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Newspaper
Scandia Journal
Location
Scandia, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Aug 10, 1900
Page
5
A fragmented advertisement lists wash pans and tiny dish pans with heavy weight, Valenciennes Lace by the yard, belt pricing, Simpson's Best Prints in new styles, and a 25 cent Valcum Powder promotion. The copy is garbled but signals a period grocery or department-store ad with multiple items and prices.
The column lists numerous community happenings from August including births, house-building, teaching hires, and visitors. It notes bargains at C. W. Gulick Mercantile, provides details on delegates to a Republican county convention, reports on an accident near the depot at Norway, and mentions local social events and notes about residents and travelers.
In northeastern Boston Capp's BIL Maas notes an elevation that gained historic interest for its Revolutionary War scenes. The hill housed a British fort that fired upon Charlestown during the Battle of Bunker Hill, igniting extensive fires. Early Puritan ministers are buried there and the ancient cemetery remains preserved.
Bavaria boasts the longest lightning conductor in the world. It rises several yards above the top of the meteorological station on the Zugspitze, the empire’s highest point, and runs down to the Hollenthal valley where water flows year round. The length is five and a half kilometers, about three and a half miles.
George T. Silver of Pittsburg has purchased the Commercial Gazette, formerly a Quay Organ. The paper will stay Republican in politics but will not back any faction. The sale price to Mr. Oliver is nearly half a million dollars.
Archduchess Maria Teresa of Braganza widow of Archduke Karl Ludwig plans to wed her Danube court major domo Count Cavriani, turning aside strict court etiquette as she enters a new alliance.
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