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Newspaper
Scandia Journal
Location
Scandia, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Apr 20, 1900
Page
4
Notes from Courtland Register area describe farm work, planting, and crop prospects with entries on corn planting by McGowan, Hesitations about hog crops due to weather, and local weddings and births. Communities like Belleville and district 65 report yard improvements, a box supper fund raiser, and school tree-planting efforts as residents share updates and harvest news.
Miss Ellen Holbergh trips to Jamestown while Olof Bergstrom faces heart trouble. Rain slows farm work and several locals travel for visits. Invitations are issued for a neighborhood wedding whose exact location is unclear. Chamberlains medicine cited by locals for diarrhoea relief and cures. Formal by Happer, the Druggist.
An old advertisement from A J White's shop hawks Dr Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin with a claim of value received. It promises constipation relief and indigestion aid priced 50c or $1.00, urging customers that money will be good and value delivered.
District 48 reports illness list with Mrs Crites and Geo Walter improving after headache. Residents. Floyd Chur chill may train as barber in Concordia. Sunday rain pleased farmers yet Easter bonnet buyers remain cautious. Chester Loofbourrow injures knee peeling fence posts. Locals attend Marion Kelly's party. Scandia photographer Homer Bushby tours neighborhood this week. Births report a daughter for H. S. Robinson on April 17. Wallpaper HQ at A J White. A practicing Monticello physician and Dr Caldwell’s Syrup Pepsin promoted.
Easter hats may become May-day hats. K D Haney returned Saturday from Kansas City. Mrs C Brown and son went to Superior Saturday. Miss Mae Glasgow spent Sunday in Cuba with friends. Mrs J C Ammerman was in Scandia Saturday on business. H K Hoyt and S Logue were at the county seat Saturday on business. Gypsies camped north of town. Geo Frees left for Esbon to take charge of a section. Rain chatter ends with wish for a boat to hear more news.
Children are attracted to bright colors and our carpets make a home cheerful. Ingrams Boc Soc offers stock at 60 and 70 cents per yard. Mattings range 10 to 40 cents per yard. A full line of linoleums, oil cloths, window shades, lace curtains and more available.
Peaches bloom and residents active with building additions and shipments. Claud Hanson, John Hanson, John Summers, L M Newbury, Frank Reynolds, and others report daily, with farmers noting muddy fields and blue moods from stalled stalks. Invitations honor Master William Dunlap. Populist county convention delegates elected in Belleville with alternates named.
A Henry Young America commentary laments youths aged six to twenty loitering on streets and urges parental pressure for school attendance. It notes high school taxes and quality teachers, linking truancy to reform school risk, and mentions Dr. L R White practicing medicine in Hill City planning to stay.
Bert Scott is on the sick list and Mrs F M Baxter remains ill. Safe Rockhold will soon resume travel. W W Stover shipped fat cattle Monday. Dr Thomag bought the Stanfield property and builds a barn. Hale McClure aims for best Hereford herd aided by three thoroughbreds from near Topeka. Wm Elliott plans twenty five acres for planting. many others five to ten acres. F W Mayell and wife celebrated their twenty fifth anniversary with guests Capt Stanfield and wife from Belleville.
Advertised Letters dated April 1 1900 list J H Chandler L P Phillips Arthur Brice L Truett LT Davis EK M Nordpart James A Johnson. The excerpt notes a public vote for change in 1802, then four years without a cent of change, and now content with current change, rejecting the Democratic party of pessimism.
A reflective note argues against dwelling on future troubles. It warns that worrying about present or future woes rarely helps, urging moderation in anxiety. It cautions that excessive fear leads to despondency, while trusting in the day’s evil and facing challenges calmly aids resilience.
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