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Newspaper
Scandia Journal
Location
Scandia, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Aug 17, 1900
Page
3
J F West will teach in District 99 this year. Dr Eagleson guarantees dental work. Capt W W Wait of Belleville dies. Frank Larsen returns from Beloit. Mrs I C Ware visits Clifton. Miss Christina Hoel from Randall visits. Miss Viola Seabolt visits from St Joseph. Hollenbeck entertainment at M B Church draws crowd despite heat.
Mr C M Wilson of Gilbert Iowa reports his wife used Krause's Headache Capsules at the Iowa State Fair with good results. He mentions telling neighbors and enclosing an express order for four boxes totaling 1. Sold by A J White.
P D Scuormap, agent, offers round trip Chicago tickets from Scandia at 17 37. sale Aug 24 27 with continuous passage. Return by Sept 2, extendable to Sept 30 with 50 cent fee by depositing at Eben E MacLeod 100 Jackson Blvd. Advise minimal baggage due to expected large attendance.
The list shows credits for weekly subscriptions. New subscribers marked with a star and quitters with a dagger appear among names such as J. W. Persinger and C. A. Freeman. The totals include amounts like 25 and 50 in various entries.
The Buffalo Hunters led by Fred Moulton and companions Fred Moulton Jesse Nichols Frank Gunter and Eddie Thorn burgh began a ten day journey in a covered wagon into southern deserts to hunt fish and enjoy the trip. Rumors of a warlike Comanche band forced them to turn back and return to civilization by Tuesday evening. They now tell hair-raising tales of escapes from mosquitoes.
Members of the Mission Church and about a dozen friends surprised Rev and Mrs Jos Esterberg at their home on Wednesday afternoon. They enjoyed a pleasant gathering despite the heat and left tokens of regard. Refreshments were served.
A concert will be held at the Swedish Methodist church next Wednesday evening August 23 at 8 oclock. Principal singers will be students from Hyanston Illinois. The program features solos duets trios and quartettes with most songs in English. Admission ten cents.
An old advertisement offers a house and two acres of land in the southeast part of town for sale by Victor Haun. The note promises no risk to buyers and mentions a Chamberlain remedy for colic and bowel issues, plus Dr Calfswell's Syrup Pepsin for indigestion as a joke line about running for office.
On the 2031st ballot at nine o'clock Thursday morning J F Close won the nomination for judge as the Republican convention concluded. The final tally showed Close at 17 votes and Sturgis at 16 in Washington county, with supporters cheering for Republic County to secure the nomination. The Judicial Committee included C C Canfield R H Galloway Cloud Walter Darlington S H Knapp from Republic and A L Totten J B Mitchell from Washington. Hurrah for Republic.
Five men marooned on Elido island by the Mexican gunboat Democrata faced starvation or a perilous boat journey to the mainland. One survivor reached San Diego a week ago after a 600 mile tramp.
Dr Parker plans departure from Scandia on September first and asks all debtors to call and settle debts. Mrs John Nordgren and Mrs 5 Peterson from Chapman Nebraska are visiting Olof Fogelberg for a couple of weeks. The BR L section crew at the place has 87 men and is leveling the track after the steel gang moved east.
The piece argues time is spent at home and urges high comfort and refinement for families. It asserts money should never block such improvements, noting small payments can cover large expenses and make desirable goods attainable for the economical buyer.
R T Collins of Kansas City Mo plans to locate in Svandia on September 1 replacing Dr Parker. Collins is a Kansas City Homeopathic Medical College graduate with strong recommendations. Stamp books, twelve per booklet, are sold at the post office for 25 cents each, convenient for carrying stamps in hot weather. A warning is issued to the brick-thrower from Curren’s corner last Monday night to stay away or face consequences. Krause’s Cold Cure is advertised as a 25 cent remedy sold by A J White.
New parasol handles from Paris feature pastel tint wood and cut steel ornaments. Some designs are enrobed in black velvet with contrasting cut steel work, and a ball handle studded with rhinestones adds a fully rhinestone affair.
In Chicago area an employment agency supplied a woman to do plowing and other field work for a nearby farmer, while men in the city mostly work as chamber maids and cooks.
The Atlanta Constitution notes extended eclipse results will be delayed for months and reports a Georgia citizen’s suicide linked to the event. It calls for public indignation meetings to halt further advertisements of the show, now a back number.
In the United States there are 212 counties named for presidents. Every president except Arthur and McKinley is in the list. Washington counties lead with thirty. Hayes has one. Jefferson counties number twenty. Fillmore and Tyler have two each. Jackson counties total twenty-two. Buchanan and Cleveland have three each.
An article notes Esperanto as a proposed universal language, credited to a Russian innovator, with Volapuk fading. It mentions Gladstone's forecast of English reaching 800 million by 2000 and observes Argentine agricultural students studying in the U S to learn English for future opportunities.
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