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Newspaper
Scandia Journal
Location
Scandia, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Apr 19, 1907
Page
8
Personal property ad claims Dr Al McCapes from Idaho Springs on business and that customers can satisfy wishes by purchasing dress hats at Seabolt located at 15 21.
W Brown buys a new Osborne Disc. C W Johnson visited S P Nelsons Sunday. Emmet Johnson bought a new Disc Monday. Ed Swanson had a line 11 phone installed last week. Fred Moe visited from Union for wood. Erickson and Isaacson shell corn. Will Beck Friday. Jack Frost quickly ended the Kansas peach crop. Gideon Linden hauled corn for Theodore Linden last week. Will Curtis had a runaway Sunday night with a badly damaged buggy. Mr and Mrs W E Porter enjoyed a charivari Thursday night. LOST April 9 on road west overcoat. Leave at office. WwW Fk Offman, Rock Island night operator, has gone to Jansen. HL 8 Cooper went to Beloit Tuesday for bankers meeting. Tuesday morning 27 degrees with snow flurries. This likely finished what fruit the earlier freeze left. Take your eggs to Leanoir. 15-21
Dr Scott returns from Indiana trip. Axel Hedstrom leaves for Denver for summer. Andrew Mellen’s horse injured on a wire fence. Norway school house meeting draws large crowd. Dist 93 closes with a fine dinner. Local women visit May Carney across the river. Lutheran church holds four days of meetings starting Thursday. Friday features English class. Heavy traffic fills Norway streets Saturday. Mr Shivvers departs for New Mexico to visit daughter and granddaughter. Wanted travel collector in home territory with weekly pay. Actress Joseph Alexander listed in Scandia.
Rock Island offers daily one way tickets in March and April to Los Angeles and San Francisco in tourist sleeping cars. Special Mystic Shriners excursion tickets run April 25 to May 18 with a low round trip fare from all Rock Island stations. Spring travel promotions urge planning for Southwestern states and home hunting opportunities.
The Scandia corn market, once among the poorest in the region, is now thriving with prices at 35 cents. Farmers sold surplus including Thure Woblford 1500 bushels Ed Kallman 1000 Bainbridge 1200 A Benston 1000 and the Asbjornson estate 3500. Belfield handles western shipments of the grain.
Two young Belléville girls aged four and six told their father they met a man with a dog who knew less than the dog. They explained the man made them step off the walk while the dog did not, proving children reason with simple logic.
The piece reflects on parental happiness from children’s behavior and success. It argues that daughters and sons should act like ladies and gentlemen to avoid evil deeds. Much misery comes from wayward conduct, and parental pleasure stems from children’s welfare.
The program outlines 10 double duets with two pianos and several instrumental solos. The singing is described as excellent and the overall entertainment as first class.
A short note highlights Seabola as a place where residents are urged to shop for groceries and benefit from local offerings. It mentions available items and emphasizes community convenience.
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