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Newspaper
Scandia Journal
Location
Scandia, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Nov 20, 1908
Page
1
A 19th century essay argues emancipation for women lies in the right to wear a white linen collar. It traces the collar from royal ruff to modern badge of dignity and vows that women should wear the collar as a sign of equality in labor and partnership.
The island given by Mrs Russell Sage to the United States becomes part of West Point. It once held a defensive chain to block ships on the river and now houses relics at Trophy Point and Washington Headquarters. Susan Warner lived there and wrote popular novels under Elizabeth Wetherell.
A London print reproduces a letter from an Indian sympathizer to an English official. It begins with Dear sir but ends with I am your enemy Gemaji Timaji, illustrating a clash between formal courtesy and hostile sentiment in colonial correspondence.
Prof Dolheare notes at 60 degrees Fahrenheit crickets chirp 60 times per minute and at 61 degrees 64 per minute, a four per degree rise. Solo chirpers lack regularity while chorus crickets synchronize like a conductor. Adjacent fields keep the same rate but follow different beats per conductor.
A federal grand jury charged Raymond Poo May I O S Plorn John K Horn Frank Philom and S O Snider with using the mails to defraud in promoting the Two Queens mine near Winkelman Arizona The government alleges exaggerated literature led to the sale of treasury stock totaling about 1 9 million shares with only a fraction spent on development The defendants deny guilt and await trial
Thomas McGrath, an election official in St Louis Second precinct Third ward, was convicted of making false returns at the August primaries and sentenced to four years in the penitentiary. Evidence showed W S Cowherd received 199 votes while his opponent had none in official returns and witnesses testified to votes for other candidates.
The United States decides to carry the Standard Oil case to the Supreme Court after the Chicago circuit court of appeals refused a rehearing. The move follows an all day conference between Attorney General Homer A. and government lawyers involved in the case.
Albert Berger an Alaska miner attempted suicide at Canyon Ferry on Tuesday night then tossed $2000 in post office money orders payable to himself in a Helena store claiming the money would belong to the government and no one would quarrel after his death.
Washington D C hearing before the house ways and means committee shows most interests affected by Schedule A of the Dingley tariff favor maintaining current rates. The session covered chemical products coal tar products paints oils varnishes and related medicinal extracts as preliminary deliberations ahead of an extra congressional session.
The United States circuit court of appeals denied the government's petition for a rehearing of the Standard Oil Indiana rebating case. The government plans to seek Supreme Court review by writ of certiorari, arguing the appellate ruling would undermine Roosevelt era reform measures.
N. G. Robinson of Altus Oklahoma is in serious condition in a Topeka hospital after two suicide attempts within two weeks. He first attacked himself with a manicure knife inflicting 20 wounds in a hotel fight with his wife. In a second act he thrust a glass tube through his right eye. He declares he will kill himself and is not considered insane.
A massive mine explosion and fire at Radbed nine near Hamm Germany trapped 80 miners. Only six escaped unhurt while 35 were severely injured and 37 died upon reaching the pit entrance. The remaining 302 miners were reported lost.
After a black band letter demanded 500 dollars, the home of Grillea Mercurio at 273 Larived Street East in Detroit was blasted Tuesday night. The house was badly wrecked but nine occupants asleep inside escaped injury.
Rev Dr Alfred Hi Harding longtime rector of St Pauls Episcopal Church was elected bishop of Washington to succeed the late Henry Y Satterlee at a meeting on Tuesday in Washington D C Harding has served the parish for 22 years and succeeds the late bishop Satterlee.
In San Francisco during a third trial of Abraham Ruef a gunman shot Assistant District Attorney Francis J. Heney during a court recess. Heney was wounded but not fatally, and is resting at Lane Hospital. The assailant Morris Haas, an ex convict and saloonkeeper, is jailed.
Secretary Victor H. Metcalf submitted his resignation to take effect December 1 due to ill health. Assistant Secretary Truman Newberry will be named his successor. Metcalf had suffered long illness, previously known for his vigorous health. Newberry had been in Detroit business before his appointment on November 1, 1905.
Topeka, Kansas. Adjunct General J W F Hughes reports a new federal appropriation for the Kansas National Guard. The state now gets 642,174.44 annually for equipment clothing and ammunition, with 24,912.56 extra this year, based on enlistment numbers, and about one third of the total funds support militia operations.
Pekin reports the emperor dead at four o clock Friday afternoon but no official confirmation yet. The dowager empress is also said to be dying.
Dundee mills in Booksett New Hampshire to resume operations November 30 after an eight month shutdown. The linen crash producer employs about 300 workers.
A head on crash near Emerson Nebraska between the Chicago St Paul Minneapolis and Omaha passenger train No 5 and freight No 16 going north at 6 30 pm Friday kills fireman Stuffer instantly and breaks engineer McClaire s leg.
Nashville grand jury returns true bill charging Col. Duncan B. Cooper Robin J. Cooper and John D. Sharp with the murder of ex Senator KE Carmack Sharp also charged as an accessory before the fact.
A special grand jury in Chicago returned 38 indictments against 15 judges clerks of election and politicians over fraud in the August primary. The action marks a major corruption probe tied to city elections.
Mrs. R. C. Richmond of Northwood Iowa reports years of kidney trouble backache and headaches ending after using Dean's Kidney Pills. After three boxes her health is perfect and the pain is gone. Sold by all dealers 50 cents a box Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY.
In an interior town a cleric who wed a dowry-bearing wife of ten thousand dollars turned sermon into memory by pausing during a hymn. He intended to skip the fifth verse but readers in the pews found the verse praising grace and blessings and smiled at his remark.
An Expressman and a housemaid debate a delivery none the less about a new tire for the auto or a new hat for the missus. The exchange hints at a domestic shopping dilemma in a small household.
The article notes Mrs Ruth McEnery Stuart's charm in reading her negro dialect stories for charity and church events. Her son boasted that she could speak two languages, white and colored, highlighting his pride in his mother's skill.
A Michigan woman recounts a year of indigestion and weak nerves after an operation. Two months on Grape-Nuts restored her appetite, steadied nerves, and returned her eagerness to work. The letter promotes Grape-Nuts by Postum Co. and cites The Road to Wellville.
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