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Newspaper
Scandia Journal
Location
Scandia, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Aug 02, 1901
Page
5
The note boasts the biggest spring business and predicts record fall sales with empty shelves and cash flow. It pledges very low prices, aggressive promotions, and a focus on attracting customers with affordable rates and bold offers.
A newspaper ad urges delaying purchases of lawn chairs hammocks croquet sets wagons and children’s carriages until special prices at Freeburg Furniture are available. The piece also promotes DeWitt’s products including Little Early Risers and Witch Hazel Salve with testimonial from James White of Bryantsville Ind mentioning healing sores after six years of medical failure.
The big land lottery result defies expectation as the runner up is a woman, underscoring Kansas’ unexpected outcomes and the quirks of the drawing.
The Courtland Register labels a town burglary as a case of beer swiping from a jointist last week. The item reflects local crime reporting and naming conventions used by the paper.
A witty remark notes that pursuing a handsome widow could lead to breach of promise suits, highlighting social hazards faced by a rich single man. The quip underscores reputational risk for wealthier bachelors in romance.
The Mankato Monitor has been bought by FW Arnold of Osborne, formerly editor of the Alton Empire. This transfer signals a shift toward establishing the paper as a solid county seat weekly.
The JOURNAL argues that true courage lies in restraint and temper not in duel. It asserts that the better man and citizen is the one who refuses to fight regardless of provocation, highlighting ethics over violence in a brief street discussion.
The Call reports Republic county will have a three hundred twenty five page History volume by J C Savage printed on high grade paper and bound in silk with profuse half tone illustrations. Savage is praised as an able writer and the work won contract in competition with major firms in Chicago Cincinnati St Louis and Kansas City. The Journal urges school districts to buy volumes for libraries. State equalization raised assessments in 75 counties and lowered 30. Republic county's levy climbs from 3 530 064 to 3 863 169.
Mob threatens editor of Nationalist after printing Roses dripping with dew poem last week. Police vow protection as tensions rise in Manhattan where readers react strongly to the verse.
A fragment notes that drought and crop failure affect Kansas but people feel less unhappy when neighboring states Missouri Illinois Iowa and Nebraska share the dry conditions. The line emphasizes regional impact and shared hardship.
Of the 250 winners in the great land lottery only 29 came from Kansas. Seeing that Kansas furnished nearly one fourth of the homeseekers this is hardly her share. In the second 250 there were 52 Kansans, the third 57 and the fourth 45 making 183 in the first thousand.
Joe and Jim Burnett found a loaded revolver last Sunday night. The gun fired while closing, striking Jim inside the thigh and nearly slicing through his leg. Dr. Roberts removed the ball and treated the wound as the boy recovers.
An old advertisement touts Grove's Tasteless Chill Tonic for malaria with iron and quinine, 50 cents, promising no cure no pay. A separate blurb mentions Allied Forces to bring more money than credit from China and a beauty product claim about pimples and blackheads with Rocky Mountain Tea recommended by druggists.
H E Moor has sold the Narka News to W H McGunny. Mr McCare ness sand will doubtless give the seven people of Narka a good paper.
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