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Newspaper
Scandia Journal
Location
Scandia, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Feb 14, 1902
Page
7
The item catalog notes 1902 era notices from Scandia including concerts at the opera house on April 5, oyster supper at the Brunswick, and a Musical Houses promotion. It records weather forecasts, farming prices for poultry, mail and postal notices, party conventions, a rail water pump update, a district court docket, and a local chimney fire incident with band members assisting.
The week’s credit notice lists numerous names with symbols marking new subscribers and quitters. It names RB, Lehn A W, Sandin, Ostberg M, Lager a, and many others including A. B. Johnson, Walter Guild, Jacobson, P.P. Hammer, and C.A. Swanson among others. The long roster reads as a community roll with amounts like 50, 60, and 100 next to several entries. A testimonial about Chamberlain’s Cough Remedy is included at the end.
The city council of Scandin, Kansas passes Ordinance 109 requiring brick or stone curbing for all sidewalks with cement setting, enforceable by fines from one to ten dollars plus costs, and imprisonment until paid. The ordinance takes effect after passage, mayoral approval, and publication.
Public road petition presented to Republic County Kansas Board of County Commissioners seeks a route beginning at the northwest corner of Sec 6 Scandia township and running along section lines to Sec 7, with a hearing for interested parties set at the beginning point on February 18, 1902. Viewers Wm Loring Thos Williams and C G Anderson to meet as required with a possible second day.
Minutes from February 7 1902 show Mayor G L White presiding with councilmen Kimball Johnson Pinney and Mahan present. Claims totaling several dollars were approved and an ordinance on sidewalk curbing received initial and final readings before passage.
Community notice invites residents to a Brunswick oyster supper on Friday night from 10 PM to 2 30 AM. Proceeds benefit local groups and tickets are available at the door.
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