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Newspaper
Scandia Journal
Location
Scandia, Kansas, United States of America
Date
May 13, 1910
Page
8
The Kansas state penitentiary ends contract labor as its private contracts expire. Convicts will work directly for the state on digging coal and making binding twine and brick. Brick and coal will stay within the state and not enter the market.
Prohibitionists of Kansas named a full state slate at their Ottawa convention. The lineup includes Governor W. C. Cady Kansas City. lieutenant governor Ray Heritage Gridley. secretary of state M. Platt Holton. treasurer O. A. Herbert Peabody. auditor T. W. Battenshaw Kansas City. attorney general A. G. Drake Chetopa. superintendent S. W. Bond Miltonvale. superintendent insurance W. H. Sturdevant Richmond. state printer C. B. Jones Emporia. railroad commissioners M. R. Becktell Macksville J. K. Mayberry Topeka. B. F. Hester North Branch. Congressional districts list T. J. Pomeroy Topeka. C. H. Smith Kansas City. W. H. Talbot Parsons. Earl B. Delay Emporia. L. A. Benson Clay Center. James Kerr Palco. H. R. Ross Sterling. A. Hughes Wichita.
University of Kansas faculty consider routing reports of poor grammar to the English department. If a student has rhetoric credit, it may be canceled and the student must repeat rhetoric and earn a satisfactory grade before graduation. The move targets errors like "he has went" and "I seen."
A triple wedding at a Salina Lutheran church tied two sisters and a brother from one family to a sister and brother from another, plus a relative outsider. Frederick Hogerfe wed Hazel Chapman, Oliver Chapman married Lena Hogrefe, and Mary Hogrefe wed George F. Brown, with all parties from near Bennington, Kansas.
Laborer Ottie Burt died in Erie when a sewer ditch cave-in buried him near a ditch machine at the bottom of a 13 foot deep trench. Rescue crews recovered the body and the incident is under investigation.
The twentieth in a series of Sunday school and Young People's conventions occurred in Kansas with large attendance and strong enthusiasm. Held annually in February March and April, these gatherings are a vital part of the state's Baptist work.
A group from the University of Kansas biology department will depart in a special car for Puget Sound in the second week of June to collect marine specimens. Frem. W. L. Baumgartner will lead a six to nine week expedition carrying its own camping equipment.
The Kansas State Federation of Clubs at Abilene proposed a new department in the president’s cabinet devoted to women and children with a woman as head.
Boston visitors report 65 000 talk with L T Cooper and buy his medicine over two years. Cooper says digestion ties to health and his remedy restores the stomach. Chelsea resident Frank D Brown shares rapid relief after one bottle and endorses the Cooper remedy. Cooper's New Discovery sold by all druggists. order via the company if unavailable.
A woman asks why ocean liners are called that, and a man jokes they are hot but poorly fielded, rolling into a puddle. After he leaves for business, she calls the doctor about him.
An advertisement claims deafness stems from inflammation of the Eustachian tube and catarrh. It promises one hundred dollars for any cure not achieved, urging readers to obtain circulars from F. J. Cheney & Co of Toledo and to buy Hall's Family Pills for constipation.
A playful exchange from a Chicago Post item shows a grocery boy asking if pigs are wanted for the day and a busy cook directing to place them under the refrigerator while a lad clarifies his identity as the other boy rather than Hen.
An old advertisement claims Marine Eye Remedy relieves red welled weary watery eyes and soothes with a 60 cent price. It invites readers to write for Eye Books and notes the product is from Free Marine Eye Remedy Co Chicago. The copy ends with a moral line about growth of true greatness and goodness.
A vintage ad urges using Red Cross Ball Blue to keep clothes white like snow. It notes grocers sell the product for 60 cents a package and includes a short slogan about signatures on checks signaling prosperity.
Mrs Catharine Kautz of Findlay Ohio reports kidney trouble four years ago with back pain and weakness. After trying various remedies Doan's Kidney Pills cured her and she has been free from kidney trouble for three years. For sale by dealers 50 cents a box Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY.
A dispute between two street cleaning department workers on upper Broadway escalates as they drive side by side. One man, described as red-faced and bulbous-nosed, confronts the other, who retorts with a boastful quip about his job collecting ashes.
Frank P. Lewis of Peoria purchases what is described as the largest single tobacco lot ever held by a factory in the United States. The 24 carloads sourced from a premier crop will sustain Lewis' Single Binder Cigars for more than two years, with the selection fetching an extra price.
A reader notes a comment exchange about vacation plans and personal growth. The dialogue suggests a husband asks how the trip went and receives a positive answer that it was life changing. The tone implies a light domestic vignette.
Nonsectarian private hospital in Kansas City offers free tuition for trained nurses earning 15 to 25 dollars per week. Illustrated booklet available by mail from Eastman Sanitarium on Uarrison Street Missouri.
A brief fragment presents a dialogue about breakfast choices with a somber undertone questioning memory and preference. The exchange hints at a broader mood or situation without providing clear context or names.
An old newspaper fragment advertises Red Cross Ball Blue for five cents at leading grocers and promotes Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup for teething babies. It mixes marketing lines with a quip about truth and exaggeration.
A humorous exchange defines a skeptic as a man who refuses to eat chicken salad on grounds it would imply butchering calves. The lighthearted line plays on moral worry versus everyday foods in a family chat.
An old advertisement touts Perry Davis Painkiller with lines about prevention and cure. It mentions uses for dwiver trouble skin wounds and cords in small bottle sizes and references Doctor Pierce’s Pleasant Pellets as a laxative. The copy includes social wisdom about living in the present and future care.
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