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Newspaper
Scandia Journal
Location
Scandia, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Oct 10, 1902
Page
3
A jumble of brief items from Kansas towns includes frost notices in Kingman, mudways at Wellington carnival, a Hutchinson fine for yard decorations, electric booms in Moundridge, prize fowl thefts in Emporia, and numerous village happenings from Parsons to Coffeyville.
Freeport resident Jo McMurray endorses Doan's Kidney Pills, claiming they cured back pain and kidney impairment since 1897. The ad offers a free trial by Foster Milburn Co. and lists Buffalo, New York, as the sender, with a price of 60 cents per box and druggist availability nationwide.
At a chorus outing honoring Sam Franke, leader of the American Symphony Orchestra, some music heard in a car prompted a New York letter. The president asked Franke to diagnose the melody. He sighed and said it is not a melody but a malady, and he is no physician.
A century ago men wed younger than today while women bore most home duties without objection. The article notes shifting marriage ages and enduring gender roles in domestic life of the era.
A playful clash pits ink against eraser in a tongue in cheek quip about the pen being mightier than the sword but failing before the ink eraser. The line suggests a humorous dominance of a corrective tool over writing instruments.
A Norwich New York advert claims Putnam faceless dyes color silk, wool and cotton in one boil. It features testimonial lines including a Mrs. Tros remark about Piso's Cure for Consumption and a note about country living strengthening city folks. The piece reads as a local promotional blurb from February 17, 1900.
Dealers say once customers try Defiance Starch they won’t buy any other cold water starch. It can be used cold or boiled. The piece notes the millionaire’s chief end is the dividend.
Do your feet ache and burn Shake into your shoes Allen's Foot-Ease a powder for the feet It makes tight or New Shoes feel Easy Cures Corns Bunions Swollen Hot and Sweating Feet At all Druggists and Shoe Stores 25c Sample sent FRER Address Allen 8 Olmsted LeRoy N Y Few women know how to grow old gracefully and even they do not want to
Fragmentary ad text notes housekeeping tips and remedies. Mentions Defiance Cold Water Starch, Mrs Winslow's Soothing Syrup for teething, and a quip about consistency. Includes a stray line about rocks shaping a man.
Dee Red Cross Ball Blue promises to make clothes clean and sweet as when new. Sold by all grocers.
The remark suggests a broad observation about human variation including skin tones. It implies curiosity about how many people exhibit sun related characteristics while hinting at commonality beyond differences.
Sensible household buyers choose Defiance Starch for higher value. The product promises one third more for the same price and superior quality, appealing to cost conscious housewives seeking practical efficiency.
A fragment recalls a busybody who spends time detailing duties from a slip of paper bearing a woman's name found on clothing. The piece notes a politician becoming a hanger-on after losing grip and hints an ostrich may not be a gambler yet has tips on races.
Sheriff reports trouble after gossip about a farmer's housekeeper stirs tensions in the community. Local authorities urge calm as investigations continue and other general news items fill the page.
Clarence N. Fulleton a widower, was shot in the stomach at the Willford post office on a Sunday morning by Walter Houston a boy not yet seventeen. Houston claimed Fulleton had threatened others over remarks about his housekeeper. The boy had purchased a twenty two caliber revolver days earlier and after an altercation fired at Fulleton as they fled.
Nebraska defeated Colorado 10 to 0 in a tightly contested game at Boulder Gamble Field. The Huskers relied on their weight and disciplined line plays, using six proven formations to penetrate the Buffs’ defense, while altitude did not hinder the prairie team.
Rev Charles M Sheldon of Topeka Kansas filed a formal declination of the nomination for congressman at large on the allied Populist ticket with the secretary of state. Sheldon had previously refused the nomination, but his name remained on the ticket prompting this latest action.
Robert McClure Snyder banker broker and promoter of financial affairs was convicted of bribery in the criminal court and sentenced to five years in the state penitentiary. The jury deliberated fifty nine minutes after a week long case with arguments lasting almost four hours. Verdict rendered at 10 45 p m.
Erie Express passenger train No 9 collided with a rear end freight near Milton Pennsylvania. Passenger engineer Wheeland of Harrisburg and freight conductor Stringer were killed. Fireman Shaffer was severely hurt. No other passengers reported injured.
Rev H M Steidley of Lincoln resigns as superintendent of the extension of the Tennessee Synod Cumberland Presbyterian church and will move to Lincoln Nebraska to take the secretaryship of the International Sunday School Association for Nebraska.
B Gordon of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows announces Major General M A Rainey, department commander of Iowa, as commander of the Patriarch Militant of uniformed Odd Fellows worldwide.
After a week of calm La Soufriere volcano shows renewed signs of disturbance. Officials warn residents and visitors to monitor updates as seismic activity increases and potential eruptions loom.
Illinois citizens sign a petition urging President Roosevelt to convene an extra session to prevent a coal famine. The plan proposes appointing a temporary receiver to operate the Pennsylvania mines closed by strike, under Senator William E. Mason's guidance. The president will not call Congress now and Pennsylvania may seek state action. federal troops are not being considered.
Mayor Drake of Lincoln New Jersey and a real estate firm chief offered three acres of hardwood timber free to Lincoln residents. The condition is cutting and stacking cordwood to distribute to townspeople. About 300 villagers participate, aiming to stockpile wood for winter.
The hardware store at North Loup owned by S. J. W. Brown was burglarized. The safe was blown open and a small cash sum taken. After looting the stock, the building was set on fire and burned completely. Stock valued around 4000 dollars, insured for 2500 dollars. Accounts totaling about 3000 dollars were destroyed.
The Omaha Feed Company forms with capital of 50000 dollars. A four year old Leavenworth tree bears four apples, largest weighing one pound quarter and fourteen inches in circumference. John W Gates returns to London in poor health canceling his motor tour. A Berlin rise in bank rates follows increased bills discounted by Germany and the Bank of England. An Ashing county farmer is bound over for sending obscene literature through the mails to two Blair girls. The Central American court of compulsory arbitration is installed in San Jose Costa Rica. Guatemala declines participation. Rumors hint at a secret accord among delegates on Colombia’s potential Nicaragua action. Mr Bowen deputy US consul general at Paris to undergo another operation. travel to the United States possible for a two month vacation.
The New York Independent notes railroad landscapes enhance travel by extending shade avenues along lines with chestnuts evergreens and neat depots. Plantings of shrubs and roses create a pleasant view at stations, improving towns and depots while promoting cleanliness and orderly yards.
A dialogue where one man brags about stockpiling chestnut coal and soft coal for heating cooking and display while another calls him a fraud. The exchange notes price rises and deliberate misrepresentation to peers.
A historical note claims more than one hundred thousand Americans have emigrated to Canada within a year. The writer warns that at this rate Canadians could become the majority and join the unions as a matter of course. It cites Canada buying about $119,000,000 in goods from the United States annually, three times the U.S. imports from Canada.
George P. Penfold Lockport New York writes a public letter praising Dodd's Kidney Pills as a cure for kidney trouble. He says after six boxes he was permanently relieved two years ago and has had no back pain or other kidney distress since. Signed George P. Penfold 307 Church Street Lockport.
A San Francisco rabbi offered a new reading of the American flag for a largely Russian immigrant audience. He said the stars symbolize those who behave themselves and the stripes represent those who do not, explaining the flag’s design in plain terms. The talk was reported from a recent gathering.
A fragment shows an 19th century sales pitch touting Dr. Thomas Eclectric Oil as a remedy warning that accidents can happen any moment. The blurred text cites household use and cautionary language typical of early newspaper notices.
A Washington Star opinion column reports a minister urging a shift away from the orthodox view of future punishment. He argues it may be best to transform the idea so that people avoid the place altogether, while acknowledging the difficulty of changing entrenched beliefs.
An old advertisement or medical note touts Dr. Fowler’s Extract of Wild Strawberry as a ready remedy for bowel ailments described as the summer complaint. The tone resembles a 19th century patent medicine pitch urging households to keep the remedy on hand.
A terse quote frames a rugged outlook as a man says a traveler’s path demands resilience. The remark hints at hardship and determination, invoking weathered resolve and frontier spirit.
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