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Newspaper
Scandia Journal
Location
Scandia, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Dec 11, 1908
Page
7
A car load of autom obiles arrived for the Courtland Auto Co this week. They looked good to the crowd and are all sold to leave as soon as roads are passable. The piece notes diphtheria cases and quarantine relief with a cautious health update.
A nostalgic note urges readers to support the paper through a dollar to cover rising costs as winter tightens budgets. It likens fuel, fire, and newspaper costs to staple needs and asks readers to “wake the editor smile.”
Farmer Ross Gutt announces a new corn sheller and offers to shell corn for those who want it. Contact by phone 72 to arrange service or wagon drop off.
County Sheriff Lowell traced a man calling himself Clarence Griffins to Hamlin Kansas after he left Union township with clothing and an identification book bearing a different name. The search ended without locating the suspect amid reports of a large 500-person tabernacle meeting parade.
Report of Fairview school Dist No 93 for Nov 9 to Dec 4. Pupils on roll: 12 boys 13 girls. absent: 5 boys 6 girls total 11. average daily attendance: 11 boys 12 girls total 23. tardy: 0. List of those neither absent nor tardy includes Lawrence Orvil Laura Iola Wastvedt Clyde Marie Josie Long Walter Brewer Oscar Krogstadt Allen Kullberg Ellen Larson Joseph Stensass Mildred Alice Pehrson. Visitors: 1. Mable Young, Teacher.
Readers are urged to phone in news items to the office. The call line welcomes tips, corrections, and readable reports for quick publication.
Monthly school report lists enrolled pupils 17 with 14.6 average attendance and 6 tardies. Readers not counted absent or tardy include Rose Bowling, Harold Bowling, Mary Fike, John Fike, George Fike, Otis Lash, Charlie Lash, Godfrey Smith, Olga Smith, Grace Falcomer, Bessie Falcomer, Margie Carpenter. teacher.
The Journal lists renewals since the last issue including W Loring Frank Goodwin Mrs P O Larson Claus Peterson J A Anderson Albert Schlapbach and San Luis Obispo California Names with stars mark new subscribers.
Report shows 44 students enrolled 20 girls 24 boys with average attendance 18 girls 202 boys. One tardy, 43 not tardy. List of those neither seen nor tardy includes Cox Gieber Houck Harbaugh Larson Mathias McHugh Madden Pantin Pencie Thompson Madden visitors 4. Addie Gile teacher.
The Loncordia Kansas weather station records November 1908 with total precipitation 71 inches and a 24 hour peak of 55 inches on the 28th and 29th. Winds from the north with total movement 4018 tides and average hourly velocity 36. Days clear 14, partly cloudy 10, cloudy 6.
Readable sale notices list W. E. Porter on December 16 and Theo J. Otte on December 14. The column urges attention to the ads for school supplies.
A quirky advert notes that one bundle of Laundry from Man hattan, associated with Coleman the barber, offers a remedy for tiredness. The line emphasizes a product tied to a local tradesman.
Report shows enrollment 7 with 6 boys and 1 girl, average attendance 6.22, tardiness 9 cases, non absent 2, non tardy 38, with Bryan Dunlap noted as neither absent nor tardy. Patrons invited to visit Florence Jeardo as teacher. Also a complaint about rotten eggs sold in Marquette with warning of legal action and possible forwarding to authorities.
A public notice warns that frequent or long lasting colds may lead to chronic catarrh and urges prompt treatment. It endorses Chamberlains Cough Remedy with a testimonial from Mrs. M. White of Butler, Tenn., and notes it is sold by D. A. Nywall.
Advertisement touts a first class daily newspaper from Topeka at thirty cents monthly by mail or 100 days for one dollar. It urges readers to subscribe by mail to receive comprehensive news from the state capital.
I have purchased a gasoline engine to run my corn sheller and all parties desiring their corn shelled may make arrangements by calling Farmers phone 313. 1, KF. Kullberg 46-2.
Readers are invited to send 25 cents in stamps for four late issues of The Pacific Monthly. The issues include fully illustrated descriptive articles on dairying fruit growing poultry raising and general farming conditions in Oregon Washington and Idaho. Address Pacific Monthly Portland Oregon.
The Journal seeks steady writers from all community areas to send weekly items detailing local happenings. Those willing to contribute should call or write to discuss proposition and coverage.
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