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Newspaper
Scandia Journal
Location
Scandia, Kansas, United States of America
Date
May 10, 1901
Page
1
Ruined city scene from Jacksonville depicts desolation in a stark, weathered urban landscape. Debris strewn streets and vacant structures symbolize a broader decline affecting residents and local commerce.
A devastating blaze in Jacksonville destroys 148 blocks, threatens ten thousand homes, and triggers martial law. Officials warn total losses may reach ten million dollars as residents flood aid stations and seek shelter, with thousands displaced and tents becoming the temporary norm.
In Dayton Ohio the National Cash Register factory shuts down for an indefinite period due to moulders difficulties. About 2,300 workers hear the notice as four moulders are reportedly discharged for cause and a threatened sympathy strike follows by polishers who back the reinstatement.
A small but genuine tornado struck between Juniata and Hastings Nebraska Saturday afternoon, racing a Burlington train toward Hastings before veering away. The funnel cloud touched the town’s west edge, damaging several outhouses and barns as it moved southwest to northeast.
Henry Havisburgin was found dead in a field northwest of Pickrell Nebraska. Authorities suggest lightning caused his death as his team returned from tending corn. his mustache was singed and Missouri marks were noted on the body.
President Stuyvesant Fish unveils a pension plan for 40 000 employes of the company effective July 1. The plan starts with a $250 000 gift and yearly appropriations not over $100 090. Pensions equal 1 percent of the average monthly pay for each year of service, based on the last ten years.
The presidential party traveled from New Orleans into Texas touring the cotton belt and black prairie pastures before arriving in Austin. Governor Sayers and state officers greeted the party for a reception at the governor’s mansion where Mr. and Mrs. McKinley joined cabinet ladies for an informal dinner before heading to San Antonio.
Leyland Line chairman Efferman refused to discuss selling the line to J P Morgan & Co until a Special meeting is convened. Ellerman noted last year’s results and said a U S subsidy would harm British trade and threaten competition with American owned steamers.
Over thirty six hours a heavy storm soaked the Rocky Mountain and intermountain regions. Utah Nevada and Arizona New Mexico deserts received extensive rainfall with potential regional benefits expected from the downpour.
London deputation from the Workmen's Sugar Tax association presses Sir Michael Hicks Beach to drop the tax. The chancellor declines, calling the sugar levy the key element of the budget and arguing workers who supported the war in South Africa should bear part of the cost.
Vienna dispatch reports Italian composer Pietro Mascagni has signed a contract for a United States tour. He will begin October 15 with an orchestra of eighty players and a personal stipend of 10000 dollars weekly for eight weeks.
News in brief reports the Iowa battleship was successfully launched in Seattle Washington on Friday. A brilliant comet was seen in the western sky shortly after sunset from Santiago Chile. A general strike in the building trades is threatened in Louisville Kentucky due to a demand for recognition. In Quincy Illinois a jury awarded $5,000 to the death of lineman John Clark against the electric company. The Japanese cabinet under Marquise Ito resigns amid delays by Finance Minister Viscount Watanabe on public works plans.
The ordinance forbids street operation after sundown without a lamp powerful enough to illuminate 200 feet, and requires an alarm device sounded at intersections. It sets a maximum speed of eight miles per hour and prohibits two cars from running abreast without permission. Drivers must yield to fire apparatus and salvage corps wagons.
Under Professor Noble's will a Norwegian inventor leaves 500000 for the world to fund three fortnightly journals in France Germany and England. Maurie Labori who defended Captain Dreyfus will be editor in chief of the French magazine.
A historical advertisement roundup offering Dr Shoop restorative Rigg’s Pharmacy Allen S Olmsted Garfield Tea Hamlin’s Blood and Liver Pills Piso’s Cure for Consumption and other home remedies. Claims include cures for dyspepsia constipation headaches and feverish illness with prices and postal addresses.
Hall's Catarrh Gate is taken internally. Price five cents. A farmer with nervous prostration and a dyspeptic outlook is never in good humor. Beeman's Pepsin Gum promises relief by chewing. Mrs Winslow's Soothing Syrup for teething eases gums and wind colic. Also a note on Hegotism and vanity.
A collection of reader letters to Mrs. Lydia E. Pinkham from 1898 to 1900 describe chronic menstrual pain weakness and various uterine issues. Testimonies praise Vegetable Compound and urge others to seek her free guidance from Lynn Mass.
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