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Newspaper
Scandia Journal
Location
Scandia, Kansas, United States of America
Date
May 10, 1907
Page
3
Mrs Hugh Fergus near Colony suffered a severe lockjaw attack after yawning while tending her feverish son. Found by her husband early morning groaning with clenched jaws, physicians treated her for hours until relief. She said fatigue from caring for her son preceded the episode.
L A Webb reports a mare near Parsons bore a colt with seven hoofs on four legs. The left front leg has one hoof while the other three legs have two hoofs each. At the ankle the colt develops two-hoofed extensions on each leg, making a surplus but otherwise healthy animal.
Poultry raisers in central Kansas met at Newton to organize the Central Kansas Poultry Association. Membership fee set at 50 cents yearly. The first annual exhibit will run December 10 to 14 in Newton, with 2,000 birds accommodated in the auditorium. Members urged to sign up with the secretary.
A six feet four inch diameter cottonwood log was cut into nine foot pieces after a tree cleared by woodmen for Ben Wilson six miles northwest of Lawrence. The log produced 5 000 feet of lumber, with limbs yielding three and a half foot diameter logs, and a wagon was broken by a split log.
A frightened cow belonging to G W Schmidt charged toward Junction City and entered the Fuller home in the east part of town. The animal overturned a table and forced several youngsters to shelter under beds until the cattle was removed by authorities.
Word comes from the rament in J. Paul that seeding has started across Manitoba Saskatchewan and Cadberra. Heavy winter snow left ground ready for seeding with a mild spell to ease frost. Farmers rush to plant spring wheat oats and barley as newcomers load stock and prepare farms, aiming for a banner 1907 grain year in Western Canada. Programs by Canadian Government agents promote low rail rates and land districts to settlers.
The ad touts Hall's Catarrh Cure as the only positive cure for catarrh, a constitutional disease. It claims internal action on blood and mucous tissues, offers 100 reward for any failure to cure, and directs readers to send for testimonials from F. J. Cheney & Co. Toledo Ohio with 75 cent price. It also mentions Hall's Family Pills for constipation.
A fragment includes dialogue about love and a cheeky offer to teach affection. It also features 19th century ads for domestic products promising fair trials on starch and a herbal Garfield Tea as a gentle laxative option.
A historical note states that the velocipede was invented by Drais in the year 1817. This marks an early development in bicycle history attributed to Baron Karl von Drais.
An assortment of short notices sells Daisy Fly Killer with a 20 cent offer through H Somers of Brooklyn. The clippings mix ad language with aphorisms on reputation after death and a nature remedy tea claiming health benefits.
The notice promotes Allen's Foot-Fase as a remedy for hot, sweating, callous and swollen feet. Sold by all druggists for 25 cents with a trial package offered free. Address Allen S. Olmsted, LeRoy New York.
Relief efforts in China employ 3,000 workers in famine centers while the English American relief fund totals $250,000. The text notes the popularity of fine white goods this summer and endorses Defiance Starch as free from injurious chemicals, claiming strong stiffening power with less product for a perfect finish on fabrics.
A compact maxim notes that wrongdoing grows from established habits and social norms. It reflects on how vice becomes routine when repeated within a community setting.
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