10 May 1907
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Newspaper
Scandia Journal
Location
Scandia, Kansas, United States of America
Date
May 10, 1907
Page
1
Narrator discovers a note revealing a hidden romance with Florence Carney and finds a familiar figure in the library, implying a practical joke. He reads letters from London and Paris, learns Dr. MacArdel’s surprise at his sudden disappearance, and notes the Jarvis case postponed to fall term.
The narrator and Mac Ardel discuss a mysterious note found on the narrator bed in a haunted house. The note reveals the narrator’s feelings for Miss Carney and triggers questions about who read his thoughts. A wager on marriage and further clues threaten to unravel the incident.
A dialogue scene unfolds as MacArdel arrives with a cigar for the speaker and proposes a month long vacation. The exchange hints at a train connection and a planned departure, with the speaker recalling a previous office visit.
A New York police captain recalls the humorous pursuit of Hambone Charley, a thief who stole from iceboxes in Plushing. Officers traced patched trousers to a ragtime hall where a colored man was found. The suspect was jailed for a month after the cook identified him in the rear-yard escape scene.
Dr. W. W. Billingslea, on Walnut Street, is near completing a unique dwelling built from chips and broken marble from the new federal building. Now into the second story, the project has cost under $1,000 so far with total expense expected under $1,500. Inspector Blumbarten noted the walls were unusually strong.
A letter by Thomas Jefferson drew a final price of 160 at a recent auction, underscoring collector interest in early American political correspondence.
Florida plans to reclaim 6 to 7 million acres long regarded as waste swamp. Govorner and capitalists push Everglades drainage transforming overflowed areas into cultivable land. Project aims to boost Florida to a sugar producing powerhouse, rival Connecticut in size and wealth, with $150 million yearly sugar import savings.
An unclear quotation notes that many people who have never experienced something think they understand it, suggesting uncertainty about recognition until impact or consequence is felt. The fragment hints at awareness and assumption about future experiences.
A wide snowstorm swept Nebraska Kansas Missouri and Illinois with record May cold. Lincoln and Nebraskas snow depth reached four inches while Chicago and other cities reported historic May low temperatures and frost damage. Trains faced drifting snow as northwest winds chilled a broad region.
The California Fruit Growers' Exchange based in Los Angeles filed the first telegraphed complaint with the Interstate Commerce Commission. The commission set the hearing for May 15 in Los Angeles. The petition contained about 1 131 words and cost the exchange roughly $80 for transmission.
The Denver and Cleveland, in Hampton Roads with the Atlantic fleet, are ordered to pass through the Mediterranean and Suez to Chinese waters. They may stop at Bordeaux to represent the United States at the Marine exposition marking Fulton’s steam navigation anniversary.
Chicago reports the first performance of the 101 Ranch show at the Coliseum, presenting everyday life on the Bliss Oklahoma ranch. The act features cowboys horses and Indians without spectacular theatrics, aiming for a realistic portrayal of Western ranch life.
A sudden failure of the Chuviscar dam in Chihuahua, Mexico, buried about 40 workers under heavy masonry and water. Reported deaths range from 15 to 20 with 13 injured and several missing. some of the injured are expected to die.
Guatemala has apologized to the Mexican government for insinuations that the Mexican legation in Guatemala City sheltered men suspected of attempting an assassination of President Cabrera. The statement follows events disclosed last Monday morning.
Governor Dennehy issued a proclamation asking aid for famine stricken Russia. A Russian famine relief committee has been organized in Chicago to handle funds.
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