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Newspaper
Scandia Journal
Location
Scandia, Kansas, United States of America
Date
May 24, 1901
Page
2
A collage of brief items reports bonds approved for a Minneapolis high school, a new paper in Latham Mirror, livestock losses near Cha mute, and a host of local curiosities. It lists small-town events from Elks charter hopes in Galena to Arsenic spray in Oskaloosa orchards, plus wind lore for Greenwood and community plans for public festivals and revival meetings.
A profile of Walter Baker & Co. the Dorchester Massachusetts cocoa and chocolate maker founded in 1780 on the Neponset River. It notes the company’s quality standards fair pricing and opposition to counterfeit adulterated products. It urges housekeepers to check brands and offers a free recipe booklet by mail.
The collection, praised as a worthy successor to the Brownings, comprises about 150 letters written by Victor Hugo to Adele Foucher starting at age eighteen. Adele’s parents opposed the match due to Hugo’s poverty and lack of a dowry, but consented to marriage. The couple's first home was a small flat costing Hugo $200 yearly. Editor M Paul Meurice calls the letters nobler documents revealing Hugo’s inner life in his early era.
An Assiniboia letter from Yorkton to a St Paul reader extols Western Canada as a land of opportunity. It urges John to move in spring, notes cheap land, rising towns, wheat prospects, and a $20 000 flour mill, with government ads promoting new Saskatchewan and Assiniboia districts.
A Chicago art student, sister of General Fanston, says her brother’s achievements fill her with pride and she longs to be in Kansas where she can cheer him on. She notes it would be hard to stay in Illinois.
Fest Ache and Burnt Shake into your shoes Allen's Foot-Base a powder for the feet. It makes tight. New Shoes feel Easy Cures Corns Bunions Swollen Hot and Sweating Feet. At all Druggists and Shoe Stores 26c Sample sent FREE Address Allen 8 Olmsted LeRoy NY.
A president cancels plans to travel to Washington as health concerns surround his wife. He remains at her bedside amid ongoing medical worries, delaying public engagements and travel until she stabilizes.
Secretary Cortelyou said Mrs. McKinley has improved since Wednesday noon but her illness remains grave with new complications. President will return to Washington as soon as she can travel, informing the public and cities along his planned route.
In Albany New York on Wednesday mobs and militia fought as 75 non union workers were moved toward Quail Street barn under cavalry escort. Citizens suffered sabre slashes and mob violence while two thousand soldiers remained in the city and 2500 more awaited orders from the governor.
Major William P. Vose of the Sixth Artillery has set his own tax policy in Bataan defying civil authorities. General MacArthur orders Vose to stop the unauthorized actions. The U.S. Philippine Commission reports provincial revenues are too meager to sustain local government until land tax collections begin a year from now.
In Topeka Kansas a jury convicts Mrs Carrie Nation of joint smashing. The district court will sentence later with expectation she may pay a fine. Defense argued insanity but verdict surprised observers expecting acquittal or hung jury. Nation was convicted for breaking into Ed Murphys saloon last February.
The Santa Fe Railway ordered 125 locomotives to be delivered in 1901 and seeks 40 more, totaling 165 engines in twelve months. The expenditure nears 260.6 thousand dollars, setting a record for such orders.
In Smartville Nebraska John Kavanaugh a young farmer shot Dennis McLaughlin after McLaughlin ordered him off his farm and threatened to kill him. Kavanaugh says he acted in self defense. McLaughlin, about sixty, was mortally wounded and unconscious. Sheriff and posse pursuing Kavanaugh.
Mrs Fred Lane, held in the county jail at Kearney Nebraska as a witness in the state case against KF Dinsmore, was ordered released by Judge Adams after a possible new trial. She departed for the east on the Union Pacific.
Brooklyn letter carriers decide for summer dress uniforms of trousers and light blouse with a light helmet rather than shirt waists. They keep gray as a practical, dressy color and note a quieter, untroubled contract settlement versus Manhattan's shirtwaist proposal defeat.
The American Federation of Musicians at Denver convention denounces rag time tunes as unmusical rot led by H C Wheeler of Kansas City and vows to suppress playing and publishing such music The next annual meeting is set for Buffalo New York with date to be fixed by the executive board.
In Peoria Joseph Fleming dies and Joseph Blumb injured after a runaway accident. Wealthy farmer John Minahan dies near Chilton Wisconsin when thrown from a corn planter. May corn hits 60 cents, highest since May 31 1892. Roosevelt accepts Minneapolis address at state fair in September. Six men killed by mine explosion in Farmington New Mexico Georges Creek Coal Company shaft. Corsicana Pipe Line lowers crude oil price from 76 to 74 cents per barrel, a 37 cent drop since Beaumont field opened Jan 10.
In London, observers note that muddy streets correlate with lower disease rates compared with dry dust conditions. Dust inhalation is tied to bowel troubles and consumption, while converting dust to mud eliminates its harmful germs by preventing their spread.
The Chicago Milwaukee and St Paul Railway issues a booklet describing the Aberdeen to Missouri River region and its newly accessible section. It invites readers planning relocation to obtain a copy by sending a two cent stamp to F. A. Miller, General Passenger Agent, Chicago.
Mayor Tom Taggart and Mrs Carrie Nation discussed saloon reform during her visit to Indianapolis. He stated saloonkeepers pay a 400 dollar annual license and warned police will enforce the law, rejecting Nation's methods.
The blue bonnet or buffalo clover is cited as Texas state flower. It grows across the state in masses, often covering acres with a carpet of blue and reaching about a foot in height.
The article praises Mrs. Lydia E. Pinkham and her Vegetable Compound for women’s health issues. It cites a Grant Park resident, Mrs. Chappell, endorsing Pinkham’s guidance and notes her free advice from Lynn Mass.
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