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Newspaper
Scandia Journal
Location
Scandia, Kansas, United States of America
Date
May 11, 1906
Page
3
The item notes how gossips view a tearful woman and mocks a Pennsylvania bride who fills sofa cushions with love letters. It also describes bees building nests in decayed wood and old walls using leaves and saliva to seal grains, illustrating curious natural habits.
The community celebrates the high honor given to the actress playing the Blessed Virgin in the Oberammergau Passion Play. Anna Flunger, the last Marie, has chosen to remain unmarried to keep a better chance of being selected for the role again.
The smallest vertebrate, a microscopic fish, lives in the Philippines and is a favorite food. Thousands are needed for a meal, while the ocean also harbors the largest creatures.
Sir Norman Lockyer, director of solar physics at South Kensington Observatory, agrees with Prof Milne that the San Francisco earthquake was caused by the earth failing to swing perfectly true on its axis, tied to sun spot theory.
The text states that whisky is of Irish origin and that the Irish taught the Scotch how to make it. It explains the name comes from the Irish word uisce meaning water and that the distilled spirit was called uisqe beatha or life-giving water in ancient times.
A public health message urges students and adults to help prevent consumption by following simple hygiene rules. Do not spit on streets or in public places. use a designated spit cup or clothing item for spitting and burn or wash the cloth after returning home.
Excavation for a new railway near Capetown uncovered many old post office stones. Historical practice tied to English and Dutch East India companies left fetters under stones for recovery by the next homeward fleet.
Describes Nang Harm as a unique Siamese city centered in Bangkok with 9000 residents, all women and children, no men present except occasional royal visits. The royal family governs this enclave and the name translates to veiled women.
Ancient Gorinth used courageous dogs to pave the foe while the garrison slept. Today dogs perform active operations and ambulance work. Trained canines serve outpost duty and carry ammunition with proven value abroad.
The text notes heavy mail season and the appeal of attractive stationery and fittings with engraved papers and initials. It mentions a shift to elaborate Gothic style letters in Roman gold and old reds blues on cream, aiming for a cry of arid effect and strong contrast.
A vivid Chronicle of postquake San Francisco describes the leveling of social barriers and the rush to rebuild. Leaders from rival factions mingle in relief efforts as households improvise kitchens on the streets and prestigious merchants set plans to restore Rialto and Crossley sites.
San Francisco leaders including Mayor Schmitz General Funston and Secretary Metcalf met at Fort Mason to discuss a special legislative session and calamity laws. They urged immediate action to grant bonds for reconstruction with a projected expense under three thousand dollars daily.
The Indian agent under Interior Department orders has seized all producing oil leases held by Guffey & Galy and placed the land with the original allottees. The action follows charges they sold leases contrary to lease terms and Interior rulings. The sale price cited was about 1 250 000 dollars.
An Oakland engineer puts the fire wreckage in San Francisco at about 10 000 acres or fifteen square miles. He estimates up to 1 000 deaths and 460 000 untouched, noting remaining shipyards docks and key facilities along the water front from Mission Creek to Hunters Point.
A Texas man charged with assaulting the daughter of farmer J A Eastland was being taken to jail by two officers when a citizen posse seized him and held him until the girl’s father arrived. Eastland ordered the crowd to stand back and fired into the air with a buckshot shotgun, but there was no further disturbance.
Gen. A. W. Greeley takes command of federal troops at Fort Mason San Francisco superseding Gen. Frederick Funston who will act under his orders HQ established just east of the Presidio on San Francisco bay shoreline.
Nationalists victorious in Warsaw as primary voting completes. The Polish nationalists plan to form an independent party in parliament.
A girl recalls a mortifying moment at the Van Atta fair when she wore a gown and snatched a white silk scarf. She frightened a young man and startled another guest when she offered a gauze under vest instead of the scarf, amid embarrassment and teasing.
A nurse shares personal relief from headaches and indigestion after switching from coffee to Postum Food Coffee. She notes improved milk flow for nursing mothers and reduced nervousness from tea, urging proper brewing of Postum for best taste.
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