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Newspaper
Scandia Journal
Location
Scandia, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Sep 15, 1911
Page
3
The Christian News and Courier decries busybodies who pry into neighborly affairs and urge restraint, then acknowledges society’s tendency toward curiosity. It notes modern freedom invites intrusive scrutiny and questions whether we overjudge others while neglecting our own faults.
The London Times compares Klaus Hinrich Baas to David Copperfield in its expansive life history and unhappy love then improved by a better union. Frenssen explores a peasant’s son confronting School and Church and seeks true knowledge of life through a broad, moving tale of life’s massiveness and variety.
New York officials protest reckless automobile use by boys and girls in city streets. They seek legal means to restrain children from operating any vehicle, arguing youths lack responsibility and endanger pedestrians and civilians.
The piece suggests Captain Kidd may not have been a pirate but a decent seaman, noting public nostalgia for the legendary rogue and the difficulty of dispelling popular romantic myths.
The piece argues that future British peerage will feature more Americans through marriages, noting an American infusion altering traditions. It asserts the nation tolerates this “American danger” as it Assimilates the American influx.
The Blue River abandoned its old path near Manhattan Kansas and now drains directly toward the Kaw River via a new channel three miles away. Floods since 1903, 1907, and recentNebraska northern Kansas rains deepened the route, creating a wide waterway that carries most flow away from the old channel. A silt bar at the Kaw mouth blocks water passage, risking permanent loss of the river view.
N. D. Cochran, ex Toledo Bee publisher, launches a 32 page Chicago afternoon daily. Offices rented, press installed, two linotype machines in stalled. Cochran aims for an easily readable paper with concise scores during rush hour.
Frost is reported from parts of northern Nebraska including Creighton where ice formed on still water. Corn crops not damaged and tomato vines are killed. The thermometer fell to 43 in Sioux City but no frost reported elsewhere.
Preliminary figures show U.S. farm value including buildings and implements around 36000000000 pounds, more than double the 1909 census value.
In Tuson Arizona the attempt to rescue Henry D Hidy of Belle Plaine Iowa failed as a human chain collapsed in the Santa Cruz River. Hidy, part of a picnic party, died during the rescue effort.
Washington reports that limited funds will allow partial removal of wreckage from the Maine in Havana harbor and to refill the cofferdam with water until Congress provides an additional 250000 dollars. Funeral services for the dead and erection of the vessel’s mast at Arlington are postponed pending funding approval. The recovered bodies and mast will be stored at the cemetery until Congress acts.
A moving picture film exploded during a Canonsburg Pennsylvania show and a shouted Fire caused a deadly stampede. Twenty five people died and more than 60 were injured as women and children were crushed in the narrow stairway on the way to exit.
Governor Stubbs received an appeal from O. R. D. S. Oakford editor of a Socialist paper in Garden City Kansas. The request follows a raid on Oakford's office where attackers dumped type in the street and warned him to leave town within twenty four hours threatening violence if he stayed.
Oklahoma City reports Gov. Cruce has written to Oklahoma journalists asking them to gauge local public opinion on a possible special legislative session. He states the aim is to know the people’s will before deciding to call the legislature.
The Rev. L. G. Garmon a retired United Brethren preacher was killed by a freight train in Greensburg Kansas. He drove on the track in a buggy with his daughter as the engine backed up the team stopped on the rails.
Washington reports a larger monthly deficit with ordinary accounts showing $22,000,000 against $14,000,000 in the previous August. The year to date shortfall signals weaker finances for the federal treasury.
New York August 30 coffee sold at 1 cent per pound on the New York Coffee Exchange for the first time in 16 years marking a historic price movement and market note.
Lieutenant Riley H. Scott, West Point graduate, develops a gun to fire bombs from moving aircraft. The apparatus measures plane speed and altitude to improve aim, enabling accurate air-delivered bombs from a flying machine.
Manhattan Kansas farmers with market access problems can contact the Kansas State Agricultural College. The extension department’s clearing house, started last year by C V Holsinger, lists reputable buyers across railroads in Kansas and guides growers to low cost markets. It also answers questions on picking packing and shipping.
Oklahoma City. Barbara Weaver, a 15 year old girl, woke to find one of her braids cut by two former playmates who resented her pride. Private detectives are hired to find the culprits.
Wichita Socialists plan to contest the recall election in October and seek to place a candidate on the ticket after initially indicating they would not pursue recognition for a candidate.
Oklahoma City reports from state auditor Leo Meyer show total taxable property value in the state at 1 326 361 252 dollars, up 409 843 323 from last year, reflecting a sizable year over year increase.
Belgian authorities tighten frontier defenses near France and Germany amid war rumors. Belgian government reports large ammunition shipments and new batteries for frontier forts while French minister Messimy reportedly warns about Belgium’s neglected defenses on the German border.
A laundry ad extols Red Cross Ball Blue as the optimal blueing product. It highlights a neat handy package that prevents spills and delivers snow white clothes, claiming superiority to any liquid bluing. The large package costs 5 cents and asks readers to inquire with their grocer.
Laundry men in St Louis predict men will replace women as hand ironers arguing men perform the work better and endure the strain more effectively across the trade.
Parents urged to inspect Castoria bottles for infants and children ensuring safety in every purchase as part of a health advisory from medical authorities and consumer safety notices.
A brief quip contrasts dress uniforms with frogs to mock militia attire. The pun suggests soldiers should look sharp enough to match their ceremonial attire.
Baltimore readers share a testimonial about Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound curing a 15 year old girl once diagnosed with Green Sickness. The letter praises restored health after three bottles and urges others with menstrual and related symptoms to seek the remedy, noting many similar letters to the company in Lynn Massachusetts.
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