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Newspaper
Scandia Journal
Location
Scandia, Kansas, United States of America
Date
May 24, 1907
Page
3
The passage notes a claimed card shuffling device that supposedly alters nine of ten cards instantly. It cites sport accessories and an automatic chess player hoax, questioning progress in truly automatic play and reflecting on public fascination with automata and vaudeville impersonations.
A cotton broker advocates binding magazines for health and solace, describing the magazine year as a compact mental feast. The article then details recent findings on three natural bridges in southeastern Utah the Augusta Caroline and Edwin bridges with spans from 320 to 350 feet noting travel effort for visitors and limited tourist traffic in summer.
The piece notes Whittier centenary on December 17. The American Missionary Association leads the observance inviting Congregational churches to join. Whittier, a missionary, fought for justice and liberty and in youth voiced minority opinions boldly. It praises the Quaker image of restrained piety turning to ardent devotion to freedom and truth.
The Bureau of Entomology says the green bugs or spring grain apis hurting wheat in Texas Oklahoma and parts of Kansas are nearly exterminated by a tiny black fly parasite. Southern Kansas reports show at least half the bugs parasitized and weather favors further parasite growth and bug control. Three agency agents are in the field directing efforts as millions of parasites emerge in wheat fields.
Abraham Ruef known as Abe Ruef and former adviser to Mayor Schmitz pleaded guilty to extortion in Judge Dunne's court. Sentence to be set two weeks later after a dramatic turn in which he withdrew prior not guilty plea and asked for jury dismissal.
Milwaukee reports the Wisconsin senatorial deadlock broke on the first ballot in the Republican caucus with Isaac Stephenson of Marinette nominated. Esch, Hatten, and scattering votes followed, ending a stalemate that had begun April 16 after about 80 caucus ballots and a long joint-session tally. Stephenson has long backed Senator La Follette.
In St Louis Judge Adams denied H Clay Pierce chairman of Waters-Pierce Oil Company a writ of habeas corpus and ordered him remanded to be extradited to Travis County Texas. He is charged in Texas with perjury for asserting in May 1900 that Waters-Pierce was not part of any pool trust or restraint of trade.
San Francisco city officials threaten takeover if cars do not run. Geary street line from fiery junction to Golden Gate Park resumes operations Thursday morning after the dem of the striking carmen, under a plan paying workers $3 for an eight hour day.
Wheat futures for July September and December closed above one dollar as buyers flood the market in a brain storm driven by short crop fears. California purchases of real wheat reach half a million with signals of demand approaching ten million bushels.
Paris and London are reporting a Franco Japanese pact under negotiation with secret clauses. Japan would commit 300000 troops to France if Europe erupts in war, while Britain would land 100000 to 150000 troops. Britain and France would guarantee Japanese territorial inviolability and back loans.
Dr Louis Klopsch editor of the Christian Herald was decorated by Baron Takewo Ozawa, envoy of the Japanese Emperor, for relief work aiding famine victims in Japan last year. The Christian Herald fundraiser raised more than a quarter of a million dollars for the effort.
Oklahoma Republicans will appeal to Attorney General Bonaparte to interpret the election ordinance of the new state constitution. They hope to find a legal way to call an election for August or September. A Guthrie committee departed for Washington on Wednesday night per telegraphic advices.
Rev John L Clark pastor of Bushwick Avenue Congregational Church Brooklyn submits letter to credentials committee begging forgiveness for performing the marriage of W E Corey and Miss Mabelle Gilman in New York. He says he erred in marrying a divorced person and would accept any censure the committee imposes.
The Tsarist regime faces public confusion after a failed plot against Emperor Nicholas becomes known. Ambiguity among high officials fuels theories of a reactionary conspiracy aiming to declare a regency or dictatorship at Tsarskoe Selo.
Direct testimony links black soldiers to the Brownsville Texas shooting of August 13. Witnesses Mr Randall Mrs George Randall and Jose Martinez testified firing was seen as soldiers left the post during the incident. Martinez said he saw men shooting.
Corey Dodges the Hoodoo in New York to avoid bad luck as William Ellis Corey president of the United Steel Corporation and actress Mabelle Gilman marry after midnight Tuesday morning.
Dickson Tennessee reports the seventy seventh session of the Cumberland Presbyterian general assembly elected Rev A Kissman of Radnor College Nashville as moderator. General J Fortisgell of Tennessee presided with a gavel carved from wood from the old McAdow yard. Essman denounced leaders as cowards surrendering the church to another denomination.
Washington D C Attorney General Bonaparte Friday received an official copy of Oklahoma’s recently adopted statehood constitution from state authorities. He plans to seek the attorney general’s opinion on several legal questions raised by the document.
Captain T. B. Sims announced he abandoned efforts to reestablish Missouri river boat trade due to lack of support from St. Louis and Kansas City shippers, ending a bid previously aimed at reviving river commerce.
Schwiall Friday refused to grant incorporation to the Minnesota Retail Lumber Dealers association ruling its articles violate state anti trust laws. The decision blocks the group from forming under state regulation.
The 1904 study by Commissioner Knox Smith accuses Standard Oil of monopolizing the petroleum industry through discriminatory railroad practices and other unlawful devices. It notes control of wholesale and retail oil and reliance on transportation abuse to block independent rivals while hindering pipeline expansion.
The article reports American industrial activity in the Far East, with Japan investing in U S steel rails cars and locomotives. It notes twelve million dollars spent on railroad supplies for the South Manchuria Railroad and pending multi million contracts. Ships chartered by Japan will transport rails and iron across the Pacific in the coming three months.
Vice Admiral Iuin leads Japanese navy ships Tsukuba and Chitose as they depart New York harbor on Sunday. Rear Admiral Baron Herman Von Plesskott of Austria strengthens ties with Germany, with the cruisers signaling gratitude to New Yorkers for hospitality shown.
Practically the whole Reading community gathered Sunday night to honor Mystic Shriners killed in the Southern California wreck. The Masons were brought home to Reading, Pennsylvania, with mourning and respect for the victims.
Senator Robert LaFollette of Wisconsin arrived Saturday and will start a bear hunt in the Muddy district on Monday with guide Borah. The Muddy country is famed as bear territory, once eyed by Borah and Roosevelt.
General A. 8. Grant's tomb was honored by a wreath laid by officers during a world tour as General Kuroki, renowned for his campaigns, visited Riverside Drive. The ceremony featured an impressive Oriental display with a laurel wreath placed at the tomb.
San Francisco District Attorney Langdon was served by Mayor Schmitz's attorneys on Saturday with notice of a motion to substitute the trial judge. The ground is disqualification of Judge Frank H. Dunne for bias and prejudice.
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