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Newspaper
Scandia Journal
Location
Scandia, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Feb 28, 1902
Page
4
John Mercer sells fruit trees in the area while Jake Storer and wife visited Union Sunday. Numerous locals from Union, Scandia, and nearby towns were reported in on Thursday and Sunday visits. Alpha mentions hay and corn movements, land sales, and a few upcoming homestead plans as residents plan moves or form new arrangements.
District 81 school closed last Wednesday. George Basset returns from Colorado. Bert Ainsworth and family visit G. Cowle's Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Chas Lewis drive to Corcordia Wednesday. Rock salt near Minersville said to be struck. Cora Daisy and Clara Simpson spend Sunday at A. Kelly's. Mr. Churchill from Illinois seen in Concordia Saturday. Wm. Day drives to Concordia Saturday. roads described as bad. Alva and Victor Day and Frank Heigle travel to Minerville Thursday. Abraham Kelly and family visit Albey Brown and family Monday evening. Many young people attend entertainment at Lone Tree Friday evening.
Henry and Charley Barleen visited A. L. Loofbourrow in Dont Know. Dance at Will Chapman's. Frank McCall to Yuma. Percy Shivvers from Newton. Miss Alice Anderson Zeandale visiting Roy Scott family. Tom Gile killed two coyotes with a rifle. Dr. Scott consulted with Dr. Haggman about John Aby. J. H. Swenson is Hills Manuel agent. Alex Scott in Scandia between trains. Owen and Marion Dickerhoof from Belleville at Tom Long sale. Mrs. Chas Madson visiting a sister in Saline County. Robert Anderson has smallpox with no new cases. Mrs. J. F. Dickerhoof recovering. Tom Long sale well attended with fair prices. I.OC Ware to survey section 20 next week. Born Feb 17 to Alfred and (name unclear) Chintersaeen, a girl. Alfred Lammer moved into Long’s former house. Fred Dutton from Cloud County visited D. E. B. Dickerhoof. J. C. Elliott of Concordia sold Long Creek farm in Norway township to N. Christensen for 5000.
An advertisement extols Scott's Emulsion as a strength giving medicine that helps weak children grow eat sleep and play. It features a trade mark image and offers free samples from Scott & Bowne New York and lists druggists. A separate query reports a Scandia town inquiry about four hundred quarantined for smallpox.
A Westerberg visits Mrs. A Olson this week while Wm Wohlford hauls wood. John Behrens plans to move to Oklahoma after leaving T Wohlford’s employment. Wohlford shipped three ears of cattle to Kansas City on Tuesday. Mrs Swanson Mrs A Smith and Miss Mary Larson guests of Mrs A L Aspegren Saturday. Prayer meeting noted with Lutheran services set for March 6 at 7 30 pm.
Ollie Thorpe and wife traded in Concordia. Walter Kepford has been sick the past week. Cyrus Vawter will move to the Bradley farm near Bowling Green schoolhouse on Monday. George Walter and family visited John Loarbourrow’s Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. P H Berry traded in Scandia Saturday. Ben Bartlett and family visited George Walter’s Tuesday. Dr Coffee of Concordia was called to Clifford Young’s Sunday due to a baby with lung fever. improving. Frank Young’s baby had a mild attack but is better. Attendees from here at Ashley Cooper’s sale included Charlie Walter in Concordia Tuesday. Party at Mr Tom William’s Tuesday evening with Misses Emre Mayme Pearl Berry Frances Davis and Messrs John Will Berry. large crowd and jolly time reported.
A compact excerpt presents Henry Van Dyke’s guidance on living well. It extols loving work play and star-gazing, avoiding falsehood and meanness, fearing cowardice, valuing kindness of heart, and spending time in nature and prayer. The piece reads as a moral reflective note.
Charley Aspégren moved to White Rock township on the Lacy farm he purchased. Miss Maude Chrysong went to Courtland Monday and plans staying. Several neighbors visited and attended gatherings at Mr. Larson's Hoyt's and Calvin's in Courtland. Swedish Mission Church plans services Tuesday Thursday with John Munson of Minnesota to preach Sunday.
District 48 school out Friday. A pie social at Lone Tree Friday evening netted 3.32 with good instrumental music by Christies Griffeths and Roy Bowling. Town news notes visits, house additions, and a fatal well jumping by Admiral Dewey’s cat. Several locals attend Wesley Wright’s, Cora Simpson heads to Oklahoma, and Highland school closes March 4.
The Rockstand announces March and April 1902 special one way second class passenger rates to Utah Montana Idaho Oregon Washington and British Columbia. Ticket prices range from 20 to 25 dollars. Agent: P D Scuorreno from Scandia.
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