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Newspaper
Scandia Journal
Location
Scandia, Kansas, United States of America
Date
May 17, 1901
Page
4
The article notes three months of kite fever in Puerto Rico with boys in Yauco and mountain towns flying valentines, using heavy cord and colored papers. Kites come in cross, bird, triangle and six sided shapes, often bearing names readable from a distance.
A critical observer predicts navies will fade as mechanical developments shift power dynamics. The commentator notes accelerating autonomous systems and weaponized tech could render traditional fleet structures obsolete.
The article notes rapid turnover in Italy's government from 1891 to 1901 with thirteen administrations. It names Crispi, Rudini, Giolitti, Pelloux, Saracco, and Zanardelli, highlighting repeated cabinet reconstruction and program changes and predicting Zanardelli’s brief tenure ahead.
A critical essay argues the shirt worn by Pacific islanders under mission influence harms populations. It claims shirt wearing leads to depopulation, citing Hawaii Marquesas Line Islands Tonga Niue and other regions, and contrasts missionary practices across denominations.
A dramatic company manager, earning around ten dollars a night, halts performances by posting an 8.R. O. sign to force a change. The next day a long line forms at the box office as crowds return, underscoring the moral to dramatize or take milk routes.
Reports by the United States Geological Survey and visitors describe Death Gulch in Yellowstone’s northeastern corner as a V shaped ravine with oppressive air and sulfur smell. Explorers like Harvey Weed Charles EB George and Mr Everett found numerous animal carcasses and noted gases causing asphyxia, extinguished wax tapers, and dangerous winds through the open end.
Wisconsin Supreme Court held pedestrians have right of way when crossing street-car tracks if they can clear safely without delaying the car. The decision notes the railroad may need to slow or stop to allow passage, a view echoed by the New York Post but warned against relying on it.
In an apartment house a Monday washing schedule causes tension when Mrs D moves in with no maid. Mrs A’s Irish maid refuses to vacate the laundry, sparking a quarrel that ends with Mr D insisting for his wife’s access and boasting of extreme nervousness.
The article argues beauty hinges on health and the liver, noting different standards across nations. It promotes the water cure at home, recommending two glasses after rising, hot water with salt if the liver needs stimulation, frequent sipping between meals, and a pint before breakfast plus water at night.
A Chicago News note cites growing optimism as church work expands across the United States. It tallies 300 million dollars spent annually on Christian interests, led by Catholics, Methodists, and Presbyterians, plus funds for buildings, hospitals, education, and Sunday schools.
The former Royal Academy president Sir Francis Grant loved painting from youth yet studied law. He painted his youngest brother in full uniform on horseback. The family praised the portrait and he quit law to pursue art, shocking his tutor who dismissed him after he burned his cram books.
The Chronicle reports gold first found in Bendigo by a pugilistic old shepherd later called Bandicoot Creek by Athenean. The diggers, many Californians, allegedly corrupted the creek name into the Nottingham pugilist. As Bendigo grew, residents shunned its name, changed it, then recently revived the earlier version as racy of Australian life in San Francisco Bulletin.
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