31 May 1907
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Newspaper
Scandia Journal
Location
Scandia, Kansas, United States of America
Date
May 31, 1907
Page
1
In a dramatic moment Ware consoles Garney at a doorway urging him to abandon the "stuff" and brace for life’s possibilities. Garney recoils, muttering if he is drunk, and hurries away into the street, leaving Ware behind.
A narrator meets Bobbs Carney’s servant in his office. Bobbs explains he has worked for Carney three years and recently stopped drinking to support his master. The exchange unfolds as the narrator probes Carney’s deteriorating condition.
In a tense office scene Bobbs describes Mr. Carney’s mounting distress and withdrawal into troubling company. The narrator learns Carney’s affairs preoccupy him and that talk of his drinking raises alarm as Carney rushes away.
The Chicago and Northwestern railroad removed a colossal rock protruding over a curve near Albeman nine miles west of Baraboo. The 70 foot high bowlder weighed thousands of tons and required 1,000 pounds of dynamite for blasting. Work, postponed due to a nearby illness, cost about $20,000 and rebuilt a temporary track. PMID: witnesses included railroad officials and residents from Baraboo and Reedsburg.
Brownsville citizens present a heavy carved walking cane weighing approximately four and three quarters pounds to President Roosevelt. The inscription reads A Big Stick for Teddy to make the Senate Committee Give Brownsville a Fair, Showing.
The article notes St Peter's in Rome covering 227069 square feet, describing it as the largest floor area of any cathedral in the world. The assertion emphasizes the vast size of the historic church.
A narrator and MacArdel dine at a club and discuss a troubling topic. The conversation unfolds in a moody rooftop setting with cocktails, cigars, and city lights as a backdrop. The scene ends with a brief prompt to continue in a future installment.
A Paducah stationer, D. L. Van Culin, put a live Maine crab near a stove and found it later clinging to a nearly dead rat. The crab held the rat by the sides, pulling upstairs as the rodent dragged the crustacean’s weight. A curious chase ended with no clear perpetrator.
A Nepalese Hindu widow sought self immolation on her husband’s funeral pyre but officials stopped the act as 15 000 onlookers watched. After distributing her possessions she returned home refused food and died nine days later from starvation. The incident illustrates enduring practices of sati once deemed murder by British law.
Toledo will station women police at city parks to monitor wayward children at night. The women will have full police authority but operate under the control of the juvenile court.
A quotation emphasizes that the law protects private interests including honors lives liberties and estates. It asserts the law keeps all in balance and preserves everyone’s rights under its guardianship. The speaker cites John Pym to reinforce the concept of law as a universal safeguard.
A Missouri woman from Columbia reports relief after two years of dropsy pain kidney and heart discomfort following a surgery. She credits Dean's Kidney Pills, purchased for 50 cents a box from Foster Milburn Co. of Buffalo, after two boxes brought lasting improvement.
A farmer spent a dollar marked with his initials in a nearby town and later received it back several times over six years. The bill vanished after being sent to a mail order house, never to be seen again. The piece laments lost utility and urges supporting local merchants who aid taxes, schools, and churches.
A man living in the countryside falls suddenly ill and his family in alarm asks a neighbor famed for cow doctoring. The neighbor suggests treating the man with Epsom salts, recommending a quarter pound for the patient as he would give to a cow, illustrating the rural remedy mindset.
The article traces home made remedies from early households to the patent medicine industry. It notes Peruna’s Mennonite origins, Dr Jinga as original compiler, and Dr Hartman’s promotion of Peruna for coughs colds sore throat bronchitis and catarrhal diseases drawing thousands of families to trust the remedy.
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