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Newspaper
Scandia Journal
Location
Scandia, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Dec 27, 1907
Page
5
All silks and dress goods reduced. Taffeta silk pieces cut from 1.10 to 0.72 and 0.36 for 36 inch black taffeta. Peau de Soie from 2.00 to 1.69. imported dress goods 1.09. linens and table oil cloth marked down. Every piece formerly 1.25 now 0.98. 7,000 yards of best prints at 5 cents. Also a ton of fine white cotton batts on sale.
Bargain sale cuts prices on children's reefer coats, boys and men overcoats, and suits. Items formerly 5 to 20 dollars now range from 3.90 to 15.90, with heavy reductions on underwear and fabrics. Store touts stock reduction and past promotional promises fulfilled during this perinventory sale.
A newspaper ad lists large quantities of footwear with varied prices. It features men women and children sizes, numerous pairs priced from 49 cents to 3.50 dollars, including light dress shoes, plow shoes, patent calf dress shoes, and Kangaroo leather options.
An exceptional sale features cloaks for ladies misses and children at prices well below cost. Fancy plaid coats advertised at 12 value now 5.25. others at 3.48. black coats listed from 3.48 to 15.00. special deals for ladies black coats and varied selections.
Instructions describe using a three pulley upper block and a two pulley lower block with becket, 50 to 100 feet of rope, a suitable tree limb, a barrel, hog hook and gambrel. Heat water to 185 to 195 degrees and secure carcass for scalding first one end then the other before processing.
The text explains a method using a gambrel and tackle to suspend a hog after dressing. It instructs drawing the animal to a convenient height, tying rope, dressing the hog, and then swinging it up to cool.
The piece urges welcoming trained veterinarians into rural areas to aid livestock and curb untrained horse doctors. It cites the livestock industry benefits and notes better care reduces farm animal suffering. A Georgia dairyman reports $28 net from one cow and an acre, urging attention to calf health and proper feeding.
Advice urges breeders to source pure stock from local breeders and cooperate. Emphasizes clean stables, careful feeding with eggs and middlings, and the risk of calves becoming thin if poorly managed.
The Philippine government finds husbands for Hospicio de San Jose orphans with a 150 dollar dowry offer. An official matrimonial brokerage commission screens suitors for suitable grooms among Filipinos with good character before any betrothal.
A French semi scientific magazine recounts Agesilaus using inverted Greek letters to ink the word Victory on his hand before battle. A priest presents a bull’s liver and the captain places his hand on it, revealing the word Victory carved there. The tale claims the ancient Greek as the first printer due to this display.
For sale. All my ore in Scandia. 49 4¢. Mrs. A B Wilder.
The original Scotch Colony of Republic Co landed in March 1869 and settled on the area now known as Scotch Plains in Belleville township. Early arrivals from New York included John McClymont and a companion who scouted the land before returning with favorable reports. Early settlers listed include Robert, Thomas and Peter Doctor, Jas Duncan, A Maxton, Jas Lowden, Robt Currie, Wm Bainbridge, Wn Holt, Jas Kelly Sr and Jr, Gilbert Rogers Din McQuire, Thos and Wm West, Joseph McGowan Sr, John Hay, and Mr McKenzie. One young man named McKenzie died digging a well on the Doctor property, and his wife died aiding him. their bodies were not fully described here.
The fragment notes a burial on the late R. P. West homestead near Salt Creek, describing the nearest cemetery in those early days as the burial site. The terse detail hints at frontier burial practices and local geography without broader context.
A fragmented note mentions oysters in cans and a trial at a restaurant called Up -10 Date, with unclear details but indicating serving options and a possible event or review surrounding the oysters.
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