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Newspaper
Scandia Journal
Location
Scandia, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Nov 30, 1900
Page
1
Fragmentary report credits Barth of Kréslin Germany with a claim that singing improves respiration and lung function. The text suggests benefits to appetite digestion and diaphragm movement though wording is unclear and garbled.
A decree abolishes the Siberian penal colony following the Siberian railway project. The vast plains rapid settlement pace is likened to the spread of Hostetter's Stomach Bitters, promoted for constipation indigestion dyspepsia and flatulence.
Women prepare for examinations to become sanitary inspectors. Those already admitted have proven to be excellent officers.
The Passenger department of the Chicago Milwaukee and St Paul Railway issued a docklet listing populations of all U S cities with 25 000 plus from the 1900 census. Copies may be obtained by sending a two cent stamp to the General Passenger Agent in Chicago Illinois.
Investigations show high class students lost several pounds due to exam stress, while lower classes saw less weight loss. The report highlights mental strain from examinations across student groups.
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American Tea notes the only tea gardens in the United States are at Pinehurst South Carolina. Dr Shepard owns an estate of about 700 acres with between 50 and 100 acres currently planted to tea.
A family dilemma over dessert prompts a quick answer. Jell O is presented as a delicious healthful option prepared in two minutes with no boiling or baking required. Flavors listed include Lemon Orange Raspberry and Strawberry available at grocers.
Strenuous opposition ends a weekly boat run from Gréenwick Scotland to the coast. The service formerly operated every Sunday and has now been discontinued.
Advertisement heavy page promotes 8 000 000 acres of new lands for settlement and subscription to The Kiowa Chief with offers including a year for $1.00 and a free illustrated book. Also includes assorted medical, consumer, and promotional snippets from vendors and a marriage note.
Dispatches from Nashville report a severe tornado across northern Mississippi and western Tennessee causing 64 deaths and over 50 injuries. The storm damaged Maury and Davidson counties, with Lavergne and Gallatin hit hard. Homes were wrecked within a 350 yard wide path, many in poor neighborhoods, as telegraph lines failed and the death toll could rise.
Chief Justice Norval declares the board of transportation null and void with two Nebraska Supreme Court colleagues concurring. The unconstitutional act removes a long standing railroad regulation from statutes in force since 1887. The ruling leaves no active railroad regulation until a new law or constitutional amendment is enacted by the next legislature or voters. Three board appointments at $2,060 yearly each are discharged as the act is relegated to oblivion.
Denver dispatch reports Camp Bird mine in Ouray will not be sold to an English syndicate. Owner Thomas F. Walsh, arriving from Paris, says the property will remain in his possession. The earlier talks suggested a price over 7 million dollars.
Owensboro Ky Gov J W Beckham and Miss Jean Raphael were married at the First Presbyterian church with nearly all state officials and many guests attending. A reception followed at the Rudd house before the couple departed for Chicago at midnight.
Gus Holton, 85, an unmarried resident of Omaha, died after being crushed between railroad cars at the Burlington switch in Deadwood, South Dakota. He died shortly after at Sister's Hospital. His mother, brother, and two sisters live in Omaha, and the remains will be sent there for burial.
The Indiana and Illinois Railway Company is incorporated under Indiana laws with capital stock of 500000. The line formerly known as Chicago and Grand Trunk has been sold and renamed. It extends from Port Huron Michigan to Chicago.
Nebraska eight electors meet at the state capital on the second Monday in January to cast the state’s presidential ballots. They receive five dollars per day plus mileage at twenty five cents a mile. One messenger travels to Washington with official certificates, another by mail, a third to the federal judge.
At the November 20 session of the national good roads convention in Chicago committees were named for permanent organization and national and state legislation. The group will draft bills for appropriations and to use convict labor in highway work. H. H. Gross said hard roads add five dollars in farm property value for every dollar spent and improve market timing for crops. Resolutions urge Congress for 125000 in road inquiry funds and rural free delivery linked to maintaining good hard roads.
Kruger is greeted with large crowds in Messillies and several French cities, singing Vive Kruger and Vive les Boers. The reception grows anti British after an English balcony coin toss in Marseilles, fuelling tensions ahead of a Paris reception and boosting Kruger’s mood and advisers.
A 700 worker strike at the Forest mine in Archbald Pennsylvania ends after a committee of miners meets with representatives. The settlement secures most demanded concessions including lighter car loads, a head weighman, higher rock yardage, and water removal allowances. The mine will resume operations once repairs and safety measures are completed.
Charles Melka of Momence NL returns home after claiming false charges led to his five day imprisonment in Hamburg police custody. He says he was not allowed to contact the American consul during detention.
Governor Murphy commutes the four year term of John Echols who has served three years of a ten year sentence for stage robbery. The commutation follows a confession by King Assery who admits guilt and admits arranging the crime to mislead Behols.
A New York drill company received a $600000 contract for an air compressor and other machinery for a 2200 meter tunnel at Kharkin linking Viadivostocl with Port Arthur and Europe. The project will use the latest American tunneling system and run for one year.
Report from Ensenada California states Picach Indians killed three men near Juarez after one man known as Action, who ran a Juarez store, was robbed of cattle. A neighbor Sotello assisted in the pursuit. A party later found the three victims near the Colorado River as mounted police move to Ensenada.
The Spree of Brussels notes that Mr. Kruger will seek mediation on arrival at The Hague. If mediation fails he will publish all state papers in his possession to reveal war secrets. Kruger believes European truth will trigger a strong backlash against Great Britain. If unresolved he plans to return to the Transvaal.
Trouble between the Adolphus Busch Glass Manufacturing company of Belleville Illinois and the employees over wages has been settled satisfactorily to all parties. The matter was submitted to a board of arbitration which reported giving the employer a ten percent advance, enabling the Busch company to compete with Steat or and other points.
The president said the message was almost complete and cabinet discussions centered on various recommendations. Hay reported the Chinese situation was progressing favorable, but the Chinese matter received little attention beyond this bare mention.
An improper morphine overdose used to ease suffering from liquor indulgence caused the death of Dr. Robert A. Acton of New York a physician and Harvard football player in 1893. He died at Presbyterian hospital.
The fragment notes the French senate passing an amnesty bill and Chicago public debt at 26 334 000 dollars. A Callaway creamery building burned last week. Boxing matches in Denver saw Harry Lyons defeat Buddy King. A Thanksgiving proclamation surfaced, while crime and unrest plagued Nail ChwanYi, China. Navy retirements included Capt Edward Strorg. W K Vanderbilt Jr and Virginia Fair welcomed a daughter. At Hunter's Bay Alaska Mrs G W Baker of Table Rock Nebraska and two others drowned.
The New Sik Bleaching method enables silk to become white without losing fiber. Supplementary bleaching agents can be reused in baths with temperatures and quantities tailored to material. In an example a closed vessel with 11 lb raw yellow silk 22 lb commercial peroxide 3 percent ammonia and 22 lb raw acetone boiled one hour yields dazzling white silk.
In Chicago on November 26 a well known Catholic leader, S. P. Bush, conductor of Holy Name Court, was reported saved from Bright’s Disease by Dodd’s Kidney Pills. He credits the remedy for restoring his health after weeks of illness and says the pills were the sole cure. Sold for 50 cents a box by all dealers.
In the Macedonian coast town of Athos a label Bachelors Paradise appears, noting the absence of women in the seaside settlement. The remark highlights a humorous gender imbalance in a small coastal community.
The ad touts Hall's Catarrh Cure and Hall's Catarrh Gyre as effective internal tonics to treat catarrh, claiming they purify blood and affect mucous surfaces. It cites a physician pedigree, prescribes the preparation, and notes availability from druggists. Also mentions Jell-O dessert with flavors and feminine beauty quote.
A fragment hints at a reflection on memory and time. The line suggests a poetical notion that what remains after events weighs on the thinker, implying introspection and the tug of past ideas.
A collage of old product pitches and slogans includes Garfield's Tea for indigestion, Carter's Ink promotion with free booklet Inklings, Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets for a one day cold cure, Grove's signature box claim, Beeman's Pepsin Gum gag lines, and quips about preparation and silliness.
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