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Newspaper
Scandia Journal
Location
Scandia, Kansas, United States of America
Date
May 24, 1907
Page
8
A historical reflection uses Civil War era stationery to recall prewar spirit and early campaigns. It highlights envelopes bearing Scott Davis Ellsworth and the promising young officer who died seizing a secession banner, naming Washington and Alexandria as key scenes.
The Woman’s Relief Corps members highlight the sorrow of many new graves to decorate each year. The feature emphasizes the enduring duty of honoring the fallen through memorial observances and grave adornment.
Firebugs first hit the Holsington opera house but the blaze was quickly extinguished with minimal property loss. Minutes later the Elmore Lumber yard fire destroyed about 20000 dollars of property, with only 6000 dollars insured. Multiple arson attempts on residences were thwarted and two men are held on robbery charges.
State charged Hulme with hunting without a license near Cheyenne bottoms. Game Warden Costello and Deputy Lemon pursued Hulme. he was arrested and fined $17.25 plus costs after pleading guilty before Justice Clayton. Hulme and others later swore warrants for the wardens’ arrest for trespass.
W. B. Jay of Emporia holds several dated commercial instruments from 1825 to 1831. The items are checks and notes payable to the Bank of the United States and bear signatures of David Crockett Richard M. Johnson Louise Cass J C Ihoun and Sam Houston.
Miles Gilliand, 19, under sentence to the state reformatory, jumped from the Atchison bridge into the Missouri River as Sheriff Smith and the prisoner waited at the depot for a Hutchinson train. Gilliand ran onto the bridge and leaped into the water after a watchman tried to stop him.
A. J. Hutchins, a farmer south of Madison, was shot at his home by an unknown assailant. He was seated in the kitchen when a shotgun blast through a window struck him in the side. Hutchins had just sold his farm and planned to move to Oregon.
State Superintendent of Insurance Charles Barnes turned over 102,032.46 to the state treasurer for March and April. Of this total 98,702.46 is allocated to the general revenue fund and 3,330 to the school fund.
Fred O. Morns, president of the North Topeka Civic Club, states railroads grant reduced round trip fare of one and one third for the club carnival running May 27 to June 11 in Topeka.
Supreme Court issues permanent ouster order against the city of Wichita restraining enforcement of the prohibitory law. Mayor John Graham accompanies Attorney General Jackson in court and submits a journal entry to city officials for approval. Sheriff Bollinger uses phone service to summon jurors, successfully reaching 15 of 18 drawn.
Mrs Charles N Preston of El Ellard Pennsylvania recounts recovery after using Deans Kidney Pills. She describes fatigue weight loss thirst and sugar in kidney secretions improving rapidly with the remedy and says the sugar disappeared and weight returned. Sold by all dealers 50 cents per box. Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY
A quote from the Atlanta Constitution portrays money as a pervasive burden and source of worry. The speaker ridicules wealth, notes constant anxiety about earning and spending, and mocks the greed of bill collectors while lamenting the uneasy grip money holds on both rich and poor.
An advertisement claims deafness cannot be cured by local applications and must be treated constitutionally. It links deafness to inflammation of the Eustachian tube and catarrh, offering $100 for any case of deafness not cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure and promoting Hall's Family Pills for constipation.
A provincial bootmaker bills himself as a learned craftsman using witty phrases. He claims to be a doctor and surgeon by work he heels and performs cuts. He calls himself a fishmonger selling soles and heels and a schoolmaster giving understanding and a good speaker who holds all to the last.
The Boston Globe reports gummers both amateur and professional emerge from the Maine woods as the season closes. Gum prices near two dollars per pound in Ban bor Maine, a town likened to Dawson City for gum regions, reflect the strong demand for balsamic chew.
A London physician at a dinner party is asked how to treat a man with severe indigestion who can only howl with pain. The doctor replies that he would also howl with pain, illustrating the humor in seeking gratuitous medical advice.
A Cleveland grocer recounts surveys of customers helped by leaving coffee for Postum Food Coffee. He shares his own experience showing reduced nerves and restored appetite after switching, praising Postum as beneficial for those with nervousness or stomach troubles.
An advertisement proclaims Garfield Tea from the Garfield Tea Co. of Brooklyn purifies the blood, eradicates disease, and regulates digestion to bring good health. It invites readers to ask their druggist and notes sale by druggists.
Senor Carlos Silva of Santiago editor of El Mércurio, oldest Chilean daily, is in Washington with his wife for the first American visit.
The piece notes Mrs. J. C. Phelps Stokes receiving a charming epigram on an ad dress during her Detroit visit. She lauds slum women who preserve speech purity and declares that a woman's oath is unnatural and incredible, likening it to expecting a bullet from a rosebud.
A sequence of letters from Mrs Geo A James Sames of Fredonia New York extols Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound as life changing curing nervous prostration female trouble and relief through the Change of Life The testimonials claim vast cures and invite other women to seek Mrs Pinkham's free advice at Lynn Massachusetts and to consider the remedy authenticating its reputed safety and efficacy.
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