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Newspaper
Belleville Republic
Location
Belleville, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jul 12, 1876
Page
3
Local items report stock wants and sales as J P Ball seeks a gentle pony for cash. Rev C G Crysler preaches at Scandia with a Centennial sermon planned. John Klumph heads home to Town. A horse is lost to a reaper accident. Washington township crops look good and harvest begins. A boy 7 drowns in Salt Creek, touching the community with tragedy.
The Republic reports a gala Scandia Fourth of July with a free bridge, plentiful water, and a ten cent grand dance. Notes on local improvements include orchards, grain crops, new stone buildings, pasture fencing, and ten acres of trees planted by Gardner Stinson and Hill. Community tragedy includes the death of Abe Kindt’s horse and the death of A. M. Johnson’s wife.
Crowds gathered early in Scandia for a countywide celebration. The Ellsworth Zouaves under Capt. Raymond formed a grand parade from Broadway toward Lambkey's grove, drawing cheers as they passed.
A traveling band recounts a two day Clyde celebration that attracted about three thousand attendees. The event featured a procession, arbor services, readings of the Declaration of Independence, concerts, and a grand hotel feast. The piece praises Clyde citizens for hospitality and unity in staging the centennial Fourth.
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