Scandia Journal Postal Filing Note
Scandia Journal of Scandia Kansas filed as second class matter with the post office. details unreadable in the fragment.
17 Dec 1914
Page 1
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Newspaper
Scandia Journal
Location
Scandia, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Dec 17, 1914
Page
1
Scandia Journal of Scandia Kansas filed as second class matter with the post office. details unreadable in the fragment.
Wo H hitt publisher announces subscription rate 1.00 per year in advance. Advertising costs set at 10 cents per column inch display and 5 cents per line for first insertion. Local ads use six word per line. Special contract rates available. Mail order ads require cash with copy. No personal checks. Card of thanks 25 cents. Regular rates apply to announcements and fundraising notices.
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Secretary of State William J. Bryan signs an editorial in the Commoner urging Democrats to oppose liquor interests. He argues democracy must stand with moral issue and reject brewery, distillery, and saloon backing to avoid dragging the party into ruin. The piece warns loyalists who placate liquor interests become a millstone around the party.
Hans Garbus, a German Iowa farmer, recounts how mail order debts after buying 200 acres led to declining local business, closed hotel, empty shops, and a drop in land value from 195 to 167 dollars per acre. He laments loss of libraries, schools, and taxes as merchants relocate.
A Union party at the Frank Pedrick home marked a lively start to the week. Local visits include Mrs. Labon Marshall at 11 O. Marshall’s, and Arthur Brown family at James Mosher home in Rydal. Farm activity reports note D. A. and Bert Bowen hauling corn from Earl Bowen, and Frank Mikesell with a new auto. Mrs. Lonmian and Mrs. Mercer returned to Concordia after visiting Mattie Mercer. Belleville resident 8S. ll. Baldwin visited Union, and Wm. McDowell called on August Swanson in Scandia township. Herbert Goodwin of Scandia works for Arthur Colelazier. Cundiff sale drew attendees from Union. Pearl Bowman and son from SE Kansas visited her McDowell kin in Union. Jay Scafford suffers a sore arm. Homer Mahan was reportedly ill last week. Emery Fall and wife hosted Sunday visitors Bert Bowers. Will Swafford visiting from Coneapolix at Jay Swafford’s. Mrs. Bowersox and the mister faced a horse illness scare Sunday. G Hodgskinson of Belleville spent Sunday with brother James. Mrs. Barnard and Galley were professional callers in Union Sunday. A. B. Mercer and family are visiting Concordia this week.
Official returns show Missouri residents voted 324085 against and 159593 in favor, a 164492 majority to defeat the Full Crew Bill. Farmers statewide, plus city voters in St Louis Kansas City and St Joseph, largely opposed, while railroad backers claim the result proves public support for fair treatment of transportation firms.
A speaker contrasts shy wild roses and poppies with bold poinsettia and pepper trees, finding the sunflower richer in color and presence than the summer splendor elsewhere. The verse celebrates simple roadside flora with a quiet, poetic tone.
A sale catalog lists fifteen pure bred Shorthorn cows and heifers bred to a full blood bull all due by March 1, twenty five? horses including five mares with weights from 1250 to 1400 pounds, thirty-two shoats weighing 60 to 80 pounds, feed of corn hay and alfalfa, assorted farm implements, a John Deere mower two row disc and other gear, a Reo automobile, household goods, and terms cash on small items with eight months on larger purchases.
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