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Newspaper
Scandia Journal
Location
Scandia, Kansas, United States of America
Date
May 17, 1917
Page
1
Single handedly he enters an outlaw camp and captures John Harris, the murderer of his son in law. He marches Harris three miles through a forest in darkness and lands him in a Muskogee jail in a bold frontier act.
Story recounts William Eugene Johnson nicknamed Pussyfoot tracking and arresting James Harris and accomplices for the murder of James McKeehan on the Verdigris and Paw Paw rivers. Johnson frees and detains Harris and Nora McKeehan after a tense pursuit, delivering them to Muskogee jail and securing life sentences at Leavenworth.
The article explains that modern detectives rely on chemists at police HQ with portable lab equipment. Chemists analyze bloodstains, clothing, drugs, dust, fabric scraps, fingerprints under nails, and shoe dirt to determine the crime scene’s locality and gather evidence for cases.
Edward Howard Griggs asks why affection can foster petty selfishness and irritability. He warns that focusing on personal comfort can spoil happiness for others, urging ceaseless watchfulness to prevent such habits from growing.
The text argues worry is a powerful nagger of nerves and notes that religious and philosophical systems aim to avoid or ignore it. It suggests if the cause cannot be avoided, one should forget it, praising methods that reduce or eliminate worry, citing Marcus Aurelius as an influence and Weber and Wields as supportive examples.
Description of ritual dancing in Musgrave Westmorland during rush bearing on May Day with twelve girls from Brough, then mentions Corpus Christi dances in Seville and Echternach Jumping Saints procession with pilgrims dancing along the Saar to a cemetery cross.
A drill sergeant questions a recruit who admits he was fired from a toy company for packing too many toy soldiers into each box. The recruit explains the reason was to ensure quality but the firm dismissed him for overpacking.
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