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Newspaper
Scandia Journal
Location
Scandia, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Dec 22, 1905
Page
9
A Rock Island train wreck occurred today about 11 o clock one and a half miles west of Formosa. Many passengers were injured and Formosa and Mankato doctors rushed to the scene. The injured are to be taken to Belleville as the track remains blocked and traffic halted until clearance. The cause is reported as a bad track.
A visitor describes Thomas Carlyle’s Craigenputtock in Scotland as a gray solid two story stone house with whitewashed outbuildings. The setting is dreary and solitary on a hill farm amid moorland with six miles to Dumfries and a mile to the nearest habitation.
A tired laborer carries two bundles of wood homeward when a boy with a bright face and mischief asks for a match. Frustrated, the man drops his burdens then swears before resuming his weary journey home.
Henry Frank touring Los Angeles offers a resolution urging perpetual youth. He says age is heart health and cheer, not years, and that birthdays should mark renewed youth rather than milestones toward death. He promotes buoyancy, enthusiasm, and childlike cheer to renew the year.
In Roumania a small town of about 1200 inhabitants hosts a yearly fair attracting villagers from eighty nearby settlements. On fair day the local young women and married or single, with garlands and wine, visit and offer a kiss in exchange for wine. Godmothers accompany them out of deference to Mrs Grundy.
West winds sweep through updates as Rollo Thompson returns from Man ka to Tuesday Silvia. Community members visit, travel and bale prairie hay on Marsh. Ed Poage and family in Boise. Erickson brothers from Cripple Creek visit Belleville. Isrickson Bros debut gasoline engine for corn shelter. wedding attendance noted for Chas Rowling and family.
Local items report births messages and visits including Mr and Mrs B Iverson welcoming a daughter Tuesday. Church social at J R Hugos's. Logan Scott and Will Creig visited Scandia. Luther Carlson birthday surprise with a purse gift. Luther planned move to New Mexico for health. Oak Creek school earned 33 at a box supper. Fred Dutton shipped hogs to Kansas City. Emil Olson moves on H A Hanson's rented farm. Dr Warren ill again. Regular church services and children's treat noted.
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