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The Scandia Journal announces payment in advance is required and the paper will be stopped at expiration of time paid for. Publisher Wm H Hill states this policy applies to all subscribers.
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Newspaper
Scandia Journal
Location
Scandia, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jan 04, 1917
Page
5
The Scandia Journal announces payment in advance is required and the paper will be stopped at expiration of time paid for. Publisher Wm H Hill states this policy applies to all subscribers.
Advertising rates listed: 10c per column inch for display and c per line for locals for the first insertion, 3c per line for each additional insertion. Six words count per line for locals. Card of Thanks and social notices charged. Extra Journal copies priced at 5e each.
Union News reports Marshall and wife moved to Republic with N Stafford and family of Washington township last Wednesday. Orville Oacll sawed wood for Lee Bowersox Wednesday and shelled corn for Roy Hill Thursday. Dick McClean and bride, visiting relatives since their marriage, visited Talma M Wednesday with Mr. McClean’s kin. Alfred Kallman was putting up Wednesday and Thursday. Elmer Mercer is rapidly recovering after surgery. I Bowersox and family were guests. Every one invited to visit Pat next summer.
The column records Christmas visits and hospitality across Dan, Belleville, Scandia, and nearby towns. Residents such as John and Chas. Kyler of Nebraska, Bert Bowen and family, and Ora Bowen are mentioned along with multiple social visits, meals, and holiday errands. Local work includes corn shelling, a hospital appendectomy recovery, and a Mutual Benefit Society gathering near Rydal with about one hundred attendees and food.
In Old Hadley Massachusetts a 1675 attack by Native Americans on the village meeting house was repulsed after an elderly stranger, later identified as General William Goffe, commanded the defense. Goffe, a regicide of Charles I, hid with Pastor John Russell until his death five years later. A state road now passes the site of his mobilization, drawing thousands past the historic action.
A serialized glimpse into whaling with Japanese harpooners detailing the dangers they face as they iron out a kill. The account notes the risks of drowning and crushed bodies, the ritual prayers after a whale is hauled ashore, and the grim inside-work of processing a carcass.
A letter to Robert Grimshaw argues Americans should practice head alignment to improve posture breathing and confidence. William Muldoon recalls being taught to touch the crown of the head to simulate upright balance and pressing the head back against a wall to gauge straightness.
Column by Ellis M. Clarke humorously notes Cy Dawkins spelling wrong to earn a seat. It ponders how a name and reputation shape perception, suggesting the fast young man is quick to run up bills.
An office boy quips during a pay discussion, insisting he would be seen as foolish if he did not ask for more. The snappy exchange highlights workplace negotiation humor and sharp timing.
A promotional notice promotes Chamberlains Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy as essential family medicine. It claims quick relief for sudden colic and diarrhoea and urges prompt treatment before a physician arrives, stating the product has a strong reputation.
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