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Newspaper
Scandia Journal
Location
Scandia, Kansas, United States of America
Date
May 10, 1912
Page
5
A big special train from Kansas City Mo carries 100 business men on a trade extension trip. The itinerary covers twelve hundred and fifty miles as the delegation visits This Town to promote commerce.
A special Kansas City business train carrying over a hundred Commercial Club members will visit 92 towns across Nebraska and Kansas, spanning 1250 miles. The trip aims to expand trade and strengthen relations with merchants, highlighting Kansas City’s civic spirit and enterprise.
Delegates from Kansas City's Commercial Club travel aboard a luxury railcar to promote the city's rapid growth. The entourage highlights parks, boulevards, a new union railway station costing thirty five million dollars, and high school attendance. The train features sleepers, dining cars, telephones, a barber, orchestra, and singers.
A desperate comedian invited to a coastal gathering arrives thinly clad on a bitter night. The hostess greets him warmly while he replies with a wry remark about his appearance and hardship, showing his ability to joke despite weighty troubles.
A Maine feature notes Hanover as a deserted village where dense tree growth obscures ruined houses. Forty families once lived there and the schoolhouse held 60 pupils. Now the families have left and only a small settlement remains with nine survivors of the original hamlet.
A speaker argues that while mistakes occur, the American people generally govern well. The goal is to grant the people real control over their political fortunes rather than nominal influence.
Roosevelt argues for social justice to improve life for the oppressed and to prevent future hardship for all. He condemns exploitative profits and harsh working conditions, urging action to uplift workers, the poor, and families in decaying tenements and worn farms. He stresses that justice benefits the strong as well as the weak.
Massachusetts results produce a near equal split of 36 delegates between Taft and Roosevelt with Taft leading the preference vote by about 4000. Roosevelt benefits from eight at large delegates due to ballot confusion advancing a drawn battle that signals a setback for Taft and questions about his renomination prospects.
The passage shows scattered remarks from a 19th century paper discussing accusations, political figures, and public reactions. It references warnings and skepticism about candidates and a claim that no straw remains in a certain leader's “mikey.”
Elizabeth Towne in Nautilus describes the Blue Devils as contrary spirits whose visit ends quickly when treated kindly. The piece urges adopting their mood, matching their energy, and enduring their torment with polite endurance and fierce resolve.
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