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Newspaper
Scandia Journal
Location
Scandia, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jan 09, 1903
Page
2
A roundup of community news from Courtland and nearby areas includes residents aiding with ice, property transfers, and family visits. Messages report illnesses, travel to Topeka and St Joseph, holiday gatherings, school reopening with forty pupils, and local social events.
The Schumann Lady Quartette, organized in 1892 with renown across the country, will sing selections from their repertoire including Old Folks at Home and The Star Spangled Banner. They are booked for a Wednesday evening concert at Scandia Hall, under auspices of the fusehire connie. Admission via Wheeler's tickets.
Rydal and vicinity residents report muddy conditions from melting snow. Bonnie Beecher started school Monday while Annie McGowan was absent. Others visited friends or relatives Friday through Sunday including Kallman and Miss Berry. A box supper is planned for Grove on the 16th and mail/phone notices invite local news tips.
December was wet and cold with 25 degree mean, seven degrees below normal, the coldest since 1892. Yearly temp near normal with 163 degree deficit. December wind total 5098 miles and rainfall .75 inch, 0.18 above average. Rain or snow fell on 9 days. 9 clear, 4 partly cloudy, 17 cloudy. The warmest day was the 1st, coldest the 26th. Ca. Webber transacted business in Belleville Wednesday.
The passage catalogs unusual English tenure customs from Broadhouse, Yorkshire to Foston and Suffolk showing rents paid in nonstandard forms such as a snowball at midsummer a loaf of bread and two arrows. It notes a vase exhibited before a court every seven years and lists children party cards with sugar-cut initials for 2002 108.
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Guy Loofbourrow and Kate Smith quietly married in Concordia after taking a license during Christmas with Kate's sister Mrs. Kimumal. They returned home and disclosed the secret when questioned by a Journal reporter. The couple and their friends wish them a long life of peace and health.
A Lindsborg group competed on Wednesday achieving notable success in a school event. Details are sparse but the participants earned recognition and highlighted local talent.
W D Broix traveled to James Town on Wednesday, with details of his trip not fully clear in the fragment.
The report lists carrier Caldwell and Carrier Gatchel details for December including numbers of registered letters letters, postal cards newspapers circulars packages money orders and totals. Caldwell handled six thousand nine hundred one items with a rise of one thousand two hundred sixty nine from 1901 while Gatchel processed four thousand six hundred thirty four items up by six hundred seventeen from the prior December.
The poetical drama Herod by Stephen Phillips is slated for translation into French German Italian and Russian. The project aims to broaden access and showcase the work in multiple linguistic markets.
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