10 Sep 1914
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Newspaper
Scandia Journal
Location
Scandia, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Sep 10, 1914
Page
1
The lesson explains the Olivet discourse focusing on vigilance for Christ’s return. It contrasts wise and foolish virgins, notes lamp as profession and oil as spiritual power, and urges preparedness for the feast and the Lord’s appearing.
King Alphonso’s Madrid visit featured honest cab fare humor in Biarritz, where a driver charged ten francs, and another incident where the driver refused a tip after a small service. In Oklahoma Fort Reno, Moira, a longtime army figure born 1842 in St Louis, killed himself with an army revolver after a lengthy government career and involvement in Geronimo’s capture.
St Louis friends report the death by his own hand of Ben Clark former chief of scouts for General Custer during 1869 campaigns against tribes. Clark mourned the loss of his Indian wife and died in grief.
In Trenton New Jersey Peter Manolopos a popular bootblack won a $750 automobile over $500 cash. He chose the car and was fined $25 for lacking a license on the first day. The vehicle burned recently and was not insured leaving him with a loss.
Fragmentary text indicates Maplewood New Jersey residents debate service duties and town amusements amid governance questions. The garbled lines reference authorities and local conditions, suggesting a discussion on social duties and municipal improvements.
A large swarm has nested in the First Baptist church steeple in Dawson for years. Workers planned to remove the honey, hiring a steeplejack who climbed the steeple and retrieved about 75 rounds of honey for the pastor, sexton, and others.
New York health authorities received a rush order for 50 litres of tetanus serum from the Vienna Serum Institute to treat gunshot wounds among Austrian troops. The health department has none on hand, and physicians at Otisville laboratories are instructed to extract serum from horses immediately. the fluid is expected to be ready soon.
Michael Michlivic beat his head against a jail cell wall at the police headquarters in Kansas City. Six policemen and a trust were needed to restrain him until a doctor could be summoned for treatment. The case was described as an insane episode linked to prior mistreatment.
In a hospital ward officers overpowered Michlivic with a strange machine and iron restraints. He protested he was not crazy and wanted to avoid the workhouse, then became quiet as the tube was attached and he was returned to confinement.
Former U S House speaker Joseph G Cannon revealed in his first Chautauqua appearance how he acquired the infamous habit. He began by recounting his early life and upbringing in Mount Vernon and the factors that shaped his speech and temperament.
A fragment describes a boy raised in a lean-to in the Indiana side’s Wabash bottoms. He recalls hard labor with a bull-tongue plow, roots tearing his shins, and the rough, punishing environment that shaped him despite crude language.
A famed theatrical manager criticizes his stage manager for rehearsing “supers” as soldiers. He protests that they must look real and compelling, and the stage manager counterpoints that the actors are already real soldiers in training.
In Seattle the wife declares a platform loyalty pledge obsolete after marriage. She notes conditions have changed and she must repudiate parts of the platform as part of the marital dispute reported by the Seattle Post-Intelligencer.
A fragmented ad copy touts Marine Eye Remedy products for red, weak, watery eyes and granulated lids. It claims relief without smarting and suggests asking druggists about the remedy, attributed to the Marine Eye Remedy Co. in Chicago.
A columnist notes yearning for cool weather and Christmas shopping without grumbling, reflecting lighthearted nostalgia and seasonal mood in casual prose. The piece centers on the speaker’s wish for winter comforts and holiday preparations.
Swam Creek Michigan and Hebron Maine residents attest to being revived from fatigue and weakness after using Lydia E Pinkham Vegetable Compound and Sanative Wash. They credit renewed appetite energy and ability to perform daily chores, and endorse the remedies to other women.
Sir Ernest Shackleton and crew members undergo a formal training course for the long hard walk across the Antarctic continent. The expedition leader emphasizes staying hard and springy, boxing daily, and eating wisely to sustain energy on their polar journey.
The Stoney Point lightkeeper Frank Guiott faced curiosity as a new housekeeper was hired yet she declined a parade. Guiott said he would hire another housekeeper after the incident.
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