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Newspaper
Scandia Journal
Location
Scandia, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Apr 26, 1907
Page
6
Wim Wohlford ships stock from Norway to Kansas City this week. Scandia and Belleville residents share visits, sales, and gatherings as crops and school terms progress. Duplex items mention a Love Feast, a seven month school term ending, and a surprise Calif visit linked to local families.
West region residents Mr and Mrs J M Sigsbee spent Sunday on the farm. Applebys of Formosa visited Thornburgs. Mr and Mrs Lloyd Cundiff were with Mrs Rowe. Theo Otto visited Republic. Garman and Bettis families hosted gatherings. Everts boys hauled lumber for a chicken coop and barn. Doctors treated sick colts at Garman's last week.
J M Coltins announces a removal sale to run ten days to avoid moving costs. Goods priced at cost and less with packing expected by May 1st. Opportunity of a lifetime.
In Paris boxing gains popularity as a manly sport. The piece recalls Owen Swift, ex champion of the lightweight, who trained and fought in Charenton before a Paris tribunal for wounding Brighton Bill. Swift’s training routines amused Parisian youth while the sport drew elite patronage.
A woman wearing a new transformation hat experiences a slip in church when bowing, hat and wig fall away briefly. Relatives recover the hat, but the transformation disappears. A man nearby finds the hat inside his handkerchief moves oddly, triggering startled sounds and church scandal.
A reminiscence describes early 1970s Kansas tornado outbreaks that forced many residents to move. A former Kansan, now in Concord New Hampshire, recalls being questioned by Mark Holt about the damage. The worker replied with rural humor, mentioning a river bank and numerous woodchuck holes left exposed by the storm.
A dealer advertises lace supplies bought directly from the factory. The offer emphasizes access to latest patterns and rare values. Laces are shown in narrow edges to wide all over attrato priced at 1.25 per yard.
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In Salt Lake City a youth offered to distribute 2000 advertising circulars in rural mailboxes for five dollars. Several firms accepted. He then earned five dollars commission on the sale of 125000 circulars, and delivered the papers in four days after renting a rig from a livery stable in exchange for signs. He collected about nine dollars per day totaling 35 dollars.
Arnold Daly recounts a tale about storytelling fatigue at a New York banquet. He notes the challenge of telling a story that may have already been heard by listeners and shares a humorous anecdote about a deaf friend who unintentionally repeats a joke at table.
Philadelphia reader Stephen Tasker recalls an Labrador expedition with his wife and notes wild regions are no place for a quiet married couple. A widow consults a tombstone maker and asks for "To my husband" on the stone. the stone ends up reading "To My Husband, In an Appropriate Place."
An excerpting reprint quotes a London Saturday Review reflection on gender roles. The piece contrasts male self-importance with the gradual shift toward viewing women as friends and equals rather than rulers or pets. It discusses social attitudes toward power, status, and respect within relationships.
The scene depicts the Bearded Lady in horror as she becomes engaged to the Ossified Man. A narrator laments the world’s harshness and prompts the child to question the strange union and its emotional toll on the couple and on herself.
Patent Panacea sample promotes Dr Hess stock food at Palace Drug Store. Journal invite included with sample copy to entice subscription.
Ella Slayton of Noland Arkansas reports Br King’s New Life Pills cost 2d for malarious districts. The pills purport to renew life and vigor with gentle cleansing effects. Satisfaction guaranteed at all druggists and priced at 25 cents.
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