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Newspaper
Scandia Journal
Location
Scandia, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Oct 03, 1902
Page
6
Local bulletin lists residents visiting, traveling, and recovering in Scandia. Entries mention invitations, church services, farm incidents, animals, and a wind mill collapse. The river overflow reached seven and a half feet, affecting the region.
W Re Phillips visited Séandia on Tuesday. R Fitzgerald stays in Kackley. John Bergstrom returned from a short visit at Leonardville Kansas. Leonard Nelson shipped grain and stock last week. Band boys will provide music at Belleville this week. Herman Carlson away a few days in Greenwood. Miss Mary McCail went to Concordia Saturday morning and returned evening. Show at Woodman Hall Saturday drew satisfaction. Magnus Johnson starts barn construction for Arthur Johnson this week. Baseball is the Sunday amusement. suggestions for better entertainment are requested.
A compilation of aphorisms and reflections from Mahomet Horace Greeley Whittier Ruffini La Fontaine Bovee Owen Confucius Seneca Theodore Parker J H Ewing Bulwer Franklin and Gladstone. The items present views on patience faith courage good behavior and human limits with brief attributions.
Henry J. Allen discusses Kansas voters once in the Populist fold who now lack a political home. He argues 81,000 statewide and 1,288 in Franklin County left Populism, turning to Republicans or remaining homeless as the party collapses. He warns of Democratic insincerity and praises Republican governance under Roosevelt and Kansas reforms.
The article argues that Kansas's anti fusion election law is not novel but largely copied from older, effective systems used by other states. It cites New York as having the most complete election law and notes long standing practices against printing candidate names in certain formats. The piece frames the law as a mature, tested approach rather than a new invention.
Editor J Frank Smith narrates a fusion convention tale with a bride named Populist born around 1888, alliance bankrupt and renamed Populist. Groom is Mr Demon a Turf veteran courting the bride for years amid quarrels and reconciliations. Family opposition cites loss of name and property. a feud with Republicans looms and a divorce may follow election day.
Georgia's Representative Livingstone awaits assignment in Washington as a congressional committee debates where to deploy him. The piece argues he did strong work in Kansas years ago, routing Republicans not by Democratic votes but through populist action, and urges sending him back to bolster Democratic efforts there amid a changed political landscape.
The text recalls expansionist ideas as a legacy of early statesmen. It cites Thomas Jefferson, James K. Polk, and others, noting 19th century figures like Marcy Seward and Douglas as proponents. It ties these sentiments to a Madison Wisconsin address dated October 16 1899.
The remark notes Mr Craddock operates in Kansas City Missouri not Kansas City Kansas and suggests his preference for Missouri law explains nothing about his fitness to govern Kansas. The comment frames the legal jurisdiction as a factor in evaluating political suitability.
Baron Perre de Coubertin recounts Emile Loubet’s moment at Montelimar when he halted his presidential procession to kiss his mother. The simple gesture, praised in a popular ballad at the Black Cat tavern, frames his public image as warm and unpretentious.
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