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Newspaper
Scandia Journal
Location
Scandia, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Oct 01, 1909
Page
2
The Wrights frame a plan for a $7500 aeroplane for buyers and call for a dedicated flight school. They note the need for pilots and instructors as air travel interests grow, with Orville preparing to seek foreign government interest while teaching army officers.
Dispatches from Winnipeg announce this year’s prairie wheat production in Canada will reach 130 million bushels. The World Almanac 1909 cites 1907 Canada wheat at 96.606 million bushels, inviting doubt about US consul reports on northwest production amid the wheat corner excitement. The Canadian northwest has been nearly staggering in its scale, seen as a blessing for hungry cities.
The Russian ministry of commerce proposes a huge program to modernize all seaports at a total cost of 110,896,237 dollars with 14,011,862 dollars allotted for Baltic ports. It argues prosperity comes through enterprise and seaport development rather than naval arms races, aiming to secure ports that serve global commerce.
An Oslo or Norwegian electrician declares a storage battery solves a problem Edison has struggled with for years. The claim suggests Edison may respond by releasing his own improved battery soon, as inventive work accelerates toward similar breakthroughs and promoters emerge, akin to the telephone’s early surge.
A Pennsylvania man bought a despised mongrel for one dollar. The dog awakened the family on the second night and saved four people from being burned to death. The owner collected 1200 in insurance, proving the cur was not so bad after all.
A vivid account describes a macabre carnival scene in Baltimore where a gay mosquito and his circle celebrate failed extermination with gory overtones and human sacrifice imagery. The passage conveys shock and horror at the spectacle.
A national rogue tournament takes place in Norwich Connecticut. Rogue is croquet revised upward, a precision precision sport with unique rules and venues across the country.
A woman who shot her husband amid dispute over his heavy graphophone work faces a reactionless crowd. The case draws attention as supporters and critics weigh in on the domestic violence incident and its oddly specific trigger.
Mabray and 84 alleged confederates face United States grand jury charges in the southern district of Iowa for conspiring to defraud via the mails. Names largely unspecified, victims across 18 states Alaska and Canada cited, losses exceed 500000 with individual sums from 1500 to 30000 linked to a fake horse race.
Gov John A Johnson buried in Green Hill cemetery beside his mother after a state militia escorted procession. Body brought from St Paul on a special train to St Peter. Crowds viewed the casket at the Presbyterian church before services led by Rev R F Clarke.
Officials issued the call for a river convention to be held in Sedalia on October 7. The meeting seeks cooperation among county courts commercial bodies and city mayors to protect property along Missouri River navigable streams from flood damage.
In Durham North Carolina Trinity College receives a large gift from B Duke of the American Tobacco Company. The donation funds two new buildings costing 200000 dollars, five new professors, 225 acres of land valued at 50000 dollars, and a baseball grounds on the campus.
President Taft warns in a Colorado speech that a new era of prosperity must include legislative safeguards. He stresses enacting laws to prevent abuses highlighted by Theodore Roosevelt and to improve business standards and railroad and industrial corporate governance.
In Norton Decatur counties an outbreak of infantile paralysis has caused concern with 40 cases and 13 deaths in two months. The disease remains in the western Decatur county area as officials send bacteriology experts from the State University Medical School to investigate and plan further study by Dr. S J Crumbine. The germ and transmission method are unknown but the disease is infectious.
In Kansas City, a freight car fell nine floors after a crosshead broke, plunging from the eighth floor to the basement. Operator Calvin Kestur was rescued with a strained back a cut to the left leg and other bruises. His injuries are not serious.
Tangier reports the Spanish Minister insists the note from the foreign board protesting Spain's Rif stance be withdrawn. In response, Morocco's foreign minister Sir Mohammed Gabbas says he cannot disobey the sultan.
Commander Peary crossed the international boundary at Vanceboro the eastern terminus of the Maine Central railroad just after 8 o clock and received a continuous ovation from Maine citizens upon arrival in Portland.
State capital notes describe alfalfa emergence as a major Kansas crop. Secretary F D Coburn credits vigorous seed planting and pioneer growers for rapid acreage growth from 34 3884 acres in 1891 to 992 663 in 1909, with Jewell county leading and Stanton excluded.
Professor Albert Dickens at the state college heads a horticulture and forestry survey in Anthony. He photographs the daddy of email cottonwood, mulberry trees at the fair grounds, a black locust in the city park, and Lombardy poplars 60 feet tall with two foot trunks. He also visits Clark and Hammmers catalpa groves, notes black walnut planted by Uncle Joe Lewis, measures large apple trees, and gathers forest condition material at Glover Park Bluff City.
The state board of health investigated an outbreak of infantile paralysis in Norton and Decatur counties, Kansas. Six cases reported with two deaths, one adult. The disease, prevalent in Brooklyn, has no known cause or cure. Dr Crumbine plans to submit findings to the Rockefeller Institute in New York for study.
John Safary, a Hungarian government representative, travels through Kansas studying dry farming sugar beets and farm machinery. He meets with F. D. Coburn in Topeka and plans several months in the United States to inform farming reforms in Hungary.
Mrs Mary Hinson of Mt Sterling Kentucky credits Doan's Kidney Pills with easing her backache dizziness and nervous headaches. She says her eyesight improved and she could bend and move without severe pain after using the remedy from Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY, 50 cents a box.
Thomas Tabby and Tabby Tigger recall a late night solo on the back fence at 2 a.m. and how donations of furniture and other items covered the cost of a flat, described as costing them just a song.
The article urges that fall provides dry surfaces and no frost before painting. It promotes using pure white lead mixed with linseed oil for a winter coat to protect against severe weather. National Lead Company offers a complete painter's outfit from its New York office, and invites inquiries for exterior or interior decorating.
Doane Robinson, leader of South Dakota history, cites the Indian School Journal saying Sitting Bull was a medicine chief and the Sioux leader had influence through agitation against whites. He did not fight Custer directly but stayed on a ridge between the Little Big Horn and the Big Horn making medicine.
Frank P. Lewis of Peoria purchases what is described as the biggest fancy grade tobacco lot in the United States for Lewis' Single Binder Cigars. The twenty four carload purchase tests the factory for over two years and cites an extra price for the selection.
A quirky fragment presents a family skeleton voicing discomfort at being shown in courts and exhibits. The dialogue hints at the humor and irony of presenting a skeletal figure while questioning the perspective of “family skeletons” in a courtroom setting.
Maud I reports that Jack kissed Belle last night on the corner, while Ethel notes Belle has no corners. The brief exchange hints at a local love triangle with playful gossip.
An old ad touts Red Cross Ball Blue urging readers to ask their grocer for a large 2 oz package at a low price. The brief pitch implies a homemaking emphasis and alludes to a man facing his own worst enemy.
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