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Newspaper
Scandia Journal
Location
Scandia, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Aug 18, 1911
Page
7
A compilation of local greetings and small events in Scandia Kansas and area. Visits from Rosenquist and others mark social ties. bids for a Lutheran Church project delay arrival. Local activities include auctions, concerts postponed, church conventions planned, schooling notes, funerals, road and water works progress, hog market briskness, and routine transport and labor updates.
A notice offers to trade windmill and tank for a horse or team and to sell all property in Scandia at a good price. Contact E. V. Rockhold for details.
A group of Ethel Grandstedt’s young friends hosted a birthday surprise with games and a fine luncheon. A dress pattern was given to Miss Ethel. John Vandevere visited Beat Rice and then returned with Mrs. Vandevere. she is recovering from an operation but weak. L W Nutter invites requests for catalogs from Manhattan Business College. Quick Sale lists an $2200 eight room house with 11 lots, well, cistern and cellar. Mrs. L M Wheeler advertises a bargain.
Seed wheat advertised for sale raised and selected by Kansas Agricultural College last year. Contact Joe Hughs and son at phone 607 Farm. The ad closes with a town motto attributed to Ed Howe about civic debt.
The rare instrument, noted as possibly the most famous example of its kind, was discovered by Maid Moffat in Glasgow. It bears Celtic circular band carvings, Gothic 15th century lettering, the date 1409, and includes brass interlaced ornamentation on the drones and chanter, plus a matching highland dirk and brass brooch.
A woman rebukes Professor Ferro for his tone on women suggesting his writings reflect a man’s viewpoint. She argues that a handsome man can threaten women’s peace of mind as a handsome woman can threaten men’s, challenging his gendered perspective.
In a brief dialogue a girl asks where Gladys Maud is going and she replies she is heading downtown to buy a novel suitable for her mother. The exchange hints at careful grooming and thoughtful shopping in a period city setting.
The Journal man recalls a week of printer shortages and extreme heat that damaged rollers and made copies barely readable. He notes each roller cost about $12 and 700 copies were affected, with readers getting limited value. Journal editor cites a Fowler Gazette quote about husbands.
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