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Newspaper
Scandia Journal
Location
Scandia, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jan 03, 1902
Page
3
Residents and visitors frequent Scandia and Republic with surnames like Haney, Holmstrom, Fogelberg, Beeler, Champlin, Ambrose, Sallman, Bulkley, Stover, Hollengren, Holustrom, Parker Miles, Plotner, Bucknell, and Curren. Mentions include travel from Kansas City, Alvarado Texas, Lindsborg, and Belleville, plus a medical abscess in Kansas.
Misses Carrie Wohlford and Ellen Asbjornson entertained a large group at their country home with a grand Christmas tree loaded with presents and candy. Guests matched numbers to gifts, enjoyed games and music, then dined amid elaborate decorations and praised the hostesses as charming entertainers.
Vague notes describe students resuming classes after a vacation. Mentions Miss Gracia Sheeks returning home to Belleville and relatives visiting from York Nebraska. The text also references Mr and Mrs Bettis and others traveling or seen about town during the holiday period.
Rural route 2 delivered 5 registered packages 40 letters 117 postal cards 2084 newspapers 204 circulars 144 packages total 3645. Collected 5 money orders 321 letters 22 postal cards 7 newspapers 14 packages total 869. Overall 4017. Rural route 1 delivered 2 registered packages 786 letters 156 postal cards 3528 newspapers 394 circulars 191 packages total 5050. Collected 8 money orders 75 letters 76 postal cards 7 newspapers 12 total 5635. This shows a December change versus November and last year.
First published notice from Republic County Kansas alerts that Christiana Larson is executrix of Perth Larson's estate. Letters of administration dated December 28, 1901 grant authority to the executrix. Creditors must present claims within one year for allowance or risk being barred. actions must be filed within three years after letters.
Advertised letters to be sent to the Dead Letter Office in 30 days from January 1 1902. Names include Joli T Glsan Mas Trainor A B Kimball PLM Crubbing List. Also references to The Journal and Semi-Weekly Capital and Daily Heralds with listed prices for modern culture and design materials.
Audited financial report sworn by H. Cooper as cashier shows assets of 143 071.24 and liabilities of 68 678.28 with 50 000 in capital in Scandia Kansas Republic county end of December 1901. Notary public Diaz Winsor witnessed the oath and directors O S Morey Preble and H S Cooper attest to the document.
Notice warns all concerned that jumping on and off trains in motion must stop. All parties connected with hotels and livery barns are included. violators will be liable to arrest and fine. Parents of boys warned to stop daily practice. F. H. Kotson agent.
Fragmentary lines reference a tonic product and销售 by an individual. Names and context are illegible, making a coherent event or report impossible to verify from the available text.
A bay horse offered by D. W. Mosner weighs 1325 pounds and is described as perfectly sound.
An older newspaper fragment lists a for sale notice for a second hand buggy from Culliers and Johnson. It also includes assorted local items about Miss Eliza Rundle visiting relatives, neighbors returning from Belleville, and various social notes. The text mentions linguistic discussions and a Russian tongue project with unrelated telegrams about the Philadelphia press and telephones.
Readable papyrus leaves from Egypt reveal a 1700 B C period math text. Scholars say Egyptians used additive multiplication for whole units and sigma, with subtraction and division not yet in their present form. The document includes equations and shows early arithmetic methods.
Public dinner hosted by Gertrude Nutter features readings from Education Division Book II and How to Teach Reading chapters. Discussions cover school district consolidation and course of study enhancements with participation from C A Kimball C H Bixler Elsie Burnett Birdie McKean Beatrice Lathrop and others.
A general extols American machinery and transportation as world leading after a round trip ride on the Empire State Express to Buffalo. He credits U S industry with global reputation, noting rivals like the Trans Siberian line and Pennsylvania rails with numerous locomotives amid wartime statements.
Disjointed OCR fragment discusses a woman unable to light a cigarette when dinner burns or a baby cries. Mentions a man calmly lighting one and hints at gendered expectations. Source text appears to be a garbled Globe reference with unclear context.
The Army has obtained a grant of 20 550 acres of land in Australia for colonial use. The tract lies 429 miles from Perth and requires a timber clearance before agricultural use.
A New York lawyer’s wife in an auction incident reads a dispatch saying No price too high. She buys lace worth $2,000 then adds $5,000 more to her shop. Her husband’s return reveals the misread message: No price too high. The Commercial Advertiser reports the tale of miscommunication.
Readable fragments indicate Maltese churches rallying prayers to avert looming taxation by the British government amid public unrest. Specific names or dates are absent from the legible text.
A public school teacher notes home tidiness reflected in decor. Mentioned are various fabrics from calico and chintz to Quaker gray and striped designs, signaling a well kept area. The description underscores the perception of a tidy home through its interior.
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