Town Notes and Obituaries From Scandia Journal
Thirty five years ago a new school house was planned in the Hillery district southwest of town. The post office was claimed up this week. Weather turned cooler and more comfortable. Isaac Wilcott Meha harvested and gathered sand from residence lot. Christopher Lawson died at 88, father of L. C. Hansas. John Wenanan’s theft noted, $32 recovered. Ezra Elliott to drive for a Negro minstrel troupe. F Wesson visited town with Miss Etenk. W. Linden, Swedish immigrant, long resident, died after forty years in the town. funeral held at Riverview cemetery. Ledger notes changes in paper management and ongoing public affairs. Local notices include truck sale, Star Brand coffee promotion, and Concordia visit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hillery
John Wenanan
Jane Putccer
John Browns
Ezra Elliott
Brown
Ezra
F. Wesson
Etenk
Topeka
Liebeck
Fen
Ime
Tien
Scandia
Willelm Linden
Vesteras
Ostergotland
Sweden
America
Geneseo
Ill
Kansas
Linden
Johanna Gustava Hedlund
Omaha
Nebi
Soderquist
Willard
Colorado
Predricksen
Courtland
John Naslund
Willard Colorado
Oscar Linden
Emanuel Linden
Swedish Methodist Church
Charninist
Nace
Cook
Plas
Taes- Baphea Foe
Emil Malmstrom
Ong
Nebr
A. Moline
Riverview Cemetery
Service Promise From Aterior and Coleman
A rough marketing pitch touts satisfied customers and a focus on service as the path to victory in business. The call to action urges readers to contact Aterior and Coleman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aterior and
Coleman
Four-Team County Baseball Tourney Set At Fair
The Fair Association selects the top four county teams for a three day tournament starting Wednesday August 31 with Agenda vs Scandia and Thursday September 1 Courtiant vs Belleville. Friday September 2 features the winners for a $3159 purse plus a $50 bonus with gate receipts split 40 and 60. regular admission 50 cents. Umpires will be appointed for each game. Earlier, August 29 Rydal Farmers vs Concordia, and August 30 Rydal Farmers vs Munder.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fair Association
Sharp Agenda
Scandia
Sharp
Courtiant
Belleville
The
Rydal Farmers
Concordia
Munder
Rat-Snap Beats the Best Trap Ever Made
Mrs Emily Shaw says her husband bought a 2 trap and she bought a 65c RAT-SNAP box. The trap caught 38 rats but RAT-SNAP killed 12 in a week. She says she cannot raise chickens without it. RAT SNAP comes in cakes in three sizes 65c and 1.25. Sold and guaranteed by Wagegman and Wires.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emily Shaw
Wagegman & Wires
Haggman & Wires
Fateful Rescue on Train Front in Savanna Area
A lineman McDermitt was saved from electrocution after dangling from a pole near Savanna Tl when a bystander from the Flying Valentinos and Fisher Sister Combination on a passenger train aided his rescue at the Proving Ground. The article ties in circus acts at Belleville’s fair and a bird fossil discovery in Kansas, noting a Yale specimen and a Kansas University find. Also mentions seed corn loss to rats and RAT-SNAP pest control ads.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wen
McDermitt
Webilier
Fiying Valentinos & Fisher
Proving Ground
Savanna
Chicago Examiner
Belleville
Ima Barlow Company
Prime Valley
Cowboy Ropes Eagle Near Gregory
Sioux City reports Thomas Hale a ranch cowboy near Gregory, 8 D, captured a live eagle after it swooped on a calf. Hale roped the bird with a lariat and rode away with the captive in hand.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sioux City
Thomas Hale
Gregory
Hale
Smallest Will in N J Contains Fifty Five Words
The Essex County New Jersey surrogate’s office records the shortest will of W Makepeace of 180 Summit Ave Montclair. Dated before his death on March 27 the document valued about 1500 dollars bequeaths all to his wife and was written on a wrinkled six by three inch sheet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Essex County
New Jersey
W. Makepeace
Summit
Montclair
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Journal
Hancock
Jewell Caraniy
Weaad
Isaac Wilcott
Christopher Lawson
Hanson ‘Seas
L. C. Hansas
Yarher
A. B. Johnson
H. H. Mahan
Courtland Produce Company
Kreutzers Cash Store
E. C. Ward
E. Ward
Mickie
Ane
Waselh
Lawrence
Kan
University of Kansas Museum
H. T. Martin
Yale University Museum
Jong
Maartin
Bank’ Book
Farmers and Merchants Bank
N. J
Heinz Sweet Pickles
Star, Grac
Larson
Stevenson
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