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Newspaper
Scandia Journal
Location
Scandia, Kansas, United States of America
Date
May 28, 1909
Page
1
Optimism blooms as rhubarb jokes mix with hat and hair trends while balloons and airships stir competition. References to Shackelton and Peary, spring poets, and a note on dirigible balloons highlight oddities across fashion, travel, and exploration in a playful, era-tinged column.
An insurance expert argues that systematic re examination can curb disease, turning jokes about life extension into a serious preventive approach. He suggests careful monitoring could expand health sites and keep illness in check.
A reflection on how a little known individual and his associates rise to power through the influence of a few vested interests, only to reveal later that merit was less involved than favoritism.
In Four Teeth ward Seattle reports terrors from Cougars Coyotes and lesks troubling residents. Elsewhere Europeans believe Kirene roams Buffalo streets and Chicago is a frontier town with men in leather breeches and Lowig Knives.
Arisditer faced rapid legal proceedings in a Canadian town with arrest Monday trial Thursday verdict Friday amid criticism from defense counsel over the swift pace and alleged haste of local justices.
The text argues that magnetic charm often outweighs talent and should be cultivated to the highest degree. It suggests those lacking charm are not merely pitied but blamed, claiming that charm is within reach of most people.
A newspaper note discusses a 108 year old woman who refused to fill an old age pension form, reflecting on longevity, pride, suffering, and welfare relief in England as chronicled by the era's concern with pauper relief and the elderly.
The last American troops have left Cuba, leaving the island to self government. Soldiers marched from Camp Columbia near Havana as Cuban forces moved in to take possession, signaling an end to foreign occupation and hope for no third intervention.
Communities plan old fashioned Fourth of July celebrations focusing on parades picnics and the formal reading of the Declaration of Independence. Fireworks are deemed out of date but the safe and sane concept remains in force across several cities.
Henry H Rogers, Standard Oil financier valued around 100 million dollars, died at his New York home on Seventy eighth Street after a stroke. He had long reduced market activity since a 1907 stroke and stepped back from finances while remaining vice president of Standard Oil.
Mayor McClellan announced that none of Coney Island amusement venues operating with labor on Sundays will be allowed to open. He stated the law requires Sunday to be a day of rest and only works of necessity or charity may be performed.
A new high price for wheat was set at the Cincinnati Chamber of Commerce as a choice carload of No 2 red wheat sold for 1 53 a bushel. The price has only once before surpassed this level in Cincinnati, in 1876 when wheat brought 2 15 8 per bushel.
The Georgia railroad strike features a threat to extend nationwide action. Officials urge federal intervention to protect mails as E A Ball warns of a serious situation with alleged black supremacy pushing a white workers’ response.
The last regular session appropriated 1 044 401 sit. plus contracts for future funds of 26 0 0 875. Fortifications in the Philippines, battleships, colliers, torpedo boat destroyers, submarines, torpedo boats and river harbor upgrades are included. 10 120 new officers authorized and 6 213 abolished, net increase 8 877, annual salaries totaling 5 672 009.
Captain Peter Travis Jr of the U S A was convicted of first degree manslaughter for the August Bayside Yacht Club shooting death of William J Annis. The defense argued insanity but the court sentenced him to a term of one to twenty years.
Emperor William I presents a signed portrait to J. Pierpont Morgan, president of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, in recognition of his good offices regarding the exhibition of German contemporary art at the Met.
Martin Oppenheim, alleged agent of German lottery firms, was arrested at the request of US District Attorney Sims. Thirty Hamburg lottery tickets alleged to be owned by the German government were confiscated.
Tentative plans call for one or two flights by the Wright brothers on the oval south of the White House as part of exercises for the Aero Club of America's gold medals presentation on June 10.
Mrs Helen Kelly Gould was granted an Inter locutory decree of divorce from Frank J Gould by Justice Gerard in the New York Supreme Court.
The State appeals to the US circuit court from Judge McPhersons injunction halting prosecution of a Missouri rail rate suit. Jeptha Howe represents Sebert Jones in St Louis and seeks review of whether the federal court had jurisdiction. The dispute centers on alleged rate regulation violations and interstate conspiracy claims.
Carl Ivrickson a 21 year old man in Colorado Springs slept through a 25 foot fall from his apartment window. He woke only after a vivid dream of freezing to death and believed the grass to be a wood cover. He sustained only minor bruises and recovered quickly.
Mrs Bertie Nelson of Anson Minnesota traveling alone with four thousand seven hundred dollars was removed from a train in Omaha and placed in the city jail matron's room after a physician declared her temporarily insane She is about sixty and cannot recall her Kansas relatives though she knows where they live Police found her throwing five and ten dollar bills from the car window.
Governor Carroll has issued requisition for W. S. Gibson charged as a steerer of the Maybray gang. Gibson is under arrest in San Francisco and will be taken to Council Bluffs to face trial.
Illinois honors Gen. George Rogers Clark with a heroic bronze statue unveiled before a large crowd in Quincy. The ceremony drew many residents and officials to celebrate the revolutionary soldier and explorer's legacy.
In New York Justice Dowling directed a verdict of six cents for photographer Peter A. Juley in a suit against Town Topics Publishing. Juley claimed $5,000 damages for not publishing his Roosevelt portrait with proper credit in Facts and Fancies after selling the photo to Town Topics for three dollars.
The Allan Liner Mongolian and 500 passengers broke free from ice off St Johns Newfoundland after two days as prisoners in sight of the harbor. The steamer finally escaped to open water amid jubilation onboard.
Mrs Josiah Straw of Canton South Dakota reports relief from rheumatic limb pains kidney irregularities and general weakness after using Doan's Kidney Pills. Her husband experienced a similar improvement. The couple recommends the product sold by all dealers at 0 cents a box Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY.
Pat, after three days digging a well, confronts Towser the foreman's bulldog at the pit edge. He warns he will not work with a fiery man, claiming past work with Germans Hungarians Italians navigators but refusing the dangerous presence.
The Euphrates college committee appoints two professors, N Tenekijian and Nahigian, to study education in a large interior province. Tenekijian once served six months in prison on a false disloyalty claim, while Nahigian studied under President Angell. Dr H N Barnum is asked to advise on popular education and social reform in eastern Turkey.
A minister's wife describes coffee addiction during night nursing duties, its damaging effects, and her switch to Postum. She notes relief after a year, with clearer thoughts and steadier nerves, and urges readers to consider Postum as a breakfast beverage. Evidence of letters praising Postum circulates, labeled as genuine and human interest.
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