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Newspaper
Scandia Journal
Location
Scandia, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Sep 23, 1910
Page
1
The piece notes that even brilliant ideas fail to stop war, citing schemes like ships carrying barbed wire to tangle propellers and a gas-filled projectile, while naval authorities dismiss both as impractical cranks and the era of real invention continues.
A Berlin dispatch notes the rush to Europe as summer ends. Wealthy travelers from New York face $2000 first class cabin prices on the Hamburg America line while North German Lloyd vessels are likewise fully booked for weeks. Booking ahead proves essential to secure passage.
Chicago Journal warns the house fly as a major summer disease carrier while noting San Francisco employs 30 rat catchers who capture over 8,000 rats monthly. The piece urges Chicago to curb the rat menace to protect public health and reduce economic losses from damage and disease spread.
Honolulu dispatch reports doctors isolating the leprosy germ and pursuing a serum as a cure. The note recalls that such claims recur on the eve of a supposed cure, 46 years after Hansen first identified the bacillus.
A man in east New York woke to a burglar threat and shot off his big toe thinking his foot was the intruder’s face. Chicago mocks the incident as material for a comic almanac.
The Spanish pretender Don Jaime says he will not use violence to claim the throne. Analysts warn he is unlikely to persuade Alfonso to abdicate and secure the crown.
A St. Louis astronomer reports a sun spot about 50,000 miles wide while a Massachusetts astronomer observes a new comet. Despite these findings, expectations remain that Earth will continue its usual motion.
A playful note asserts that any revival of Shakespeare’s As You Like It, here imagined in Esperanto, could revive theater interest. The speaker jokes that even a dead play would rise to kick back onto the stage.
The piece contrasts the claim that Americans eat 82 pounds of sugar annually with a commentator noting people react with anger to disputed umpire decisions rather than sugar intake. It emphasizes biases in self control and sports fury.
A federal grand jury in Chicago indicted ten major beef packers led by J Ogden Armour Edward Morris Louis F Swift and others for combination and conspiracy in restraint of trade in fresh meats. The charges center on ties among Armour Morris and Swift through National Packing Company and include attempts to monopolize by eliminating rivals. Each count carries up to 5000 dollars fine and one year imprisonment. The case seeks civil dissolution of National Packing and marks ongoing enforcement actions against powerful industry figures.
Gov Stubbs convenes Western governors and business leaders to oppose rising rail freight charges. Meeting to be held in Topeka on September 22 with invited governors from North and South Dakota Nebraska Oklahoma Texas Arkansas Missouri Illinois Iowa Wyoming Colorado and Utah.
A Panama Canal investment of about 500 million dollars is projected to earn no less than 5 percent, according to an official of the Department of Commerce and Labor in Washington D C.
Muskogee Oklahoma voters approve the commission system by a tally of 1094 to 156 Supporters favor a new charter shifting city government to a commission structure. The measure passes in Muskogee following the vote.
A U S grand jury indicted Frank S Burt former Wichita police chief and L S Naftzger ex Fourth National Bank president along with John Callahan and others for conspiring against the government and handling stolen postage stamps. Bonds set at 10000 for Naftzger and Burt and 20000 for Callahan with penalties up to 40000 for Callahan and 30000 for the others. Templeton and Earle face ten years.
Omaha voters show the Oregon plan likely to carry in the race for the United States Senate to replace Burkett. Among Democrats 24 of 33 senatorial hopefuls and 75 of 10 House candidates signed Statement No. 1, while 13 Republican senators and 47 legislative candidates have done so.
In Bad Nauheim the czarina shows no organic illness after two weeks of therapy yet remains overwhelmed by fear for the lives of her husband and children, especially the heir, despite all treatments. A physician noted the need for peace of mind.
Ernest W. Gerbracht former superintendent of the Sugar Trust refinery in Williamsburg was sentenced by United States Judge Martin to two years in Atlanta federal prison and a $5000 fine for defrauding the government through false sugar weighing.
Phoenix conservatives estimate late returns show Democrats have elected a majority of delegates to the constitutional convention.
President Taft states in a Beverly letter that no difference will be recognized between progressives and regular Republicans. He will treat all Republican congressmen and senators alike in federal patronage, reversing earlier discriminations after party primaries and conventions. The note cites Norton's letter to an Iowa Republican leader.
A Wichita Kansas report says a Hutchinson counterfeit ring was broken up after a federal grand jury indicted and convicting the members. Rudolph Warner received five years plus a $5000 fine, William W Wilson and Joseph Ackenroad six months and $5000 fines, with possible remission at term end. William Kammerer got nine months and a $5000 fine, likely to be remitted.
Dr. Joseph A. Murphy, U S medical inspector of Indian schools, reports at a conference that the death rate among Indians is nearly double that of whites, but birth rate remains proportionate and the race slightly gains in population.
Caleb Bowers won the Republican primary in Kentucky's Eleventh district defeating incumbent Don G Edwards by over 5000 votes. The bitter campaign followed Powers’ eight years as a state prisoner for involvement in Gov Goebel’s January 29 1900 murder. A single fatality occurred at Grapevine near Hazard when Squire Colwell shot John Holmes in an election dispute.
In Kansas City, Missouri, a 12 juror panel deliberated 15 minutes before convicting Darwin Norton of bigamy. Norton had wed three women without divorces, and received one year in the county jail.
Knoxville Iowa resident Mrs Clara Franks credits Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound and Liver Pills with relieving years of right side pain weakness and nervousness She reports improved work ability and night rest and endorses the Pinkham remedies as unmatched for female ills in her testimonial from Lynn Mass indicating free advice is available
The article recalls Horace Avery a sharp British judge noted for mordant wit. It recounts a quip when he cross examined a witness who claimed to be a retired gentleman. Avery queried why someone who attained gentility would retire from it.
A fragment reflects on a conductor disaster at a street car firm where influence failed to reach the cash register. The speaker notes the conductor had pull, yet it did not prevent the misdeed, illustrating a clash between power and financial controls.
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