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Newspaper
Scandia Journal
Location
Scandia, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Sep 11, 1908
Page
1
Commander Peary sails toward the Arctic confident of reaching the north pole this time. He plans a base of supplies on the ice 125 miles north and will travel northwest with sledges as ice drift aids progress. He carries a house built from supply boxes with removable ends to access crackers and other provisions.
A 19th century discussion surveys fading blonde ideals as science notes darker hair becoming prevalent. Authors cite intermarriage and global blending, with theories blaming latitude and climate for shifting beauty standards and hair color patterns.
The Chicago Daily News urges Thomas A. Edison to abandon wealth pursuit and dedicate his remaining years to pure science. It jokes that mysteries like the vermiform appendix and other questions will be answered, predicting professors and universities will be surprised.
Sir Thomas Shaughnessy, president of the Canadian Pacific Railway, was guest of honor at a Toronto banquet on June 16. He noted 26 years have passed since his arrival from the United States to aid Canada’s transcontinental railway, whose influence he called immeasurable and recognized by England.
Charles Oliver Jones a renowned aeronaut from Hammondport New York fell 500 feet to his death at the Maine fairgrounds Waterville in front of about 25 000 spectators. The Strobel airship Boomerang released gas then ignited flames enveloping the bag as flames burst forth witnesses rushed to help his wife and child who reached him before he died about an hour and a half later.
Hammondsport New York saw Charles Oliver Jones emerge as a leading young aeronaut. He moved from Cincinnati a year prior and joined Bell and others in airship and aeroplane experiments. Jones devised the June Bug, winning the Scientific American trophy for faster than air travel at about 30 mph against the wind. He planned to join Lieut Selfridge at the Nova Scotia experiment station to work on a new aeroplane.
Rev. William Cummings, a young minister who officiated in Elk Rapids this summer, was arrested in Sault Ste Marie on a non-support warrant. His wife’s parents live in Clarksville Ionia county. He disappeared August 6 the same day Miss Velma Taylor 20, his wife’s sister, was reported missing. Velma was found in a boarding house here. Cummings was later found working in a local laundry.
The Librarian of Congress in Washington announces Appleton Prentiss Clarke Griffin as chief assistant librarian to succeed Spofford. The appointment was announced Monday in the capital.
The U S Olympic team docked at Oyster Bay with a yacht club salute and met President Roosevelt on Sagamore Hill’s veranda. Commissioner James J. Sullivan introduced each athlete as Mrs Roosevelt and Kermit looked on. The group posed for photos before departing to New York after a two hour stay.
In Toledo Ohio the Grand Army parade passed with no accidents or exhaustion and minimal police work. About 8000 to 12000 veterans participated with 100000 spectators, space between posts and rows extended, most veterans wearing Michigan or Ohio badges and some carrying camp stools during halts.
Hattie Toler ten years old daughter of W J Toler of Fame 12 miles west of Hufaula was shot and killed Saturday afternoon by a 16 year old boy named French. French had been hunting and left his shotgun on the porch at the Toler home. Believing he had removed the shells he aimed at the girl who was playing nearby and fired saying I am going to shoot you. A large hole was torn in her breast and death was immediate.
In Omaha Nebraska only a small portion of Tuesday's state wide primaries returns are in and officials expect more results as counting continues.
Col Henry M Nevius of Red Bank New Jersey was elected commander in chief of the Grand Army of the Republic on the first ballot receiving 454 votes to 254 for Van Sant and 90 for Dickason He was named unanimous by motion of Van Sant Other officers named include J Kent Hamilton C C Royce J F Boence G Lane Tannehill Nevius a New Jersey native served in Civil War units and later held state offices The Women s Relief Corps elected Mrs W L Gillman of Roxbury Massachusetts as president
In Jefferson City Missouri the supreme court issued a temporary restraining order to stop Judge Taylor of St. Louis city court from opening the ballot boxes in the grand jury investigation of alleged illegal voting. The writ returns October 18 before the full court. The move was requested by Harry M. Walsh for Ernest Wanstead with Arthur N. Sager opposing.
In Warren, Pa. Harry Bemus survived a fall from a trestle and underwent a rare operation. Doctors removed a vertebra from his spine and replaced it with a dog vertebra to support his head. Surgeons call the procedure entirely successful.
Oklahoma Farmers and Stockmen's Association organized in Tulsa replacing the Oklahoma Cattlemen's group. P I Brown of Beggs was elected president and J H Fisher of Sapulpa secretary. The new body aims to repeal the graduated income tax on lands and leases set by the last legislature.
Judge Vandeventer of the US circuit court granted an injunction sought by St. Louis Iron Mountain and three other railroads to block Arkansas from enforcing the two cent fare law and from hindering interstate freight rate increases.
Fred Remage aged 26 of Barnard was struck and killed by a train near Strong City early Thursday morning while en route to Barnard. The accident occurred as he traveled along the railroad line leaving Strong City.
From the Commoner a note says Charles W. Bryan sent a $2,000 check to Oklahoma Governor Sc. N. Haskell on Thursday as part of a reconciliation of receipts and expenditures.
The article argues trade marks protect buyers by ensuring product merit and dealer accountability. It contrasts responsible manufacturers with unscrupulous ones and cites National Lead Company’s Dutch Boy White Lead as a testable guaranty of purity, offering a free blow-pipe test kit from its New York office.
A terse exchange unfolds between a visitor and an office boy over access to the editor. Dialogue hints at newsroom hierarchy and informal social codes of the period.
Mme Napoléon Duceppe of Montreal recounts using Cuticura Soap and Cuticura Ointment to treat her three daughters and infant with severe eczema. She reports complete cures after several applications and notes rapid relief for the baby’s neck folds that bled.
A fragmented dialogue from the Houston Post features a girl and her gentleman caller reacting to a mouse scare and a boy interjecting with quips. The comic tangle ends with a chaotic, slapstick tone.
An advertising note urging homemakers to buy Red Cross Ball Blue for clean smelling clothes. It emphasizes freshness and likens results to new appearance, with distribution via grocers.
An advertisement from Lewis Factory in Peoria Illinois promotes the You always get full value Lewis Single Binder straight 5c cigar. The copy notes the product appeals to both bold and cautious smokers and even the most prudish may indulge in luxury.
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