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Newspaper
Scandia Journal
Location
Scandia, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Aug 07, 1903
Page
2
The River view Cemetery Association will hold its annual meeting on Tuesday August 11 1903 at the Bank of Scandia office at 4 o'clock P M. Hack lot holders are members and may vote. Cy Bulkley secretary.
Carrier Caldwell handled 1 216 letters 336 postal cards 4 506 newspapers 561 circulars 195 packages for 6 814 total. Collections 5 money orders 534 letters 46 postal cards 3 newspapers 23 packages for 611 grand total 7 425 a gain over last July by 1 010. Carrier Gatchel moved 543 letters 209 postal cards 3 newspapers 220 circulars 72 packages for 5 040 total. Collections 8 money orders 311 letters 34 postal cards 3 newspapers 11 packages for 367 grand total 5 426 a gain over June by 451 and over last July by 1 584. Total cancellations for the month were 18 28 total sales 20 28.
A Saturday afternoon ice cream social will be served by the ladies of the Methodist church just east of Whitney's store. Proceeds go toward painting the church.
An altercation over an account Tuesday night left Will Pierce badly hurt after a fall. Charley McCarthy surrendered on learning of a warrant and trial was set for this afternoon. Pierce was confined to bed but later improved. a venue change moved the related case from Formoso to Lovewell, Kansas.
July brought varied conditions with a high of 98 and low of 53, mean 77, 1 degree below normal. Total rainfall 5.22 inches, 1.50 inches above usual. no frost days reported. Winds mostly from the south, 7 to 12 clear days, 15 partly cloudy, 4 cloudy. Weather noted as generally mild though wetter than average this year.
Hugh Cooper from Scandia attended a Friday evening event with Charley McCarthy and showed strong interest in the girl’s ball vanes. observers bet he will not miss the tournament.
W. H. Meeler visited Saturday from White Rock. Mr Fesler notes the tall man and his wife expect to move to Louisiana, likely leaving the farm for the other boys. Fesler adds winter work at sugar factories and says he enjoys better health.
NORWAY-BULLETIN reports A. D. Norris on the sick list. Charley Ireland is done again. John Hugos visited last week. Burt Newbury on a two week vacation at home. Miss Minnie Newberry slowly recovering. Holiman purchased a pew buggy from Ledbetter last week. Mrs. Fred Gifford of Concordia visiting nearby. Leslie Hanson and wife of Illinois visited Dan Hanson last week. Joe Hopkins of Kansas City and Kenneth of Concordia in town Friday. cloud bursts rumored to have visited Friday night. Martha McLean of Miltonvale and Ida McLean of Concordia visited at Mr. Newberry’s Wednesday and Thursday.
Union residents attend a funeral for Maren Rasmussen age 62 with services led by Rev. Moyer at the Union Two home and burial in Prairie Rose Cemetery. District 61 holds its July 30 school meeting electing J. W. Ambrose as clerk and planning seven months of instruction with Miss Bowersox.
The item notes possible mumps in the vicinity and reports Mrs. J. C. Glasgow on the sick list. It also mentions De Humphrey's business visit to Belleville, Enis B vart and Frank Isaacson traveling to Minnesota, and W. W. Carlson and family spending Sunday at A Moe's home. Visitants to Jasper Bettis’s home include Mrs. Lucy Collet, Grace and Master James, Mrs. C. Bowling and children, and Nic J. S. Garman and sons.
S Anderson showed corn Wednesday and delivered it in Court land. A number from here attended temperance lectures in Scandia last week. A bridge out near Sardahl caused Carrier Gatchel to miss his usual Saturday round. Robert Freeman, son of August Freeman, undergoes electrical treatment for rheumatism. Mr and Mrs Larson and daughter with Minnie and Charles Peterson visited J L Peterson's home Saturday evening.
The Dist 42 meeting at Enterprise school house on Thursday July 30 approved last year’s minutes and reports. W K Carlson was elected treasurer for two years and A M Poage was elected clerk. A 10 mill levy on taxable property for school purposes was approved and a seven month term to begin first Monday in September with two weeks holidays was set. The board was to furnish necessities for the coming term.
The Kackley News lists events and people including Charley Orville’s christening, Bayard Kackley in the blacksmith shop, and Bayard and Arthur Kathley in an accident. Hugh Cooper of Scandia visits, M W A dances, Poage buys corn, and Miss Ola Booze visits Mrs Harris. An ice cream social benefits the Swedish Lutheran church.
District 48 reports B Bartlett and Q A Kelly building a coal house for Bert Ainsworth. Mrs Anna Garbry visited Mrs Jewett. Tom Gile and Mac Griffeth caught a gray wolf Saturday. Hattie Murphy visited near Belleville. Bertie spent days at Q A Kellys. Invitations go out for Eddie Lewiss party Friday. Mr and Mrs Harry Gile came from Scandia. Minta Walter sick last week. Walter Fickel to teach 48 school again at 45 dollars a month starting September. Q A Kelly elected clerk and tax levy set at 1.75 percent.
The county's subscription credits note the wheat crop is estimated at 833000 bushels this year, averaging 19 bushels per acre.
A picnic is planned by Swedish Lutherans for Thursday afternoon at Rev Maxell's residence. Community members are invited to join in the outdoor gathering and fellowship.
An English magazine article reveals the Baroda maharajah, famed as a modern Haroun al Raschid, driving with a guard and issuing petitions from his palace hall. He travels in disguise through his city and his wife, the maharanee, lives in sequestered zenana rooms unseen by men. They vacation in England yearly, defying caste norms and then return for purification rites.
The Yale divinity school will install Willson Walker as successor to Professor G. P. Fisher in ecclesiastical history. Dr. Fisher will not retire until after Yale's bicentennial celebration in the fall, while Walker presently holds the same chair at Hartford Theological Seminary.
An article in Success argues that a successful banker must be trained. It urges youth to follow the beaten path and gain wisdom from those who earned their status in the school of experience.
The undersigned filed a petition with the Probate Judge of Republic County Kansas on July 2 1903 seeking a Druggist permit under prohibitory laws. The hearing is set for August 17 at 10 A M at the Probate Judge's office in Belleville. Nywaun Co.
Dr. A. V. Banes offers monthly treatments at the St. Joseph office located at 5 and Julests with daily hours from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. The notice advertises available appointment times and persistent care for patients.
The Belleville county board met in regular session at 1 30 PM to approve tax levies for 1903. Members James Ramsbottom R Rimol and Jacob Sherwood presided with Rimol chairing. Levies included county gen fund six mills county poor one and a half mills bridge one and one seventh mills and road tax. Sheriff Hill reported arresting J A Hedge on Friday for forging a $45 check in Lincoln Nebraska. Hedge faced no requisition yet.
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