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Newspaper
Scandia Journal
Location
Scandia, Kansas, United States of America
Date
May 03, 1907
Page
8
A 1906 argument urges farmers to balance thrift with local obligation. Buying locally sustains markets, schools, and rural infrastructure, while mail order dominance risks depopulation and loss of community services. The piece compares past farming values and warns of distant catalog retailers overriding home trade.
A well dressed woman visited Burlington county clerk in Mount Holly seeking her family genealogy. Clerk William Sharp opened a 1710s volume and found the ancestor named, then learned she had not finished as the record showed her forebear had been hanged for piracy.
William O'Brien recalled from his Irish prison time that a prior prisoner left a Bible with Jeremiah marked and a note urging “Cheer up, old boy.” The anecdote highlights resilience themes amid imprisonment.
A fragment notes that monkeys are remarkably keen of sight but deficient in sense of smell, highlighting sensory strengths and weaknesses in primates.
A reflective line notes that while wealth is a heavy burden few are willing to challenge or bear. The speaker suggests society treats riches as a noble duty yet resists taking on such weight themselves. The quote probes shared responsibility and personal hesitation in facing wealth's obligations.
A railway porter wrote to Admiral Beresford asking to name twins Princess of Wales Brown and Lord Charles Beresford Brown. Lord Charles obtained permission from the princess, but a month later the same porter announced that Princess Brown had died that morning.
The note presents a quotation on cunning as both offensive and defensive against ignorance and advises using cunning only as a last resort. It attributes the line to John A Howland.
Norway maintains five leper hospitals housing about 600 patients across the country.
Terrill failed to persuade a district court jury in Topeka that a December 19, 1903 Mail and Breeze article defamed him. Iva N. Terrill filed a $10,000 libel suit against Arthur Capper T. A. McNeal and George M. Crawford, with Terrill acting as his own attorney and key witness.
John Gebhart shipped 49 white face cattle to Salina from Saline county. The lot average weighed 1,438 pounds and sold for 6 cents per pound, about 86.22 dollars per head. The largest steer weighed 1,960 pounds and sold for 117 dollars.
At the Kansas Lutheran conference meeting in Marquette President Pihlblad announced Andrew Carnegie donated 20000 for Bethany College's library building. The plant will accelerate construction as debt is cleared and conditions met. Bethany has received 85000 in gifts in under a year.
The Topeka Herald notes the dandelion is native to the Kansas prairies. It bloomed in the days of Indians and buffalo before civilization moved inhabitants westward. The piece frames the dandelion’s spread as a clash between cultivated lawns and wild primeval growth.
Attorney General Jackson informs C W Trickett to seize all beer wagons delivering Missouri beer to Kansas City Kansas customers. He says injunctions recently granted by the Supreme Court authorize action. Brewers have kept crossing the state line since Kansas City Kansas joints closed.
Under the recent legislative act the Atchison Coal and Mining company gains two years to sink its second shaft. Work has begun on the shaft located 1,100 feet north of the first. Estimated cost to complete the shaft is about $48,000.
In Wyandotte Fifty Years Mrs Amelia Schneider 77 died of pneumonia at the home of her son Dr Herman Schneider 631 Orville avenue Kansas City. Widow of Christopher Schneider the first to run a tailoring shop in Wyandotte county. Born in Germany she came to Wyandotte county in 1857 by steamboat from St Louis. They struggled to obtain a house with Mr Schneider opening a shop in a tent until material for a house could be shipped.
The Marion Record rebuts reports that it plans to sell the paper. The Record says no sale is contemplated though attempts to buy it have occurred, noting interest from newspaper colleagues while defending its offerings.
Miss Dora Hayden of Washington D C writes that Peruna provided great relief from catarrh and she asks friends with catarrh to try the medicine. She praises its benefits and recommends it to all suffering in any form.
Mrs. N. P. Lawler of Pittsburg Kansas describes a spring illness that developed into a severe catarrh. After trying Pe runa on a friend’s advice she felt improvement within three days and full health in two weeks, calling Peruna a wonderful medicine.
W Bourke Cochran recounts an Irish tale about a Baring Gould obituary printed by mistake. The purported death is false and the punchline notes the irony of a man loved by readers believing every paper claim.
The notice promises a fair quality starch for both hot and cold starching and offers a money back guarantee via the grocer if the customer believes better work could be done in less time at a lower cost.
A Life magazine quip recalls a chauffeur at $200 a month. The speaker notes the prior driver ran away with his wife, a wife the listener knew, highlighting a humorous yet sharp reflection on domestic affairs and hired help.
An old advertisement promotes Garfield Tea as a herbal laxative for all ages. It claims it purifies the blood, eradicates disease, and overcomes constipation, promising good health.
The female and male nurses in Paris hospitals issue a joint notice demanding higher pay and improved treatment. They warn they will strike if authorities do not meet their demands.
The advertisement asserts Defiance Starch prevents sticking to irons, offered in 16 ounce cans or 10 cents, and marketed as available everywhere.
United States cereal production for 1906 reached about 5 million bushels valued at roughly 2 billion dollars. The large aggregate underscores the era's agricultural scale and market significance for staple grains nationwide.
Lewis' Single Binder straight 5¢. Many smokers prefer them to tie cigars. Your dealer or Lewis' Factory, Peoria, IN.
A witty remark suggests that secrecy is not the fault of women, implying fault lies elsewhere. The line reflects social humor about gender and discretion, common in period commentary.
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