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Newspaper
Scandia Journal
Location
Scandia, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Nov 08, 1901
Page
2
A Kansas roundup jests at old customs in Minneapolis Salina Topeka Atchison and Lawrence. Jokes reference theater ushers, a Valpola restaurant menu, a bank break in Jackson, Fort Hays squatters eviction, Law rence dam peril, and quirky local tales from Concordia Eldorado Osbourne and more.
A East Side civics lesson recounts a misidentified painting by children after a museum visit. A boy recalls a picture he told his mother about, mistaking Columbus Before Isabella and later insisting it depicted the girl in old dress under a tree, then war and salvation.
The article notes the government profited greatly from shin plaster currency during the Civil War. About $368,724,079 was issued with $6,880,558 never presented for redemption. Some examples remain as curios, and occasionally offers for redemption appear.
Captain A H Bogardus, famed wing shooting champion, spent the summer in Chicago at the Ferris Wheel Park giving exhibitions and teaching. He recalls a near fatal kidney illness from Elkheart Indiana, later cured by Dodd's Kidney Pills and credits them with his recovery.
Four year old Harry notices a stopped clock and asks his father whether time stops when a clock stops. The child’s curiosity highlights early wonder about the nature of time and perception.
Walter Baker and Company of Dorchester Massachusetts claim to be the largest chocolate makers in the world and note they received gold medals from the Paris exposition last year and three gold medals at the Pan-American exposition in Buffalo this year. Their products are promoted as the standard for purity and excellence.
The item notes that US labor saving machinery equals a hard working population of 400 million. It advertises ten traveling salesman positions at American Standard Jewelry Co in Detroit and offers over 50 000 annually plus commissions, requesting age, prior work and references. It includes an ad for Hall's Catarrh Cure from F J Cheney Co Toledo Ohio with a testimonial offer of 100 dollars for successful treatment, and a closing quip about women kissing in public.
Small ad fragment urges readers to ask their grocer for Red Cross Sall Blue detergent priced at five cents per package. It highlights home use and broad savings.
All up to date housekeeping use Defiance Cold Water Starch touted as better and costing four cents more for the same money. advert notes its superior quality and long standing brand value.
A vintage advertisement promotes Defiance Starch claiming to keep garments white. The copy emphasizes using the product to maintain brightness, mentioning a price of 16 cents per package.
James Wallace a 48 year old farmer from near Hastings Nebraska disappeared on October 17 and returned October 22 in a deranged state. He died from a self-administered strychnine dose after an inquest ruled suicide. He left a sizeable farm and bank balance, with a sister in Galveston Texas and a brother William nearby.
The jury found W. H. Ward of Pluma S D guilty of first degree murder in the killing of Lee Shephard and burial in a potato garden. Ward received a life sentence with hard labor at Sioux Falls. He is suspected in the disappearance of Kirk Shephard and may have killed the Shepard boy to influence his adopted son Harry.
In Havana on October 31 General Bartolome Maso issued a manifesto announcing his candidacy for Cuba’s presidency. He seeks support from autonomist, Spanish, and black voters, arguing a unity with the autonomist party to preserve nationalism and promote Cuba’s welfare under Spain.
Sir Thomas Lipton arrived in London and went to his Osidge residence in Southgate where friends and neighbors greeted him with a band and a carriage. He responded to a welcome speech from Southgate saying he hoped to drink from the cup but it had stuck despite his efforts to lift it.
A.Crawfordsville dispatch reports Prof. W C Emery retired from Wabash College chair of chemistry denying charges of sharing secret mixing process information with a rival match company. O M Gregg, superintendent of an involved firm, is named as a trustee of the college.
A westbound Union Pacific passenger train No. 3 ran into an open switch and wrecked at Rock Springs Wyota. All passengers were badly shaken. W A Alexander of Chicago suffered painful injuries.
A physician from Scott County Kansas moved to a new area due to income pressure but citizens rallied to fund a $500 annual bonus to lure him back. The county commissioners approved the stipend on the condition he resume practice in the original field, and he has returned to his former home to serve there.
The document asserts that surety and secrecy require a cable-ship owned and operated by its own officers. It states the first official cable vessel will be prepared and, in war times, stresses Hostetter's Stomach Bitters as vital for health, claiming it cures indigestion and related ailments and prevents malaria and fever.
A concise observation notes that some individuals laugh at aged humor since they recognize the content as a joke. The line comments on awareness and humor without asserting a broader trend or source context.
The piece notes rising, worldwide demand for St Jacob's Oil and its favored status for rheumatism and pains. It claims sales surpass other remedies and presents testimonials of its effectiveness, alongside Garfield Tea as a premier family remedy for good results and constipation relief.
An 1900 Vermont era notice from Van Buren Indiana dated February 10 1900 extols Piso's Cure as the best medicine for all throat and lung affections issued in a short testimonial style typical of the period.
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