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Newspaper
Scandia Journal
Location
Scandia, Kansas, United States of America
Date
May 24, 1901
Page
1
In a small village house six Dawsons plan for Decoration Day. A lunch theft sparks a prank but a wet mishap deepens family ties. Grace Nellie and the twins mend tempers and restore harmony among the children.
The piece praises reconciliation between former foes, noting the Spanish American War era veterans now stand united on Decoration Day. It highlights how those who were once divided by war now join in honoring the flag and fostering lasting friendship across divisions.
The article notes renewed patriotism after the Spanish American War and highlights marching tunes like Marching Through Georgia as enduring favorites. It recalls Civil War veterans marching through Georgia and the lasting love of country inspired by these songs.
The Salis bury National Cemetery houses about 11,000 unknown dead. The government maintains the vast graveyard in splendid repair as a national memorial.
Ora V Edleman a Cherokee born girl 20 writes and publishes a thirty two page illustrated weekly in Fort Gibson Muskogee and Indian Territory Oklahoma The magazine serves the two territories and draws mixed blood writers including prose and poetry with Ora proud to call herself Indian.
Secretary Cortelyou reports Mrs. McKinley shows improved condition with stable pulse and temperature and the patient resting. Doctors warn life remains precarious, with no further bulletins unless developments occur. President McKinley remains at her bedside as public plans are abandoned in respect to the crisis.
In Albany New York hundreds are injured as guardsmen disperse a strife between authorities and strikers. William Walsh and Leroy Smith merchants were killed, William Marshall a non union motorman is gravely wounded, others suffer bayonet wounds and gunshot injuries amid martial law and a tense crowd.
Springfield dispatch reports striking Wabash machinists left for St Louis to present their case to General Manager Ramsey. Blacksmiths and boilermakers in local shops remain at work and unlikely to join a sympathy walkout. If the strike lasts, shops may close due to lack of machinist labor.
W Bourke Cochran earned the Laetare Medal from Notre Dame University conferred by Archbishop Corrigan and church dignitaries in New York. He becomes the eighteenth Catholic awarded the honor.
Reports from Trenton Nebraska indicate chineh bugs are causing great damage to wheat and rye. In some areas the insects are so thick they can be scooped up. Cooler weather and a forecast of rain are hoped to curb the infestation.
Miss Rose Cullen of Butte Montana writes that Peruna has many friends there and helped her nervous exhaustion after finishing school. She notes keeping Peruna in the house and using it occasionally keeps her in fine health and that many believe it to be a top medicine.
The longest horse railway in the world runs from Buenos Ayres to San Martin in Argentina, a distance of about fifty miles with a thirteen hour schedule. Trains depart Buenos Ayres hourly by day and twice at night, while express services carry only baggage each morning and evening.
Ad text promotes Allen's Foot-Easer as a cure for swollen feet and foot complaints and advertises Allen's Foot-Ba as a powder to shake into shoes. It mentions Kidd Drug Co tablets for urinary issues and an interval injection, with Rigg's Pharmacy listing Lincoln Nebraska as seller. The copy includes disjointed promotional lines and miscellaneous claims about drug products and personal judgments.
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