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Newspaper
Scandia Journal
Location
Scandia, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Dec 29, 1899
Page
5
Notice is given that on the third day of January 1000 between 9:00 AM and 4:00 PM at the Bank of Swindia office a stockholders meeting will elect a nine member board for the ensuing year. Cashier J CuLnenrs signs the notice.
Local auctioneer J P Porter is ready to respond to inquiries about his services and handle upcoming auctions with prompt and professional attention for clients seeking asset liquidation or sales.
Two nearly new Rochester lamps offered for sale at the JOURNAL office.
Weislogel & Clement call all debtors to call and settle accounts before January 1. A few copies remain of our Souvenir Holiday edition for 10 cents each, ideal to send to friends.
On January 1st, 1900 the Board of County Commissioners will set the contract for the Superintendency of the Poor Farm for 1900. Bids will be received until 12 noon on January 9th, 1900. The board reserves the right to reject any or all bids. D. Y. Winsor, County Clerk.
Board of County Commissioners will receive bids for the County Doctoring for 1900 today. Bids to be received until 12 noon, January 100. Board may reject any and all bids. D. Y. Wilson, County Clerk. Calderhead noted as only Kansan in the Currency Bill debate, praising sound financial principles and the speakers Hill and Fowler.
The horticultural world notes roses exhibit a mysterious color shift. Flowers redden in sunlight and turn white in shade or darkness through an unknown natural process observed by the Japanese.
Time for Action notes Jackson county poor farm pays 3000 dollars revenue while Riley county supports paupers more. the author urges county commissioners to study other counties systems and establish similar measures here, including reducing weekly welfare payments to visitors and cutting the costly pauper expense.
The town of Belleville discusses a new magnetic healer while St. Joseph’s citizen Longwitz surfaces as a potential politician. One reader disliked last week’s issue, but most readers praised the paper while Kansas City’s evangelist controversy stirs public opinion.
Missouri may stage a vaudeville event similar to the Kansas outbreak last year. The governor threatens to call a special session of the legislature to respond.
A Concordia resident dries a pair of black hose on a front door knob. A neighbor recalls a tense moment as she sought details about a death in the area.
The note lauds last week's Scandia Journal as a warm edition filled with adverts. It compares Belleville readers to Scandia businessmen, praising advertising value and print culture.
A magnetic healer visiting the office boasted of cures nationwide while admitting a severe cold hampered his voice. One compositor suggested he try magnetic healing on his own cold, prompting no immediate response.
A quoted excerpt from January Ladies' Home Journal warns that a child learning to hide honest poverty is a sorrowful lesson. The text frames pretense as a poor soil for growth and emphasizes that concealment serves little purpose and becomes unnecessary later.
Freeman laments a thirty year failure to maintain honest assessments in Kansas and argues that only if commissioners fulfill their duty to raise assessor returns will past officeholders be found to have violated their oaths. Praise should follow any corrective action.
A columnist recalls a neighbor nicknamed The Governor and the later realization he proved to be an ornery, tobacco-splattered old man, challenging the idea that fame in papers equates with real stature.
In Nasso Sweden the fire brigade is all women. The village has water works staffed by 150 female firefighters who keep tubs filled and fight fires with noted efficiency and calm.
The most costly wine in the world lies in a cask named the Rose in Bremen town hall cellars. This Rudesheim from 1653 is the color of old ale and is never sold but reserved for the sick of Bremen. Exceptions include small bottles given to Emperor William I, Frederick III, and Prince Bismarck.
Poetic tribute to a young girl describing her as a bright, carefree child with a hopeful future. The piece reflects on childhood innocence and the lasting joy she brings, urging care and affection from grownups as she grows toward adulthood. It echoes a verse about letting children come to light and blessing.
Rural route women in a Chicago suburb vetoed shallow mail boxes and urged deeper, rainproof receptacles. They demanded space large enough to hold The Ladies' Home Journal without folding, signaling a broader push by rural communities to tailor mail infrastructure to local needs.
W S Stambaugh formerly of Abilene now in Fargo recounts 1898 meeting in Abilene between United States Senator W A Harris and Congressman W A Calderhead. Harris asks about a Civil War siege message. Calderhead recalls the fort and the retort Take it and be damned.
A quip about editors making enemies and how anonymous critics reveal themselves. The piece argues home papers defend local interests with the support of the community’s best citizens and the detractors would not be missed if they left.
Report for month ending December 22 shows enrollment 30 with average daily attendance and visitor count. Noted are nonabsent or non tardy students Caro line Hallgren and Lawrence Peterson. teacher A. O. Wear.
Sir Robert Rawlinson, K C B, stands as the only man ever knocked from his saddle by a canned ball without being killed. The anecdote highlights his remarkable resilience and luck in a historic incident.
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