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Newspaper
Scandia Journal
Location
Scandia, Kansas, United States of America
Date
May 29, 1908
Page
8
A wartime poem honors fallen soldiers with laurel wreaths tears and love for those who bore scars. It praises courage and sacrifice amid ills and despair and lauds foes whose bayonets crossed. The verse frames heroism despite loss and the cost of war.
In New York the timber industry along the Seneca canal shaped life at Log Landing between Geneva and Waterloo. Hyman Johnson, a 21 year old farmer, left to fight for the Union in 1861 promising to return to mow his lot. He died a prisoner in the South, and his mother placed a wreath on his scarred scythe as a memorial. Memorial Day emerged from that era, though Mrs. Johnson rests in an unnamed grave. The old homestead near Waterloo endures in another family’s hands.
Missouri Democrats at Jefferson City instructed all 36 national delegates to vote as a unit for William J. Bryan. District delegates were chosen in 16 caucuses with convention approval, voting down a measure to disenfranchise ignorant and vicious negroes. The temporary leadership was elected, and Gov Folk with Senator Stone named delegates-at-large. W.N. Evans resigned as state chair with Harry M. Rubey taking over.
Thomas Williams a coal miner was arrested on a larceny warrant after taking two sacks of corn containing 107 dollars from a union relief room where striking miners were receiving allowances. He fled but was chased down and the funds recovered by other miners.
In St. Joseph, Missouri, Reverend Rufus R. Fletcher a Methodist minister with a Fairport charge died by suicide. He reportedly faced domestic troubles and weighed concerns about two daughters appearing on stage, prompting the fatal act on Thursday by swallowing carbolic acid.
Coal operators and miners in Missouri Kansas Oklahoma and Arkansas reach a two year wage and working conditions agreement after 70 days of talks. Committees from both sides announce settlement ending the dispute.
Springfield Missouri work on the state normal school building halted by contractors Caldwell and Drake because they say the state cannot provide money due on estimates. Officials report no funds available to continue.
Chicago chairman New of the Republican National Committee announces a June fifth meeting to settle contests and prepare a temporary roll of delegates. To date thirty two contests have been filed.
LaPorte county grand jury returns seven true bills against Ray Lamphere and indicts Mrs. Bella Gunness for the murder of Andrew Helgelein of Mansfield South Dakota. The indictments were handed up Friday afternoon in LaPorte Indiana.
A Friday fire at the Midway on Lake Contrary near St. Joseph Missouri caused about 50000 dollars in losses. The blaze was attributed to crossed electric wires at the lakeside summer resort two miles from St. Joseph.
John T Buchanan longtime principal of Central High School died in New York after an illness of more than a year Brights disease noted as the cause.
A Washington report states the House on Thursday passed a bill establishing a Bureau of Mines within the Department of the Interior. The measure aims to organize mineral exploration and regulatory work under federal oversight.
A brief dialogue note from the Atlanta Constitution depicts a farmer and poet discussing a prospect in fields. The farmer complains of a mule's stubbornness while the mule is humorously noted as a German animal from a beer wagon era.
An old advertisement promotes Pettit's Eye Salve from 251 druggists of Howard Broa Buffalo New York. The ad suggests its use for common sore eyes and blurred vision. The quoted Eliot line about death and reconciliation appears as a literary insert.
A collage of marketing lines and aphorisms including Red Cross Ball Blue laundry pages, Emerson quotes, a Lewis' Single Binder cigar plug, Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup for teething, and moral maxims about small things and wise women.
Washington DC senate approves a bill aimed at preventing desecration of the United States flag. The measure moves toward enactment to protect the national emblem.
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