Warden Del Travis is stocking Kansas with Hungarian partridges after distributing hundreds of English pheasants last fall. The birds are imported from Hungary and are hardy game birds similar to quail but larger. Hens lay about fifteen eggs each spring and may raise two broods if the season is long.
Production by the Southwestern Interstate Coal Operators' Association covering Kansas Missouri Arkansas and Indian Territory fell by nearly 2 million tons in the past year. The association notes gas usage as a major cause with Kansas showing the largest drop of 1,338,461 tons compared with 1905.
Scott Wilson a Kickapoo township pioneer farmer in Leavenworth county died at 75. He settled land in 1855 and is said to have fired the old Kickapoo cannon on a hill overlooking the Missouri River to deter boats believed to carry slaves. The cannon, captured in the Mexican War, was later used in border tensions before the Civil War.
The Barton county farmers institute held a great meeting at Great Bend with over 200 farmers. Discussions centered on sugar beet growing and corn breeding with speakers from the Kansas Agricultural College and Garden City sugar factory. About 40 acres were pledged for sugar beets under beet growers association. a boys corn and beet rowing contest will be inaugurated. The United Commercial Travelers of Southeastern Kansas announced a traveling men fair on pure food exposition in Pittsburg with exhibits from national manufacturers and local travelers from Kansas City, St. Louis, and Chicago.
Rail offices announce a six cent per hundred pound cut in export packing house provisions from Wichita matching the Kansas City to Galveston rate. The move aims to boost competition for shipments from Kansas City and Wichita to Galveston Harbor.
An Orient road official stated plans to extend the line from Wichita to El Dorado by August, with material staged at El Dorado as soon as possible. The project will use Missouri Pacific rails from Arkansas and Louisiana, and steel from Pittsburg, Pennsylvania through Kansas City.
Editor Roberts of La Harpe is named postmaster in a town while Cary Shaffer of Gas City is urged to win the office in his town. The Allen County Herald notes every town in the county desires a newspaper man as postmaster except Iola and the Iola-Record.
A Detroit machinist, Robert Odbert of 201 Cameron Street, details a two year battle with rheumatism that left him bedridden and on crutches. After using Dr Williams Pink Pills, he recovered and remains symptom free. Pills sold by mail or locally, 50 cents per box, two fifty for a box set from Williams Medicine Co. Schenectady NY.
New York women discover a method to fasten blouses from back to front by turning the garment inside out after placing sleeves. The trick aims to deter pilfering by chambermaids and simplify dressing without assistance. The idea may revive back-buttoned waists and invites curiosity about its novelty.
The article notes aging church leaders across denominations including Methodist Bishop Bowman at 90, Episcopal Bishop Huntington at 88, Catholic Archbishop Williams at 85, Catholic Bishop McQuaid at 84, and Methodist Bishop Andrews at 82, described as sturdy “good risks” by insurers.
Thieves entered the East Fourteenth street residence of Henry Martin while the family was at a theater and removed a heating stove weighing 600 pounds.
A Montana man recounts relief from long term indigestion and nervousness after using Grape-Nuts. He credits improved digestion nerves eyesight and mental clarity and says he feels younger and happier than in twenty years. The testimonial names Postum Co Battle Creek Michigan and urges reading The Road to Wellville.
Otto Yetting of Olds Alberta reports four years of farming success with high yields. Wheat 25 to 45 bushels per acre oats 65 to 115 bushels barley 40 to 50 bushels potatoes 700 bushels sold 275 stored cows yield $41 per head with no grain feeding. He touts the government surrender and offers guidance to secure low rates to Western Canada free grant lands.
Herr Bebel, noted as a striking Reichstag speaker, leads a frugal life avoiding society. He prepares for speeches by retiring to his small garden and tending roses and trees.
A promotion for Hall's Catarrh Cure claims a universal cure for catarrh, a constitutional disease, with a promise of a $100 reward for any failure. The notice urges readers to obtain testimonials, cites F J Cheney & Co of Toledo, and notes other products like Hall's Family Pills and Defiance Starch while inserting unrelated moral reflections.
The report notes Major Briggs replacing John F Dryden as New Jersey seeks a silent senator to Congress. It claims Briggs has never spoken publicly or written a public document and lacks legislative experience. It contrasts with Kean, praised for forensic ability and active senate participation.
A veteran recounts fifteen years of severe eczema on hands arms and legs with relentless itching. After using Cuticura Soap Ointment and Resolvent for about six days the itching ceased and the sores disappeared. Fort Crook Nebraska resident Edward Wovell credits the treatment with a complete recovery.
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