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Newspaper
Scandia Journal
Location
Scandia, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Sep 18, 1908
Page
6
Inquiries into cesspools address groundwater contamination, with negative verdict on uncemented pits. Cemented water-tight tanks offer safer disposal with subsurface irrigation. Abandoned wells are dangerous for water bearing strata and open vaults breed flies and spread infections.
The Kansas and Colorado Railroad received a state charter with capital stock of 5 million dollars and a 2 550 dollar charter cost. The electric line is planned along the Arkansas River valley through Kansas counties Kearny Finney Hamilton Gray Ford Kiowa Pratt and Scott and along the Arkansas River to Pueblo Colorado with branches to Scott City.
J A Donmeyer of near New Cambria sold 20 bushels of alfalfa seed at Salina for $9 a bushel. The seed came from an eight acre lot producing about a ton and a half of hay per acre each cutting. He expects one more cutting before frost. Hay is valued at $3 a ton baled or about $7 loose.
Kansas health bulletin warns that some vanilla extracts market a mix of vanilla and prune juice. State chemist analyzes samples showing bottles claiming standard strength without any vanilla content. The practice mixes prune juice into vanilla extracts to cheat consumers.
The Chanute Grain company elevator at Parsons was seized by the sheriff under foreclosure of a chattel mortgage held by the First National Bank of Chanute for 11 000 dollars. The company runs elevators in Parsons Chanute Erie Shaw Kimball Savensburg Stark Walnut St Paul Geneva and Welch Okla. They hope to settle and reopen all elevators soon.
Saline and Dickinson county farmers endorse a plan to lift river channel barriers by legislation. Petitions circulate through counties from Sa line to Douglas as committee members gather support from prominent river area farmers.
State Auditor J. M. Nation reports Kansas shows a 43000 dollar year over year balance gain. Fiscal 1907 closed with 1057000 in favor of the state while the prior year stood at 1100000.
The M. E. church in Burlington marks its fiftieth anniversary with events scheduled September 18 to 20. Almost all former pastors and presiding elders have responded and will attend to take part in the program.
Over 40,000 bushels have been stored in Sedgwick county with apples entering cold storage at 3,000 bushels daily. Fruit men call the season the most remarkable in the history of the county's apple industry and project a total of about 300,000 bushels once pickers finish.
The Epworth League of the Independence district held its recent convention at Mound Valley electing officers. Rev. C. W. Odom of Altamont was named president and Asa Dewey of Cherryvale was elected treasurer.
The Kansas Normal school opened for the fall term with attendance above the usual for the period. Last year’s enrollment reached 2,200 and officials expect an even larger total this year.
Rev G M Gray of Whitesboro Texas reports four years of lumbago pain eased by Dean's Kidney Pills after a short period. He declines public praise but offers his experience to help other kidney sufferers. Sold by all dealers 50 cents a box Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY.
A church committee sought subscriptions for a bell chime and visited most of the congregation. A poor member offered whatever he could but suggested a whistle might be cheaper, presenting an ironic alternative to the planned fundraising.
An advertisement claims catarrh is a constitutional disease treatable only by internal remedies. Hall's Catarrh Cure is said to act on blood and mucous surfaces and is described as a nonquack medicine prescribed by leading physicians. Testimonials are offered. price listed at 75 cents.
A Scotch husband by his dying wife is pressed to bury her in Craeburn kirk yard. She insists, in tearful Scots, that her bones rest in her native parish. He frets over costs, suggests Aberdeens to ease matter, then offers a three month trial in Aberdeen to see how she fancies it.
A Virginia mother credits Grape-Nuts with restoring her health and enabling her to nurse her four month old baby. She reports strong improvements and says she can perform all her duties while the child thrives. The note promotes Grape-Nuts as a nourishing cereal rich in brain and nerve building phosphate.
An advertisement urges buyers to avoid adulterated paints and choose genuine Pure White Lead from National Lead Company. It promotes the Dutch Boy trademark as a purity guarantee and offers a free painting book and test equipment via the New York address.
A Cleveland area reader recounts eczema relief after three summers of flare ups. He describes his brother’s experience with Cuticura Ointment and a Michigan mother’s account of a cured child. Date references: Aug 15 and Sept 2, 1907.
A brief exchange quotes a child named Dicky admitting he killed a snake on Sunday to defend himself. The line is prefaced with a mother’s question and reflects a domestic, moral tone. The fragment preserves a rural dialect and a cautionary moment.
The ad touts Ball Blue laundry product lines with a Red Cross label and a large two ounce package priced at five cents. It links the product to bright teeth and smiles as a positive aside.
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