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Newspaper
Scandia Journal
Location
Scandia, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jan 04, 1901
Page
1
A fragmented listing details skirts including Home spun plaid and Black Silk Brocade with prices ranging from 1.05 to 7.50 and notes on fabric types. The text remains unclear with garbled repeats and misread items but notes sales of skirts at multiple price points.
Text notes a price change for a heavy knit woolen skirt from 75 cents to 60 cents and 65 cents, with unclear earlier references. Readable fragments indicate a sale or listing of skirt materials and pricing.
The listing notes that Cotton Filled products now cost 1.50 from 1.50? and 2.25 for Fancy Cotton Filled items with a price adjustment.
Readable fragment notes colored flannel waist sale with price changes. Indicates old price 1.25 reduced to 3.00 in a vendor’s listing with emphasis on fancy colored flannel waists. Exact details unclear due to garbled OCR.
A temperance meeting in Riley drew 163 pledges with hopes several will keep them. The Republic County view urges ousting Lucien Baker from the Senate for better candidates. In Wichita a woman attacked a saloon wrecking $2000 in damage and is jailed for malicious destruction of property.
The Concordia Blade notes Ward as an anti Buron man, defeated in his own county amid a Burton alignment. It claims Ward carried Cloud County to help elect Burton and hints at political maneuvering in Abilene circles. The article also cites state Indian population at 2,516,462, up 324,058 in ten years, and lists key Indiana cities by size and county counts.
E B Vincent from Court land tried to elope with a 16 year old Swede farmer’s daughter north of the river Saturday evening. The Union Pacific train disrupted plans and the girl's father with an officer found them at the depot before the train arrived. The girl returned home, Vincent left, vowing to win her in time.
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