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Newspaper
Scandia Journal
Location
Scandia, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Sep 27, 1907
Page
9
A reader condemns get rich quick schemes and the “something for nothing” lure. The piece argues to tax foreign mail order firms and reform laws, noting flawed stoves and inferior restored materials sold via mail by unscrupulous manufacturers.
The piece warns that efforts to cheapen production and flood the market with low priced goods, especially stoves and ranges, lead some manufacturers to produce inferior articles. In the Midwest, large firms specialize in making cheap stoves to supply dealers, prioritizing showy exterior over quality.
A piece urging merchants to improve exterior appearance with clear signs clean sidewalks and neat windows. It argues that attractive storefronts create good first impressions attract customers and reflect a merchant's standing in the community. Small investments pay off over time.
A public advisory cautions buyers to scrutinize advertised bargains and reminds that advertisers seek money, not philanthropy. It urges comparing value, avoiding underpriced offers, and favoring trusted local stores to reduce fraud and deception risks.
A verbose mock warning about a local borrower who buys on credit for six months or more and pays cash for crops elsewhere. It condemns ads offering goods on approval and warns readers to beware of hidden charges and freight bills from such schemes.
In a decade billions have moved from rural communities to big cities fueling trusts that harm farmers. The plea urges awakening to stop sending home funds away and strengthen agricultural towns.
Town officials urge residents to maintain clean streets and sidewalks to improve impression of the community. focus on well kept public areas to reflect well on local residents and businesses.
The Kansas game law, in force since July 1, 1905, required licenses for hunting non rabbits. By August 1, 1906, counties paid $59,807 to the state treasurer to fund fish and game wardens, hatcheries at Pratt, propagation programs, and the State fish car. Wyandotte led with $2,565.75 while Stanton Grant counties reported none and Haskell $2. A few western counties show minimal activity implying unlicensed hunting.
A Herington real estate firm reports nearly 250000 dollars worth of land sold in the last six months. Demand is higher now than a year ago as East arrive new farmers buy at rising prices. Farmland values up 16 to 20 percent, with sellers realizing good prices and rents high in central state towns.
Mrs. John Callahan formerly Miss Clara Hite died at her home near Sabetha after drinking concentrated lye during a personal crisis. Married about a week, she had come from Pond Creek Oklahoma to keep house for widower Mr. Callahan with several children. The couple planned a trip to Pond Creek to visit her father James Hite when the tragedy occurred.
In Croweberg a new mining camp in Crawford County, two men were killed and two wounded after Italian miners chased and shot at mine boss Charles Gardner and his sister Mrs. George Rexford on a lonely road. Gardner fired back, killing two Italians. identities of the attackers are not stated.
Ottawa resident A W Benson took the oath as associate justice of the Kansas Supreme Court. He met Governor Hoch who appointed him to the U S Senate last year and this year to the state’s highest court. "I would rather be a judge on the supreme bench," he said.
Dr. S J Crumbine secretary of the state board of health issues an order that alum must not be used in pickles sold in Kansas. Pickle makers allegedly used alum to harden stock as the pure food law allows only salt and mineral substances. The pickle season is just beginning.
The seventh day of December marks the fiftieth anniversary of the first free state legislature convened in Kansas. A search for surviving members and details of those deceased is underway, with appeals to early Kansas settlers for information. Letters may be sent to Colonel O B Learnard Lawrence, Hon George W Martin Topeka Historical Society, or Governor Morrill Hiawatha.
Farmers in Saline County report a labor shift as daughters enter haying season. Girls ride mowers and sulky-rakes and have even helped with blacking hay, highlighting a growing solution to the labor problem as corn husk season approaches.
A hotel guest recounts finding a coat and a pair of pajamas left in a train berth. The porter explains the nightwear belonged to a previous female occupant, not the present traveler. He notes some passengers prefer wearing pajamas in cabs for safety in a wreck.
Edward Wovell of Fort Crook Nebraska reports fifteen years of debilitating eczema on hands arms and legs. He says after using Cuticura Soap Ointment and Resolvent for about six days the itching ceased and sores disappeared.
Danish legends say their stealthy night raid on Scotland failed after a Danish warrior stepped on a thistle and cried out. The alarm woke Scots, who repelled the invaders with heavy losses. Hence the thistle became Scotland's emblem and Nemo me impune lacessit became the motto.
Mrs. Peppery and Mrs. Swellman discuss the rector of a fashionable church praised as a good shepherd, yet remark that prosperity makes shepherding easy. Philadelphia Press notes the exchange.
A brief quotation notes that only happiness needed by a brave man is happiness enough to finish his work, reflecting Carlyle's viewpoint on motivation and duty.
Observers note that restraint in speech can amplify unspoken concerns. The piece suggests quiet moments reveal more than loud remarks, and restraint may expose hidden thoughts and tensions within a community.
A former college athlete recalls training struggles until two weeks on Grape-Nuts. He reports improved digestion, steady nerves, increased energy, and better times in mile and half mile events. He credits the cereal for “ginger” and mental clarity, noting wide university use and reference to wheat and barley nutrients.
Mr Billtops discusses the heavy load of duty carried especially by his wife Mrs Billtops. He notes she works relentlessly, fearing she cannot leave things in order when she dies. The piece muses on finding a balanced sense of duty without undue burden and the ideal of people who understand what is right and act accordingly.
In an Australian setting Prof Starr quotes a US readiness claim about Britain in trouble. The Brisbane worker retorts that molasses is thicker than both and mocks the professor as an expert in ladling treacle.
Louis Brownlow, then a Louisville Courier Journal reporter, sat at a phone table reading the office dictionary when Marse Henry Watterson approached. Watterson misheard and asked who he was, then quipped about skipping adjectives as the paper’s only one who cannot use them.
A grocer presses his clerk to bill Mr. Jay twice for a basket of peaches. The clerk admits charging once and the grocer insists the charge be repeated to ensure accuracy.
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